4.

FIR filter design using Windowing Technique

Aim: To design the FIR filter type filter using the different windowing
technique

Theory:
The basic idea behind the window design is to choose a proper ideal frequency-
selective filter (which always has a noncausal, infinite-duration impulse
response) and then to truncate (or window) its impulse response to obtain a
linear-phase and causal FIR filter. Therefore the emphasis in this method is on
selecting an appropriate windowing function and an appropriate ideal filter.

Fig1: Typical Low Pass Filter Specifications

Basic idea of Windowing Technique
Multiplication in Time domain = Convolution in Frequency domain

Fig 2: Convolution Opeation in Frequency domain

Ideal LPF Magnitude response

Fig 2: Impluse Response of ideal filter(SAMPLE PLOTS not to be drawn in

the record)
Different Windowing function

Frequency response of rectangular window function (from DTFT )

Fig 3: Magnitude response of rectangular window function (SAMPLE

PLOTS not to be drawn in the record)
Main Lobe Width (MLW) of the window function (magnitude response)
controls the transition width of the actual filter magnitude response where
as the first side lobe peak value (relative) responsible for the ripples in the
pass band and stop band.

Main Lobe Width =

Bartlett Window