Digital Filters CAT 2
Digital Filters CAT 2
a) What is the DFT of the sequence 𝑝[𝑛] = {−20, 7.5, − 2}. (4 Marks)
b) Consider the following discrete – time signals
𝑛𝜋 𝑛
sin ( ) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 int𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
𝑥[𝑛] = { 4 2
0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Calculate and sketch the 8-point DFT (magnitude and phase) of the first 8
samples of 𝑥[𝑛], i.e. 𝑥[0], 𝑥[1], . . . . , 𝑥[7]. (5 Marks)
𝐻(𝑧) = ∑ 𝑏𝑘 𝑧 −𝑘
𝑘=0
i. What is the order of this filter?
ii. Explain the key properties of a linear phase FIR filter in terms of the filter
coefficients and in terms of the z-domain
iii. Explain the meaning of group delay and state an expression for the
group delay of a linear phase FIR filter.
iv. A type of FIR filter of even order 𝑁 = 2𝑀 has coefficients ℎ[𝑛] = −ℎ[𝑁 −
𝑛] and ℎ[𝑀] = 0. Show that the frequency response of this FIR filter can
be written as;
𝑀−1
𝜋
𝐻(𝑒 𝑗𝜔 ) = 𝑒 𝑗𝜆 ∑ 2ℎ[𝑛]sin(𝛾) where 𝜆 = − 𝑀𝜔 and 𝛾 = 𝜔[𝑀 − 𝑛]
2
𝑛=0
v. Explain how a linear phase FIR filter can be efficiently implemented and
state quantitively the reduction in computational complexity achieved
by the efficient implementation compared to Direct Form 1.
vi. Draw and label the signal flow diagram of the efficient implementation
of a linear phase FIR filter for 𝑁 = 8 (11 Marks)
d) Convert the analog filter with system function
𝑠 + 0.1
𝐻𝑎 (𝑠) =
(𝑠 + 0.1)2 + 16
into a digital IIR filter by means of the bilinear transformation. The digital
𝜋
filter is to have a resonant frequency of 𝜔𝑟 = 2 . (10 Marks)