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Experiment 13

This document summarizes the results of an experiment on signal sampling. Key findings include: 1) The sampling method used was both natural and sample-and-hold based on two features: the signal voltage returns to 0V between samples and the sample voltage can change during sampling. 2) For sample-and-hold, the sample voltages do not change during sampling and there are no spaces between samples. 3) When the sampling frequency was lowered by 1000Hz, all the signal's aliases also lowered by 1000Hz. 4) When the sampling rate was 4kHz, the lowest frequency alias overlapped at the message frequency of 2kHz, causing aliasing distortion. 5

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Experiment 13

This document summarizes the results of an experiment on signal sampling. Key findings include: 1) The sampling method used was both natural and sample-and-hold based on two features: the signal voltage returns to 0V between samples and the sample voltage can change during sampling. 2) For sample-and-hold, the sample voltages do not change during sampling and there are no spaces between samples. 3) When the sampling frequency was lowered by 1000Hz, all the signal's aliases also lowered by 1000Hz. 4) When the sampling rate was 4kHz, the lowest frequency alias overlapped at the message frequency of 2kHz, causing aliasing distortion. 5

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Experiment 13:

Question 1

What type of sampling is this an example of?

The type of sampling in this example are


Natural and Sample-and-hold.

Question 2

What two features of the sampled signal confirm


this?

The two features are: a) the signal’s voltage


goes back to 0V between samples b) during
sampling, the sample voltage will change.
Question 3

What two features of the sampled signal confirm that the set-up models the sample-and-hold scheme?

The two features are: a) during the sampling, the sample voltages don’t change b) there are no
space between samples.

TABLE 1

Alias 1 6300Hz Alias 4 18800Hz


Alias 2 10400Hz Alias 5 23000Hz
Alias 3 14600Hz Alias 6 27100Hz

Question 4

What has happened to the sampled signal’s aliases?

All sample signal’s aliases dropped by 1000Hz.

Question 5

What’s the name of the distortion that appears when the sampling frequency is low enough?

The distortion is called aliasing.

Question 6

What happens to the sampled signal’s lowest frequency alias when the sampling rate is 4kHz?

What happened is that, at the message frequency, the sinewave is overlapped in the sampled
signal.

TABLE 2 Frequency
Minimum sampling frequency (without aliasing)

Question 7

Given the message is a 2kHz sine wave, what’s the theoretical minimum frequency for the sampling
signal?

The theoretical minimum frequency for sampling signal could be 4kHz=(2)*(2kHz).

Question 8
Why is the actual minimum sampling frequency to obtain a reconstructed message without aliasing
distortion higher than the theoretical minimum that you calculated for question 5?

Due to the fact that filters are not absolute, the cut-offs are not instantaneous and rolls off.

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