The conic sector theorem is a powerful input-output stability analysis tool, providing a fine balance between generality and simplicity of system characterisations that is conducive to practical stability analysis and robust controller synthesis.
Consider a square, contiuous-time linear time-invariant (LTI) system,
, with minimal state-space relization (A, B, C, D), where
and
.

Also consider
, which is defined as
,
where
and
.
The matrices The matrices
and
. The values of a and b
The following generalized KYP Lemmas give conditions for
to be inside the cone
within finite frequency bandwidths.
- 1. (Low Frequency Range) The system
is inside the cone
for all
, where
and
, if there exist
and
, where
, such that
.
- If
and Q = 0, then the traditional Conic Sector Lemma is recovered. The parameter
is incuded in the above LMI to effectively transform
into the strict inequality 
- 2. (Intermediate Frequency Range) The system
is inside the cone
for all
, where
and
, if there exist
and
and
where
and
, such that
.
- The parameter
is incuded in the above LMI to effectively transform
into the strict inequality
.
- 3. (High Frequency Range) The system
is inside the cone
for all
, where
and
, if there exist
, where
, such that
.
If (A, B, C, D) is a minimal realization, then the matrix inequalities in all of the above LMI, then it can be nostrict.
If there exist a positive definite
matrix satisfying above LMIs for the given frequency bandwidths then the system
is inside the cone [a,b].
Code for implementation of this LMI using MATLAB. https://github.com/VJanand25/LMI
KYP Lemma
State Space Stability
Exterior Conic Sector Lemma
Modified Exterior Conic Sector Lemma
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