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Fourier Transform of the Boxcar Window
July 13, 2022

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Introduction

This blog shows the time domain of the boxcar window, derives it’s frequency response as well as the magnitude-squared of the frequency response.

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Boxcar Window

The boxcar window of length N is defined as

(1)   \begin{equation*}h[n] = \begin{cases}1, & 0 \le n \le N-1 \\0, & \text{otherwise}.\end{cases}\end{equation*}

Equation (1) is plotted in Figure 1 with N=16.

Figure 1: The impulse response of the boxcar window for N=16.
Figure 1: The impulse response of the boxcar window for N=16.

Fourier Transform of Boxcar Window

Since (1) is discrete-time the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform (DTFT) must be taken.

The DTFT is defined as (reference)

(2)   \begin{equation*}X\left(e^{j\omega}\right) = \sum_{n} x[n]e^{-j \omega n}.\end{equation*}

Applying (1) to (2),

(3)   \begin{equation*}\begin{split}H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) & = \sum_{n} h[n] e^{-j\omega n} \\& = \sum_{n=0}^{N-1} e^{-j\omega n}.\end{split}\end{equation*}

Equation (3) is now a finite geometric series. The sum of a finite geometric series

(4)   \begin{equation*}S_L = \sum_{l}^{L-1} a r^{l}\end{equation*}

can be written as (reference)

 

(5)   \begin{equation*}S_L = \frac{a \left(1 - r^{L} \right)}{1 - r}.\end{equation*}

Comparing (3) to (4), a = 1 and r = e^{j\omega}. The summation from (5) can therefore be written as

(6)   \begin{equation*}H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) =\frac{1 - e^{-j\omega N}}{1 - e^{-j\omega}}.\end{equation*}

Frequency Response Magnitude

The magnitude-squared of (6) is given by

(7)   \begin{equation*}\begin{split}\left| H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \right|^2 & = H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \cdot H^*\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \\& = \frac{1 - e^{-j\omega N}}{1 - e^{-j\omega}} \cdot \frac{1 - e^{j\omega N}}{1 - e^{j\omega}}.\end{split}\end{equation*}

Multiplying the terms from (7),

(8)   \begin{equation*}\left| H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \right|^2 = \frac{1 + e^{-j\omega N + j\omega N} - e^{-j\omega N} - e^{j\omega N}}{1 + e^{-j\omega +j\omega} - e^{-j\omega} - e^{j\omega}}.\end{equation*}

Gathering like terms,

(9)   \begin{equation*}\left| H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \right|^2 = \frac{2 - e^{j\omega N} - e^{-j\omega N}}{2 - e^{j\omega} - e^{-j\omega}}.\end{equation*}

The complex exponentials can be written in terms of cosine such that

(10)   \begin{equation*}\left| H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \right|^2 = \frac{2 - 2 \cos \left( \omega N \right)}{2 - 2 \cos \left( \omega \right)},\end{equation*}

which can be simplified to:

(11)   \begin{equation*}\left| H\left( e^{j\omega} \right) \right|^2 = \frac{1 - \cos \left( \omega N \right)}{1 - \cos \left( \omega \right)}.\end{equation*}

Equation (11) for N=16 is plotted in Figure 2. The computed magnitude is shown along side to show their equivalence and the correctness of the derivation.

Figure 2: The magnitude-squared of the boxcar window frequency response.
Figure 2: The magnitude-squared of the boxcar window frequency response.

Conclusion

The equation for the boxcar window was given and the frequency response and it’s magnitude-squared was derived. The magnitude-squared of the frequency response was plotted in both equation from and being computed using software to show their equivalence.

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