Matched Filters

1. Consider the signal s (t ) shown in Fig. 1.

(a) Determine the impulse response of a filter matched to this signal and sketch it as
a function of time.
(b) Plot the matched filter output as a function of time.

s1 (t )
A/ 2
T /2 T
t
− A/ 2

Fig. 1

2. Figure 2(a) shows a pair of pulses that are orthogonal to each other over the interval
[0,T]. In this problem we investigate the use of this pulse-pair to study a two-
dimensional matched filter.
(a) Determine the matched filter for the pulses s1 (t ) and s 2 (t ) considered
individually.
(b) Form a two-dimensional matched filter by connecting the two matched filters of
part (a) in parallel, as shown in Fig. 2b. Hence , demonstrate the following:
2.b.1. When the pulse s1 (t ) is applied to this two-dimensional filter, the
response of the lower matched filter is zero.
2.b.2. When the pulse s 2 (t ) is applied to the two-dimensional filter, the response
of the upper matched filter is zero.

s1 (t ) s2 (t )

A/2 A/2
T /2 T T Filter matched to s1 (t )
t T /2 t I/P O/P
− A/ 2 − A/ 2
T / 4 3T / 4 Filter matched to s2 (t )

(a) (b)
Fig. 2
Solution
1a
The impulse response of the matched filter is
h(t ) = s (T − t )
h(t )
A/2

-A/2 T t
T/2
1b
The matched filter output is obtained by convolving h(t) with s(t)
A 2T / 4

T/2 3T/2 2T
T
t
∞ -A/2 A2T / 8
s o (t ) = ∫ s (τ )h(t − τ )dτ
−∞

2a
The matched filter h1(t) for s1(t) has been given in 1a. The matched filter h2(t) of s2(t) is
h(t )
A/2
T/4 3T/4
T
t
-A/2
h2 (t ) = s 2 (T − t )
2b(i)
The response of the matched filter, matched to s2(t) and due to s1(t) as input, is obtained by convolving
h2(t) with s1(t)
∞
y 21 (t ) = ∫ s1 (τ )h2 (t − τ )dτ
−∞

3 A 2T / 16

A 2T / 16
T 2T
T/2
3T/2 t

The waveform of the output is

Therefore, the sampler output at t=T is zero.
2b(ii) similar to 2b(i)