# scipy.signal.hilbert¶

scipy.signal.hilbert(x, N=None, axis=-1)[source]

Compute the analytic signal, using the Hilbert transform.

The transformation is done along the last axis by default.

Parameters: x : array_like Signal data. Must be real. N : int, optional Number of Fourier components. Default: x.shape[axis] axis : int, optional Axis along which to do the transformation. Default: -1. xa : ndarray Analytic signal of x, of each 1-D array along axis

Notes

The analytic signal x_a(t) of signal x(t) is:

$x_a = F^{-1}(F(x) 2U) = x + i y$

where F is the Fourier transform, U the unit step function, and y the Hilbert transform of x. [R158]

In other words, the negative half of the frequency spectrum is zeroed out, turning the real-valued signal into a complex signal. The Hilbert transformed signal can be obtained from np.imag(hilbert(x)), and the original signal from np.real(hilbert(x)).

References

 [R158] (1, 2) Wikipedia, “Analytic signal”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_signal

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