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Comment by EarthIsHome

One misconception that many make regarding the Nyquist frequency is thinking that the sampling rate needs to be twice the highest frequency.

Your sampling should really really be twice the bandwidth.

e.g. your bandwidth is 100 MHz centered at 1 GHz (it needs to actually be bandlimited to 100 MHz**). You do not need to sample at 2.2 GHz. You sample at 200 MSPS (really, you should sample a little more than that, say 210 MSPS, so that the bandwidth of interest doesn't butt up against the Nyquist zone edges.)

parent EarthIsHome 3 years ago

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