Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems

Associate Professor Chen's research interests are in linear systems, robust control theory and control applications. He has published 7 monographs. He has served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and Asian Journal of Control. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Editor of Systems and Control Letters, and Control and Intelligent Systems. Before returning to Singapore, Professor Chen worked in the US (New York and Washington State Universites) and in Australia. He lectures on several courses, both undergraduate and graduate. Professor Lee's research interests are in intelligent systems and control, adaptive control and control applications. He has published hundreds of technical papers and several monographs. He is an Associate Editor of several international journals including Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Men and Cybernetics and International Journal of Systems Science. He is also serving as an Honorary Editor of IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, and a Regional Editor (Asia-Pacific) of Mechatronics. Doctor Peng's research interests incclude control theory and control applications to hard disk drive servo systems and flight control systems. Doctor Venkataramanan's current research focus is on topics related to hard disk drive servo systems, hyperflexible object manipulation and biological control.

and Background Material.- System Modeling and Identification.- Linear Systems and Control.- Classical Nonlinear Control.- Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control.- HDD Servo Systems Design.- Track Following of a Single-stage Actuator.- Track Seeking of a Single-stage Actuator.- Dual-stage Actuated Servo Systems.- Modeling and Design of a Microdrive System.- Design of a Piezoelectric Actuator System.- A Benchmark Problem.