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- What is meant by Nyquist rate?
- How is Nyquist rate calculated?
- Why Nyquist rate is 2 times?
- What is Nyquist criteria for sampling?
What is meant by Nyquist rate?
In signal processing, the Nyquist rate, named after Harry Nyquist, is a value (in units of samples per second or hertz, Hz) equal to twice the highest frequency (bandwidth) of a given function or signal.
How is Nyquist rate calculated?
The Nyquist rate or frequency is the minimum rate at which a finite bandwidth signal needs to be sampled to retain all of the information. For a bandwidth of span B, the Nyquist frequency is just 2 B. If a time series is sampled at regular time intervals dt, then the Nyquist rate is just 1/(2 dt ).
Why Nyquist rate is 2 times?
If the signal contains high frequency components, we will need to sample at a higher rate to avoid losing information that is in the signal. In general, to preserve the full information in the signal, it is necessary to sample at twice the maximum frequency of the signal. This is known as the Nyquist rate.
What is Nyquist criteria for sampling?
Simply stated, the Nyquist criterion requires that the sampling frequency be at least twice the highest frequency contained in the signal, or information about the signal will be lost. If the sampling frequency is less than twice the maximum analog signal frequency, a phenomenon known as aliasing will occur.
