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- From: gingell@aurs01.UUCP (Mike Gingell)
- Newsgroups: comp.dsp
- Subject: Re: Energy within a Digitized Pulse
- Keywords: Attenuation, Energy, :-)
- Message-ID: <60983@aurs01.UUCP>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 12:58:16 GMT
- References: <15498@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <TeNmoB1w164w@gmp.lonestar.org> <15598@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
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- Reply-To: gingell@aurw6b.aur.alcatel.com.UUCP (Mike Gingell)
- Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC
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- There is of course NO energy in a DIGITIZED pulse since it is purely
- numeric. Energy is only meaningful if you translate it back to the
- real world and assume a smooth curve drawn through the numbers,
- representing a given voltage in a given impedance for a given amount
- of time.
-
- Am I a pedant or what? :-)
-
- Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA (919) 850-6444
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