FOURIER TRANSFORM PROPERTIES

Property

Signal

Fourier Transform

x(t)

X(f )

y(t)

Y (f )

Linearity

ax(t) + by(t)

aX(f ) + bY (f )

Time shifting

x(t t0 )

X(f )ej2f t0

Frequency shifting

ej2f0 t x(t)

X(f f0 )

Conjugate

x (t)

X (f )

Reection

x(t)

X(f )

Time scaling

x(t)

f
1
X( )
||

Convolution

x(t) y(t)

X(f )Y (f )

Multiplication

x(t)y(t)

X(f ) Y (f )

Dierenciation in time domain

d
x(t)
dt

j2f X(f )

Integration in time domain

1
1
X(f ) + X(0)(f )
j2f
2

x(t)dt

Diferenciation in frequency domain

j d
X(f )
2 df

tx(t)

X(f ) = X (f )

e{X(f )} = e{X(f )}

m{X(f )} = m{X(f )}

|X(f )| = |X(f )|

X(f ) = X(f )

Conjugate symmetry

x(t) is real

Real signals

x(t) real and even

X(f ) even and odd

x(t) real and odd

X(f ) odd and imaginary

xe (t) = Ev{x(t)} [x(t) real]

xo (t) = Od{x(t)} [x(t) real]

e{X(f )}
j m{X(f )}

Odd and even decomposition

Parseval theorem
+
|x(t)|2 dt =

|X(f )|2 df

FOURIER-TRANSFORM PAIRS
Time Function
+

Fourier Transform

Fourier Series

ak ejk2f0 t

ak (f kf0 )

k=

ak

k=

ej2f0 t

(f f0 )

a1 = 1
ak = 0 other value

cos(2f0 t)

1
2 [(f

f0 ) + (f + f0 )]

1
a1 = a1 = 2
ak = 0 other value

sin(2f0 t)

1
2j [(f

f0 ) (f + f0 )]

1
a1 = a1 = 2j
ak = 0 other value

(f )

1, |t| < T1
0, T1 < |t|
y x(t) = x(t + T )

x(t) =

+
T
2

(t nT )
n=

rect

t
2T1

1,
0,

|t| < T1
|t| > T1

k=

sin(2f0 T1 k)
(f kf0 )
k

1
T

(f
k=

2T1 sinc(2T1 f ) =
1
rect
2W

sinc(2W t)

a0 = 1, ak = 0, k = 0
for T > 0

k
)
T

sin(2f T1 )
f
f
2W

2f0 T1
k2f0 T1
sin(k2f0 T1 )
sinc(
)=

ak =

1
T

(t)

u(t)

1
1
+ (f )
j2f
2

(t t0 )

ej2f t0

eat u(t),

e{a} > 0

1
a + j2f

teat u(t),

e{a} > 0

1
(a + j2f )2

1
(a + 2f )n

2a
a2 + (2f )2

tn1 at
e u(t),
(n 1)!
ea|t| ,

e{a} > 0

a>0
2

et

ef

sgn(t)

1
jf

1
t

j sgn(f )