Author Topic: Frequency response of passive return-to-zero downconversion mixer  (Read 992 times)

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Offline promachTopic starter

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Why for fourier analysis/representation of square wave, the book snippet shows first harmonics to have amplitude of 2/pi  ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_wave#Fourier_analysis

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In the frequency domain, this harmonic consists of two impulses at ±ωLo , each having an area of 1/pi. Thus, as shown in Fig. 6.18(b), the convolution of an RF signal with these impulses creates the IF signal with a gain of 1/pi ( ≈ -10 dB).

Could anyone elaborate on the above book sentence quote ?



 

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Re: Frequency response of passive return-to-zero downconversion mixer
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2018, 06:35:42 pm »
Amplitudes are peak, not RMS.  Not that that matters regarding the factor of pi, for which that's simply the amount needed to reconstruct a square wave.

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