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The Continuous Wavelet Transform allows us to see the correlation of all the different lengths wavelets to the signal itself in the time domain. Use the cwt command in Matlab to obtain the transform. What is interesting about this transform, unlike the Fourier transform, is that it allows one to see breaks within the original signal and the exact position of those breaks as seen in the following figure.

Sine wave with break

A sine wave with a break
Notice the definite break in the middle of the sine wave.

We can now use this wavelet transform on other non-periodic signals to get a more detailed response from the Fourier Transform.

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Source:  OpenStax, Elec 301 projects fall 2011. OpenStax CNX. Jun 18, 2012 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11431/1.1
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