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Phase Response

Now we may isolate the filter phase response $ \Theta(\omega)$ by taking a ratio of the $ a(\omega)$ and $ b(\omega)$ in Eq.(1.5):

\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{b(\omega)}{a(\omega)}
&=& -\frac{G(\omega) \sin\left[\Theta(\omega)\right]}{G(\omega) \cos\left[\Theta(\omega)\right]}\\
&=& -\frac{\sin\left[\Theta(\omega)\right]}{\cos\left[\Theta(\omega)\right]}\\
&\isdef & - \tan[\Theta(\omega)]
\end{eqnarray*}

Substituting the expansions of $ a(\omega)$ and $ b(\omega)$ yields

\begin{eqnarray*}
\tan[\Theta(\omega)] &=& - \frac{b(\omega)}{a(\omega)} \\
&=& - \frac{\sin(\omega T)}{1 + \cos(\omega T)}\\
&=& - \frac{2\sin(\omega T/2)\cos(\omega T/2)}{1 + [\cos^2(\omega T/2) - \sin^2(\omega T/2)]}\\
&=& - \frac{2\sin(\omega T/2)\cos(\omega T/2)}{2\cos^2(\omega T/2)}
= - \frac{\sin(\omega T/2)}{\cos(\omega T/2)}
= \tan\left(-\omega T/2\right).
\end{eqnarray*}

Thus, the phase response of the simple lowpass filter $ y(n) = x(n) + x(n - 1)$ is

$\displaystyle \zbox {\Theta(\omega) = -\omega T/2.} \protect$ (2.7)

We have completely solved for the frequency response of the simplest low-pass filter given in Eq.(1.1) using only trigonometric identities. We found that an input sinusoid of the form

$\displaystyle x(n) = A \cos(2\pi fnT + \phi)
$

produces the output

$\displaystyle y(n) = 2A \cos(\pi f T) \cos(2\pi fnT + \phi - \pi fT).
$

Thus, the gain versus frequency is $ 2\cos(\pi fT)$ and the change in phase at each frequency is given by $ -\pi fT$ radians. These functions are shown in Fig.1.7. With these functions at our disposal, we can predict the filter output for any sinusoidal input. Since, by Fourier theory [84], every signal can be represented as a sum of sinusoids, we've also solved the more general problem of predicting the output given any input signal.


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``Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications'', by Julius O. Smith III, (September 2007 Edition)
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