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+"""Tools for spectral analysis.
+"""
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.typing as npt
+from scipy import fft as sp_fft
+from . import _signaltools
+from ._short_time_fft import ShortTimeFFT, FFT_MODE_TYPE
+from .windows import get_window
+from ._arraytools import const_ext, even_ext, odd_ext, zero_ext
+import warnings
+from typing import cast, Literal
+
+
+__all__ = ['periodogram', 'welch', 'lombscargle', 'csd', 'coherence',
+           'spectrogram', 'stft', 'istft', 'check_COLA', 'check_NOLA']
+
+
+def lombscargle(
+    x: npt.ArrayLike,
+    y: npt.ArrayLike,
+    freqs: npt.ArrayLike,
+    precenter: bool = False,
+    normalize: bool | Literal["power", "normalize", "amplitude"] = False,
+    *,
+    weights: npt.NDArray | None = None,
+    floating_mean: bool = False,
+) -> npt.NDArray:
+    """
+    Compute the generalized Lomb-Scargle periodogram.
+
+    The Lomb-Scargle periodogram was developed by Lomb [1]_ and further
+    extended by Scargle [2]_ to find, and test the significance of weak
+    periodic signals with uneven temporal sampling. The algorithm used
+    here is based on a weighted least-squares fit of the form
+    ``y(ω) = a*cos(ω*x) + b*sin(ω*x) + c``, where the fit is calculated for
+    each frequency independently. This algorithm was developed by Zechmeister
+    and Kürster which improves the Lomb-Scargle periodogram by enabling
+    the weighting of individual samples and calculating an unknown y offset
+    (also called a "floating-mean" model) [3]_. For more details, and practical
+    considerations, see the excellent reference on the Lomb-Scargle periodogram [4]_.
+
+    When *normalize* is False (or "power") (default) the computed periodogram
+    is unnormalized, it takes the value ``(A**2) * N/4`` for a harmonic
+    signal with amplitude A for sufficiently large N. Where N is the length of x or y.
+
+    When *normalize* is True (or "normalize") the computed periodogram is normalized
+    by the residuals of the data around a constant reference model (at zero).
+
+    When *normalize* is "amplitude" the computed periodogram is the complex
+    representation of the amplitude and phase.
+
+    Input arrays should be 1-D of a real floating data type, which are converted into
+    float64 arrays before processing.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Sample times.
+    y : array_like
+        Measurement values. Values are assumed to have a baseline of ``y = 0``. If
+        there is a possibility of a y offset, it is recommended to set `floating_mean`
+        to True.
+    freqs : array_like
+        Angular frequencies (e.g., having unit rad/s=2π/s for `x` having unit s) for
+        output periodogram. Frequencies are normally >= 0, as any peak at ``-freq`` will
+        also exist at ``+freq``.
+    precenter : bool, optional
+        Pre-center measurement values by subtracting the mean, if True. This is
+        a legacy parameter and unnecessary if `floating_mean` is True.
+    normalize : bool | str, optional
+        Compute normalized or complex (amplitude + phase) periodogram.
+        Valid options are: ``False``/``"power"``, ``True``/``"normalize"``, or
+        ``"amplitude"``.
+    weights : array_like, optional
+        Weights for each sample. Weights must be nonnegative.
+    floating_mean : bool, optional
+        Determines a y offset for each frequency independently, if True.
+        Else the y offset is assumed to be `0`.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    pgram : array_like
+        Lomb-Scargle periodogram.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If any of the input arrays x, y, freqs, or weights are not 1D, or if any are
+        zero length. Or, if the input arrays x, y, and weights do not have the same
+        shape as each other.
+    ValueError
+        If any weight is < 0, or the sum of the weights is <= 0.
+    ValueError
+        If the normalize parameter is not one of the allowed options.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    periodogram: Power spectral density using a periodogram
+    welch: Power spectral density by Welch's method
+    csd: Cross spectral density by Welch's method
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    The algorithm used will not automatically account for any unknown y offset, unless
+    floating_mean is True. Therefore, for most use cases, if there is a possibility of
+    a y offset, it is recommended to set floating_mean to True. If precenter is True,
+    it performs the operation ``y -= y.mean()``. However, precenter is a legacy
+    parameter, and unnecessary when floating_mean is True. Furthermore, the mean
+    removed by precenter does not account for sample weights, nor will it correct for
+    any bias due to consistently missing observations at peaks and/or troughs. When the
+    normalize parameter is "amplitude", for any frequency in freqs that is below
+    ``(2*pi)/(x.max() - x.min())``, the predicted amplitude will tend towards infinity.
