Chirp rate
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Chirp rate is the instantaneous rate of change of the frequency
of a waveform. If a waveform is defined as:
then the instantaneous frequency is defined to be:
and the chirp rate is defined to be:
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See also Chirp
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Frequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
of a waveform. If a waveform is defined as:
then the instantaneous frequency is defined to be:
and the chirp rate is defined to be:
.
See also Chirp
Chirp
A chirp is a signal in which the frequency increases or decreases with time. In some sources, the term chirp is used interchangeably with sweep signal. It is commonly used in sonar and radar, but has other applications, such as in spread spectrum communications...
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