Magnitude

Interpreting magnitude of DFT results

Interpreting magnitude of DFT results
  1. What is the magnitude of DFT?
  2. What does the magnitude of the Fourier transform represent?
  3. How do you find the magnitude of DFT?
  4. What is the result of DFT?

What is the magnitude of DFT?

Magnitude. Thus, the output magnitude of the DFT is proved as AN . For a real sinusoid, sQ[n] s Q [ n ] is 0 and only the first term in I part of the above equation survives. Since cos2A=1/2(1+cos2A) ⁡ A = 1 / 2 ( 1 + cos ⁡ , the output magnitude of the DFT for a real sinusoid is AN/2 A N / 2 .

What does the magnitude of the Fourier transform represent?

For each frequency, the magnitude (absolute value) of the complex value represents the amplitude of a constituent complex sinusoid with that frequency, and the argument of the complex value represents that complex sinusoid's phase offset. If a frequency is not present, the transform has a value of 0 for that frequency.

How do you find the magnitude of DFT?

To determine the negative-frequency X(N-k) DFT sample's magnitude, we keep in mind that due to the circular nature of the DFT, X(N-k) = X*(k) = AN/2, where the '*' symbol means complex conjugate. (See reference [4].) If our N-point DFT's input, in Eq.

What is the result of DFT?

In mathematics, the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) converts a finite sequence of equally-spaced samples of a function into a same-length sequence of equally-spaced samples of the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT), which is a complex-valued function of frequency.

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