Postfiltering in Adaptive Feedback Cancellation for PA Systems
C.A. Weustink (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
J.W. de Vries (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Richard Hendriks – Mentor (TU Delft - Signal Processing Systems)
Jorge Martinez – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering Education)
J.E.J. Schmitz – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
S. Izadkhast – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering Education)
M. Çalış – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Signal Processing Systems)
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Abstract
The most promising method for acoustic feedback control in public address systems is adaptive feedback cancellation (AFC). This approach is based on making an estimation of the room impulse response, which is used to subtract an estimate of the feedback from the microphone signal. A postfilter is often used to improve the performance of such an AFC system by reducing residual feedback or increasing stability. The postfilter implemented in this thesis focuses on the latter. It consists of two modules: howling detection and howling suppression. The final design makes use of the peak to harmonic power ratio criterion (PHPR) and second order digital Butterworth notch filter respectively. Simulation measurements show a successful suppression of howling as long as the loudspeaker signal does not
get saturated.