Stability Condition in Terns of the pole locations A causal Lti digital filter is BlBO stable if and only if its impulse response hn]is absolutely summable, i.e S=∑h n<∞ 1=-0 We now develop a stability condition in terms of the pole locations of the transfer function H(z) Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 1 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • A causal LTI digital filter is BIBO stable if and only if its impulse response h[n] is absolutely summable, i.e., • We now develop a stability condition in terms of the pole locations of the transfer function H(z) = n=− S h[n]
Stability Condition in Terms of the pole locations The roc of the z-transform H(z)of the impulse response sequence h[n] is defined by values ofz=r for which hn]" is absolutely summable Thus if the roc includes the unit circle 1, then the digital filter is stable, and vice versa Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 2 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • The ROC of the z-transform H(z) of the impulse response sequence h[n] is defined by values of |z| = r for which is absolutely summable • Thus, if the ROC includes the unit circle |z| = 1, then the digital filter is stable, and vice versa n h n r − [ ]
Stability Condition in Terms of the pole locations In addition, for a stable and causal digital filter for which hn is a right-sided sequence, the roc will include the unit circle and entire z-plane including the point 2三0 An fir digital filter with bounded impulse response is al ways stable Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 3 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • In addition, for a stable and causal digital filter for which h[n] is a right-sided sequence, the ROC will include the unit circle and entire z-plane including the point • An FIR digital filter with bounded impulse response is always stable z =
Stability Condition in Terms of the pole locations On the other hand an iir filter may be unstable if not designed properly In addition, an originally stable IIR filter characterized by infinite precision coefficients may become unstable when coefficients get quantized due to implementation 4 Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 4 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • On the other hand, an IIR filter may be unstable if not designed properly • In addition, an originally stable IIR filter characterized by infinite precision coefficients may become unstable when coefficients get quantized due to implementation
Stability Condition in Terms of the pole locations Example- Consider the causal Iir transfer function H(z) 1-1.845z1+0.8505862 The plot of the impulse response coefficients is shown on the next slide Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 5 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • Example - Consider the causal IIR transfer function • The plot of the impulse response coefficients is shown on the next slide 1 2 1 1 845 0 850586 1 − − − + = z z H z . . ( )
Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole locations 010203040 Time index n As can be seen from the above plot, the impulse response coefficient h[n] decays rapidly to zero value as n increases Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 6 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • As can be seen from the above plot, the impulse response coefficient h[n] decays rapidly to zero value as n increases 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 2 4 6 Time index n Amplitude h[n]
Stability Condition in Terns of the pole locations The absolute summability condition of h[n is satisfied Hence, H(z)is a stable transfer function Now. consider the case when the transfer function coefficients are rounded to values ith 2 digits after the decimal point H(z)= 1-1.85x-1+0.85z 2 Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 7 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • The absolute summability condition of h[n] is satisfied • Hence, H(z) is a stable transfer function • Now, consider the case when the transfer function coefficients are rounded to values with 2 digits after the decimal point: 1 2 1 1 85 0 85 1 − − − + = z z H z . . ( ) ^
Stability Condition in Terms of the pole locations a plot of the impulse response of hn is shown below 10203040506070 Time index n Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 8 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • A plot of the impulse response of is shown below h[n] ^ 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 2 4 6 Time index n Amplitude h[n] ^
Stability Condition in Terns of the pole locations In this case the impulse response coefficient hIn] increases rapidly to a constant value as n increases Hence, the absolute summability condition of is violated Thus, H(z)is an unstable transfer function Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 9 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • In this case, the impulse response coefficient increases rapidly to a constant value as n increases • Hence, the absolute summability condition of is violated • Thus, is an unstable transfer function h[n] ^ H(z) ^
Stability Condition in Terns of the pole locations The stability testing of a Iir transfer function is therefore an important problem In most cases it is difficult to compute the infinite sum <OO n=-0 For a causal iir transfer function the sum s can be computed approximately as Sx=∑ =0 h[n] Copyright C 2001, S K Mitra
Copyright © 2001, S. K. Mitra 10 Stability Condition in Terms of the Pole Locations • The stability testing of a IIR transfer function is therefore an important problem • In most cases it is difficult to compute the infinite sum • For a causal IIR transfer function, the sum S can be computed approximately as = n=− S h[n] − = = 1 0 K n S h[n] K
