The time domain analysis and implementation of matched filters
can be found in
Matched
Filters.
A frequency domain interpretation of matched filters is very
useful
SNR=∫-∞∞
s
m
τ
h
m
T-τdτ2
N
0
2∫-∞∞|
h
m
T-τ|2dτ
SNR
τ
s
m
τ
h
m
T
τ
2
N
0
2
τ
h
m
T
τ
2
(1)
For the
mm-th filter,
h
m
h
m
can be expressed as
s
m
˜
T=∫-∞∞
s
m
τ
h
m
T-τdτ=ℱ-1
H
m
f
S
m
f=∫-∞∞
H
m
f
S
m
fⅇⅈ2πfTdf
s
m
˜
T
τ
s
m
τ
h
m
T
τ
ℱ
H
m
f
S
m
f
f
H
m
f
S
m
f
2
f
T
(2)
where the second equality is because
s
~
m
s
~
m
is the filter output with input
S
m
S
m
and filter
H
m
H
m
and we can now define
H
m
^
f=
H
m
f¯ⅇ-ⅈ2πfT
H
m
^
f
H
m
f
2
f
T
, then
s
m
˜
T=<
S
m
f,
H
^
m
f>
s
m
˜
T
S
m
f
H
^
m
f
(3)
The denominator
∫-∞∞|
h
m
T-τ|2dτ=∫-∞∞|
h
m
τ|2dτ
τ
h
m
T
τ
2
τ
h
m
τ
2
(4)
h
m
*
h
m
0=∫-∞∞|
H
m
f|2df=<
H
m
f,
H
m
f>
h
m
h
m
0
f
H
m
f
2
H
m
f
H
m
f
(5)
h
m
*
h
m
0=∫-∞∞
H
m
fⅇⅈ2πfT
H
m
f¯ⅇ-ⅈ2πfTdf=<
H
m
^
f,
H
m
^
f>
h
m
h
m
0
f
H
m
f
2
f
T
H
m
f
2
f
T
H
m
^
f
H
m
^
f
(6)
Therefore,
SNR=<
S
m
f,
H
m
^
f>2
N
0
2<
H
m
^
f,
H
m
^
f>≤2
N
0
<
S
m
f,
S
m
f>
SNR
S
m
f
H
m
^
f
2
N
0
2
H
m
^
f
H
m
^
f
2
N
0
S
m
f
S
m
f
(7)
with equality when
H
m
^
f=α
S
m
f
H
m
^
f
α
S
m
f
(8)
or
Matched Filter in the frequency domain
H
m
f=
S
m
f¯ⅇ-ⅈ2πfT
H
m
f
S
m
f
2
f
T
(9)
s
m
˜
t=ℱ-1
s
m
f
s
m
f¯=∫-∞∞|
s
m
f|2ⅇⅈ2πftdf=∫-∞∞|
s
m
f|2cos2πftdf
s
m
˜
t
ℱ
s
m
f
s
m
f
f
s
m
f
2
2
f
t
f
s
m
f
2
2
f
t
(10)
where
ℱ-1
ℱ
is the inverse Fourier Transform operator.
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