(a) If y is a random process with spectral density S y (f), and w(t) is the...
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(a) If y is a random process with spectral density Sy(f), and w(t) is the output of the finite-Fourier-transform filter (6.58a), what is Sw(f)?
(b) Sketch the filter function |K̃(f)2 for this finite-Fourier-transform filter, and show that its bandwidth is given by Eq. (6.58b).
(c) An “averaging filter” is one that averages its input over some fixed time interval △t:
What is |K̃(f)|2 for this filter? Draw a sketch of this |K̃(f)|2.
(d) Suppose that y(t) has a spectral density that is very nearly constant at all frequencies
and that this y is put through the averaging filter (6.59a). Show that the rms fluctuations in the averaged output w(t) are
where △f, interpretable as the bandwidth of the averaging filter, is
(Recall that in our formalism we insist that f be nonnegative.) Why is there a factor 1/2 here and not one in the equation for an averaging filter [Eq. (6.58b)]? Because here, with f restricted to positive frequencies and the filter centered on zero frequency, we see only the right half of the filter: f ≥ fo = 0 in Fig. 6.13.
Equation 6.58(b)
Fig. 6.13.
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