Detection of a Pulse Superimposed on Fluctuation Noise
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IRE
- Vol. 38 (7) , 771-774
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jrproc.1950.233435
Abstract
Given a known pulse superimposed on fluctuation noise having a known spectrum, we determine the frequency response of that linear device which would give the maximum value for the ratio between peak amplitude of the signal and the root-mean-square of the noise at the output. This result is applied to the case in which the fluctuation noise has a flat spectrum, and it is shown that in that case the optimal network is physically realizable if the pulse differs from zero for only a finite interval of time. The noise-suppressing efficiency of a conventional RC circuit is computed for pulse shapes of practical interest.Keywords
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