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Member of the waveform generation class.

Syntax

h = chirp(a)

h = chirp(a, b)

h = chirp(a, b, c)

h = chirp(a, b, c, d)

h = chirp(a, b, c, d, e)

h = chirp(a, b, c, d, e, f)

h = chirp(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)

Description

Generates a swept-frequency cosine wave.

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
a	Specifies the sampling time. a is a real array.
b	Specifies the start frequency of the chirp wave when t = 0. b is a positive real number. The default is 0.
c	Specifies a time point. c is a positive number. The default is 1.
d	Specifies the final frequency of the chirp wave when t = c. d is a positive real number. The default is 100.
e	Specifies alternate sweep methods. e is a string that can be either 'linear', 'quadratic', or 'logarithmic'. The default is 'linear'. If you specify 'logarithmic', d must be larger than b.
f	Specifies the initial phase in degree. f is a real number. The default is 0.
g	If you specify 'quadratic', you also can specify a g input. g is a string that accepts the following values. 'concave' chirp generates samples of a quadratic swept-frequency signal whose spectrogram is a parabola with its concavity in the positive frequency axis. 'convex' chirp generates samples of a quadratic swept-frequency signal whose spectrogram is a parabola with its convexity in the positive frequency axis.

Outputs

Name	Description
h	Returns the sampled swept-frequency cosine wave.

Examples

X = 0:0.01:2;
Y = chirp(X, 100, 1, 200, 'quadratic');
plot(X, Y)

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