toi

Third-order intercept point

Syntax

• oip3 = toi(x)
• oip3 = toi(x,fs)
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• oip3 = toi(pxx,f,'psd')
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• oip3 = toi(sxx,f,rbw,'power')
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• [oip3,fundpow,fundfreq,imodpow,imodfreq] = toi(___)
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• toi(___)
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Description

oip3 = toi(x) returns the output third-order intercept (TOI) point, in decibels (dB), of a real sinusoidal two-tone input signal, x. The computation is performed over a periodogram of the same length as the input using a Kaiser window with β = 38.

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oip3 = toi(x,fs) specifies the sampling rate, fs. The default value of fs is 1.

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oip3 = toi(pxx,f,'psd') specifies the input as a one-sided power spectral density (PSD), pxx, of a real signal. f is a vector of frequencies that corresponds to the vector of pxx estimates.

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oip3 = toi(sxx,f,rbw,'power') specifies the input as a one-sided power spectrum, sxx, of a real signal. rbw is the resolution bandwidth over which each power estimate is integrated.

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[oip3,fundpow,fundfreq,imodpow,imodfreq] = toi(___) also returns the power, fundpow, and frequencies, fundfreq, of the two fundamental sinusoids. It also returns the power, imodpow, and frequencies, imodfreq, of the lower and upper intermodulation products. This syntax can use any of the input arguments in the preceding syntaxes.

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toi(___) with no output arguments plots the spectrum of the signal and annotates the lower and upper fundamentals (f1, f2) and intermodulation products (2f1 – f2, 2f2 – f1). Higher harmonics and intermodulation products are not labeled. The TOI appears above the plot.

Examples

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Third-Order Intercept Point of a Two-Tone Nonlinear Signal with Noise

Create a two-tone sinusoid with frequencies kHz and kHz, sampled at 48 kHz. Make the signal nonlinear by feeding it to a polynomial. Add noise. Set the random number generator to the default settings for reproducible results. Compute the third-order intercept point. Verify that the intermodulation products occur at kHz and kHz.

rng default fi1 = 5e3; fi2 = 6e3; Fs = 48e3; N = 1000; x = sin(2*pi*fi1/Fs*(1:N))+sin(2*pi*fi2/Fs*(1:N)); y = polyval([0.5e-3 1e-7 0.1 3e-3],x)+1e-5*randn(1,N); [myTOI,Pfund,Ffund,Pim3,Fim3] = toi(y,Fs); myTOI,Fim3 
myTOI = 1.3844 Fim3 = 1.0e+03 * 4.0002 6.9998 

Third-Order Intercept Point from Power Spectral Density

Create a two-tone sinusoid with frequencies 5 kHz and 6 kHz, sampled at 48 kHz. Make the signal nonlinear by evaluating a polynomial. Add noise. Set the random number generator to the default settings for reproducible results.

rng default fi1 = 5e3; fi2 = 6e3; Fs = 48e3; N = 1000; x = sin(2*pi*fi1/Fs*(1:N))+sin(2*pi*fi2/Fs*(1:N)); y = polyval([0.5e-3 1e-7 0.1 3e-3],x)+1e-5*randn(1,N); 

Evaluate the periodogram of the signal using a Kaiser window. Compute the TOI using the power spectral density. Plot the result.

w = kaiser(numel(y),38); [Sxx, F] = periodogram(y,w,N,Fs,'psd'); [myTOI,Pfund,Ffund,Pim3,Fim3] = toi(Sxx,F,'psd') toi(Sxx,F,'psd'); 
myTOI = 1.3843 Pfund = -22.9133 -22.9132 Ffund = 1.0e+03 * 5.0000 6.0000 Pim3 = -71.4868 -71.5299 Fim3 = 1.0e+03 * 4.0002 6.9998 

Third-Order Intercept Point from Power Spectrum

Create a two-tone sinusoid with frequencies 5 kHz and 6 kHz, sampled at 48 kHz. Make the signal nonlinear by evaluating a polynomial. Add noise. Set the random number generator to the default settings for reproducible results.

rng default fi1 = 5e3; fi2 = 6e3; Fs = 48e3; N = 1000; x = sin(2*pi*fi1/Fs*(1:N))+sin(2*pi*fi2/Fs*(1:N)); y = polyval([0.5e-3 1e-7 0.1 3e-3],x)+1e-5*randn(1,N); 