+    The concept of a "Nyquist frequency" limit (see Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem)
+    is not generally applicable to unevenly sampled data. Therefore, with unevenly
+    sampled data, valid frequencies in freqs can often be much higher than expected.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] N.R. Lomb "Least-squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced
+           data", Astrophysics and Space Science, vol 39, pp. 447-462, 1976
+           :doi:`10.1007/bf00648343`
+
+    .. [2] J.D. Scargle "Studies in astronomical time series analysis. II -
+           Statistical aspects of spectral analysis of unevenly spaced data",
+           The Astrophysical Journal, vol 263, pp. 835-853, 1982
+           :doi:`10.1086/160554`
+
+    .. [3] M. Zechmeister and M. Kürster, "The generalised Lomb-Scargle periodogram.
+           A new formalism for the floating-mean and Keplerian periodograms,"
+           Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 496, pp. 577-584, 2009
+           :doi:`10.1051/0004-6361:200811296`
+
+    .. [4] J.T. VanderPlas, "Understanding the Lomb-Scargle Periodogram,"
+           The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 236, no. 1, p. 16,
+           May 2018
+           :doi:`10.3847/1538-4365/aab766`
+
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    First define some input parameters for the signal:
+
+    >>> A = 2.  # amplitude
+    >>> c = 2.  # offset
+    >>> w0 = 1.  # rad/sec
+    >>> nin = 150
+    >>> nout = 1002
+
+    Randomly generate sample times:
+
+    >>> x = rng.uniform(0, 10*np.pi, nin)
+
+    Plot a sine wave for the selected times:
+
+    >>> y = A * np.cos(w0*x) + c
+
+    Define the array of frequencies for which to compute the periodogram:
+
+    >>> w = np.linspace(0.25, 10, nout)
+
+    Calculate Lomb-Scargle periodogram for each of the normalize options:
+
+    >>> from scipy.signal import lombscargle
+    >>> pgram_power = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize=False)
+    >>> pgram_norm = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize=True)
+    >>> pgram_amp = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize='amplitude')
+    ...
+    >>> pgram_power_f = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize=False, floating_mean=True)
+    >>> pgram_norm_f = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize=True, floating_mean=True)
+    >>> pgram_amp_f = lombscargle(x, y, w, normalize='amplitude', floating_mean=True)
+
+    Now make a plot of the input data:
+
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> fig, (ax_t, ax_p, ax_n, ax_a) = plt.subplots(4, 1, figsize=(5, 6))
+    >>> ax_t.plot(x, y, 'b+')
+    >>> ax_t.set_xlabel('Time [s]')
+    >>> ax_t.set_ylabel('Amplitude')
+
+    Then plot the periodogram for each of the normalize options, as well as with and
+    without floating_mean=True:
+
+    >>> ax_p.plot(w, pgram_power, label='default')
+    >>> ax_p.plot(w, pgram_power_f, label='floating_mean=True')
+    >>> ax_p.set_xlabel('Angular frequency [rad/s]')
+    >>> ax_p.set_ylabel('Power')
+    >>> ax_p.legend(prop={'size': 7})
+    ...
+    >>> ax_n.plot(w, pgram_norm, label='default')
+    >>> ax_n.plot(w, pgram_norm_f, label='floating_mean=True')
+    >>> ax_n.set_xlabel('Angular frequency [rad/s]')
+    >>> ax_n.set_ylabel('Normalized')
+    >>> ax_n.legend(prop={'size': 7})
+    ...
+    >>> ax_a.plot(w, np.abs(pgram_amp), label='default')
+    >>> ax_a.plot(w, np.abs(pgram_amp_f), label='floating_mean=True')
+    >>> ax_a.set_xlabel('Angular frequency [rad/s]')
+    >>> ax_a.set_ylabel('Amplitude')
+    >>> ax_a.legend(prop={'size': 7})
+    ...
