Notation for a periodic square wave?












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What is the notation to write a periodic square wave with say, period Ts and 25% duty cycle? I think it should be something like an infinite sum of a unit step minus another unit step, but I'm not quite sure.










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  • See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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What is the notation to write a periodic square wave with say, period Ts and 25% duty cycle? I think it should be something like an infinite sum of a unit step minus another unit step, but I'm not quite sure.










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  • See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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What is the notation to write a periodic square wave with say, period Ts and 25% duty cycle? I think it should be something like an infinite sum of a unit step minus another unit step, but I'm not quite sure.










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  • See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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  • See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_wave.
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As used in Signal Analysis you can use the periodic extension of a basic pulse to represent a periodic square wave. A periodic extension is nothing more than in infinite sum of basic pulses $X_p(t)$. For a period $T_0$ the extension is:
$$X(t) = sum_{r=-infty}^infty X_p(t - rT_0)$$
The only thing we have to sort out is how to represent the basic pulse. We will palce the rising edge at the origin for simplicity. As your intuition told you, the expression for such pulse would be:
$$X_p(t) = U(t) - U(t - a); t in [-a, a]$$
The example is for a pulse of period $T_0 = a - (-a) = 2a$ whose rising edge is at the origin with a 50% duty cycle. It shouldn't be hard to get the expression for a 25% duty cycle. Substitute in the first equation and you have got the expression of the periodic square wave!



If you have any doubts or you spot a mistake please do let me know.






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As used in Signal Analysis you can use the periodic extension of a basic pulse to represent a periodic square wave. A periodic extension is nothing more than in infinite sum of basic pulses $X_p(t)$. For a period $T_0$ the extension is:
$$X(t) = sum_{r=-infty}^infty X_p(t - rT_0)$$
The only thing we have to sort out is how to represent the basic pulse. We will palce the rising edge at the origin for simplicity. As your intuition told you, the expression for such pulse would be:
$$X_p(t) = U(t) - U(t - a); t in [-a, a]$$
The example is for a pulse of period $T_0 = a - (-a) = 2a$ whose rising edge is at the origin with a 50% duty cycle. It shouldn't be hard to get the expression for a 25% duty cycle. Substitute in the first equation and you have got the expression of the periodic square wave!



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As used in Signal Analysis you can use the periodic extension of a basic pulse to represent a periodic square wave. A periodic extension is nothing more than in infinite sum of basic pulses $X_p(t)$. For a period $T_0$ the extension is:
$$X(t) = sum_{r=-infty}^infty X_p(t - rT_0)$$
The only thing we have to sort out is how to represent the basic pulse. We will palce the rising edge at the origin for simplicity. As your intuition told you, the expression for such pulse would be:
$$X_p(t) = U(t) - U(t - a); t in [-a, a]$$
The example is for a pulse of period $T_0 = a - (-a) = 2a$ whose rising edge is at the origin with a 50% duty cycle. It shouldn't be hard to get the expression for a 25% duty cycle. Substitute in the first equation and you have got the expression of the periodic square wave!



If you have any doubts or you spot a mistake please do let me know.






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As used in Signal Analysis you can use the periodic extension of a basic pulse to represent a periodic square wave. A periodic extension is nothing more than in infinite sum of basic pulses $X_p(t)$. For a period $T_0$ the extension is:
$$X(t) = sum_{r=-infty}^infty X_p(t - rT_0)$$
The only thing we have to sort out is how to represent the basic pulse. We will palce the rising edge at the origin for simplicity. As your intuition told you, the expression for such pulse would be:
$$X_p(t) = U(t) - U(t - a); t in [-a, a]$$
The example is for a pulse of period $T_0 = a - (-a) = 2a$ whose rising edge is at the origin with a 50% duty cycle. It shouldn't be hard to get the expression for a 25% duty cycle. Substitute in the first equation and you have got the expression of the periodic square wave!



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As used in Signal Analysis you can use the periodic extension of a basic pulse to represent a periodic square wave. A periodic extension is nothing more than in infinite sum of basic pulses $X_p(t)$. For a period $T_0$ the extension is:
$$X(t) = sum_{r=-infty}^infty X_p(t - rT_0)$$
The only thing we have to sort out is how to represent the basic pulse. We will palce the rising edge at the origin for simplicity. As your intuition told you, the expression for such pulse would be:
$$X_p(t) = U(t) - U(t - a); t in [-a, a]$$
The example is for a pulse of period $T_0 = a - (-a) = 2a$ whose rising edge is at the origin with a 50% duty cycle. It shouldn't be hard to get the expression for a 25% duty cycle. Substitute in the first equation and you have got the expression of the periodic square wave!



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