generalHamming function

Array generalHamming(
  1. int M,
  2. double alpha,
  3. {bool sym = true}
)

Return a generalized Hamming window. The generalized Hamming window is constructed by multiplying a rectangular window by one period of a cosine function 1_.

Parameters

  • M : int Number of points in the output window. If zero or less, an empty array is returned.
  • alpha : float The window coefficient, :math:\alpha
  • sym : bool, optional When True (default), generates a symmetric window, for use in filter design. When False, generates a periodic window, for use in spectral analysis.

Returns

  • w : ndarray The window, with the maximum value normalized to 1 (though the value 1 does not appear if M is even and sym is True).

Notes

The generalized Hamming window is defined as .. math:: w(n) = \alpha - \left(1 - \alpha\right) \cos\left(\frac{2\pi{n}}{M-1}\right) \qquad 0 \leq n \leq M-1 Both the common Hamming window and Hann window are special cases of the generalized Hamming window with :math:\alpha = 0.54 and :math:\alpha = 0.5, respectively 2_.

See Also

  • hamming, hann

References

  1. DSPRelated, "Generalized Hamming Window Family", https:///www.dsprelated.com/freebooks/sasp/Generalized_Hamming_Window_Family.html
  2. Wikipedia, "Window function", https:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_function
  3. Riccardo Piantanida ESA, "Sentinel-1 Level 1 Detailed Algorithm Definition", https:///sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/1877131/Sentinel-1-Level-1-Detailed-Algorithm-Definition
  4. Matthieu Bourbigot ESA, "Sentinel-1 Product Definition", https:///sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/1877131/Sentinel-1-Product-Definition
  5. "Window functions (scipy.signal.windows)". https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/signal.windows.html. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

Examples

/* The Sentinel-1A/B Instrument Processing Facility uses generalized Hamming
windows in the processing of spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
data [3]_. The facility uses various values for the :math:`\alpha`
parameter based on operating mode of the SAR instrument. Some common
:math:`\alpha` values include 0.75, 0.7 and 0.52 [4]_. As an example, we
plot these different windows. */
import 'package:scidart/src/numdart/numdart.dart';
import 'package:scidart/scidart/signal/signal.dart';
var alpha = 0.54;
var M = 10;
var w = generalHamming(M, alpha);

Implementation

Array generalHamming(int M, double alpha, {bool sym = true}) {
  return generalCosine(M, Array([alpha, 1.0 - alpha]), sym: sym);
}