ZEROS OF DISCRETIZED CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS EXPRESSED IN THE EULER OPERATOR - AN ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS

The structure of the zeros of SISO continuous-time systems, which are discretized via a zero-order hold and expressed in the Euler operator, is studied. In particular, it will be shown that when state-space des criptions of linear SISO continuous-time systems with relative degree greater-than-or-equal-to 2 are discretized, then the zero dynamics of the resulting discrete system is singularly perturbed and shows a sepa ration of time scale. The part of the zero dynamics associated with th e fast time scale is shown to correspond to the zeros introduced by th e sampling process (sampling zeros). An asymptotic formula for this pa rt of the zero dynamics is given, and implications of the result to co ntrol design based on pole zero cancellation is discussed.