Figure 1. Periodic nonsinusoidal waveforms
c. There are two types of nonsinusoidal waves: the aperiodic wave
which appears at irregular intervals, or only once, and the periodic
wave which is repeated at constant intervals. Unless specifically
referred to as aperiodic, all waves discussed will be periodic waves.
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METHODS OF ANALYSIS.
There are two methods of analyzing nonsinusoidal waveforms:
the frequencyresponse method and the transientresponse method. The
frequencyresponse method analyzes the composition of the
nonsinusoidal wave by considering the wave to be the sum of a large
number of sine waves having different frequencies and/or phases and
amplitudes. The transientresponse method considers
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