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Signal Average, RMS, Peak, and Peak-to-Peak Conversions

 

 

 
 

 

        

Table 1.  Sine Wave Average, RMS, Peak, Peak-to-Peak Conversions

Average

RMS

Peak

Peak-to-Peak

-

1.11 Average

1.57 Average

3.14 Average

0.9 RMS

-

1.414 RMS

2.828 RMS

0.637 Peak

0.707 Peak

-

2.0 Peak

0.32 Peak-to-Peak

0.3535 Peak-to-Peak

0.5 Peak-to-Peak

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Table 2.  Average, RMS, Peak, Peak-to-Peak Conversions for Non-sinusoidal Waveforms

Waveform

Average

RMS

Peak-to-Peak

Triangular

0.5 Peak

0.577 Peak

2.0 Peak

Square

1.0 Peak

1.0 Peak

2.0 Peak

Pulse Train

(b/a) Peak

where b is the pulse width and a is the distance between the pulses' leading edges

√(b/a) Peak

1.0 Peak

White Noise

-

1/4 Peak

2.0 Peak