Basic Fourier Series

Academic Resource Center Workshop for BME by: Neha Bansal

Agenda
Fourier Series Trigonometric Fourier Series Compact Trigonometric Fourier Series Examples o Square Waves o Sawtooth Waves References

Fourier Series
A periodic function f(t) can be represented by an infinite sum of sine and/or cosine functions that are harmonically related. That is, the frequency of any trigonometric term in the infinite series is an integral multiple, or harmonic, of the fundamental frequency of the periodic function.

Trigonometric Fourier Series

Given f(t) is periodic, f(t) can be represented as follows:
where n is the integer sequence 1,2,3, ... , a0, an, and bn are called the Fourier coefficients, and are calculated from f(t), 0 = 2 /To is the fundamental frequency

Compact Trigonometric Fourier Series

Exponential Fourier Series

Example: Square wave

Example: Sawtooth Wave

Let us consider a sawtooth wave

For convenience, we shall shift our interval from

to

In this interval

we have simply f(t)=t. Using Eqs. of Fourier series, we have

Example: Sawtooth wave

(7.15)
.

So, the expansion of f(t) reads

References
WikiBooks Resources: o http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Signals_and_Systems/Fourier _Series Wolfram MathWorld Fourier Series: o http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FourierSeries.html ARC Website: o iit.edu/arc BME Schedule o http://iit.edu/arc/tutoring_schedule/biomedical_engineerin g.shtml