A software sampling frequency adaptive algorithm for reducing spectral leakage

Abstract

Spectral leakage caused by synchronous error in a nonsynchronous sampling system is an important cause that reduces the accuracy of spectral analysis and harmonic measurement. This paper presents a software sampling frequency adaptive algorithm that can obtain the actual signal frequency more accurately, and then adjusts sampling interval base on the frequency calculated by software algorithm and modifies sampling frequency adaptively. It can reduce synchronous error and impact of spectral leakage; thereby improving the accuracy of spectral analysis and harmonic measurement for power system signal where frequency changes slowly. This algorithm has high precision just like the simulations show, and it can be a practical method in power system harmonic analysis since it can be implemented easily.

Keywords

sampling frequency, spectral leakage, synchronous error, self-adaptive, harmonic analysis