impulse

Impulse response for rational function object

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Syntax

[resp,t] = impulse(h,ts,n)

Description

[resp,t] = impulse(h,ts,n) computes the impulse response, resp, of the rational function object, h, over the time period specified by ts and n.

Note

While you can compute the output response for a rational function object by computing the impulse response of the object and then convolving that response with the input signal, this approach is not recommended. Instead, you should use the timeresp method to perform this computation because it generally gives a more accurate output signal for a given input signal.

The input h is the handle of a rational function object. ts is a positive scalar value that specifies the sample time of the computed impulse response, and n is a positive integer that specifies the total number of samples in the response.

The vector of time samples of the impulse response, t, is computed from the inputs as t = [0,ts,2*ts,...,(n-1)*ts]. The impulse response, resp, is an n-element vector of impulse response values corresponding to these times. It is computed using the analytical form of the rational function

resp=∑k=1MCkeAk(t−Delay)u(t−Delay)+Dδ(t−Delay)

where

  • A, C, D, and Delay are properties of the rational function object, h.

  • M is the number of poles in the rational function object.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a sparameters object from a file and use rfparam to extract the S21parameters.

S = sparameters('passive.s2p');
S21 = rfparam(S,2,1);

Fit a rational function object to the S21 data by using rationalfit.

freq = S.Frequencies;
fit_data = rationalfit(freq,S21)
fit_data = 
   rfmodel.rational with properties:

        A: [6x1 double]
        C: [6x1 double]
        D: 0
    Delay: 0
     Name: 'Rational Function'

Calculate the impulse response using the impulse method and plot the results.

[resp,t] = impulse(fit_data,1e-12,1e3);
plot(t,resp);

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Introduced in R2006b

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