Analog and Digital Signal Analysis

This book provides comprehensive, graduate-level treatment of analog and digital signal analysis suitable for course use and self-guided learning. This expert text guides the reader from the basics of signal theory through a range of application tools for use in acoustic analysis, geophysics, and data compression. Each concept is introduced and explained step by step, and the necessary mathematical formulae are integrated in an accessible and intuitive way. The first part of the book explores how analog systems and signals form the basics of signal analysis. This section covers Fourier series and integral transforms of analog signals, Laplace and Hilbert transforms, the main analog filter classes, and signal modulations. Part II covers digital signals, demonstrating their key advantages. It presents z and Fourier transforms, digital filtering, inverse filters, deconvolution, and parametric modeling for deterministic signals. Wavelet decomposition and reconstruction of non-stationary signals are also discussed. The third part of the book is devoted to random signals, including spectral estimation, parametric modeling, and Tikhonov regularization. It covers statistics of one and two random variables and the principles and methods of spectral analysis. Estimation of signal properties is discussed in the context of ergodicity conditions and parameter estimations, including the use of Wiener and Kalman filters. Two appendices cover the basics of integration in the complex plane and linear algebra. A third appendix presents a basic Matlab toolkit for computer signal analysis. This expert text provides both a solid theoretical understanding and tools for real-world applications.

“The first thing to say about this book is that it is comprehensive. Its 600+ pages cover a lot of ground and at a fairly deep level. … Overall impressions are positive and the book is definitely a valuable addition to my library.” (Todd Welti, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 65 (5), May, 2017)  

Frédéric Cohen Tenoudji is Emeritus Professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. His research field is non-destructive evaluation by ultrasonics, defect characterization, and linear and non-linear sound propagation in heterogeneous materials with applications to civil engineering: concrete cure monitoring, materials structural integrity. He develops ultrasound instrumentation for NDE with graphic user interface and embedded signal processing.Cohen Tenoudji teaches signal processing, sensors, ultrasonics, and object-oriented programming. From 1985-86 he was Member of the Technical Staff at the Science Center of Rockwell International, NDE department, in Thousand Oaks, California.