+    >>> plt.tight_layout()
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    """
+
+    # if no weights are provided, assume all data points are equally important
+    if weights is None:
+        weights = np.ones_like(y, dtype=np.float64)
+    else:
+        # if provided, make sure weights is an array and cast to float64
+        weights = np.asarray(weights, dtype=np.float64)
+
+    # make sure other inputs are arrays and cast to float64
+    # done before validation, in case they were not arrays
+    x = np.asarray(x, dtype=np.float64)
+    y = np.asarray(y, dtype=np.float64)
+    freqs = np.asarray(freqs, dtype=np.float64)
+
+    # validate input shapes
+    if not (x.ndim == 1 and x.size > 0 and x.shape == y.shape == weights.shape):
+        raise ValueError("Parameters x, y, weights must be 1-D arrays of "
+                         "equal non-zero length!")
+    if not (freqs.ndim == 1 and freqs.size > 0):
+        raise ValueError("Parameter freqs must be a 1-D array of non-zero length!")
+
+    # validate weights
+    if not (np.all(weights >= 0) and np.sum(weights) > 0):
+        raise ValueError("Parameter weights must have only non-negative entries "
+                         "which sum to a positive value!")
+
+    # validate normalize parameter
+    if isinstance(normalize, bool):
+        # if bool, convert to str literal
+        normalize = "normalize" if normalize else "power"
+
+    if normalize not in ["power", "normalize", "amplitude"]:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Normalize must be: False (or 'power'), True (or 'normalize'), "
+            "or 'amplitude'."
+        )
+
+    # weight vector must sum to 1
+    weights = weights * (1.0 / weights.sum())
+
+    # if requested, perform precenter
+    if precenter:
+        y = y - y.mean()
+
+    # transform arrays
+    # row vector
+    freqs = freqs.reshape(1, -1)
+    # column vectors
+    x = x.reshape(-1, 1)
+    y = y.reshape(-1, 1)
+    weights = weights.reshape(-1, 1)
+
+    # store frequent intermediates
+    weights_y = weights * y
+    freqst = freqs * x
+    coswt = np.cos(freqst)
+    sinwt = np.sin(freqst)
+
+    Y = np.dot(weights.T, y)  # Eq. 7
+    CC = np.dot(weights.T, coswt * coswt)  # Eq. 13
+    SS = 1.0 - CC  # trig identity: S^2 = 1 - C^2  Eq.14
+    CS = np.dot(weights.T, coswt * sinwt)  # Eq. 15
+
+    if floating_mean:
+        C = np.dot(weights.T, coswt)  # Eq. 8
+        S = np.dot(weights.T, sinwt)  # Eq. 9
+        CC -= C * C  # Eq. 13
+        SS -= S * S  # Eq. 14
+        CS -= C * S  # Eq. 15
+
+    # calculate tau (phase offset to eliminate CS variable)
+    tau = 0.5 * np.arctan2(2.0 * CS, CC - SS)  # Eq. 19
+    freqst_tau = freqst - tau
+
+    # coswt and sinwt are now offset by tau, which eliminates CS
+    coswt_tau = np.cos(freqst_tau)
+    sinwt_tau = np.sin(freqst_tau)
+
+    YC = np.dot(weights_y.T, coswt_tau)  # Eq. 11
+    YS = np.dot(weights_y.T, sinwt_tau)  # Eq. 12
+    CC = np.dot(weights.T, coswt_tau * coswt_tau)  # Eq. 13, CC range is [0.5, 1.0]
+    SS = 1.0 - CC  # trig identity: S^2 = 1 - C^2    Eq. 14, SS range is [0.0, 0.5]
+
+    if floating_mean:
+        C = np.dot(weights.T, coswt_tau)  # Eq. 8
+        S = np.dot(weights.T, sinwt_tau)  # Eq. 9
+        YC -= Y * C  # Eq. 11
+        YS -= Y * S  # Eq. 12
+        CC -= C * C  # Eq. 13, CC range is now [0.0, 1.0]
+        SS -= S * S  # Eq. 14, SS range is now [0.0, 0.5]
+
+    # to prevent division by zero errors with a and b, as well as correcting for
+    # numerical precision errors that lead to CC or SS being approximately -0.0,
+    # make sure CC and SS are both > 0
+    epsneg = np.finfo(dtype=y.dtype).epsneg
+    CC[CC < epsneg] = epsneg
+    SS[SS < epsneg] = epsneg
+
+    # calculate a and b
+    # where: y(w) = a*cos(w) + b*sin(w) + c
+    a = YC / CC  # Eq. A.4 and 6, eliminating CS
+    b = YS / SS  # Eq. A.4 and 6, eliminating CS
+    # c = Y - a * C - b * S
+
