Stability analysis of nonlinear observer for neutral uncertain time-delay systems

This note is concerned with the observer design problem for a class of nonlinear neutral systems with time delay. The problem addressed is to design a full-order observer that guarantees the asymptotic stability of an error dynamic system. Firstly, some sufficient conditions for the existence of observers of a class of nonlinear neutral systems with time-varying delay are presented. An effective algebraic matrix equation approach is developed. Then we give a design method of the observer that is dependent on the solution of a linear matrix inequality. Furthermore, robust observer designs for a class of nonlinear neutral systems with time delay and uncertainties are obtained. Finally, an example is given to show the effectiveness of our proposed approaches.