plot_zplane.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#
# Copyright (c) 2011 Christopher Felton
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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#
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#

# The following is derived from the slides presented by
# Alexander Kain for CS506/606 "Special Topics: Speech Signal Processing"
# CSLU / OHSU, Spring Term 2011.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from  matplotlib import patches
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
from matplotlib import rcParams
    
def zplane(b,a,filename=None, ax=None):
    """Plot the complex z-plane given a transfer function.
    """

    # get a figure/plot
    if not ax:
        ax = plt.subplot(111)

    # create the unit circle
    uc = patches.Circle((0,0), radius=1, fill=False,
                        color='black', ls='dashed')
    ax.add_patch(uc)

    # The coefficients are less than 1, normalize the coeficients
    if np.max(b) > 1:
        kn = np.max(b)
        b = b/float(kn)
    else:
        kn = 1

    if np.max(a) > 1:
        kd = np.max(a)
        a = a/float(kd)
    else:
        kd = 1
        
    # Get the poles and zeros
    p = np.roots(a)
    z = np.roots(b)
    k = kn/float(kd)
    
    # Plot the zeros and set marker properties    
    t1 = plt.plot(z.real, z.imag, 'go', ms=10)
    plt.setp( t1, markersize=10.0, markeredgewidth=1.0,
              markeredgecolor='k', markerfacecolor='g')

    # Plot the poles and set marker properties
    t2 = plt.plot(p.real, p.imag, 'rx', ms=10)
    plt.setp( t2, markersize=12.0, markeredgewidth=3.0,
              markeredgecolor='r', markerfacecolor='r')

    ax.spines['left'].set_position('center')
    ax.spines['bottom'].set_position('center')
    ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
    ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)

    # set the ticks
    r = 1.5; plt.axis('scaled'); plt.axis([-r, r, -r, r])
    ticks = [-1, -.5, .5, 1]; plt.xticks(ticks); plt.yticks(ticks)

    if filename is None:
        plt.show()
    else:
        plt.savefig(filename)
    

    return z, p, k