Multitone Signals with Low Crest Factor

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, CAS-33(10):1018-1022, October 1986.

• multitonelowcrest.pdf

Using some results from the recent mathematics literature, we show how to generate signals with perfect low-pass or bandpass spectra which have very low crest factors (under 6dB). An application to multitone frequency response testing is given.