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ZFIT: A MATLAB Tool for Thiele-Small Parameter Fitting and Optimization

Over the years, many approaches to the calculation of the Thiele-Small parameters have been presented. Most current methods rely upon curve-fitting to the impedance magnitude data for a specific lumped parameter model. A flexible Matlab least-mean-squares optimization tool for complex loudspeaker impedance data is described. Magnitude and phase data are fit to a user selected lumped parameter model of variable complexity. Appropriate constraints on the optimization help identify if the selected model is of sufficient order or overly complex for the given data. Examples are shown for impedance data from several different loudspeaker drivers.

Author: Struck, Christopher
Affiliation: CJS Labs, San Francisco, CA, USA
AES Convention:129 (November 2010) Paper Number:8220 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Acoustical and Physical Modeling

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