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Frequency divided by a characteristic frequencyIn digital signal processing (DSP), a normalized frequency (f′) is a quantity that is equal to the ratio of a frequency and a characteristic frequency of a system.
A typical choice of characteristic frequency is the sampling rate (fs) that is used to create the digital signal from a continuous one. The normalized quantity, f′ = f / fs, typically has the unit cycle per sample regardless of whether the original signal is a function of time, space, or something else. For example, when f is expressed in Hz (cycles per second), fs is expressed in samples per second.
This allows us to present concepts that are universal to all sample rates in a way that is independent of the sample rate. Such a concept is a digital filter design whose bandwidth is specified not in hertz, but as a percentage of the sample rate of the data passing through it. Formulas expressed in terms of fs (or Ts ≡ 1 / fs) are readily converted to normalized frequency by setting those parameters to 1. The inverse operation is usually accomplished by replacing instances of the frequency parameter, f, with f / fs or f Ts.
Alternative normalizations
Some programs (such as MATLAB toolboxes) that design filters with real-valued coefficients prefer a characteristic frequency of fs/2 (the Nyquist frequency), which expands the upper limit of useful frequencies from 1/2 to 1. The corresponding unit of frequency, shown in the table below, is half-cycle per sample.
Angular frequency, denoted by ω and with the unit radian per second, can be similarly normalized. When ω is normalized with reference to the sampling rate, the resulting unit is radian per sample. The normalized Nyquist angular frequency is π radians/sample.
The following table shows examples of normalized frequencies for a 1 kHz signal, a sampling rate fs = 44,100 samples/second (often denoted by 44.1 kHz), and 3 different choices of normalized units. Also shown is the frequency region containing one cycle of the discrete-time Fourier transform, which is always a periodic function.
| Quantity | Normalization | Numeric range | Computation | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f′ | fs | or | 1000 cycles/second ÷ 44100 samples/second | = 0.02268 cycle/sample |
| f′ | fs/2 | or | 1000 cycles/second × 2 half-cycles/cycle ÷ 44100 samples/second | = 0.04535 half-cycle/sample |
| ω′ | fs/2π | or | 1000 cycles/second × 2π radians/cycle ÷ 44100 samples/second | = 0.14250 radian/sample |
See also
Notes and citations
- Carlson, Gordon E. (1992). Signal and Linear System Analysis. Boston, MA: ©Houghton Mifflin Co. pp. 469, 490. ISBN 8170232384.