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Normalized frequency (signal processing)

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In digital signal processing (DSP), a normalized frequency is a ratio of a variable frequency ( f {\displaystyle f} ) and a constant frequency associated with a system (such as a sampling rate, f s {\displaystyle f_{s}} ). Some software applications require normalized inputs and produce normalized outputs, which can be re-scaled to physical units when necessary. Mathematical derivations are usually done in normalized units, relevant to a wide range of applications.

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• Examples of normalization

• See also

• References

Examples of normalization

A typical choice of characteristic frequency is the sampling rate ( f s {\displaystyle f_{s}} ) that is used to create the digital signal from a continuous one. The normalized quantity, f ′ = f f s , {\displaystyle f'={\tfrac {f}{f_{s}}},} has the unit cycle per sample regardless of whether the original signal is a function of time or distance. For example, when f {\displaystyle f} is expressed in Hz (cycles per second), f s {\displaystyle f_{s}} is expressed in samples per second.cite-ref-carlson-1-0[1]

Some programs (such as MATLAB toolboxes) that design filters with real-valued coefficients prefer the Nyquist frequency ( f s / 2 ) {\displaystyle (f_{s}/2)} as the frequency reference, which changes the numeric range that represents frequencies of interest from [ 0 , 1 2 ] {\displaystyle \left[0,{\tfrac {1}{2}}\right]} cycle/sample to [ 0 , 1 ] {\displaystyle [0,1]} half-cycle/sample. Therefore, the normalized frequency unit is important when converting normalized results into physical units.

A common practice is to sample the frequency spectrum of the sampled data at frequency intervals of f s N , {\displaystyle {\tfrac {f_{s}}{N}},} for some arbitrary integer N {\displaystyle N} (see § Sampling the DTFT). The samples (sometimes called frequency bins) are numbered consecutively, corresponding to a frequency normalization by f s N . {\displaystyle {\tfrac {f_{s}}{N}}.} cite-ref-harris-2-0[2]cite-ref-taboga-3-0[3] The normalized Nyquist frequency is N 2 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {N}{2}}} with the unit ⁠1/N⁠th cycle/sample.

Angular frequency, denoted by ω ω {\displaystyle \omega } and with the unit radians per second, can be similarly normalized. When ω ω {\displaystyle \omega } is normalized with reference to the sampling rate as ω ω ′ = ω ω f s , {\displaystyle \omega '={\tfrac {\omega }{f_{s}}},} the normalized Nyquist angular frequency is π radians/sample.

The following table shows examples of normalized frequency for f = 1 {\displaystyle f=1} kHz, f s = 44100 {\displaystyle f_{s}=44100} samples/second (often denoted by 44.1 kHz), and 4 normalization conventions:

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| f ′ = f f s {\displaystyle f'={\tfrac {f}{f_{s}}}} | [ 0, ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ ] cycle/sample | 1000 / 44100 = 0.02268 | f = f ′ ⋅ f s {\displaystyle f=f'\cdot f_{s}} |

| f ′ = f f s / 2 {\displaystyle f'={\tfrac {f}{f_{s}/2}}} | [0, 1] half-cycle/sample | 1000 / 22050 = 0.04535 | f = f ′ ⋅ f s 2 {\displaystyle f=f'\cdot {\tfrac {f_{s}}{2}}} |

| f ′ = f f s / N {\displaystyle f'={\tfrac {f}{f_{s}/N}}} | [ 0, ⁠ N / 2 ⁠ ] bins | 1000 × N / 44100 = 0.02268 N | f = f ′ ⋅ f s N {\displaystyle f=f'\cdot {\tfrac {f_{s}}{N}}} |

| ω ′ = ω f s {\displaystyle \omega '={\tfrac {\omega }{f_{s}}}} | [0, π ] radians/sample | 1000 × 2π / 44100 = 0.14250 | ω = ω ′ ⋅ f s {\displaystyle \omega =\omega '\cdot f_{s}} |