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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Larry E. Kendrick, Peoria, IL (US);
Samir Med Kherat, Peoria, IL (US);
Muhammed Were, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for filtering a signal. A first processing device receives a first control signal and a first feedback signal and transmits a first error signal as a function of those signals. A second processing device receives the first error signal and transmits a second control signal as a function of the first error signal, a deadband, and a gain factor. A third processing device receives the second control signal and the first feedback signal and transmits an output signal as a function of those signals. A fourth processing device receives the output signal and transmits the first feedback signal as a function of the output signal to the first processing device and the third processing device, the first feedback signal being substantially equal to the output signal delayed by a first predetermined duration of time.