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I want to understand why this code used tan and cos ?

function [ b, a ] = butterTwoBp( dt, fl, fu ) 
q=pi*dt*(fu-fl);
r=pi*dt*(fu+fl);
N = (tan(q)^2) + sqrt(2)*tan(q) + 1;
M = (tan(q)^2) / N; %M after N because it depends on N
O = -cos(r) * (2*sqrt(2)*tan(q) + 4) / ((cos(q))*N);
P = (-2*(tan(q)^2) + ((  (2*cos(r))   /  (cos(q))   )^2) + 2 )  /   N;
Q = cos(r)*(2*sqrt(2)*tan(q) - 4)/(cos(q)*N);
R = (   (tan(q)^2) - sqrt(2)*tan(q) + 1   )  /  N;

b=[M 0 -2*M 0 M];
a=[1 O P Q R];

I got this code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17340198/what-is-the-command-for-butterworth-bandpass-filter?answertab=active#tab-top

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  • $\begingroup$ For the $\cos$ or $\tan$ substitutions, check the bottom of Audio EQ Cookbook by Robert Bristow-Johnson $\endgroup$ Sep 9, 2019 at 16:05
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    $\begingroup$ Many thanks Laurent Duval for your comment. Indeed I need to understand the general benefit from using tan and cos in [a,b] generation as preparation step for the FILTER function in matlab since this function used for transform the discrete signal into z-domain. $\endgroup$ Sep 10, 2019 at 19:40
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    $\begingroup$ @LaurentDuval: You're right about the bilinear transform, but there's no two-pass filtering going on, just an ordinary 4th order Butterworth band pass filter. $\endgroup$
    – Matt L.
    Sep 11, 2019 at 13:33
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I checked afterward the result was not symmetric. I'll update my comment this week-end $\endgroup$ Sep 11, 2019 at 22:29

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The trigonometric functions enter the calculation because of the use the bilinear transform for transforming an analog filter to a discrete-time filter. The bilinear transform warps the frequencies of the analog filter, that's why we have to pre-warp the frequencies of the analog filter in order to obtain the desired cut-off frequencies of the discrete-time filter.

The frequency warping of the bilinear transform is described by the following equation:

$$\Omega=\tan\left(\frac{\omega}{2}\right)\tag{1}$$

where $\Omega$ is the frequency (in radians) in the analog domain, and $\omega$ is the normalized frequency (in radians) in the discrete-time domain. Eq. $(1)$ is used to pre-warp the specified frequencies to obtain the edge frequencies for designing the analog prototype filter. After applying the bilinear transform to that analog prototype, the resulting discrete-time filter will have the correct edge frequencies.

The design procedure is as follows:

  1. Pre-warp the given edge frequencies according to $(1)$.
  2. Design an analog band pass filter with the pre-warped edge frequencies by applying a frequency transformation to a low pass prototype filter.
  3. Apply the bilinear transform to the analog band pass filter to obtain the desired discrete-time filter.
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