Properties of Discrete-Time Fourier

Transform

Periodicity of the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform

The discrete-time Fourier transform is always periodic in with period

Linearity of the Fourier Transform

If
And
Then
Time Shifting and Frequency Shifting
If
x
Then

Conjugation and Conjugate Symmetry

If
Then
Also, if is real valued, its transform is conjugate symmetric. That is,

From this, it follows that is an even function of and is an odd function of . Similarly the magnitude
of is an even function and the phase angle is an odd function.
Differencing and Accumulation
Let x[n] be a signal with Fourier transform . Then, from the linearity and time-shifting properties, the
Fourier transform pair for the first-difference signal is given by

Next, consider the signal

Then
The impulse train on the right-hand side reflects the dc or average value that can result from
summation.
Differentiation in Frequency
Let
Where

Differentiating both sides

The right-hand side of this equation is the Fourier transform of . Therefore, multiplying both sides
by j

Parsevals Relation
If and are a Fourier transform pair, then
The quantity on the left-hand side is the total energy in the signal , and Parsevals relation states
that this energy can also be determined by integrating the energy per unit frequency , over a full
interval of distinct discrete-time frequencies. is referred to as the energy-density spectrum of the
signal .

DTFT
Given an integer positive N, the DFT of N points of , at
time interval from n=0 to n=N-1, it is defined as:

can be expressed in polar or rectangular form.

Polar form:
Rectangular form:

Where is the real part of given by

And is the imaginary part of given by

Example
Suppose that

The real part

The imaginary part

And the rectangular form of

Symmetry
The DFT of N points of has also properties of symmetry. Firstly substituting for and we obtain:

Since it is reduced to

Where is the conjugated complex of . is concluded to be symmetric when when N is even, and
Has odd symmetry when k=(N/2) when N is even