dsp.SOSFilter

Second-order section biquadratic IIR filter structures

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Description

The dsp.SOSFilter System object™ implements an IIR filter structure using second-order sections (SOS).

To implement an IIR filter structure using SOS:

  1. Create the dsp.SOSFilter object and set its properties.

  2. Call the object with arguments, as if it were a function.

To learn more about how System objects work, see What Are System Objects?.

Creation

Syntax

sos = dsp.SOSFilter
sos = dsp.SOSFilter(num,den)
sos = dsp.SOSFilter(Name,Value)

Description

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sos = dsp.SOSFilter returns a biquadratic IIR filter System object, sos, which independently filters each channel (column) of the input over time using a specified biquadratic structure.

sos = dsp.SOSFilter(num,den) returns a biquadratic filter object with the Numerator property set to num and the Denominator property set to den.

sos = dsp.SOSFilter(Name,Value) returns a biquadratic filter object with each property set to the specified value. Enclose each property name in single quotes.

Example: sos = dsp.SOSFilter('CoefficientSource','Input port')

Properties

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Unless otherwise indicated, properties are nontunable, which means you cannot change their values after calling the object. Objects lock when you call them, and the release function unlocks them.

If a property is tunable, you can change its value at any time.

For more information on changing property values, see System Design in MATLAB Using System Objects.

Filter structure, specified as one of 'Direct form I', 'Direct form I transposed', 'Direct form II', or 'Direct form II transposed'.

Source of the filter coefficients, specified as one of the following:

  • 'Property' –– The filter coefficients are specified through the Numerator, Denominator, and ScaleValues properties.

  • 'Input port' –– The numerator coefficients, denominator coefficients, and the scale values are specified as inputs to the object while running the algorithm. For more details, see Usage.

Numerator coefficients of the filter, specified as an N-by-3 matrix, where N is the number of biquadratic sections.

The size of this property cannot be modified once you have run the System object algorithm. However, the coefficient values can change as the property is tunable.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

To enable this property, set the CoefficientSource property to 'Property'.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Denominator coefficients of the filter, specified as an N-by-3 matrix, where N is the number of biquadratic sections.

The leading denominator coefficient is always assumed to be 1. If any other value is specified in the first column, the object ignores this value and treats it as 1.

The size of this property cannot be modified once you step through the algorithm. However, the denominator values can be modified as the property is tunable.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

To enable this property, set CoefficientSource property to 'Property'.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Specify if the filter has scale values for each section. When set to true, using the ScaleValues property, you can specify the scale values to be applied before and after each section of the biquadratic filter.

Scale values to apply before and after each section of a biquadratic filter, specified as a vector. The length of the ScaleValues vector must be N + 1, where N is the number of biqaudratic sections. If you set this property to a scalar value, the scalar value is used as the gain value only before the first filter section. The remaining gain values are set to 1. If you set this property to a vector of N + 1 values, each value is used for a separate section of the filter.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Property' and HasScaleValues property to true.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Fixed-Point Properties

Rounding method for fixed-point operations, specified as one of the following:

  • 'Floor'

  • 'Ceiling'

  • 'Convergent'

  • 'Nearest'

  • 'Round'

  • 'Simplest'

  • 'Zero'

For more details, see Rounding Modes.

Overflow action for fixed-point operations, specified as one of the following:

  • 'Wrap' –– The object wraps the result of its fixed-point operations.

  • 'Saturate' –– The object saturates the result of its fixed-point operations.

For more details on overflow actions, see Overflow Handling for fixed-point operations.

Section input word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same as input' or a numerictype (Fixed-Point Designer) object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the HasScaleValues property to true.

Section output word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same as section input' or a numerictype (Fixed-Point Designer) object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the HasScaleValues property to true.

Numerator coefficients word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same word length as input' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. If not specified, the fraction length is determined based on the numerator coefficient values to give the best possible precision.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Property'.

Denominator coefficients word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same word length as input' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. If not specified, the fraction length is determined based on the denominator coefficient values to give the best possible precision.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Property'.

Scale values word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same word length as input' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. If not specified, the fraction length is determined based on the scale values to give the best possible precision.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Property' and HasScaleValues property to true.

