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Window function figures of merit — scalloping, sidelobes, and ENBW

October 3, 2026September 22, 2020 by Mathuranathan

Compare FFT windows by scalloping loss, sidelobe level, 3 dB bandwidth, and ENBW — and when to pick Hann vs Blackman-Harris vs flattop.

Categories Latest Articles, Python, Signal Processing Tags coherent processing gain, dft, equivalent noise bandwidth, FFT, scalloping loss, Window Functions Leave a comment

Equivalent noise bandwidth (ENBW) of FFT windows — formula & table

October 2, 2026September 13, 2020 by Mathuranathan

What ENBW means for FFT windows, the time-domain formula used in code, ENBW in bins for common windows, Python (SciPy), and how it shifts the noise floor.

Categories Latest Articles, Python, Signal Processing Tags dft, equivalent noise bandwidth, FFT, Window Functions Leave a comment
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