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The Z-Transform

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The Z-Transform

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Content and Figures are from Discrete-Time Signal Processing, 2e by Oppenheim, Shafer, and Buck, 1999-2000 Prentice Hall Inc.

The z-Transform
Counterpart of the Laplace transform for discrete-time signals
Generalization of the Fourier Transform
Fourier Transform does not exist for all signals

The z-Transform is often time more convenient to use


Definition:

X z

x
n
z

Compare to DTFT definition:

xn e

Xe

jn

z is a complex variable that can be represented as z=r ej


Substituting z=ej will reduce the z-transform to DTFT

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The z-transform and the DTFT


The z-transform is a function of the complex z variable
Convenient to describe on the complex z-plane
If we plot z=ej for =0 to 2 we get the unit circle

X e j

Im

Unit Circle

r=1

0
2

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Convergence of the z-Transform


DTFT does not always converge

xn e

Xe

jn

Infinite sum not always finite if x[n] no absolute summable


Example: x[n] = anu[n] for |a|>1 does not have a DTFT

Complex variable z can be written as r ej so the z-transform

X re

xn re

j n

xn r n e jn
n

DTFT of x[n] multiplied with exponential sequence r

-n

For certain choices of r the sum maybe made finite

xn r

-n

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Region of Convergence
The set of values of z for which the z-transform converges
Each value of r represents a circle of radius r
The region of convergence is made of circles

Example: z-transform converges for


values of 0.5<r<2

Im

ROC is shown on the left


In this example the ROC includes
the unit circle, so DTFT exists
Re

Not all sequence have a z-transform


Example: xn cos on

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Does not converge for any r


No ROC, No z-transform
But DTFT exists?!
Sequence has finite energy
DTFT converges in the meansquared sense

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Right-Sided Exponential Sequence Example


xn a un
n

X z

a unz

az

az

1 n

n0

Im

For Convergence we require

n0

Hence the ROC is defined as

az

a 1
o x

1 z a

Re

Inside the ROC series converges to

n
1
z
X z az 1

1 az 1 z a
n0

Geometric series formula


N1
N2 1
a

a
an

1a
n N1
N2

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Region outside the circle of


radius a is the ROC
Right-sided sequence ROCs
extend outside a circle

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Same Example Alternative Way


xn a un
n

X z

a unz
n

az

1 n

n0

N1 N2 1

1
n N1
N2

az

n0

az az
1 az

1 0

1 n

|z|>2
For the term with infinite exponential to vanish we need

az 1 1

a z

Determines the ROC (same as the previous approach)

In the ROC the sum converges to

X z

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az

n0

1 n

1
1 az 1

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Two-Sided Exponential Sequence Example


n

1
1
xn un - u- n - 1
3
2

1 1

n0

1 1
z

n 2
1

X z

1 1
z
3

z 1
3

1
1 z 1
3

1 1
z
2

z 1
2

1
1 z 1
2

1
1

1
1
1 z 1 1 z 1
3
2

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ROC :

1
1
1 z 1
3

1
1
1 z 1
2

2z z

12

1
1
z z
3
2

1 1
z 1
3

1
z
3
1 1
ROC : z 1
2
1
z
2
1

3x

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Im

oo

1
12

1
2

Re

Finite Length Sequence


an 0 n N 1

xn

X z

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N 1

a z

n0

n n

az

N 1
n0

otherwise
1 az
1 az

1 n

1 N
1

1 zN aN
N 1
za
z

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Properties of The ROC of Z-Transform

The ROC is a ring or disk centered at the origin


DTFT exists if and only if the ROC includes the unit circle
The ROC cannot contain any poles
The ROC for finite-length sequence is the entire z-plane
except possibly z=0 and z=

The ROC for a right-handed sequence extends outward from


the outermost pole possibly including z=
The ROC for a left-handed sequence extends inward from the
innermost pole possibly including z=0
The ROC of a two-sided sequence is a ring bounded by poles
The ROC must be a connected region
A z-transform does not uniquely determine a sequence without
specifying the ROC

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Stability, Causality, and the ROC


Consider a system with impulse response h[n]
The z-transform H(z) and the pole-zero plot shown below
Without any other information h[n] is not uniquely determined
|z|>2 or |z|< or <|z|<2

If system stable ROC must include unit-circle: <|z|<2


If system is causal must be right sided: |z|>2

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