In applied mathematics, the starred transform, or star transform, is a discrete-time variation of the Laplace transform, so-named because of the asterisk or "star" in the customary notation of the sampled signals.
The transform is an operator of a continuous-time function , which is transformed to a function in the following manner:[1]
where is a Dirac comb function, with period of time T.
The starred transform is a convenient mathematical abstraction that represents the Laplace transform of an impulse sampled function , which is the output of an ideal sampler, whose input is a continuous function, .
The starred transform is similar to the Z transform, with a simple change of variables, where the starred transform is explicitly declared in terms of the sampling period (T), while the Z transform is performed on a discrete signal and is independent of the sampling period. This makes the starred transform a de-normalized version of the one-sided Z-transform, as it restores the dependence on sampling parameter T.
Given a Z-transform, X(z), the corresponding starred transform is a simple substitution:
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This substitution restores the dependence on T.
It's interchangeable,[citation needed]
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Jury, Eliahu I. Analysis and Synthesis of Sampled-Data Control Systems., Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers- Part I: Communication and Electronics, 73.4, 1954, p. 332-346.
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