Allpass VFD Filter Design

This correspondence proposes a general design for allpass variable fractional delay (VFD) digital filters with minimum weighted integral squared error subject to constraints on maximum error deviation from the desired response. The resulting optimization problem is nonlinear and nonconvex with a non...

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Main Authors: Dam, Hai Huyen, Teo, Kok Lay
Format: Journal Article
Published: IEEE Signal Processing Society 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7469
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description This correspondence proposes a general design for allpass variable fractional delay (VFD) digital filters with minimum weighted integral squared error subject to constraints on maximum error deviation from the desired response. The resulting optimization problem is nonlinear and nonconvex with a nonlinear continuous inequality constraint. Stability of the designed filters are discussed. An effective procedure is proposed for solving the optimization problem. Firstly, a constraint transcription method and a smoothing technique are employed to transform the continuous inequality constraint into one equality constraint. Then, by using the concept of a penalty function, the transformed constraint is incorporated into the cost function to form a new cost function. The nonlinear optimization problem subject to continuous inequality constraints is then approximated by a sequence of unconstraint optimization problems. Finally, a global optimization method using a filled function is employed to solve the unconstraint optimization problem. Design example shows that a trade-off can be achieved between the integral squared error and the maximum error deviation for the design of allpass VFD filters.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-74692017-09-13T16:02:17Z Allpass VFD Filter Design Dam, Hai Huyen Teo, Kok Lay optimization filled function Allpass filter design variable digital filter design This correspondence proposes a general design for allpass variable fractional delay (VFD) digital filters with minimum weighted integral squared error subject to constraints on maximum error deviation from the desired response. The resulting optimization problem is nonlinear and nonconvex with a nonlinear continuous inequality constraint. Stability of the designed filters are discussed. An effective procedure is proposed for solving the optimization problem. Firstly, a constraint transcription method and a smoothing technique are employed to transform the continuous inequality constraint into one equality constraint. Then, by using the concept of a penalty function, the transformed constraint is incorporated into the cost function to form a new cost function. The nonlinear optimization problem subject to continuous inequality constraints is then approximated by a sequence of unconstraint optimization problems. Finally, a global optimization method using a filled function is employed to solve the unconstraint optimization problem. Design example shows that a trade-off can be achieved between the integral squared error and the maximum error deviation for the design of allpass VFD filters. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7469 10.1109/TSP.2010.2048316 IEEE Signal Processing Society fulltext
spellingShingle optimization
filled function
Allpass filter design
variable digital filter design
Dam, Hai Huyen
Teo, Kok Lay
Allpass VFD Filter Design
title Allpass VFD Filter Design
title_full Allpass VFD Filter Design
title_fullStr Allpass VFD Filter Design
title_full_unstemmed Allpass VFD Filter Design
title_short Allpass VFD Filter Design
title_sort allpass vfd filter design
topic optimization
filled function
Allpass filter design
variable digital filter design
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7469