SUMMARYThis paper presents theory related to stability analysis and stability criteria relevant for observer-based feedback control systems. To this purpose, a special formulation of the Yakubovich-Kalman-Popov (YKP) lemma is provided. We exploit that controllability is not necessary for existence of Lur'e-Lyapunov functions as used in stability criteria. Constructive means for dynamic output feedback stabilization, positivity, factorization and passivity are provided.