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|{{math|1=''ν''′ = ''f'' / (''f''<sub>s</sub>/2) = 2''f'' / ''f''<sub>s</sub>}} |{{math|1=''ν''′ = ''f'' / (''f''<sub>s</sub>/2) = 2''f'' / ''f''<sub>s</sub>}}
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|(1000&nbsp;cycles×2 half-cycles/cycle) / second / 44100&nbsp;samples/second |(1000&nbsp;cycles/second × 2&nbsp;half-cycles/cycle) / 44100&nbsp;samples/second
|0.04535&nbsp;half-cycle/sample |0.04535&nbsp;half-cycle/sample
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|{{math|''ω''′}} = {{math|''ω'' / ''f''<sub>s</sub>}} |{{math|''ω''′}} = {{math|''ω'' / ''f''<sub>s</sub>}}
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|(1000 cycles×2π radians/cycle) / second / 44100&nbsp;samples/second |(1000&nbsp;cycles/second × 2π&nbsp;radians/cycle) / 44100&nbsp;samples/second
|0.14250&nbsp;radian/sample |0.14250&nbsp;radian/sample
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Frequency divided by a characteristic frequency

In 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.

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 normalization options.

Quantity Numeric range Computation Value
f′ = f / fs     1000 cycles/second / 44100 samples/second 0.02268 cycle/sample
ν′ = f / (fs/2) = 2f / fs     (1000 cycles/second × 2 half-cycles/cycle) / 44100 samples/second 0.04535 half-cycle/sample
ω′ = ω / fs     (1000 cycles/second × 2π radians/cycle) / 44100 samples/second 0.14250 radian/sample

See also

Notes and citations

  1. Carlson, Gordon E. (1992). Signal and Linear System Analysis. Boston, MA: ©Houghton Mifflin Co. pp. 469, 490. ISBN 8170232384.
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