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Anti-reset windup proportional and integral controller

US3938017A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1974
Grant dateFeb 10, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D16/202
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An anti-reset windup proportional plus integral controller connectable in a proportional control loop of a process control system includes a proportional amplifier circuit and an integrating amplifier circuit responsive to a command signal to provide proportional and integral signals, respectively, which are summed by a summing amplifier to provide a modified command signal having a proportional and an integral component. A signal comparator means compares the modified command with a pair of reference signals which define an output range for said summing amplifier and disables the integrating amplifier circuit, permitting the integrating amplifier circuit to unwind whenever the modified command signal is not within the output range.

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