Digital Signal Processing

EE-414
Lab Report 7 Fall 2022

Obtained Marks
Total Marks

Lab Engineer Signature &

Section & Comments

Group
Student Name

1. Muhammad Afaq Younas

2. Asad Iqbal

3. Muhmmad Abdullah

Section: Electronics Group: 9

Experiment No: 07 Date of Submission:

14/11/2022

Experiment Title:
Pole-Zero Plots and stability test

Batch: BSEE Teacher:

2019-23 Dr. Sufi Tabassum Gul

Semester Lab Engineer:

7th Ms. Arhama Riaz

Department of Electrical Engineering

7.1 Objectives:
• To develop pole-zero plots of transfer function
• To test stability of transfer functions.

7.2 Equipment:
• Computer / laptop
• MATLAB software

7.3 Useful MATLAB functions:

• zplane: Z-plane zero-pole plot for discrete-time filter System object
• poly2rc: Convert prediction filter polynomial to reflection coefficients
• isstable: Determine whether filter is stable

7.4 TASKS:
7.4.1. TASK 1: Develop pole-zero plot of transfer function using the function zplane
of MATLAB and then test their stability.

Figure 1: CODE TASK 1

Figure 2: OUTPUT TASK 1

6.4.2. TASK 2: Test stability of function using poly2rc command in MATLAB.

Figure 1: CODE TASK 2 Figure 2: OURPUT TASK 2

6.5. DISCUSSION:
The main objective of the lab was to plot the poles and zeros of a transfer function. The first
task was done using the command “zplane”. This function draws the poles and zeros along
with the unit circle. When the plot was drawn, it was observed that the poles were located inside
the unit circle. Also, the unit circle was inside the Region of Convergence of the transfer
Function. This leads us to decision that the system was stable. The same result was observed
using “isstable” command.
In the second task, “poly2rc” command converts the polynomial to reflection coefficient. For
the system to be stable the value of the reflection coefficient must be less than unity. Similar
results were observed which showed the stability of the system.

CONCLUSION:
For a system to be stable, the unit circle must lie within the Region of convergence of the
system. Also the value of reflection coefficient shows the stability of the system that was
observed in this lab.