From: Robert Adams on
Guys

I have the following problem;

Factor the following infinite series into a product of second-order
sections;


H(z) = 1 - Z^-1 + Z^-2 - Z^-3 +
Z^-4 ......................................

Thanks for any pointers!


Bob Adams

From: Jerry Avins on
Robert Adams wrote:
> Guys
>
> I have the following problem;
>
> Factor the following infinite series into a product of second-order
> sections;
>
>
> H(z) = 1 - Z^-1 + Z^-2 - Z^-3 +
> Z^-4 ......................................
>
> Thanks for any pointers!

What's the name of the course?

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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From: Robert Adams on
On Jun 24, 10:12 am, Jerry Avins <j...(a)ieee.org> wrote:
> Robert Adams wrote:
> > Guys
>
> > I have the following problem;
>
> > Factor the following infinite series into a product of second-order
> > sections;
>
> > H(z) = 1 - Z^-1 + Z^-2 - Z^-3 +
> > Z^-4 ......................................
>
> > Thanks for any pointers!
>
> What's the name of the course?
>
> Jerry
> --
> Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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Jerry

Believe me, I WISH I were a student!! But, sadly, I have been
grinding out audio chip designs for 25+ years.

This problem is related to a rather bizarre mathematical problem I
have been trying to solve for the last few years, unrelated to my "day
job".


Regards

Bob Adams
Analog Devices Fellow
From: Rune Allnor on
On 24 Jun, 15:14, Robert Adams <robert.ad...(a)analog.com> wrote:
> Guys
>
> I have the following problem;
>
> Factor the following infinite series into a product of second-order
> sections;
>
> H(z) = 1 - Z^-1 + Z^-2 - Z^-3 + Z^-4

The way to do this is as follows:

- Find the roots of the polynomial H(z) (use some
numerical for this)
- Group one pair of complex conjugated roots into
one SOS as

SOS_n = (1-z_n)(1-conj(z_n))
- Repeat for all pairs of complex conjugated roots.

If you find real roots, by all means group them in
pairs as well, and take care of any-leftover real
root as a First-Order-Section.

If the coefficients of H(z) are all real and you
find single complex-valued roots, you have a problem.

Rune
From: Andor on
On 24 Jun., 15:14, Robert Adams <robert.ad...(a)analog.com> wrote:
> Guys
>
> I have the following problem;
>
> Factor the following infinite series into a product of second-order
> sections;
>
> H(z) = 1 - Z^-1 + Z^-2 - Z^-3 +
> Z^-4 ......................................
>
> Thanks for any pointers!

Hi Bob

That's the impulse response of a first order integrator multiplied by
[... 1 -1 1 -1 ...], ie. spectrally inverted. The rational transfer
function is simply

H(z) = 1/(1 + z^-1).

Hint: geometric series :-).

Regards,
Andor