Questions tagged [dtft]
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Frequency estimation of circularly shifted single tone signal
I have a discrete signal $y[n] = <e^{j ~ 2 \pi f ~ n}>_J + ~w[n]$ with $n \in [0, N[$ and $w[n]$ AWGN, $<x[n]>_K$ denotes the signal $x[n]$ circularly shifted by $K$ samples. Let's define $...
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Find the period of a signal with the DTFT plot
I have an exercise and I'm struggling to resolve it. Here it is :
My problem is about the DTFT. I've always been taught that we use DTFT for infinite-lenght signal that are not periodic (if the ...
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Continuous-time vs Discrete-time Fourier transform
case 1) to calculate the Fourier transform of discrete-time signal(sampled signal) we use Discrete-time Fourier transform.
but my question is:
case 2) if I consider that discrete-time signal as ...
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z-transform and DTFT properties
I actually do not understand what to do with the third property of the impulse response g[n] and how it has to be determined.
Thanks in advance!
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Method for determining probe angle by analyzing skewed sine wave
I've got a fun problem and would be curious to get feedback on how some of you would go about solving this.
Imagine I have a probe and am scanning the surface of some material. This material surface ...
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What is the interpretation of Fourier Transform containing only imaginary part?
The FT of a unit step function is taken as:
$$
X(\omega) = \int_0^\infty e^{-j\omega t}dt = \frac{-1}{jw}e^{-j\omega t} \Biggr |_{0}^{\infty} = \frac{j}{\omega}
$$
The transform only has the ...
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IFFT, negative frequencies and noncausal impulse
When using the IFFT to compute an approximation to the IDTFT, frequency range is 0 to 2$\pi$ versus $-\pi$ to $\pi$. This produces a different impulse sequence(causal I think).
How do you calculate ...
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Matlab FFT not producing symmetric spectrum
I am plotting a FFT of a sampled RC pulse but my resulting spectrum isn't symmetric - it's offset.
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Calculating DTFT
When calculating DTFT of (1/2)^n u[n]. We evaluate the sum as follows:
Please correct statements and answer questions below:
1) So to go from STEP 1 to STEP 2, the limits of the series are changed ...
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Proving that the IDTFT is the inverse of the DTFT?
The DTFT is given by:
$$X(e^{j\omega}) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}x[n]e^{-j\omega n}$$
The IDTFT is given by:
$$x[n]=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{0}^{2\pi}X(e^{j\omega})e^{j\omega n}d\omega$$
I have been ...
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Proof that first difference filter amplifies noise
I'm a bit befuddled by noise's effect on derivative filters.
I've always 'known' that straightforward first difference derivative filters of discrete signals amplifies noise, but I'm struggling to ...
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Support of the convolution of two rectangular signals
I'm trying to convolve two rectangular signals in the frequency domain $$H_1(\omega) = u[\omega +.2\pi] - u[\omega -.2\pi]$$ and $$H_2(\omega) = u[\omega +.1\pi] - u[\omega -.1\pi]$$
My result is a ...
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DTFT of sawtooth wave through DTFT of rect signal
In a course i'm currently taking, the lecturer computed DTFT for the following signal:
$$r[n] = \begin{cases}
1& 0 \le n \le N\\
0& \mbox{otherwise}
\end{cases}
$$
For $N = 32$ i pictured $\...
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system function $H(\omega)$ relationship to odd and even components of h[n]
What qualities of $h[n]$ are necessary for:
$$
H(e^{j\omega}) = DTFT\{h_{even}[n]\} + j\ DTFT\{h_{odd}[n]\}
$$
Do all real / causal h[n] have the property that:
$$
H(e^{j\omega}) = DTFT\{h_{even}[n]...
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Is possible reach the DFT if I have the DTFT?
My teacher told me that DFT is DTFT sampled, i.e.:
$$X[k] = X(e^{j \omega})\Bigg|_{\omega = \frac{2\pi k}{N}}$$
But, if I have the sine
$$ x[n] = \sin(\omega_0 n) $$
the DTFT is:
$$X(e^{j \...
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Conversion between DTFT in radians/sample to DTFT in cycles/sample
I have found that most commonly the DTFT is defined as:
$X(\omega) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} x[n]e^{-j \omega n}$.
However the class I am taking frequently uses the DTFT expressed in "normalized ...
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Relationship between the IDFT of a sampled DTFT and its discrete-time domain signal
Suppose we are given an input signal s[m,n] with DTFT $S(\omega_1, \omega_2)$.
We sample it at $\omega_1 = \frac{2 \pi k}{256}$ and $\omega_2 = \frac{2 \pi l}{256}$ to get a 256 point DFT S[k,l]. ...
