Unit - IV

Fourier method of Waveform

analysis

A sine wave

a sine wave, cannot be decomposed into simpler signals. A

composite periodic analog signal is composed of multiple sine
waves.

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A composite periodic signal

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Fourier Analysis
Fourier analysis is a tool that changes a
time domain signal to a frequency
domain signal and vice versa.

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Fourier Series

Every composite periodic signal can be

represented with a series of sine and cosine
functions.

The functions are integral harmonics of the

fundamental frequency f of the composite signal.

Using the series we can decompose any periodic

signal into its harmonics.
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Fourier Transform
Fourier

Transform gives the frequency

domain signal of a nonperiodic time domain
signal.

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TRIGONOMETRIC FOURIER SERIES

A periodic function f (t) satisfies

where n is an integer and T is the period of the function.

According to the Fourier theorem, any practical periodic function
of frequency 0 can be expressed as an infinite sum of sine or cosine
functions that are integral multiples of 0. Thus, f (t) can be expressed
as

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The Fourier series of a periodic function f (t) is a representation

that resolves f (t) into a dc component and an ac component comprising
an infinite series of harmonic sinusoids.

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where 0 = 2/T is called the fundamental frequency in radians per

second. The sinusoid sin n0t or cos n0t is called the nth harmonic of
f (t); it is an odd harmonic if n is odd and an even harmonic if n is
even. Equation is called the trigonometric Fourier series of f (t).
The constants an and bn are the Fourier coefficients. The coefficient
a0 is the dc component or the average value of f (t).
The harmonic frequency n is an integral multiple of the fundamental
frequency 0, i.e., n = n0.
A major task in Fourier series is the determination of the
Fourier coefficients a0, an, and bn. The process of determining the
coefficients is called Fourier analysis.

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The plot of the amplitude An of the harmonics versus n0 is

called the amplitude spectrum of f(t); the plot of the phase n versus
n0 is the phase spectrum of f(t). Both the amplitude and phase
spectra form the frequency spectrum of f (t).

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P.1 Determine the Fourier series of the waveform shown in Fig. Obtain
the amplitude and phase spectra.

Our goal is to obtain the Fourier coefficients a0, an, and bn

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First, we describe the waveform as

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Finally, let us obtain the amplitude and phase spectra for the signal in
Fig.

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P.2 Find the Fourier series of the square wave in Fig. Plot the amplitude
and phase spectra.

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SYMMETRY CONSIDERATIONS
three types of symmetry:
(1) even symmetry, (2) odd symmetry, (3) half-wave symmetry.

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(1)even symmetry
A function f (t) is even if its plot is symmetrical about the vertical axis;
that is,
f (t) = f (t)

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(2) Odd Symmetry

A function f (t) is said to be odd if its plot is antisymmetrical about the
vertical axis:
f (t) = f (t)

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(3) Half-Wave Symmetry

A function is half-wave (odd) symmetric if

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P.3 Determine the Fourier series for the half-wave rectified cosine
function shown in Fig.

This is an even function so that bn = 0. Also, T = 4, 0 = 2/T = /2.

Over a period,

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CIRCUIT APPLICATIONS
Many circuits are driven by nonsinusoidal periodic functions. To
find the steady-state response of a circuit to a nonsinusoidal periodic
excitation requires the application of a Fourier series, ac phasor analysis,
and the superposition principle. The procedure usually involves three
steps.
StepsforApplyingFourierSeries:
1. Express the excitation as a Fourier series.
2. Find the response of each term in the Fourier series.
3. Add the individual responses using the superposition principle.

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This shows that in average-power calculation involving periodic

voltage and current, the total average power is the sum of the average
powers in each harmonically related voltage and current.

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FOURIER TRANSFORM
There are many important nonperiodic functionssuch as a unit
step or an exponential functionthat can not be represented by a
Fourier series. The Fourier transform allows a transformation from the
time to the frequency domain, even if the function is not periodic.
The Fourier Transform decomposes any function into a sum of
sinusoidal basis functions. Each of these basis functions is a complex
exponential of a different frequency. The Fourier Transform therefore
gives us a unique way of viewing any function - as the sum of simple
sinusoids.

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Fourier transform of f (t) and is represented by F().

Inverse Fourier transform

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SINGULARITY FUNCTIONS
Singularity functions
are functions that either are
discontinuous
or
have
discontinuous derivatives.

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The derivative of the unit step function u(t) is the unit impulse
function (t), which we write as

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This is a property of the impulse function known as the sampling or

sifting property.

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