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- What is harmonics in Fourier transform?
- What are the harmonics of a Fourier series?
- What is harmonics in Fourier analysis?
- What causes harmonics in FFT?
What is harmonics in Fourier transform?
The analysis of harmonics is the process of calculating the magnitudes and phases of the fundamental and high order harmonics of the periodic waveforms. The resulting series is known as Fourier series. It establishes a relation between a function in the domain of time and a function in the domain of frequency.
What are the harmonics of a Fourier series?
The Fourier Series decomposes a periodic function with period T into sines and cosines with frequencies nT,n=0,1,2,… which are called the nth harmonics of the signal. The more harmonics are used, the more accurate can a function be described.
What is harmonics in Fourier analysis?
One of the terms of a Fourier series has a period equal to that of the function, f(x), and is called the fundamental. Other terms have shortened periods that are integral submultiples of the fundamental; these are called harmonics.
What causes harmonics in FFT?
Harmonics "happen" when your input to an FFT isn't a pure unmodulated sine wave. Any unexpected distortion in your input waveform generation (from being exactly identical to mix of sin(wt) + cos(wt)) can be the cause of harmonics appearing in an FFT result (above the noise floor and any windowing artifacts).
