Linear phase FIR high pass filter design using PSO-CFIWA with least square approach

This paper presents an alternative approach for the design of linear phase digital high pass FIR filter using Particle Swarm Optimization with Constriction Factor and Inertia Weight Approach (PSOCFIWA). FIR filter design is a multi-modal optimization problem. The conventional gradient based optimization techniques are not efficient for digital filter design. Given the filter specifications to be realized, PSO algorithm generates a set of optimal filter coefficients and tries to meet the ideal frequency characteristic. In this paper, for the given problem, the realization of the optimal FIR high pass filters of different orders has been performed. The simulation results have been compared to those obtained by the well accepted evolutionary algorithm such as genetic algorithm (GA). The results justify that the proposed optimal filter design approach using PSOCFIWA outperforms GA, not only in the accuracy of the designed filter but also in the convergence speed and solution quality.