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BiquadCascadeHP

Overview

Cascade of second order Biquad filters with high precision implementation

Discussion

A cascade of second order recursive filters that are implemented using a high precision filter structure. The module is designed to operate on multiple channels and applies the same coefficients across all channels. The state array is allocated to contain 2numChannelsnumStages values. Filter coefficients should be mapped from SOS to Biquad representation [b0; b1; b2; a1; a2] and given in .coeffs. The leading a0 coefficient is not supplied and is assumed to equal 1.0. In the set function the coefficients will be mapped from Biquad form to High Precision representation [Fb; Gaa; Gab; K; Fa].

The filter coefficients are stored in the matrix .coeffs. This matrix is of dimension 5 x numStages and each column of the matrix corresponds to an individual 2nd order Biquad stage. Within each column, the coefficients are ordered as: [b0; b1; b2; a1; a2].

Module Pack

Advanced

ClassID

classID = 1217

Type Definition

typedef struct _ModuleBiquadCascadeHP
{
ModuleInstanceDescriptor instance;            // Common Audio Weaver module instance structure
INT32 numStages;                              // Number of stages in the filter. The filter order = 2*numStages.
FLOAT32* coeffs;                              // Matrix of filter coefficients. The size of the matrix is 5 x numStages. Each column contains the variables for a biquad arranged as [b0; b1; b2; a1; a2].
FLOAT32* targetCoeffs;                        // Matrix of filter coefficients in the High Precision format. The size of the matrix is 5 x numStages. Each column contains the variables for a biquad arranged as [Fb; Gaa; Gab; K; Fa].
FLOAT32* state;                               // State variables. 2 per channel.
} ModuleBiquadCascadeHPClass;

Variables

Properties

Name Type Usage isHidden Default Value Range Units
numStages int const 0 1 1:1:32
coeffs float* parameter 0 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
targetCoeffs float* derived 0 [5 x 1] Unrestricted
state float* state 1 [2 x 1] Unrestricted

Pins

Input Pins

Name in
Description audio input
Data type float
Channel range Unrestricted
Block size range Unrestricted
Sample rate range Unrestricted
Complex support Real

Output Pins

Name out
Description audio output
Data Type float

Matlab Usage

File Name: biquad_cascadeHP_module.m 
 M=biquad_cascadeHP_module(NAME, NUMSTAGES) 
 Creates a module that implements a cascade of second order Biquad 
 stages. This module can be used to implement high order IIR filters. 
 The module operates on multiple channels and uses the same set of 
 coefficients across channels. This version uses a high precision implementation 

 Arguments: 
    NAME - name of the module. 
    NUMSTAGES - number of biquad stages. The overall filter order 
         is 2*NUMSTAGES. 

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