Hi, I am pretty new to Z transforms, I need some help.

I have the following difference equation:
y(n) +0.25y(n-1) - .125y(n-2) = x(n-1)-0.5x(n-2)

y(0) = 0

All I need to do is get the transfer function H(z) and find the poles and zeros.

Here is my attempt:

Taking Z transform of the difference equation:

y(z) + 0.25*z^-1*Y(z) - .125*z^-2*Y(z) = z^-1*X(z) - 0.5*z^-2*X(z)

Then the transfer function is:
H(z) = (Z^-1 - 0.5Z^-2) / (0.25z^-1 - .125Z^-2)

Then I have poles at Z = 0 and Z=-0.5

Now to check myself I used matlab. The matlab answer is very different from mine. This is what bothers me. Here is the matlab code.

numz = [1 -0.5];
denz = [1 (1/4) (-1/8)];
DiscreteSystem = tf(numz,denz,-1);

DiscreteSystem

Transfer function:
z - 0.5
--------------------
z^2 + 0.25 z - 0.125

pole(DiscreteSystem)

ans =

-0.5000
0.2500

So did I do something wrong, if so where? Thank you.

 

You wrote

Here is my attempt:

Taking Z transform of the difference equation:

y(z) + 0.25*z^-1*Y(z) - .125*z^-2*Y(z) = z^-1*X(z) - 0.5*z^-2*X(z)

Then the transfer function is:
H(z) = (Z^-1 - 0.5Z^-2) / (0.25z^-1 - .125Z^-2)

You missed a part ... the term with just Y(z)

H(z)=Y(z)/X(z)=(z^-1-0.5*z^-2)/(1+0.25*z^-1-0.125*z^-2)

or H(z)=(z-0.5)/(z^2+0.25*z-0.125)

 

LOL thanks, need to be more careful. I just needed confirmation that I'm doing it right. Especially whether or not I was taking Z transforms of the difference equation correctly. Glad all I did wrong was miss a term.

Its also confusing how matlab expresses z transforms in terms of positive powers of Z. Have to go back and forth between the two versions to check my work. Lots of room for silly mistakes.

 

Now I need help taking the inverse Z transform. So I have the transfer function:

H(z) = (z-0.5) / (z-0.25) (z+0.5)

I need to find H(n). I did partial fractions on it and got:

H(z) = ((-1/3) / (z-0.25)) + ((4/3) / (z+0.5))

Then I look at a table of Z transforms and can't seem to find anything that matches. Here is a table of z transforms.

http://cnx.org/content/m10119/latest/

If only this was Laplace transform I could easily do it. I guess I need help with the math itself. Can anyone help me out please?

 

How about this:
http://math.fullerton.edu/mathews/c2003/ZTransformIntroMod.html

Section 9.1.3