# Maximize stopband attenuation of a bandpass IIR filter

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    % "Linear Programming Design of IIR Digital Filters with Arbitrary
    %  Magnitude Functions" by L.R. Rabiner, N.Y. Graham, and H.D. Helms
    % (figures are generated)
    %
    % Designs a bandpass IIR filter using spectral factorization method where we:
    % - minimize maximum stopband attenuation
    % - have a constraint on the maximum passband ripple
    %
    %   minimize   max |H(w)|                      for w in the stopband
    %       s.t.   1/delta <= |H(w)| <= delta      for w in the passband
    %
    % where we now have a rational frequency response function:
    %
    %   H(w) = sum_{m=0}^{M-1} b_m exp{-jwm} / sum_{n=1}^{N-1} a_n exp{-jwn}
    %
    % We change variables via spectral factorization method and get:
    %
    %   minimize   max R(w)                        for w in the stopband
    %       s.t.   (1/delta)^2 <= R(w) <= delta^2  for w in the passband
    %              R(w) >= 0                       for all w
    %
    % where R(w) is the squared magnited of the frequency response
    % (and the Fourier transform of the autocorrelation coefficients r).
    % We represent R(w) = N_hat(w)/D_hat(w), where now R(w) is a rational
    % function since we deal with IIR filter (see the reference paper).
    %
    % Variables are coeffients of the numerator, denoted as c, and
    % denominator, denoted as d. delta is the allowed passband ripple.
    % This is a quasiconvex problem and can be solved using bisection.
    %
    % Written for CVX by Almir Mutapcic 02/02/06

    %*********************************************************************
    % user's filter specs (for a low-pass filter example)
    %*********************************************************************
    % number of coefficients for the IIR filter (including the zeroth one)
    % (also without loss of generality we can assume that d_0 = 1, which
    %  is the zeroth coefficient of the autocorrelation denominator)
    M = 6; % nominator
    N = 6; % denominator

    % maximum passband ripple in dB (+/- from the nominal 0 dB value)
    delta = 1;

    % specification of the upper and lower bound functions U(w) and L(w)
    % freq specs
    wstop1 = 0.35*pi;
    wpass1 = 0.4*pi;
    wpass2 = 0.5*pi;
    wstop2 = 0.55*pi;

    %*********************************************************************
    % create optimization parameters
    %*********************************************************************
    % rule-of-thumb discretization (from Cheney's Approx. Theory book)
    sample_order = 30;
    m = 15*(sample_order);
    w = linspace(0,pi,m)'; % omega

    % A's are matrices used to compute the power spectrum
    Anum = [ones(m,1) 2*cos(kron(w,[1:M-1]))];
    Aden = [ones(m,1) 2*cos(kron(w,[1:N-1]))];

    % first stopband 0 <= w <= wstop1
    ind = find((0 <= w) & (w <= wstop1));
    As1_num  = Anum(ind,:);
    As1_den  = Aden(ind,:);

    % passband wpass1 <= w <= wpass2
    ind = find(wpass1<=w & w<=wpass2);
    Ap_num  = Anum(ind,:);
    Ap_den  = Aden(ind,:);

    % second stopband wstop2 <= w <= pi
    ind = find(w >= wstop2);
    As2_num  = Anum(ind,:);
    As2_den  = Aden(ind,:);

    %********************************************************************
    % optimization
    %********************************************************************

    % use bisection (on the log of vars) to solve for the min stopband atten
    Us_top = 1e-0; % 0 dB
    Us_bot = 1e-8; % -80 dB (in original variables)

    while( 20*log10(Us_top/Us_bot) > 1)
      % try to find a feasible design for given specs
      Us_cur = sqrt(Us_top*Us_bot);

      % [b_cur,a_cur] = iir_mag_design_spec_fact(w,L,U,N,M);
      % formulate and solve the magnitude design problem
      cvx_begin quiet
        variable c(M,1)
        variable d(N-1,1)

        % feasibility problem
        % passband constraints
        (Ap_num*c) <= (10^(+delta/20))^2*(Ap_den*[1;d]); % upper constr
        (Ap_num*c) >= (10^(-delta/20))^2*(Ap_den*[1;d]); % lower constr
        % stopband constraint
        (As1_num*c) <= (Us_cur)*(As1_den*[1;d]); % upper constr
        (As2_num*c) <= (Us_cur)*(As2_den*[1;d]); % upper constr
        % nonnegative-real constraint
        Anum*c >= 0;
        Aden*[1;d] >= 0;
      cvx_end

      % bisection
      if strfind(cvx_status,'Solved') % feasible
        fprintf(1,'Problem is feasible for stopband atten = %3.2f dB\n', ...
                   10*log10(Us_cur));
        Us_top = Us_cur;
        b = spectral_fact(c);
        a = spectral_fact([1;d]);
      else % not feasible
        fprintf(1,'Problem not feasible for stopband atten = %3.2f dB\n', ...
                   10*log10(Us_cur));
        Us_bot = Us_cur;
      end
    end

    % display the max attenuation in the stopband (convert to original vars)
    fprintf(1,'\nOptimum min stopband atten is between %3.2f and %3.2f dB.\n',...
            10*log10(Us_bot),10*log10(Us_top));
    disp('Optimal IIR filter coefficients are: ')
    disp('Numerator: '), b
    disp('Denominator: '), a

    %*********************************************************************
    % plotting routines
    %*********************************************************************
    % frequency response of the designed filter, where j = sqrt(-1)
    w = linspace(0,pi,5*m)'; % omega
    H = ([exp(-j*kron(w,[0:M-1]))]*b)./([exp(-j*kron(w,[0:N-1]))]*a);

    % magnitude plot
    figure(1)
    subplot(2,1,1)
    plot(w,20*log10(abs(H)), ...
         [wpass1 wpass2],[delta delta],'r--', ...
         [wpass1 wpass2],[-delta -delta],'r--', ...
         [0 wstop1],[10*log10(Us_top) 10*log10(Us_top)],'r--', ...
         [wstop2 pi],[10*log10(Us_top) 10*log10(Us_top)],'r--')
    xlabel('w')
    ylabel('mag H(w) in dB')
    axis([0 pi -50 10]);

    % phase plot
    subplot(2,1,2)
    plot(w,angle(H))
    axis([0,pi,-pi,pi])
    xlabel('w'), ylabel('phase H(w)')

    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -40.00 dB
    Problem is feasible for stopband atten = -20.00 dB
    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -30.00 dB
    Problem is feasible for stopband atten = -25.00 dB
    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -27.50 dB
    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -26.25 dB
    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -25.62 dB
    Problem not feasible for stopband atten = -25.31 dB

    Optimum min stopband atten is between -25.31 and -25.00 dB.
    Optimal IIR filter coefficients are:
    Numerator:

    b =

        0.0239
       -0.0170
        0.0324
       -0.0177
        0.0250
       -0.0036

    Denominator:

    a =

        0.3771
       -0.2901
        0.7367
       -0.3279
        0.3468
       -0.0563