Parsevals Theorem

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PARSEVAL'S THEOREM

Parseval's theorem demonstrates one practical use of the Fourier transform. It relates the energy carried by a signal to the Fourier transform of the signal.

If $ p(t) $ is the power associated with the signal, the energy carried by the signal is

$$W=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} p(t) d t \tag{1}$$

In order to be able compare the energy content of current and voltage signals, it is convenient to use a $ 1-\Omega $ resistor as the base for energy calculation. For a 1- $ \Omega $ resistor,

$$ p(t)=v^{2}(t)=i^{2}(t)=f^{2}(t) $$

where $ f(t) $ stands for either voltage or current. The energy delivered to the $ 1-\Omega $ resistor is

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t \tag{2}$$

Parseval's theorem states that this same energy can be calculated in the frequency domain as

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega \tag{3}$$

Parseval’s theorem states that the total energy delivered to a 1-0 resistor equals the total area under the square of $f (t)$ or $1/2π$ times the total area under the square of the magnitude of the Fourier transform of $f (t)$.

Parseval's theorem relates energy associated with a signal to its Fourier transform. It provides the physical significance of $ F(\omega) $, namely, that $ |F(\omega)|^{2} $ is a measure of the energy density (in joules per hertz) corresponding to $ f(t) $.

To derive Eq. (3), we begin with Eq. (2) and substitute Eq.(A) for one of the $ f(t) $ 's. We obtain

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(t)\left[\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} F(\omega) e^{j \omega t} d \omega\right] d t \tag{4}$$

The function $ f(t) $ can be moved inside the integral within the brackets, since the integral does not involve time:

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(t) F(\omega) e^{j \omega t} d \omega d t \tag{5}$$

Reversing the order of integration,

$$\begin{aligned}W_{1 \Omega} &=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} F(\omega)\left[\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(t) e^{-j(-\omega) t} d t\right] d \omega \\&=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} F(\omega) F(-\omega) d \omega=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} F(\omega) F^{*}(\omega) d \omega\end{aligned} \tag{6}$$

But if $ z=x+j y, z z^{*}=(x+j y)(x-j y)=x^{2}+y^{2}=|z|^{2} $. Hence,

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega \tag{7}$$

as expected. Equation (7) indicates that the energy carried by a signal can be found by integrating either the square of $ f(t) $ in the time domain or $ 1 / 2 \pi $ times the square of $ F(\omega) $ in the frequency domain.
Since $ |F(\omega)|^{2} $ is an even function, we may integrate from 0 to $ \infty $ and double the result, that is,

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega$$

We may also calculate the energy in any frequency band $ \omega_{1}<\omega<\omega_{2} $ as

$$W_{1 \Omega}=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{\omega_{1}}^{\omega_{2}}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega$$

Notice that Parseval's theorem as stated here applies to nonperiodic functions. As evident in Eq. (7), Parseval's theorem shows that the energy associated with a nonperiodic signal is spread over the entire frequency spectrum, whereas the energy of the periodic signal is concentrated at the frequencies of its harmonic components.

Example 1: The voltage across a $ 10-\Omega $ resistor is $ v(t)=5 e^{-3 t} u(t) \mathrm{V} $. Find the total energy dissipated in the resistor.

Solution:
We can find the energy using either $ f(t)=v(t) $ or $ F(\omega)=V(\omega) $. In the time domain,

$$\begin{aligned}W_{10 \Omega} &=10 \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f^{2}(t) d t=10 \int_{0}^{\infty} 25 e^{-6 t} d t \\&=\left.250 \frac{e^{-6 t}}{-6}\right|_{0} ^{\infty}=\frac{250}{6}=41.67 \mathrm{~J}\end{aligned}$$

In the frequency domain,

$$F(\omega)=V(\omega)=\frac{5}{3+j \omega}$$

so that

$$|F(\omega)|^{2}=F(\omega) F^{*}(\omega)=\frac{25}{9+\omega^{2}}$$

Hence, the energy dissipated is

$$\begin{aligned}W_{10 \Omega} &=\frac{10}{2 \pi} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega=\frac{10}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{25}{9+\omega^{2}} d \omega \\&=\left.\frac{250}{\pi}\left(\frac{1}{3} \tan ^{-1} \frac{\omega}{3}\right)\right|_{0} ^{\infty}=\frac{250}{\pi}\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)=\frac{250}{6}=41.67 \mathrm{~J}\end{aligned}$$

Example 2: Calculate the fraction of the total energy dissipated by a $ 1-\Omega $ resistor in the frequency band $ 0 < \omega < 10 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s} $ when the voltage across it is $ v(t)=e^{-2 t} u(t) $. Solution:
Given that $ f(t)=v(t)=e^{-2 t} u(t) $, then

$$F(\omega)=\frac{1}{2+j \omega} \quad \Longrightarrow \quad|F(\omega)|^{2}=\frac{1}{4+\omega^{2}}$$

The total energy dissipated by the resistor is

$$\begin{aligned}W_{1 \Omega} &=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{d \omega}{4+\omega^{2}} \\&=\frac{1}{\pi}\left(\left.\frac{1}{2} \tan ^{-1} \frac{\omega}{2}\right|_{0} ^{\infty}\right)=\frac{1}{\pi}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) \frac{\pi}{2}=0.25 \mathrm{~J}\end{aligned}$$

The energy in the frequencies $ 0<\omega<10 $ is

$$\begin{aligned}W &=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{10}|F(\omega)|^{2} d \omega=\frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{10} \frac{d \omega}{4+\omega^{2}}=\frac{1}{\pi}\left(\left.\frac{1}{2} \tan ^{1} \frac{\omega}{2}\right|_{0} ^{10}\right) \\&=\frac{1}{2 \pi} \tan ^{-1} 5=\frac{1}{2 \pi}\left(\frac{78.69^{\circ}}{180^{\circ}} \pi\right)=0.218 \mathrm{~J}\end{aligned}$$

Its percentage of the total energy is

$$\frac{W}{W_{1 \Omega}}=\frac{0.218}{0.25}=87.4 \%$$

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