
606 Model-Based Testing for Embedded Systems
Taking the Laplace Transform of this differential equation shows that it has the frequency
response
H(ω)=
b
0
+ b
1
e
2πiω
+ ...+ b
m
e
2πmiω
a
0
+ a
1
e
2πiω
+ ...+ a
n
e
2πniω
. (21.3)
This equation provides the usual general form of a parametric model for a LTI SISO system
in the frequency domain. The complex zeros of the polynomial b(w)=
m
i=0
b
i
w
i
are called
the zeros of the LTI system (21.2). The complex zeros of the polynomial a(w)=
n
i=0
a
i
w
i
are called the system’s poles. The system is called stable if the real parts of its poles are all
negative. In order that there not be an infinite set of models identical except for the ...