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Old May 6th 04, 08:25 AM
Robert Baer
 
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Paul Burridge wrote:

Hi,

I'll avoid posting a screen shot of this one since so many people seem
to have difficulty finding them on abse or can't get the group at all
from their servers.

Imagine a two-state, high/low (on/off) wave form; i.e., negligible
rise/fall times. Amplitude 5V. A bit like a square wave, in fact,
except that the on and off period appears *different* between one
cycle and the next and the next and so on. There's quite a bit of
variation (anything from one whole time division to up to seven divs
and all times between the two). There does appear to be an eventual
series repetition, but it's only noticeable after about 30 cycles. I'm
not sure how I've ended up with this, but would it be rich in odd and
even order harmonics and suitable for generating them for frequency
multiplication purposes, d'you think?

Thanks,
P.
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Randumb duty cycle modulation would only alter the lower harmonic
spectrum; the rise anf fall times are the major source of frequency
multiples.