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What is the aperture effect?

  • A.Overlap of adjacent samples caused by insufficient guard time
  • B.Rounding of a sample to the nearest available discrete level
  • C.Attenuation of high frequencies by the finite pulse width
  • D.Loss of synchronisation between the two ends of the link

Answer: C

The aperture effect is the high-frequency attenuation that flat-top sampling imposes, because a pulse of finite width has a frequency response shaped like a sinc function. It is corrected by an equaliser after the reconstruction filter. Synchronisation loss, sample overlap and rounding error are separate impairments. A finite aperture always costs high frequency response, and the correction is a predictable equalisation rather than a compromise.

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