Multiplicand word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Same as output' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the Structure property to 'Direct form I transposed'.

State word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Full precision' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias.

Dependencies

This property applies only when you set the Structure property to 'Direct form II'.

Denominator accumulator word- and fraction-length designations, specified as a numerictype object.

Output word- and fraction-length designations, specified as either 'Full precision' or as a numerictype object.

When specified as a numerictype object, the data type must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias.

Usage

Syntax

y = sos(x)
y = sos(x,num,den)
y = sos(x,num,den,g)

Description

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y = sos(x) filters the input signal x and outputs the filtered values y. The sos filter object filters each channel (column) of the input signal independently over successive calls to the algorithm.

This syntax is valid only when the CoefficientSource property is set to 'Property'.

y = sos(x,num,den) filters the input using num as the numerator coefficients and den as the denominator coefficients of the sos filter.

This syntax is valid only when the CoefficientSource property is set to 'Input port' and HasScaleValues property is set to false.

y = sos(x,num,den,g) specifies the scale values g of the sos filter.

This syntax is valid only when the CoefficientSource property is set to 'Input port' and HasScaleValues property is set to true.

Input Arguments

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Data input, specified as a vector or a matrix.

This object also accepts variable-size inputs. Once you have run the System object algorithm, you can change the size of each input channel, but you cannot change the number of channels.

If the input is fixed-point, it must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. When the fraction length is not specified, the object determines the fraction length based on the input data to give the best possible precision.

The data type of all inputs must be the same.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | fi
Complex Number Support: Yes

Numerator coefficients, specified as an N-by-3 matrix, where N is the number of biquadratic sections.

Once you step through the algorithm, the size of this input cannot be modified. However, the numerator coefficient values can be modified as the input is tunable.

If num is fixed-point, it must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. When the fraction length is not specified, the object determines the fraction length based on the numerator coefficient values to give the best possible precision.

The data type of all inputs must be the same.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

This input applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Input port'.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | fi

Denominator coefficients of the filter, specified as an N-by-3 matrix, where N is the number of biquadratic sections.

The leading denominator coefficient is always assumed to be 1. If any other value is specified in the first column, the object ignores this value and treats it as 1.

The size of this input cannot be modified once you step through the algorithm. However, the denominator values can be modified as the input is tunable.

If den is fixed-point, it must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. When the fraction length is not specified, the object determines the fraction length based on the denominator coefficient values to give the best possible precision.

The data type of all inputs must be the same.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

This input applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Input port'.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | fi

Scale values of the biquadratic filter, specified as a 1-by-(N+1) vector, where N is the number of biquadratic filter sections.

If g is fixed-point, it must be signed fixed point with a power-of-two slope and zero bias. When the fraction length is not specified, the object determines the fraction length based on the scale values to give the best possible precision.

The data type of all inputs must be the same.

Tunable: Yes

Dependencies

This input applies only when you set the CoefficientSource property to 'Input port' and HasScaleValues property to true.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | fi

Output Arguments

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Filtered output, returned as a vector or a matrix. The size and complexity of the output signal matches that of the input signal.

The data type of the output is determined based on the value of the OutputDataType property. If set to 'Full precision', the output data type is computed based on the signal flow diagrams shown in the Fixed-Point Conversion section. If set to a custom numeric type, the output data type is cast to the specified numeric type.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | fi
Complex Number Support: Yes

Object Functions

To use an object function, specify the System object as the first input argument. For example, to release system resources of a System object named obj, use this syntax:

release(obj)

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freqzFrequency response of discrete-time filter System object
fvtoolVisualize frequency response of DSP filters
impzImpulse response of discrete-time filter System object
infoInformation about filter System object
coeffsReturns the filter System object coefficients in a structure
costEstimate cost of implementing filter System object
scaleScale second-order sections
scaleoptsCreate an options object for second-order section scaling
scalecheckCheck scaling of biquadratic filter
cumsecCumulative second-order section of the biquadratic filter
tfConvert discrete-time filter System object to transfer function
reorderReorder second-order sections of biquadratic filter System object
stepRun System object algorithm
releaseRelease resources and allow changes to System object property values and input characteristics
resetReset internal states of System object

Examples

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Open Live Script

Lowpass filter a noisy sinusoidal signal using the dsp.SOSFilter System object. Visualize the original and filtered signals using a spectrum analyzer.

