McEachen, Bill2015-08-062015-08-062015-08-06https://hdl.handle.net/1920/9719Please note: due to the publication date of this thesis, its formatting document differs from Mason's currently accepted University Formatting Guidelines.Many adequate methods exist for conversion of transfer functions in the continuous domain to discrete equivalents with preservation of magni- tude. Frequency response in the true sense however is composed of both magnitude and phase components with characteristics input response in the time domain dependent on both parts. In an e ort to eliminate ac- ceptance of prediction error associated with phase distortion between con- tinuous and discrete "equivalents", this work strives for a transformation yielding complete transfer function (frequency response) match. Corre- lation is shown between operating on positive real continuous transfer functions and successful duplication of frequency response in the discrete domain. This work continues an earlier research e ort.enTransfer function matchingPositive realAnalog-to-discrete converstionTransfer function equivalenceFrequency response matchingA/D conversionThesis