the sidelobe level in red: >>> import numpy as np >>> from scipy.signal.windows import general_cosine >>> from scipy.fft import fft, fftshift >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> window = general_cosine(1000, HFT90D, sym=False) >>> plt.plot(window) >>> plt.title("HFT90D window") >>> plt.ylabel("Amplitude") >>> plt.xlabel("Sample") >>> plt.figure() >>> A = fft(window, 10000) / (len(window)/2.0) >>> freq = np.linspace(-0.5, 0.5, len(A)) >>> response = np.abs(fftshift(A / abs(A).max())) >>> response = 20 * np.log10(np.maximum(response, 1e-10)) >>> plt.plot(freq, response) >>> plt.axis([-50/1000, 50/1000, -140, 0]) >>> plt.title("Frequency response of the HFT90D window") >>> plt.ylabel("Normalized magnitude [dB]") >>> plt.xlabel("Normalized frequency [cycles per sample]") >>> plt.axhline(-90.2, color='red') >>> plt.show() )