Theory of the Design, and Operation of Digital Filters

Chapter 16 present the theoretical basis for digital filters, including issues related to their design. The basic characteristics and structures of finite impulse response and infinite impulse response filters are presented and discussed. In addition, the ideal and practical transfer characteristics of the digital filters are defined. The basic advantage of finite impulse response filters is that they can be designed to have an exact linear phase. However, infinite impulse response filters are generally more efficient computationally. The methods for filters design and related algorithms, which are based on the bilinear transformation method, windowed Fourier series, and algorithms based on iterative optimization, are also presented.