- 2069 Bhadra · 6 marks
DTFS of a periodic impulse train
Short answer
The periodic impulse train x[n]=∑ δ[n-ℓN] has period N. All DTFS coefficients are 1/N, giving a flat spectrum. Its Fourier series is x[n] = (1/N)∑_{k⟨N⟩} e^{j k (2π/N) n}.
Find the Fourier series representation of the signal x[n] = Σ_{ℓ=−∞}^{∞} δ[n − ℓN].
The signal is a periodic impulse train: a unit impulse at every multiple of .
x[n]
1 * * *
| | |
----+--*--*--...---+--*--*--...---+---- n
0 N 2N
It is periodic with period , so .
Coefficients
Choose the period . Within it , which is 1 at and 0 elsewhere:
Fourier series representation
Check: for every exponential equals 1, so the sum is . For other the sum is a full geometric series over the th roots of unity, which is . This matches .
Spectrum: all harmonics have the same amplitude and zero phase. The spectrum is flat. A train of narrow impulses contains all frequencies equally, just as the CT impulse train has . This result is the basis of the sampling theorem.
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