Design of Two-Channel Quadrature Mirror Filter Banks Using Digital All-Pass Filters

The paper deals with the minimax design of two-channel linear-phase (LP) quadrature mirror filter (QMF) banks using infinite impulse response (IIR) digital all-pass filters (DAFs). Based on the theory of two-channel QMF banks using two IIR DAFs, the design problem is appropriately formulated to result in an appropriate Chebyshev approximation for the desired group delay responses of the IIR DAFs and the magnitude response of the low-pass analysis filter. Through a frequency sampling and iterative approximation method, the design problem can be solved by utilizing a weighted least squares approach. The resulting two-channel QMF banks can possess approximately LP response without magnitude distortion. Simulation results are presented for illustration and comparison.

• Ju-Hong Lee
• Yi-Lin Shieh

• Chebyshev approximation
• Digital All-Pass Filter
• Quadrature Mirror Filter
• Weighted Least Squares.

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