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scipy.signal.iirfilter

scipy.signal.iirfilter(N, Wn, rp=None, rs=None, btype='band', analog=False, ftype='butter', output='ba')[source]

IIR digital and analog filter design given order and critical points.

Design an Nth-order digital or analog filter and return the filter coefficients.

Parameters:
N : int

The order of the filter.

Wn : array_like

A scalar or length-2 sequence giving the critical frequencies. For digital filters, Wn is normalized from 0 to 1, where 1 is the Nyquist frequency, pi radians/sample. (Wn is thus in half-cycles / sample.) For analog filters, Wn is an angular frequency (e.g. rad/s).

rp : float, optional

For Chebyshev and elliptic filters, provides the maximum ripple in the passband. (dB)

rs : float, optional

For Chebyshev and elliptic filters, provides the minimum attenuation in the stop band. (dB)

btype : {‘bandpass’, ‘lowpass’, ‘highpass’, ‘bandstop’}, optional

The type of filter. Default is ‘bandpass’.

analog : bool, optional

When True, return an analog filter, otherwise a digital filter is returned.

ftype : str, optional

The type of IIR filter to design:

  • Butterworth : ‘butter’
  • Chebyshev I : ‘cheby1’
  • Chebyshev II : ‘cheby2’
  • Cauer/elliptic: ‘ellip’
  • Bessel/Thomson: ‘bessel’
output : {‘ba’, ‘zpk’, ‘sos’}, optional

Type of output: numerator/denominator (‘ba’), pole-zero (‘zpk’), or second-order sections (‘sos’). Default is ‘ba’.

Returns:
b, a : ndarray, ndarray

Numerator (b) and denominator (a) polynomials of the IIR filter. Only returned if output='ba'.

z, p, k : ndarray, ndarray, float

Zeros, poles, and system gain of the IIR filter transfer function. Only returned if output='zpk'.

sos : ndarray

Second-order sections representation of the IIR filter. Only returned if output=='sos'.

See also

butter
Filter design using order and critical points

cheby1, cheby2, ellip, bessel

buttord
Find order and critical points from passband and stopband spec

cheb1ord, cheb2ord, ellipord

iirdesign
General filter design using passband and stopband spec

Notes

The 'sos' output parameter was added in 0.16.0.

Examples

Generate a 17th-order Chebyshev II bandpass filter and plot the frequency response:

>>> from scipy import signal
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> b, a = signal.iirfilter(17, [50, 200], rs=60, btype='band',
...                         analog=True, ftype='cheby2')
>>> w, h = signal.freqs(b, a, 1000)
>>> fig = plt.figure()
>>> ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
>>> ax.semilogx(w, 20 * np.log10(abs(h)))
>>> ax.set_title('Chebyshev Type II bandpass frequency response')
>>> ax.set_xlabel('Frequency [radians / second]')
>>> ax.set_ylabel('Amplitude [dB]')
>>> ax.axis((10, 1000, -100, 10))
>>> ax.grid(which='both', axis='both')
>>> plt.show()
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