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Maximum Magnitude Deviation between DFT and DTFT
Let $x[n]$ be a finite-length discrete-time signal with length $N$. The continuous DTFT $X(\omega)$ is then
$$
X(\omega) = \sum_{n = 0}^{N-1} x[n] e^{-j \omega n}.
$$
The length-$N$ DFT of $x[n]$ is
$...
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Using the given identities, find the inverse DTFT
Using the given identities,
$ a^nu[n]$ <===> $\frac{1}{(1-ae^{-jw})}$
$\delta[n-k]$ <===> $e^{-jwk}$
Find the inverse DTFT of,
$ H(e^{jw}) = B \frac{e^{-jw}}{(1-ae^{-jw})}$
my attempt:
$ ...
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Bridging CTFT and DTFT for a cosine
I'm trying to understand how I can start from the CTFT of a signal and end up with a DTFT.
For example if I take a basic example:
$$
x(t) = cos(\omega_x \cdot t) = \frac{1}{2} \cdot \left( e^{j\...
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How can I show DTFT result in MATLAB? [closed]
I wanna show DTFT result and convolution result in f-domain are same.
Additionally, I wanna show sampled function and inverse fourier transform result are same too.
How can I show this? If I use ...
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The concept of normalized frequency
This question has already been asked and answered, but the motivation behind the use of normalized frequency units still evades me.
The Discrete Time Fourier Transform $$X(\tilde{ \omega }) = \sum_{n=...
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frequency spectrum of a sampled signal, PSD and power discussion
Before I go into my question, I first want to review the basics of sampling a signal and at the same time I build the basics of my questions so that they make more sense. I know I have asked couple of ...
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DTFT of $(-1)^n \cdot \mathrm{sinc}()$
I'm trying to find the DTFT of $$(-1)^n \cdot \frac{\sin (\pi n/2)}{\pi n}$$ I know the DTFT of $\frac{\sin \pi n/2}{\pi n}$ = a box function of amplitude 1, cutoff $\pi/2$. And I know that ...
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Question regarding DTFT of a complex signal
I have been doing DTFT practice problems for my DSP course, and I encountered this problem in the textbook that completely stumped me.
The question asks to find the DTFT of the shown signal and to ...
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Time scaling of discrete-time sequences and the DTFT
In the second edition of Signals and Systems by Alan Oppenheim, he discusses the DTFT of a "time-expanded" sequence that is effectively a slowed down version of the original sequence and can be ...
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Periodicity of the discrete-time Fourier Transform
The DTFT of a sequence $x[n]$ can be written as $$X(e^{j\omega}) = \sum_{n = -\infty}^{\infty} x[n] e^{-j\omega n}.$$
Is the smallest (fundamental) period in frequency of the DTFT always $2\pi$? Or ...
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IDTFT of $\sum_{k=-\infty}^{+\infty}(u(\Omega+\pi)+u(\Omega+\frac{\pi}{4})-u(\Omega-\frac{\pi}{4})-u(\Omega-\pi))\star \delta(\Omega-2k\pi)$
Compute the IDTFT of the following signal:
$$X(\Omega)=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{+\infty}\left(u(\Omega+\pi)+u\left(\Omega+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)-u\left(\Omega-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)-u(\Omega-\pi)\right)\...
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Inverse DTFT of $H_1(\Omega)=\begin{cases} 10,& \frac{\pi}{3} \leq |\Omega| < \pi\\ 0,& 0 \leq |\Omega| < \frac{\pi}{3}\\ \end{cases}$
What is the inverse DTFT of the $2\pi$-periodic extension of following function:
$$H_1(\Omega)=\begin{cases}
10,& \text{for } \frac{\pi}{3} \leq |\Omega| < \pi\\
0,& \text{for } 0 \leq ...
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Where is the flaw in this derivation of the DTFT of the unit step sequence $u[n]$?
This question is related to this other question of mine where I ask for derivations of the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) of the unit step sequence $u[n]$. During my search for derivations I ...
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DTFT fourier transform (modified property)
I know there are 3 properties of DTFT that help with my problem
$$ a^{n}u[n]=\frac{1}{1-ae^{-jΩ}} $$
$$ (n+1)a^{n}u[n]=\left(\frac{1}{1-ae^{-jΩ}}\right)^{2} $$
$$ \frac{(n+r-1)!}{n!(r-1)!}a^{n}u[n]=\...
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Discrete-time Fourier Transform of the unit step sequence $u[n]$
From text books we know that the DTFT of $u[n]$ is given by
$$U(\omega)=\pi\delta(\omega)+\frac{1}{1-e^{-j\omega}},\qquad -\pi\le\omega <\pi\tag{1}$$
However, I haven't seen a DSP textbook that ...
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Does the DTFT of $\frac{u[n-1]}{n}$ exist?
