Hi:all I am trying to measure the SNR of a second order sigma-delta ADC. I want to just do a FFT analysis for the output of the quantizer. So, I collect 65536 points for FFT. I was told that I should use a Blackman window here.But how many points of the blackman window should I use? Here are some specs: sample frequency:12.5MHz Baseband frequency:20KHz Input signal freq:1000Hz Is there any idea how I can decide the points of that window? Or could anyone tell me the relationship between the input freq,sampling freq, FFT points and windows length? Thanks
How can I decide the blackman window's points ?
Started by ●June 1, 2006
Reply by ●June 1, 20062006-06-01
stephenduan4513 wrote:> Hi:all > I am trying to measure the SNR of a second order sigma-delta ADC. I want > to just do a FFT analysis for the output of the quantizer. So, I collect > 65536 points for FFT. I was told that I should use a Blackman window > here.But how many points of the blackman window should I use? > Here are some specs: > sample frequency:12.5MHz > Baseband frequency:20KHz > Input signal freq:1000Hz > Is there any idea how I can decide the points of that window? > Or could anyone tell me the relationship between the input freq,sampling > freq, FFT points and windows length? > ThanksYou want to window the entire sample sequence fed to the DFT. The Blackman window will taper the signal to zero at the ends, effectively reducing the number of available samples by two. That doesn't matter much, but you can center a 65538-point window on your 65536 samples. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
