The Weighting Effect of Square Window
q The square window smooth the true
spectrum.
q The degree of the smoothing is
determined by the window length (L).
q The shorter the window length, the
stronger the smoothing will be.
q In addition to the smoothing effect,
data window also cause “spectral
leakage”.
q This leakage will introduce spurious
oscillations at higher and lower
frequencies and are out of phase with
the true oscillation.
Response Function of Square Window
Spectral Leakage