I have started learning DSP on my own and I have this doubt. I have done some googling but haven't found an answer. I hope that someone here would give the answer. It will be of great help.
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How is this was derived? DTFT for symmetric pulse
do not understand how the middle expression was derived from above expression,
after all summation\multiplication i get:
$$\frac{e^{-jwN} + e^{jwN} - e^{-jw(N+1)} + e^{jw(N+1)}}{2 - e^{-jw} - e^{jw}...
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$|X(e^{jω})|^2$ - Power or Energy Density?
If $x(n)$ is an aperiodic signal and $X(e^{jω})$ its DTFT, then, what is $|X(e^{jω})|^2$? Power or Energy Spectral Density? My understanging of Fourier transforms so far tells me that its energy ...
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Difference in Interpretation: $ω$ (rads/s) vs. $ω$ (rads) and $X(ω)$ vs. $X(e^{jω})$
The fourier transform of a continuous time signal $x(t)$ is $X(ω)$ where the unit of $ω$ is radians/second. And for a discrete signal $x(n)$, the DTFT is $X(e^{jω})$ where the unit of $ω$ is radians. ...
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Circular vs Linear Convolution
When deriving DFT from DTFT,we sample the frequency domain with uniformly spaced samples,hence adding periodicity to time domain.
But DFT requires a limited support: we take only 1 period.
Does that ...
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How is a continuous spectrum for the DTFT possible?
So we that a complex sinusoid of the form $e^{j\omega_0n}$ is periodic over $N=2\pi/\omega_0$ only if $\omega_0$ is a rational multiple of $\pi$, otherwise the exponential is not periodic. (see EDIT!)
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DTFT of $ f[k] = 3^k u(-k-1)$
Find the Discrete-time Fourier transform of $ f[k] = 3^k u(-k-1)$
(then sketch it and find its magnitude & angle).
It doesn't fit any templates on the Fourier table, and I don't see how one ...
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Link between DFS, DFT, DTFT
My understanding of DFT is as follows
For a signal $x[n]$ of finite-length, the DFT is DFS of the periodic extension, $\tilde{x}[n]$, of that signal $x[n]$ and also another way to view DFT is that it’...
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FFT-like algorithm for fast DTFT computation? [duplicate]
Good morning!
I'm coding up a project on a microcontroller to read in some analog audio (specifically, the sound of someone whistling: a near perfect sine wave) and determine which piano note tones ...
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DTFT of any finite sequence in matlab
I think freqz in a MATLAB toolbox, is the way to obtain DTFT of sequence.
freqz can calculate frequency response of:
H(z)=(Num)/...
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Calculating the inverse DTFT of a signal
There is a signal $y[n]$ with a differentiable DTFT $Y(e^{i\omega})$. How do I find the inverse DTFT of $i\frac{dY(e^{i\omega})}{dw}$ in terms of $y[n]$ (where of course $i = \sqrt{-1}$)?
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Does $H(-z)$ produce aliasing? [closed]
Given $H(z)$ is the z-transform of a signal, I know that $H(-z)$ results in shifting of frequencies in DTFT by $\pi$ or $-\pi$. Does it produce aliasing ? How ?
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Magnitude and phase of $-\delta[n]$?
I was reading this document and it shows the computation of the magnitude and phase of $h[n]=-\delta[n]$.
We can get the DTFT as:
$$H(e^{j\omega})= -1$$
So the magnitude will be $1$, and according ...
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DTFT reconstruction
I have a sampled DTFT. If we assume that there isn't aliasing in time domain, what is the best way to reconstruct DTFT from its equidistant samples? I though about Dirichlet interpolation. Do you know ...
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What additional information do we get from z-transform that we don't get from DTFT? [duplicate]
As an engineer analyzing a system (whether it be a circuit or an audio sample), you should know when to apply the analysis tools you've been given--such as Discrete Time Fourier Transform and Z-...
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Mathematical advantages of the ZT, DTFT and DT?
I apologize if this question is too general to answer concretely, but I was hoping more to perhaps be pointed towards some resources that could help more extensively. Essentially, I have a Discrete-...
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The DTFT of $\{1,1\}$ is $1+e^{-j\omega}$ but what is the DTFT of $\{1,-1\}$?
So I know that the DTFT of $\{1,1\}$ is equivalent to $1+e^{j\omega }$.
But what is the DTFT of $\{1,-1\}$ equivalent to? Is it equivalent to $1-e^{j\omega }$?
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How to find the DTFT of unit step with $(-1)^n$ scalar multiplied?
What are the DTFTs of the following two signals?
$$x[n] = e^{j \pi n}\left\{u[n] - u[n-8]\right\}\quad\text{and}\quad h[n] = (-1)^n\left\{u[n] - u[n-4]\right\}$$
I am trying to find $X(\omega)$ and $...
