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# zerophase

Zero-phase response of digital filter

## Syntax

[Hr,w] = zerophase(b,a)
[Hr,w] = zerophase(sos)
[Hr,w] = zerophase(d)
[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,nfft)
[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,nfft,'whole')
[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,w)
[Hr,f] = zerophase(...,f,fs)
[Hr,w,phi] = zerophase(...)
zerophase(...)

## Description

[Hr,w] = zerophase(b,a) returns the zero-phase response Hr, and the frequency vector w (in radians/sample) at which Hr is computed, given a filter defined by numerator b and denominator a. For FIR filters where a=1, you can omit the value a from the command. The zero-phase response is evaluated at 512 equally spaced points on the upper half of the unit circle.

The zero-phase response, Hr(ω), is related to the frequency response, H(e), by

$H\left({e}^{j\omega }\right)={H}_{r}\left(\omega \right){e}^{j\phi \left(\omega \right)},$

where φ(ω) is the continuous phase.

 Note   The zero-phase response is always real, but it is not the equivalent of the magnitude response. The former can be negative while the latter cannot be negative.

[Hr,w] = zerophase(sos) returns the zero-phase response for the second order sections matrix, sos. sos is a K-by-6 matrix, where the number of sections, K, must be greater than or equal to 2. If the number of sections is less than 2, zerophase considers the input to be the numerator vector, b. Each row of sos corresponds to the coefficients of a second order (biquad) filter. The ith row of the sos matrix corresponds to [bi(1) bi(2) bi(3) ai(1) ai(2) ai(3)].

[Hr,w] = zerophase(d) returns the zero-phase response for the digital filter, d. Use designfilt to generate d based on frequency-response specifications.

[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,nfft) returns the zero-phase response Hr and frequency vector w (radians/sample), using nfft frequency points on the upper half of the unit circle. For best results, set nfft to a value greater than the filter order.

[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,nfft,'whole') returns the zero-phase response Hr and frequency vector w (radians/sample), using nfft frequency points around the whole unit circle.

[Hr,w] = zerophase(...,w) returns the zero-phase response Hr and frequency vector w (radians/sample) at frequencies in vector w. The vector w must have at least two elements.

[Hr,f] = zerophase(...,f,fs) returns the zero-phase response Hr and frequency vector f (Hz), using the sampling frequency fs (in Hz), to determine the frequency vector f (in Hz) at which Hr is computed. The vector f must have at least two elements.

[Hr,w,phi] = zerophase(...) returns the zero-phase response Hr, frequency vector w (rad/sample), and the continuous phase component, phi. (Note that this quantity is not equivalent to the phase response of the filter when the zero-phase response is negative.)

zerophase(...) plots the zero-phase response versus frequency. If you input the filter coefficients or second order sections matrix, the current figure window is used. If you input a digitalFilter, the step response is displayed in fvtool.

 Note:   If the input to zerophase is single precision, the zero-phase response is calculated using single-precision arithmetic. The output, Hr, is single precision.

## Examples

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### Zero-Phase Response of an FIR Filter

Use designfilt to design a 54th-order FIR filter with normalized cutoff frequency 0.3π rad/sample, passband ripple 0.7 dB, and stopband attenuation 42 dB. Use the method of constrained least squares. Display the zero-phase response.

```Nf = 54; Fc = 0.3; Ap = 0.7; As = 42;
d = designfilt('lowpassfir','FilterOrder',Nf,'CutoffFrequency',Fc, ...
'PassbandRipple',Ap,'StopbandAttenuation',As,'DesignMethod','cls');
zerophase(d)```

Design the same filter using fircls1. Keep in mind that fircls1 uses linear units to measure the ripple and attenuation. Display the zero-phase response.

```pAp = 10^(Ap/40); Apl = (pAp-1)/(pAp+1);
pAs = 10^(As/20); Asl = 1/pAs;
b = fircls1(Nf,Fc,Apl,Asl);
zerophase(b)```

### Zero-Phase Response of an Elliptic Filter

Design a 10th-order elliptic lowpass IIR filter with normalized passband frequency 0.4π rad/sample, passband ripple 0.5 dB, and stopband attenuation 20 dB. Display the zero-phase response of the filter on 512 frequency points around the whole unit circle

```d = designfilt('lowpassiir','FilterOrder',10,'PassbandFrequency',0.4, ...
'PassbandRipple',0.5,'StopbandAttenuation',20,'DesignMethod','ellip');
zerophase(d,512,'whole')```

Create the same filter using ellip. Plot its zero-phase response.

```[b,a] = ellip(10,0.5,20,0.4);
zerophase(b,a,512,'whole')```

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