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Zero padding consists of extending a signal (or spectrum) with zeros to extend its time (or frequency band) limits.

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Why should I zero-pad a signal before taking the discrete Fourier transform?

There are a few things to consider before you decide to zero pad your time-domain signal. You may not need to zero pad the signal at all! 1) Lengthen the time-domain data (not zero padding) to get b …
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