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# sosfilt

scipy.signal.sosfilt(sos, x, axis=-1, zi=None)

  Filter data along one dimension using cascaded second-order sections.

  Filter a data sequence, x, using a digital IIR filter defined by sos.

  Parameters:
    sos array_like

      Array of second-order filter coefficients, must have shape `(n_sections, 6)`. Each row corresponds to a second-order section, with the first three columns providing the numerator coefficients and the last three providing the denominator coefficients.

    x array_like

      An N-dimensional input array.

    axis int, optional

      The axis of the input data array along which to apply the linear filter. The filter is applied to each subarray along this axis. Default is -1.

    zi array_like, optional

      Initial conditions for the cascaded filter delays. It is a (at least 2D) vector of shape `(n_sections, ..., 2, ...)`, where `..., 2, ...` denotes the shape of x, but with `x.shape[axis]` replaced by 2. If zi is None or is not given then initial rest (i.e. all zeros) is assumed. Note that these initial conditions are not the same as the initial conditions given by `lfiltic` or `lfilter_zi`.

  Returns:
    y ndarray

      The output of the digital filter.

    zf ndarray, optional

      If zi is None, this is not returned, otherwise, zf holds the final filter delay values.

  See also

  `zpk2sos`, `sos2zpk`, `sosfilt_zi`, `sosfiltfilt`, `freqz_sos`

  Notes

  The filter function is implemented as a series of second-order filters with direct-form II transposed structure. It is designed to minimize numerical precision errors for high-order filters.

  Added in version 0.16.0.

  Array API Standard Support

  `sosfilt` has experimental support for Python Array API Standard compatible backends in addition to NumPy. Please consider testing these features by setting an environment variable `SCIPY_ARRAY_API=1` and providing CuPy, PyTorch, JAX, or Dask arrays as array arguments. The following combinations of backend and device (or other capability) are supported.

  Library | CPU | GPU
  --- | --- | ---
  NumPy | ✅ | n/a
  CuPy | n/a | ✅
  PyTorch | ✅ | ⛔
  JAX | ✅ | ⛔
  Dask | ⚠️ computes graph | n/a

  > See Support for the array API standard for more information.

  Examples

  Plot a 13th-order filter’s impulse response using both `lfilter` and `sosfilt`, showing the instability that results from trying to do a 13th-order filter in a single stage (the numerical error pushes some poles outside of the unit circle):

      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> from scipy import signal
      >>> b, a = signal.ellip(13, 0.009, 80, 0.05, output='ba')
      >>> sos = signal.ellip(13, 0.009, 80, 0.05, output='sos')
      >>> x = signal.unit_impulse(700)
      >>> y_tf = signal.lfilter(b, a, x)
      >>> y_sos = signal.sosfilt(sos, x)
      >>> plt.plot(y_tf, 'r', label='TF')
      >>> plt.plot(y_sos, 'k', label='SOS')
      >>> plt.legend(loc='best')
      >>> plt.show()