ESS210B
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Amplitude of Harmonics
q
Using the following relation, we can combine the sine and cosine
components of the harmonic to determine the amplitude of each harmonic.
q
q
q
q
With this combined form, the harmonic analysis of
y(t
) can be rewritten as:
q
C
2
=A
2
+B
2
è
(
amplitude)
2
of the
harmonic
q
0
è
the time (phase) when this harmonic has its largest amplitude