Questions tagged [impulse-response]
The impulse response of a dynamic system is its output when presented with a brief input signal, called an impulse.
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What is the correct gain of an RRC Filter?
Breaking my brain all morning with this reading previous questions and googling ...
I have made an RRC filter from the equation on wikipedia. It works fine and I compared it to commpy library in ...
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Setting up RRC filter and useful equations
I have looked at previous answers but cant seem to get everything I need in one place to help me and my textbook doesnt explain this in practical terms.
Signal Parameters:
$F_s = 44100$
$R_s = 300$
$...
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Impulse Response for an Anti Causal Linear Shift Invariant System
I have a system given by
$$y[n] - \frac{1}{4} y[n-1] - \frac{1}{8} y[n-2] =3x[n] $$
I'm asked to determine the impulse response of both an anti-causal and a causal Linear Shift Invariant System ...
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What is impulse response in simple AWGN channel?
Assume a sender and receiver communicate through an AWGN channel. Let $x(t)$ be a transmitted signal and $y(t)$ be a received signal and $z(t)$ be the Gaussian noise. It is known that $y(t) = kx(t-\...
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Is Step the same as an Impulse + 1/s?
Isnt a Step (as a Transfer function -> $ \frac{1}{s} $) and Impulse (trans fcn -> 1) therefore Impulse + $ \frac{1}{s} $ should be equal to a Step in Simulink ...
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What is the decay rate (time constant) of two One-Pole LPF's cascaded in series?
If you have a One-Pole LPF, and set the cutoff frequency to $\frac{1}{2πt}$ where $t$ is the time to $\frac{1}{e}$ amplitude, it will provide an exponential decay in response to a step function (eg. ...
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Is there an equation that will graph the shape or predict the maximum amplitude of a single sample impulse fed through a One-Pole LPF?
If you feed a single sample impulse of a given amplitude through a One-Pole LPF you get an envelope that looks like this:
The output of the LPF from its peak will settle into an exponential decay ...
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DC gain from an impulse response
I am studying for my exam in signal processing. For one of the old exam sets, a discrete impulse response of a filter is given as $h[n]$
\begin{bmatrix}
-3&0&-3&0
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With a ...
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Impulse response $h[n]$ from input and output signal using cross correlation on Matlab
I have two signals on Matlab, one being input and the other output. I want to know if taking the cross correlation of these signals would give me the impulse response?And if so, will taking the ...
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Deconvolution with noisy measurement of impulse response function
I observe a noisy 1D signal that has passed through some linear time-invariant filter:
$$z(t) = (h\star x)(t) + n(t)$$
where $h(t)$ is the filter, and I am hoping to recover $x(t)$. $n(t)$ is some ...
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Digital Signal Processing Filters Problem
Hello I need some help with this question.
$$𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑎_1𝑥[𝑛 − 𝑘_1] + 𝑎_2𝑥[𝑛− 𝑘_2] + 𝑏_1 𝑦[𝑛− 𝑘_3]$$
Set $a_1, a_2$, and $b_1$ to any positive or negative real numbers of your choice. Set $...
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Extrapolation of band-limited frequency data
I'm now studying "How to do accurate transform from band-limited frequency data specifically S-parameter data of high speed interconnect to the causal impulse response in time domain. There are ...
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Finding impulse response $h(t)$ by impulse matching; problem understanding Example 2.3 in “Linear systems and signals”, Lathi 3rd edition
Before the example it has been stated that in a system described by
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Q(D)y(t) = P(D)x(t), \quad (1.) \iff \\
(D^N + a_1D^{N-1} + ... + a_{N-1}D + a_N)y(t) = (b_{N-M}D^M + b_{N-M+1}D^{M-1} + ...+b_{N-...
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Stability of a system in time-domain
Consider a system for which the input $x(t)$ and output $y(t)$ are related by the differential equation $$\frac{d^2y(t)}{dt^2} + \frac{3}{2}\frac{dy(t)}{dt} - y(t) = x(t) \tag{1}$$Determine $h(t)$ for ...
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The impulse response of a LTI discrete system is $h[n]=\big(\frac{1}{3}\big)^n u[n]$. Find the response of this system to the input $x[n]= e^{jnπ/4}$
Hi I'm trying to solve the problem when studying for an upcoming test.
