Communication System

Computer Simulation
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Fourier Transform
• The frequency domain description of is referred to as the Fourier
transform of , written as .

• Conversion back to the time domain is achieved via the inverse

Fourier transform, written symbolically as .

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Amplitude and Phase Spectra
• Writing in terms of amplitude and phase as

• We can show that for real ,

(2.44)

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• This is done by using Euler’s theorem to write

and

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Real signal
• Thus, if is a real signal, is even and is odd.

• Since and , the symmetry properties (2.44) follow.

• A plot of versus is referred to as the amplitude spectrum of .

• A plot of versus is known as the phase spectrum.

• Thus, for a real , the amplitude spectrum is even and the phase spectrum is odd.

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Real, even signal
• If , i.e., is real and even, then is odd and .

• Furthermore, is even.

• Thus, the Fourier transform of a real, even function is real and even.

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 Real, odd signal
• On the other hand, if is real and odd, is odd and .

• Thus, the Fourier transform of a real, odd function is imaginary.

• In addition, is odd because is odd.

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Example
• Consider the pulse

• Its Fourier transform is

x(t)
A

t0
t0-/2 t0+/2 t

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Spectrum
• Its amplitude spectrum is

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 𝜏
𝑡0 =
2
• Its phase spectrum is

• The term is used to account for being negative, and if is used for , is
used for , or vice versa.

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• Note the inverse relationship between spectral width and pulse
duration.

• Also note that the symmetry properties discussed earlier hold.

• The idea can apply to the design of an ideal lowpass filter.

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sinc_func.m

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Spectrum

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tip: right click then drag to produce a copy

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3. click on this
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3.

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connect to scope

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1. double click
2. change to pi/2

3. Remember to click OK

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Run again

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