How to Determine Aliasing Frequency?

A simple rule to predict this aliased frequency is: decrement fo by fs enough times to get within the observable frequency range of [−fN , fN ]. The absolute value of this result is the aliased frequency. Sampling at 5.5kHz gives a time step of 0.182 milliseconds.

How do you calculate aliasing frequency?

For example, suppose that fs = 65 Hz, fN = 62.5 Hz, which corresponds to 8-ms sampling rate. The alias frequency then is fa = |2 × 62.5 − 65| = 60 Hz.

At what frequency does aliasing occur?

Aliasing errors occur when components of a signal are above the Nyquist frequency (Nyquist theory states that the sampling frequency must be at least two times the highest frequency component of the signal) or one half the sample rate.

James H. Sterling

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