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From: Tom Gray
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 20:33
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 20:33
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In article <1088@chiton.ucsd.edu> cdl@chiton (Carl Lowenstein) writes:
|In article <1991May23.070428.23505@funet.fi> varri@cs.tut.fi (V{rri Alpo) writes:
|| Harmonic distortion is nonlinear distortion characterized by the
|| appearance in the output of harmonics other than the fundamental
|| component when the input wave is sinusoidal.
||
|| What is the name of the distortion which does not appear at the
|| harmonic frequencies of the fundamental component but at some
|| other frequencies?
|
| Intermodulation
|
In the communication business, nonlinear distortion is is lumped together
under the term "Quantizing Noise". I know this is a misnomer but it is
the term used for this type of distortion.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!software.mitel.com!grayt From: grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question about distortion Message-ID: <8052@nst> Date: 27 May 91 20:33:45 GMT References: <1991May23.070428.23505@funet.fi> <sjreeves.910523184324@coulomb.eng.auburn.edu> <1088@chiton.ucsd.edu> Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada. Lines: 18