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Nov 21, 2016 at 8:41 history edited Peter K.
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Jun 9, 2016 at 1:03 comment added Dan Boschen Thank you all for the good discussion and humoring my mental exercise with complex signals!
Jun 8, 2016 at 17:04 history edited Gilles CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 8, 2016 at 16:55 comment added A_A The dsp-puzzle tag is a great idea.
Jun 8, 2016 at 16:35 answer added hotpaw2 timeline score: 3
Jun 8, 2016 at 15:33 comment added Dan Boschen Yes makes perfect sense; see Matt's answer. The reason for this question is people often assume "phase" with "delay" which of course would not apply to a DC signal. Yes phase can be defined against a reference, and in this case that still holds as the 9V battery with 45 degree phase is compared to a 9V battery that has 0 degree phase. The idea of a constant value (such as DC) with a phase has practical application in DSP, for example in the FFT implementation.
Jun 8, 2016 at 15:26 comment added Hilmar This makes no sense. Phase can only be defined against so reference (i.e. phase between two things). DC cannot have phase. Can you describe an experiment or a setup at which the phase that you are ask for would be observable. Who would you know that there is a 45 degree phase or any other phase for that matter.
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Jun 8, 2016 at 15:23 answer added Matt L. timeline score: 5
Jun 8, 2016 at 14:52 comment added Dan Boschen To clarify, a DC signal can have a phase, and the question is how do you implement it? This gives insight to someone that is new to certain aspects of DSP - the answer is very simple but if I say anymore than that I will give it away.
Jun 8, 2016 at 14:43 history edited Dan Boschen CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 8, 2016 at 14:42 comment added Dan Boschen I am defining phase shift as a change in phase of the signal. So perhaps the question is clearer if I drop the word "shift" as no change is involved and just ask how do you implement a 9V battery that has a 45 degree phase?
Jun 8, 2016 at 14:36 comment added Matt L. Please define phase shift. Normally, an ideal phase shifter has a frequency response $$H(j\omega)=e^{j\theta\text{sign}(\omega)}$$ where $\theta$ is the phase shift. However, this doesn't make sense for a DC signal.
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Jun 8, 2016 at 14:27 comment added Dan Boschen It will be clearer once you see the answer, I just wanted to give people a chance to provide the answer, with DSP in mind. The point that a DC signal can have a phase shift is salient to understanding certain DSP processing so is a favorite question I like to ask my students in my class.
Jun 8, 2016 at 14:23 comment added Matt L. There's nothing wrong with puzzles, but I wonder if this is about DSP, and - like MBaz - I wonder how you define a phase shift in that case.
Jun 8, 2016 at 14:15 comment added MBaz Can you please clarify what do you mean by the phase of a signal with frequency 0 Hz? If $V_{DC}=|A|e^{j\phi}$, then the voltage is complex for any $\phi$ except 0 and $\pi$.
Jun 8, 2016 at 13:58 history edited Dan Boschen CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 8, 2016 at 13:48 history asked Dan Boschen CC BY-SA 3.0