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freqs

Frequency response of analog filters

Syntax

h = freqs(b,a,w)
[h,w] = freqs(b,a,n)
freqs

Description

freqs returns the complex frequency response H(jω) (Laplace transform) of an analog filter

given the numerator and denominator coefficients in vectors b and a.

h = freqs(b,a,w) returns the complex frequency response of the analog filter specified by coefficient vectors b and a. freqs evaluates the frequency response along the imaginary axis in the complex plane at the angular frequencies in rad/s specified in real vector w, where w is a vector containing more than one frequency.

[h,w] = freqs(b,a,n) uses n frequency points to compute the frequency response, h, where n is a real, scalar value. The frequency vector w is auto-generated and has length n. If you omit n as an input, 200 frequency points are used. If you do not need the generated frequency vector returned, you can use the form h = freqs(b,a,n) to return only the frequency response, h.

freqs with no output arguments plots the magnitude and phase response versus frequency in the current figure window.

freqs works only for real input systems and positive frequencies.

Examples

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Frequency Response from the Transfer Function

Find and graph the frequency response of the transfer function

a = [1 0.4 1];
b = [0.2 0.3 1];
w = logspace(-1,1);
freqs(b,a,w)

You can also compute the results and use them to generate the plots.

h = freqs(b,a,w);
mag = abs(h);
phase = angle(h);
phasedeg = phase*180/pi;

subplot(2,1,1), loglog(w,mag), grid on
subplot(2,1,2), semilogx(w,phasedeg), grid on
xlabel 'Frequency (rad/s)', ylabel 'Phase (degrees)'

Frequency Response of a Lowpass Analog Bessel Filter

Design a 5th-order analog lowpass Bessel filter with an approximately constant group delay up to rad/s. Plot the frequency response of the filter using freqs.

[b,a] = besself(5,10000);   % Bessel analog filter design
freqs(b,a)                  % Plot frequency response