Width of comb filter teeth : DSP

Hi all. Does anyone know how to change the width of a feedback comb
filter's teeth? From the general idea on wikipedia, it seems like it is
only possible to change the delays and the gain.

Thanks

Hi,

There was an article that just came out on the IEEE Signal Processing
2008 (5), on the section "DSP Tips& Tricks"
that describes how to design a good variable Q filter (single notch).

hth


On Oct 9, 4:53 pm, "sauwen" <sauwen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.  Does anyone know how to change the width of a feedback comb
> filter's teeth? From the general idea on wikipedia, it seems like it is
> only possible to change the delays and the gain.
>
> Thanks

Here is the matlab function that I implemented of the filter on the
article


function [b,a]=reson(fn,fs,K,mthd)
%
% [b,a]=reson(fn,fs,K,mthd)
%
% Generates a resonant (single pole) filter.Parameters are:
%
% fn - desired location of pole (Hz)
% fs - sampling frequency (Hz)
% K - Q factor or pole magnitude(depending on witch method used
% in the mthd parameter described below)
% mthd - (string) desired method to use. Options are:
%
% 'poleMag' : in this case K specifies the magnitude of
the pole in the filter
% (0 < K <1). Notice that the gain might not
be equal to 1 at the resonant
% peak. And this method might provide *less*
attenuaton at the sidebands than
% method using 'Q2' below.
%
% 'Q1' : simple method utilizing a second order
feedback system. K specificies
% the filter's Q (how narrow the filter is).
This method has significant
% drawbacks, use Q2 instead.
%
% 'Q2' : improved version of Q1 with more symetrical
response and unit gain at desired
% pole location (see example).
%
% b - filter FIR taps
% a - filter AR taps
%
%
% %Example
% fs=5000;
% fn=50;
% K=50;
% r=0.997;
% [b1,a1]=reson(fn,fs,K,'Q1');
% [b2,a2]=reson(fn,fs,K,'Q2');
% [b3,a3]=reson(fn,fs,r,'poleMag');
%
% [H1,F]=freqz(b1,a1,500,fs);
% hold on;
% [H2,F]=freqz(b2,a2,500,fs);
% [H3,F]= freqz(b3,a3,500,fs);
% plot(F,20*log10(abs(H1)));hold on;grid on
% plot(F,20*log10(abs(H2)),'r')
% plot(F,20*log10(abs(H3)),'g')
% legend('Q1','Q2','PoleMag')

%Written By Ikaro Silva 2008

switch mthd

case 'poleMag'
cW = cos(2*pi*fn/fs);
b=[1];
a=[1 -2*K*cW K^2];

case 'Q1'
% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Puts a pole exatly on the unit circle
% at the fn Hz line.

%Not recommended!!! Use Q2 instead
cW =2*cos(2*pi*fn/fs);
Hn=[1 -cW 1];
b=[1];
a=[1 K.*Hn];

case 'Q2'

%Similar to 'Q1' but more accurate
%For details see IEEE SP 2008 (5), pg 113
beta=1+K;
f=pi*fn/fs;

numA=tan(pi/4 - f);
denA=sin(2*f)+cos(2*f)*numA;
A=numA/denA;

b=[1 -2*A A.^2];
a=[ (beta + K*(A^2)) -2*A*(beta+K) ((A^2)*beta + K)];

end

%%%End of Function%%%%%

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:53:31 -0500, "sauwen" <sauwen.jl@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi all. Does anyone know how to change the width of a feedback comb
>filter's teeth? From the general idea on wikipedia, it seems like it is
>only possible to change the delays and the gain.
>
>Thanks

Hi,
I'm just thinkin' out loud here, but
perhaps you could cascade the feedback comb
with a feedforward comb.

Both combs must have the same delay. Then
varying the feedforward value (and sign) of
alpha may allow you to "adjust" width of the
cascaded filter's teeth.

[-Rick-]