The given solution is
$1.2503 e^{jnπ/4 -0.2991}$, and is found by computing $H(Ω)$ and evaluating this at $Ω=π/4$.
when I try ...
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Single-sided Z transform with difference equations and the system function
I am working on this problem:
Given an impulse response,
find the system function,
find the difference equation representation,
find pole-zero plot,
find output $y[n]$ if the input is $x[n] = 0.25^n *...
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Impulse invariance vs. DT representation of a CT system: Where is the inconsistency?
Suppose you have a continuous-time (CT) system $h_c(t)$, bandlimited to $B$. Your goal is to represent the system as a discrete-time (DT) system $h[n]$, sampled at $f_s \leq 2 B$. Clearly $h[n]$ won't ...
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Output of a stable LTI system
Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a stable LTI system. Is it true that if input has finite energy then output also has finite energy? I'm not sure about that. We know that $$\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|h(t)|dt\lt\...
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Multiple short-range impulse responses aggregated to simulate a long-distance impulse response
I'm a biologist and I was thinking of ways that impulse responses could be used to simulate how an animal sounds over various distances in different types of forests.
Ultimately, if a tool was ...
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Find the length of the impulse response for the given output and input
Homework Question:
Consider a signal $x[n]=\alpha e^{j \omega_{0} n}+\beta e^{j \omega_{1} n}+\gamma e^{j \omega_{2} n} .$ What is the length of impulse
response $h[n]$ of a system (non-trivial) such ...
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Amplitude Matching for Exponential Swept Sine
I am working in the area of aerospace vibration testing and we use swept sine tests on structures and measure the response using the accelerometers. I tried implementing the technique "...
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impulse response of a causal LTI system
This is a difference equation to a causal LTI system:
$y[n] = ay[n - 1] + x[n] - a^Nx[n - N]$
Where N is a positive integer. I need to determine the impulse response of the system, so I have the ...
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Estimate IR's from single channel speech audio
I have a dataset of single-channel audios containing speech, recorded in a single room. I need to extract the room IR's. The goal is to simulate the room acoustics and adjust new speech audios ...
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Impulse response of system with $\max\left\{\lvert x[n] \rvert\right\}\ge\max\left\{\lvert y[n]\rvert \right\}$
Find a relation/condition for the impulse response, so for any $x[n]$ (input) with $y[n]$ (output) this relation is true:
$$ \max\left\{\lvert x[n] \rvert\right\} \ge \max\left\{\lvert y[n]\rvert \...
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Bode plot from from step response data
For quality control, I want to measure the frequency response of hardware I built. What I can easily generate on the hardware is a step response. Thus, I want to derive the magnitude and phase from ...
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Real impulse response
It will be great if someone can explain me what exactly means "real impulse response".
Further more , what is the effect of such a response on ROC (Laplace plane) and in particular if its ...
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If you would write the frequency-response in terms of projections through inproducts. How would you do it?
While studying for signals and systems I realised that the most intuitive way of understanding Fourier Series for me, was to see it as a projection (through inproducts) of a signal onto the orthogonal ...
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What do the function blocks mean?
What I don't understand is what exp(.) and ln(.) mean. For example y(t) and ...
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Question about ideal filters
Following shows the discrete time Fourier transform of an ideal low pass filter with cutoff frequency $\omega_c$:
$$H\left(e^{j\omega}\right) =
\begin{cases}
1, & \text{if $|\omega| \le \omega_c$...
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Determining a system's causality using its impulse response
I have the following input-output relation for a system:
$$y(t) = Odd Part Of [x(t)]$$
My question is: Is the system causal?
What my approach has been:
I expressed $y(t)$ alternatively as:
$$y(t) = \...
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Impulse response if initial conditions are given
In most books, impulse response of LTI systems are calculated by assuming initial rest condition, but how to calculate response of an impulse input if there are some initial conditions present ?
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Convolution : Anechoic Speech signal and Impulse response
I am trying to perform convolution in MATLAB of an anechoic speech signal (2.1 s) and a impulse response (20 s) using the following code:
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Impulse Invariant method for digital filter design
One of the known methods for discretizing analog filters is impulse response invariant. We get the impulse response in time domain, discretize it and then get the Z transform.
What I am trying to ...
