Pulse (signal processing)
- Pulse (signal processing)
In signal processing, the term pulse has the following meanings:
#A rapid, transient change in the amplitude of a signal from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value.
#A rapid change in some characteristic of a signal, "e.g.," phase or frequency, from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value.
Pulse shapes
Pulse shapes can arise out of a process called pulse-shaping. Optimum pulse shape depends on the application.
Rectangular pulse
These can be found in pulse waves, square waves, boxcar functions, and rectangular functions. In digital signals the up and down transitions between high and low levels are called the rising edge and the falling edge. In digital systems the detection of these sides or action taken in response is termed edge-triggered, rising or falling depending on which side of rectangular pulse. A digital timing diagram is an example of a well-ordered collection of rectangular pulses.
Nyquist pulse
Gaussian pulse
inc pulse
References
"Original source": from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
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