Effect of Coefficient Rounding in Floating-Point Digital Filters,

Abstract

The paper analyzes the effect of coefficient rounding in digital filters using floating-point arithmetic. An error is defined as the difference between the output of a digital filter realized with a finite number of bits and the output of the same filter using infinite number of bits. It is shown that this error consists of two uncorrelated components. One component is due to the rounding of the arithmetic operations alone, and the other component represents the additional error due to coefficient rounding. Expressions are derived for the mean square value of the error for the three canonical programming forms. The stability problem is studied by examining the shift of the pole locations due to the coefficient rounding. Mean square value of the shift is calculated. Good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results are obtained. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0727073

Entities

People

  • Bede Liu
  • Toyohisa Kaneko

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arithmetic
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programming
  • Digital Filters
  • Filters
  • Floating Point Operations

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.