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Partial Equalization of Non-Minimum-Phase Impulse Responses

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We propose a modified version of the standard homomorphic method to design a minimum-phase inverse filter for non-minimum-phase impulse responses equalization. In the proposed approach some of the dominant poles of the filter transfer function are replaced by new ones before carrying out the inverse DFT. This method is useful when partial magnitude equalization is intended. Results for an impulse response measured in the car interior show that by using the modified version we can control the sound quality more precisely than when using the standard method.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Laghouat, BP 37G, Laghouat, 03000, Algeria

    Ahfir Maamar

  2. Department of Electronic Systems, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UW, UK

    Izzet Kale & Artur Krukowski

  3. Department of Electronic Systems, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, Mersin 10, Cyprus

    Izzet Kale

  4. National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos", Agia Paraskevi, Athens, 153 10, Greece

    Artur Krukowski

  5. Department of Electronics, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, BP 182, Algiers, 16000, Algeria

    Berkani Daoud

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Maamar, A., Kale, I., Krukowski, A. et al. Partial Equalization of Non-Minimum-Phase Impulse Responses. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2006, 067467 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ASP/2006/67467

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