title: Signal conditioning with almost no multiplications via filter sharpening.
abstract: "Filter Sharpening" creates a filter network using the same computationally simple filter [1] or selections from a set of computationally simple filters [2]. Applications include high-quality signal conditioning using fixed-point arithmetic and only a handful of mostly add/subtract arithmetic operations to compute each output sample value. Applied to electrocardiogram baseline wander removal, for example, the highpass filter has 3 dB corner at 0.25 Hz and better than 40 dB attenuation, yet meets stringent EC-13 medical standard performance constraints.
authors.affiliation: Welch Allyn & Oregon Health Sciences University, Beaverton, OR, USA. alexh@stellarwinds.com
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000592:standards; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical