Influence of the DC offset on the DFT-based frequency estimation for noised multifrequency signals in PV systems with a DSP processor

Digital signal processing is present in many areas of industry and science. One of them is analyzing multifrequency signals, e.g. in photovoltaic systems. This paper focuses on the frequency estimation of pure signals and signals distorted by AWGN noise in the presence of a DC voltage offset. The used IpDFT estimation method is based on the FFT procedure, I class Rife-Vincent time windows and three points of the spectrum taken to calculations. Measurement time was limited only up to two cycles of a tested signal and the method is very accurate even below one cycle. Obtained results show that additional DC component negatively affect the accuracy. The paper can be very useful because it shows properties of the method in real measurement conditions for various values of parameters.