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function
scipy.signal._filter_design:tf2sos
source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/signal/_filter_design.py:1331
Signature
def tf2sos(b, a, pairing = None, *, analog = False)Summary
Return second-order sections from transfer function representation.
Parameters
b: array_like, shape (M,)Numerator polynomial coefficients. Must be 1-D.
a: array_like, shape (N,)Denominator polynomial coefficients. Must be 1-D.
pairing: {None, 'nearest', 'keep_odd', 'minimal'}, optionalThe method to use to combine pairs of poles and zeros into sections. See zpk2sos for information and restrictions on
pairingandanalogarguments.analog: bool, optionalIf True, system is analog, otherwise discrete.
Returns
sos: ndarrayArray of second-order filter coefficients, with shape
(n_sections, 6). See sosfilt for the SOS filter format specification.
Notes
It is generally discouraged to convert from TF to SOS format, since doing so usually will not improve numerical precision errors. Instead, consider designing filters in ZPK format and converting directly to SOS. TF is converted to SOS by first converting to ZPK format, then converting ZPK to SOS.
Examples
Find the 'sos' (second-order sections) of the transfer function H(s) using its polynomial representation. .. math:: H(s) = \frac{s^2 - 3.5s - 2}{s^4 + 3s^3 - 15s^2 - 19s + 30}from scipy.signal import tf2sos tf2sos([1, -3.5, -2], [1, 3, -15, -19, 30], analog=True)✓
array([[ 0. , 0. , 1. , 1. , 2. , -15. ],
[ 1. , -3.5, -2. , 1. , 1. , -2. ]])
See also
Aliases
scipy.signal.tf2sos