Evaluate the periodogram of the signal using a Kaiser window. Compute the TOI using the power spectrum. Plot the result.

w = kaiser(numel(y),38); [Sxx,F] = periodogram(y,w,N,Fs,'power'); toi(Sxx,F,enbw(w,Fs),'power') 
ans = 1.3844 

Intermodulation Distortion Products

Generate 640 samples of a two-tone sinusoid with frequencies 5 Hz and 7 Hz, sampled at 32 Hz. Make the signal nonlinear by evaluating a polynomial. Add noise with standard deviation 0.01. Set the random number generator to the default settings for reproducible results. Compute the third-order intercept point. Verify that the intermodulation products occur at and .

rng default x = sin(2*pi*5/32*(1:640))+cos(2*pi*7/32*(1:640)); q = x + 0.01*x.^3 + 1e-2*randn(size(x)); [myTOI,Pfund,Ffund,Pim3,Fim3] = toi(q,32) 
myTOI = 17.4230 Pfund = -2.8350 -2.8201 Ffund = 5.0000 7.0001 Pim3 = -43.1362 -43.5211 Fim3 = 3.0015 8.9744 

TOI Plot

Generate 640 samples of a two-tone sinusoid with frequencies 5 Hz and 7 Hz, sampled at 32 Hz. Make the signal nonlinear by evaluating a polynomial. Add noise with standard deviation 0.01. Set the random number generator to the default settings. Plot the spectrum of the signal. Display the fundamentals and the intermodulation products. Verify that the latter occur at 9 Hz and 3 Hz.

rng default x = sin(2*pi*5/32*(1:640))+cos(2*pi*7/32*(1:640)); q = x + 0.01*x.^3 + 1e-2*randn(size(x)); toi(q,32) 
ans = 17.4230 

Input Arguments

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x — Real-valued sinusoidal two-tone signalvector

Real-valued sinusoidal two-tone signal, specified as a row or column vector.

Example: polyval([0.01 0 1 0],sum(sin(2*pi*[5 7]'*(1:640)/32))) + 0.01*randn([1 640])

Data Types: double | single

fs — Sampling frequency1 (default) | positive real scalar

Sampling frequency, specified as a positive real scalar. The sampling frequency is the number of samples per unit time. If the unit of time is seconds, the sampling frequency has units of hertz.

Data Types: double | single

pxx — One-sided PSD estimatevector

One-sided power spectral density estimate, specified as a real-valued, nonnegative row or column vector.

Data Types: double | single

f — Cyclical frequenciesvector

Cyclical frequencies corresponding to the one-sided PSD estimate, pxx, specified as a row or column vector. The first element of f must be 0.

Data Types: double | single

sxx — Power spectrumnonnegative real-valued row or column vector

Power spectrum, specified as a real-valued nonnegative row or column vector.

Data Types: double | single

rbw — Resolution bandwidthpositive scalar

Resolution bandwidth, specified as a positive scalar. The resolution bandwidth is the product of the frequency resolution of the discrete Fourier transform and the equivalent noise bandwidth of the window.

Data Types: double | single

Output Arguments

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oip3 — Third-order intercept pointscalar

Output third-order intercept point of a sinusoidal two-tone signal, returned as a real-valued scalar expressed in decibels. If the second primary tone is the second harmonic of the first primary tone, then the lower intermodulation product is at zero frequency. The function returns NaN in those cases.

Data Types: double | single

fundpow — Power of fundamental sinusoidstwo-element real row vector

Power contained in the two fundamental sinusoids of the input signal, returned as a real-valued two-element row vector.

Data Types: double | single

fundfreq — Frequencies of fundamental sinusoidstwo-element real row vector

Frequencies of the two fundamental sinusoids of the input signal, returned as a real-valued two-element row vector.

Data Types: double | single

imodpow — Power of intermodulation productstwo-element real row vector

Power contained in the lower and upper intermodulation products of the input signal, returned as a real-valued two-element row vector.

Data Types: double | single

imodfreq — Frequencies of intermodulation productstwo-element real row vector

Frequencies of the lower and upper intermodulation products of the input signal, returned as a real-valued two-element row vector.

Data Types: double | single

References

[1] Kundert, Kenneth S. "Accurate and Rapid Measurement of IP2 and IP3." May, 2002. http://www.designers-guide.org/Analysis/intercept-point.pdf.