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I have a power spectrum $S(\omega)$: a $1 \times N$ real vector that matches frequencies from 0 to 125Hz. I would like to create a time series $S(t)$ $[-\infty<t<\infty]$ that matches this spectrum. I used random phase, calculated IFFT, found the Fourier series coefficients ($a_0$,$A$,$B$) and presented the signal as:

$$S(t) = a_0 + \sum_{k=1}^{N/2}A_k\cos(2{\pi}f_skt/N)+B_k\sin(2{\pi}f_skt/N)$$

When I'm calculating $PSD\{S(t), 0<t<N\}$, I'm getting $S(\omega)$ exactly. However, when I'm calculating $PSD\{S(t), 0<t<M, N<M\},$ the spectrum becomes a pulse-train, multiplied by $M/N$ (as expected from the theory).

Is there a way to overcome this behavior and get exactly $S(\omega)$ for $N \lt M$?

Example behavior when $M=5N$:

Example behaviour when M=5N

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  • $\begingroup$ If you could include plots demonstrating what you are trying to do and why, that would help. This is somewhat similar to my own attempts to create time domain samples meeting a PSD such as phase noise where I provided a link to a Matlab script that helped me with that here at this post: dsp.stackexchange.com/a/75075/21048 $\endgroup$ Mar 7 at 20:23

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