Fourier Series analysis

of a Periodic Signal
BAE 441
( )

=
+ + =
1
0 0 0
) sin( ) cos( ) (
k
k k
t k c t k b a t f e e
= +
+
+
+

+
+
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
Frequency Frequency
Magnitude
b
k
Cos(ke
0
t)
2
) cos(
0 0
0
t jk
k
t jk
k
k
e b e b
t k b
e e
e

+
=
c
k
sin(ke
0
t)
) (
2
) sin(
0 0
0
j
e c e c
t k c
t jk
k
t jk
k
k

=
e e
e
2
) sin(
0 0
0
t jk
k
t jk
k
k
e jc e jc
t k c
e e
e

+
=
= + ) sin( ) cos(
0 0
t k c t k b
k k
e e
t jk
k k
t jk
k k
e
jc b
e
jc b
0 0
2 2
e e
+
+

2
) cos(
0 0
0
t jk
k
t jk
k
k
e b e b
t k b
e e
e

+
=
2
) sin(
0 0
0
t jk
k
t jk
k
k
e jc e jc
t k c
e e
e

+
=
2
k k
k
jc b
a

=
2
k k
k
jc b
a
+
=

Let,
t jk
k k
t jk
k k
k k
e
jc b
e
jc b
t k c t k b
0 0
2 2
) sin( ) cos(
0 0
e e
e e

+
+

= +
t jk
k
t jk
k k k
e a e a t k c t k b
0 0
) sin( ) cos(
0 0
e e
e e

+ = +
( )

=
+ + =
1
0 0 0
) sin( ) cos( ) (
k
k k
t k c t k b a t f e e
( )

+ + =
1
0
0 0
) (
k
t jk
k
t jk
k
e a e a a t f
e e
( ) ( )


=

=

+ + =
1 1
0
0
0 0 0
) (
k
t jk
k
k
t jk
k
t w j
e a e a e a t f
e e

+
=
=
k
t jk
k
e a t f
0
) (
e
and
( )

=
e + e + =
1 k
0 k 0 k 0
) t k sin( c ) t k cos( b a ) t ( f

+
=
=
k
t jk
k
e a t f
0
) (
e
When f(t) is real,
|a
k
|=|a
-k
|
phase(a
k
) = -phase(a
-k
)

) (t f

+
=
=
k
t jk
k
e a t f
0
) (
e