The Feedforward Comb Filter

Increasing the delay of the ``simple'' first-order lowpass filter

$\displaystyle y(n) = x(n) + gx(n-M),
$

where $ g$ is the coefficient multiplying the delay, calls for use of a delay line:
Figure 9: A feedforward comb filter.
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Figure 10: The comb filter magnitude response.
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``Music 206: Delay and Digital Filters I'' by Tamara Smyth, Computing Science, Simon Fraser University.
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