A new transform for time-frequency analysis

The psi-decomposition of a signal, in which the signal is written as a weighted sum of certain elementary synthesizing functions, is described. The set S of synthesizing functions consists of dilated and translated copies of two parent functions, which are concentrated in both the time and the frequency domains. The weighting constants in the psi-decomposition define a transform called the phi-transform. The phi-transform of a signal captures both the frequency content and the temporal evolution of a nonstationary signal. The phi-transform is linear, continuous, and continuously invertible. The set S of synthesizing functions used in the psi-decomposition is nonorthogonal, hence considerable flexibility is permitted in its construction. It is shown with the help of two examples that the set S is easy to construct