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Square Wave
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The square wave, also called a pulse train, or pulse wave, is a periodic waveform consisting of instantaneous transitions between two levels. The square wave is sometimes also called the Rademacher function. The square wave illustrated above has period 2 and levels -1/2 and 1/2. Other common levels for square waves include (-1, 1) and (0, 1) (digital signals).
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