An alternative sensitivity measure for designing low-sensitivity digital biquads

Abstract

A sensitivity measure is proposed for determining the optimum set of machine-representable multiplier constants in the derivation of low-sensitivity digital biquadratic filters. A comparison of this measure with two other sensitivity measures of this class is then undertaken using four different design examples. The four sixth-order filters considered are a Butterworth low-pass, a Chebyshev high-pass, an elliptic bandstop, and an elliptic bandpass filter. It is shown that the three sensitivity measures usually give slightly different low-sensitivity designs and that the new sensitivity measure often gives the best design. >