UndersamplingIn signal processing, undersampling or bandpass sampling is a technique where one samples a bandpass-filtered signal at a sample rate below its Nyquist rate (twice the upper cutoff frequency), but is still able to reconstruct the signal. When one undersamples a bandpass signal, the samples are indistinguishable from the samples of a low-frequency alias of the high-frequency signal. Such sampling is also known as bandpass sampling, harmonic sampling, IF sampling, and direct IF-to-digital conversion.
Traitement numérique du signalLe traitement numérique du signal étudie les techniques de traitement (filtrage, compression, etc), d'analyse et d'interprétation des signaux numérisés. À la différence du traitement des signaux analogiques qui est réalisé par des dispositifs en électronique analogique, le traitement des signaux numériques est réalisé par des machines numériques (des ordinateurs ou des circuits dédiés). Ces machines numériques donnent accès à des algorithmes puissants, tel le calcul de la transformée de Fourier.
AnticrénelageL’anticrénelage ou anti-aliasing, ou lissage des obliques ou encore lissage de police, est une méthode permettant d'éviter le crénelage, un phénomène qui survient lorsqu'on visualise certaines images numériques dans certaines résolutions. Une image numérique est composée de pixels. Lorsqu'elle est redimensionnée, le bord des formes ayant un angle particulier prend la forme d'escalier : c'est le crénelage, ou aliasing. Pour supprimer cet effet visuel disgracieux, on utilise l’anticrénelage, ou anti-aliasing.
Pixelthumb|upright=1.4|Image numérique dont une portion est très agrandie. Les pixels apparaissent ici comme des petits carrés. Le pixel, souvent abrégé p ou px, est l'unité de base de la définition d'une matricielle. Ce mot provient de la locution anglaise picture element, qui signifie « élément d'image ». Le pixel est l'unité minimale adressable par le contrôleur vidéo. C'est aussi l'unité utilisée pour spécifier les définitions d'affichage (largeur × hauteur).
Discrete-time Fourier transformIn mathematics, the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT), also called the finite Fourier transform, is a form of Fourier analysis that is applicable to a sequence of values. The DTFT is often used to analyze samples of a continuous function. The term discrete-time refers to the fact that the transform operates on discrete data, often samples whose interval has units of time. From uniformly spaced samples it produces a function of frequency that is a periodic summation of the continuous Fourier transform of the original continuous function.
BandlimitingBandlimiting refers to a process which reduces the energy of a signal to an acceptably low level outside of a desired frequency range. Bandlimiting is an essential part of many applications in signal processing and communications. Examples include controlling interference between radio frequency communications signals, and managing aliasing distortion associated with sampling for digital signal processing. A bandlimited signal is, strictly speaking, a signal with zero energy outside of a defined frequency range.
Downsampling (signal processing)In digital signal processing, downsampling, compression, and decimation are terms associated with the process of resampling in a multi-rate digital signal processing system. Both downsampling and decimation can be synonymous with compression, or they can describe an entire process of bandwidth reduction (filtering) and sample-rate reduction. When the process is performed on a sequence of samples of a signal or a continuous function, it produces an approximation of the sequence that would have been obtained by sampling the signal at a lower rate (or density, as in the case of a photograph).
Fréquence de NyquistLa fréquence de Nyquist, du nom de l'ingénieur électronicien Harry Nyquist, est la fréquence maximale que doit contenir un signal pour permettre sa description non ambiguë par un échantillonnage à intervalles réguliers. Elle est aussi connue sous le nom de fréquence limite de repliement. Elle est égale à la moitié de la fréquence d'échantillonnage. Le théorème d'échantillonnage procède de l'analyse spectrale, qui montre que tout signal peut se décomposer en une somme de sinusoïdes.
Reconstruction filterIn a mixed-signal system (analog and digital), a reconstruction filter, sometimes called an anti-imaging filter, is used to construct a smooth analog signal from a digital input, as in the case of a digital to analog converter (DAC) or other sampled data output device. The sampling theorem describes why the input of an ADC requires a low-pass analog electronic filter, called the anti-aliasing filter: the sampled input signal must be bandlimited to prevent aliasing (here meaning waves of higher frequency being recorded as a lower frequency).
Sinc filterIn signal processing, a sinc filter is an idealized filter that removes all frequency components above a given cutoff frequency, without affecting lower frequencies, and has linear phase response. The filter's impulse response is a sinc function in the time domain \left(\tfrac{\sin(\pi t)}{\pi t}\right), and its frequency response is a rectangular function. It is an "ideal" low-pass filter in the frequency sense, perfectly passing low frequencies, perfectly cutting high frequencies; and thus may be considered to be a brick-wall filter.