Input Signal

The input signal is a sinusoidal signal with two tones, one at 1 kHz and the other at 3 kHz. The sampling frequency is 8 kHz.

f1 = 1000;
f2 = 3000;
Fs = 8000;
sine = dsp.SineWave('Frequency',[f1,f2],'SampleRate',Fs,...
'SamplesPerFrame',1024);

Create Biquad SOS Filter

Design a 10th-order lowpass Butterworth IIR filter with a cutoff frequency of 2 kHz. The numerator and denominator coefficients are extracted from the designed SOS matrix. 

Fcutoff = 2000;
[z,p,k] = butter(10,Fcutoff/(Fs/2));
[s, g]  = zp2sos(z,p,k);
num = s(:,1:3);
den = s(:,4:6);
    
sosFilter = dsp.SOSFilter(num, den,'HasScaleValues',true,'ScaleValues',g)
sosFilter = 
  dsp.SOSFilter with properties:

            Structure: 'Direct form II transposed'
    CoefficientSource: 'Property'
            Numerator: [5x3 double]
          Denominator: [5x3 double]
       HasScaleValues: true
          ScaleValues: [0.0029 1 1 1 1 1]

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Visualize the frequency response of the designed SOS filter.

fvtool(sosFilter,'Fs',8000)

Streaming

Add zero-mean white Gaussian noise with a standard deviation of 0.1 to the sum of sine waves. Filter the noisy sinusoidal signal with the designed SOS filter.

While running the simulation, the spectrum analyzer shows that the high-frequency tone above 2 kHz in the source signal is attenuated. The resulting signal maintains the peak at 1 kHz because it falls in the passband of the lowpass filter.

SA = dsp.SpectrumAnalyzer('PlotAsTwoSidedSpectrum',false, ...
    'SampleRate',Fs, ...
    'NumInputPorts',2,...
    'ShowLegend',true,...
    'YLimits',[-200 100],...
    'ChannelNames',{'Input signal', 'Filtered signal'});

    % Stream processing loop
for k = 1:100
    input = sum(sine(),2) + 0.1.*randn(sine.SamplesPerFrame,1);
    filteredOutput = sosFilter(input);
    SA(input,filteredOutput);
end

Open Live Script

Design a lowpass biquadratic SOS filter with time-varying coefficients. Visualize the magnitude response of the filter using a dynamic filter visualizer.

dfv = dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer('YLimits',[-120 10])
dfv = 
  DynamicFilterVisualizer with properties:

           FFTLength: 2048
          SampleRate: 44100
      FrequencyRange: [0 22050]
              XScale: 'Linear'
    MagnitudeDisplay: 'Magnitude (dB)'

   Visualization
                Name: 'Dynamic Filter Visualizer'
               Title: 'Magnitude Response'
             YLimits: [-120 10]
          ShowLegend: 0
         FilterNames: {''}
           UpperMask: Inf
           LowerMask: -Inf
            Position: [240 262 800 500]

Create a dsp.SOSFilter object.

sosfilt = dsp.SOSFilter
sosfilt = 
  dsp.SOSFilter with properties:

            Structure: 'Direct form II transposed'
    CoefficientSource: 'Property'
            Numerator: [0.0975 0.1950 0.0975]
          Denominator: [1 -0.9428 0.3333]
       HasScaleValues: false

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Use the maxflat function to design a lowpass maximally flat filter. Set the numerator and denominator order of the filter to 2 since the SOS filter is biquadratic. Vary the cutoff frequency in 0.001 increments and design the filter for each increment. Pass the computed coefficients to the SOS filter. Visualize the time-varying magnitude response of the SOS filter using the dsp.DynamicFilterVisualizer object.

for Wn = 0.1:0.001:0.6
 [b,a] = maxflat(2,2,Wn);
 sosfilt.Numerator = b;
 sosfilt.Denominator = a;
 dfv(sosfilt)
end

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