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X(z) from convolution integral: 1/(s²(s+1))

Short answer

Use the convolution integral as a sum of residues of X(s)z/(z-e^{sT}) at the poles s=0 (double) and s=-1. This yields X(z)=Tz/(z-1)^2 - z/(z-1) + z/(z-e^{-T}). For T=1, X(z)=z(0.3679z+0.2642)/[(z-1)^2(z-0.3679)].

Obtain X(z) by the use of convolution integral in the left half of s-plane of the transfer function X(s)=1/s²(s+1).

Method: convolution integral in the left half-plane

When the denominator of X(s)X(s) has at least two more poles than the numerator has zeros, the z-transform of the sampled x(t)x(t) is the sum of residues at the poles of X(s)X(s):

X(z)=∑poles of X(s)Res[X(s) zz−esT]X(z) = \sum_{\text{poles of } X(s)} \text{Res}\left[X(s)\,\frac{z}{z - e^{sT}}\right]

For a pole of order mm at s=sis = s_i:

Res=1(m−1)!lim⁡s→sidm−1dsm−1[(s−si)mX(s)zz−esT]\text{Res} = \frac{1}{(m-1)!}\lim_{s\to s_i}\frac{d^{m-1}}{ds^{m-1}}\left[(s-s_i)^m X(s)\frac{z}{z-e^{sT}}\right]

Apply to X(s)=1s2(s+1)X(s) = \dfrac{1}{s^2(s+1)}

Poles: a double pole at s=0s = 0 and a simple pole at s=−1s = -1.

Simple pole s=−1s = -1:

R1=[1s2⋅zz−esT]s=−1=zz−e−TR_1 = \left[\frac{1}{s^2}\cdot\frac{z}{z - e^{sT}}\right]_{s=-1} = \frac{z}{z - e^{-T}}

Double pole s=0s = 0:

R2=dds[1s+1⋅zz−esT]s=0=[−1(s+1)2⋅zz−esT+1s+1⋅zTesT(z−esT)2]s=0=−zz−1+Tz(z−1)2\begin{aligned} R_2 &= \frac{d}{ds}\left[\frac{1}{s+1}\cdot\frac{z}{z - e^{sT}}\right]_{s=0} \\ &= \left[-\frac{1}{(s+1)^2}\cdot\frac{z}{z-e^{sT}} + \frac{1}{s+1}\cdot\frac{zTe^{sT}}{(z-e^{sT})^2}\right]_{s=0} \\ &= -\frac{z}{z-1} + \frac{Tz}{(z-1)^2} \end{aligned}

Sum of residues

X(z)=Tz(z−1)2−zz−1+zz−e−TX(z) = \frac{Tz}{(z-1)^2} - \frac{z}{z-1} + \frac{z}{z - e^{-T}}

Over the common denominator:

X(z)=z[(T−1+e−T)z+(1−e−T−Te−T)](z−1)2(z−e−T)X(z) = \frac{z\left[(T - 1 + e^{-T})z + (1 - e^{-T} - Te^{-T})\right]}{(z-1)^2(z - e^{-T})}

Check

x(t)=t−1+e−tx(t) = t - 1 + e^{-t} (from partial fractions 1s2−1s+1s+1\frac{1}{s^2} - \frac{1}{s} + \frac{1}{s+1}). Its z-transform is Tz(z−1)2−zz−1+zz−e−T\frac{Tz}{(z-1)^2} - \frac{z}{z-1} + \frac{z}{z-e^{-T}}, which is the same.

For T=1T = 1 s: X(z)=z(0.3679z+0.2642)(z−1)2(z−0.3679)X(z) = \dfrac{z(0.3679z + 0.2642)}{(z-1)^2(z-0.3679)}.

Answer: X(z)=Tz(z−1)2−zz−1+zz−e−T=z[(T−1+e−T)z+(1−e−T−Te−T)](z−1)2(z−e−T)X(z) = \dfrac{Tz}{(z-1)^2} - \dfrac{z}{z-1} + \dfrac{z}{z-e^{-T}} = \dfrac{z[(T-1+e^{-T})z + (1-e^{-T}-Te^{-T})]}{(z-1)^2(z-e^{-T})}.

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