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Drawing conclusions from impulse response of a discrete LTI system
I have an impulse response of an LTI system which is
h(n)= n*u(n)-u(n-2) where n=[0,3] (1)
Now regarding the stability and causality of this system, i've drawn the ...
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Kernel vs impulse response: what's the difference? [duplicate]
I am reading The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to
Digital Signal Processing by S.W. Smith. In Chapter 9: Applications of the DFT in the 3rd paragraph he writes "kernel (impulse response)"
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Can time-invariance be determined from a given a transfer function?
I've the following function.
$$ G(z) = 2 + \frac{-1+5z^{-1}}{(1-0.5z^{-1})(1-z^{-1})}$$
Calculating it's inverse using $\mathcal Z$-Transform, I get the following function:
$$g[n] = 2\delta[n] + 8u[n] ...
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Impulse response from frequency response in Matlab
I am trying to design equalization filter and therefore I want to define my own amplitude and phase response and then to obtain the impulse response of the filter. I thought that the output of the ...
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finding onset of an impulse signal, basics?
New to signal processing, but making good progress, I think.
I have a series of (many) impulses I generated, which will be used as impulse responses to model our church's acoustics, in this time of ...
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Behaviour of System by Impulse Response
In a book by Alan Oppenheim, it is given that for a LTI system, its characteristics are completely determined by its impulse response. But if impulse response of a system is basically an input output ...
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How to get Step Response from an Impulse Response in Simulink?
Im sorry if it seems like a trivial question but I am confused right now. Im currently watching my professors lecture. And he basically has $\lambda(t)$ as ...
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Find a LTI system such that $\mathcal{T}\{\frac{\sin t}{t}\} = \frac{\sin 2t}{t}$
Let
$$x(t) = \frac{\sin t}{t} \qquad\text{and}\qquad y(t) = \frac{\sin 2t}{t}$$
Is it possible to find a LTI system such that $\mathcal{T}\{x(t)\} = y(t)$?
If not, what's the reason for ...
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Impulse response of a time scaling system
Assume a bandlimited signal $X(t)$. Given that the output for this signal is $X(t/2)$, what will be the impulse response $h(t)$ of such a system?
\begin{array}{l}
X( \omega ) \ =\ \int ^{\infty }_{-\...
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What is the DFT of a binomial filter?
I hope this question is not too simple, I just started learning digital image processing. The 1D binomial filter of size 2 is defined by $B_2 = \frac{1}{4}\begin{bmatrix}1 & 2 & 1\end{bmatrix}$...
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Transfer function coefficients and impulse response - FIR filter
I am currently working on a FIR filter (varying in time). I have the real coefficients of the filter, but I would like to know if they correspond to the coefficients from the impulse response (as $b[k]...
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impulse response cascaded with time reversed of itself
Consider a filter with real-valued impulse response $h[n]$. The filter is cascaded with another filter whose impulse response is $h'[n] = h[-n]$, i.e. whose impulse response is the time-reversed ...
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Why is there a negative in front of the phase response equation for this complex exponential?
first time on here!
I'm working through "Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB" by Vinay and Proakis. Good book.
I am stuck on this example tho.
Shouldn't the imaginary part in the denominator (...
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Argument of Dirac delta function is quadratic with complex roots
For example, we write $$\delta(at + b) = \frac{1}{|a|}\delta\left(t+\frac{b}{a}\right)$$
In a similar way, $$\delta(t^2 + t + 1)=\underline{\hspace{1cm}}$$
Thanks for the help.
Purna.
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Composing two Impulse Responses
Pardon my layperson understanding. My application is audio design.
What is the correct operation / algorithm to compose two impulse responses (IRa, ...
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Calculate Impulse Response of a System From Its Input/Output Waveform via FFT
From the theory, I knew something like :
$y(n) = x(n)*h(n)$
$Y(n) = X(n)H(n)$
$H(n) = \frac{Y(n)}{X(n)}$
Now I have $y(n)$ and $x(n)$ from a system, and $y(n)$ is 2176 samples long, $x(n)$ is 2176 ...
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How to find the perfect regularization number?
I have an issue!
Assume that we are going to solve $Ax=b$ but $x$ contains noise.To minimize that noise we can use regularization:
$$x = (A^TA + \lambda I)^{-1}A^Tb$$
Where $\lambda$ is a small ...
