- 2079 Jestha · 8 marks
Spectrum of a sawtooth wave
Short answer
Integrate x(t)=t over period T=1. DC a0=0.5; for k≠0, a_k = j/(2πk). Magnitude |a_k|=1/(2π|k|), phase 90° for k>0, –90° for k<0.
Calculate and plot magnitude and phase spectrum of the following periodic signal. [Figure: sawtooth wave of period 1: x(t) rises linearly from 0 at t = 0 to 1 at t = 1 and then drops back to 0, i.e. x(t) = t for 0 ≤ t < 1, repeating every 1 s; shown from t = −3 to t = 4]
One period: for , with period s, so rad/s.
DC term ()
Coefficients for
Integrate by parts with , , :
Since , the second term is zero:
Magnitude and phase
| 0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.159 | 0.0796 | 0.0531 | 0.0398 | |
| () | |||||
| () | - |
So the Fourier series is
Spectra (lines at )
|a_k|
0.5 |
0.159 | | |
0.0796 | | | | |
0.0531 | | | | | | |
-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--> k
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
angle a_k (deg)
90 | | |
-+--+--+--o--+--+--+--> k
-90 | | |
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
The magnitude falls as (because of the jump discontinuity each period), is even in , and the phase is odd: for positive and for negative .
Check: at , the series , which equals .
✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)
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