Control of an Electronic Throttle Valve for Drive-by-Wire Applications

Abstract

Electrically actuated control devices for regulating the amount of air entering gasoline engines play an essential role in drive-by-wire applications. In this paper an approach to the control of so-called electronic throttle valves is outlined. First a standard sliding-mode controller is presented. It is shown that the performance of the feedback loop can be improved significantly by incorporating time-variable boundary layers.