Alias-Free Smoothed Wigner Distribution Function for Discrete-Time Samples

Abstract

An alias-free Wigner distribution function (WDF), for a time waveform s(t) limited to total frequency extent F, is available if the time sampling increment delta is less than 1/F. Furthermore, the WDF can be efficiently numerically evaluated via fast Fourier transform (FFT) procedures if the FFT size N is greater than 2T/delta, where T is the effective duration of s(t). However, in order to suppress the undesired inherent oscillating interference terms in the WDF, it is necessary to smooth the WDF, or equivalently, weight the complex ambiguity function. This smoothing operation cannot be accomplished without the penalty in terms of sampling increment delta and FFT size N. In particular, if the smearings in the time and frequency domains of the WDF are 2/ B and 2/D, respectively, the new tighter requirements are delta < 1/CF + 2/D), and N > (2T/Delta) + 4/B(Delta).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 1990
Accession Number
ADA229987

Entities

People

  • Albert H. Nuttall

Organizations

  • Naval Underwater Systems Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Ambiguity
  • Data Processing
  • Distribution Functions
  • Fast Fourier Transforms
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Integrals
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Observatories
  • Research Facilities
  • Sampling
  • Security
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms

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