allpassbased

Allpassbased refers to approaches in digital signal processing that rely on all-pass filters—networks with unity magnitude response across frequencies—to manipulate phase characteristics without altering amplitude. The term emphasizes the use of phase-focused design strategies rather than magnitude shaping.

In practice, allpassbased design uses cascaded first- and second-order all-pass sections to approximate a desired phase response. By choosing pole-zero locations, engineers shape the phase while preserving spectral content, enabling phase alignment and time-domain control in complex systems. Implementation considerations include stability, numerical precision, and computational cost.

Applications span audio, communications, and related fields. In audio, allpassbased methods support phase alignment of multichannel sources, phasing effects, and phase-based tone shaping. In communications and radar, they enable phase equalization and group delay management without altering signal strength. In image processing, two-dimensional all-pass concepts can be used for phase-based filtering and feature extraction.

Advantages of the allpassbased approach include preserving magnitude while providing flexible phase manipulation, compatibility with existing magnitude equalization stages, and robustness to certain non-idealities. Limitations include increased computational load, the need for careful numerical design, and potential difficulties achieving extreme phase profiles with a finite-order cascade. See also all-pass filter, phase equalization, and linear-phase filter concepts.