+    # store final value as power in A^2 (i.e., (y units)^2)
+    pgram = 2.0 * (a * YC + b * YS)
+
+    # squeeze back to a vector
+    pgram = np.squeeze(pgram)
+
+    if normalize == "power":  # (default)
+        # return the legacy power units ((A**2) * N/4)
+
+        pgram *= float(x.shape[0]) / 4.0
+
+    elif normalize == "normalize":
+        # return the normalized power (power at current frequency wrt the entire signal)
+        # range will be [0, 1]
+
+        YY = np.dot(weights_y.T, y)  # Eq. 10
+        if floating_mean:
+            YY -= Y * Y  # Eq. 10
+
+        pgram *= 0.5 / np.squeeze(YY)  # Eq. 20
+
+    else:  # normalize == "amplitude":
+        # return the complex representation of the best-fit amplitude and phase
+
+        # squeeze back to vectors
+        a = np.squeeze(a)
+        b = np.squeeze(b)
+        tau = np.squeeze(tau)
+
+        # calculate the complex representation, and correct for tau rotation
+        pgram = (a + 1j * b) * np.exp(1j * tau)
+
+    return pgram
+
+
+def periodogram(x, fs=1.0, window='boxcar', nfft=None, detrend='constant',
+                return_onesided=True, scaling='density', axis=-1):
+    """
+    Estimate power spectral density using a periodogram.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be equal to the length
+        of the axis over which the periodogram is computed. Defaults
+        to 'boxcar'.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used. If `None` the length of `x` will be
+        used.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    scaling : { 'density', 'spectrum' }, optional
+        Selects between computing the power spectral density ('density')
+        where `Pxx` has units of V²/Hz and computing the squared magnitude
+        spectrum ('spectrum') where `Pxx` has units of V², if `x`
+        is measured in V and `fs` is measured in Hz. Defaults to
+        'density'
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the periodogram is computed; the default is
+        over the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    Pxx : ndarray
+        Power spectral density or power spectrum of `x`.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    welch: Estimate power spectral density using Welch's method
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    The ratio of the squared magnitude (``scaling='spectrum'``) divided by the spectral
+    power density (``scaling='density'``) is the constant factor of
+    ``sum(abs(window)**2)*fs / abs(sum(window))**2``.
+    If `return_onesided` is ``True``, the values of the negative frequencies are added
+    to values of the corresponding positive ones.
+
+    Consult the :ref:`tutorial_SpectralAnalysis` section of the :ref:`user_guide`
+    for a discussion of the scalings of the power spectral density and
+    the magnitude (squared) spectrum.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.12.0
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate a test signal, a 2 Vrms sine wave at 1234 Hz, corrupted by
+    0.001 V**2/Hz of white noise sampled at 10 kHz.
+
+    >>> fs = 10e3
+    >>> N = 1e5
+    >>> amp = 2*np.sqrt(2)
+    >>> freq = 1234.0
+    >>> noise_power = 0.001 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / fs
+    >>> x = amp*np.sin(2*np.pi*freq*time)
+    >>> x += rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+
+    Compute and plot the power spectral density.
+
+    >>> f, Pxx_den = signal.periodogram(x, fs)
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, Pxx_den)
+    >>> plt.ylim([1e-7, 1e2])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('PSD [V**2/Hz]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    If we average the last half of the spectral density, to exclude the
+    peak, we can recover the noise power on the signal.
+
+    >>> np.mean(Pxx_den[25000:])
+    0.000985320699252543
+
+    Now compute and plot the power spectrum.
+
+    >>> f, Pxx_spec = signal.periodogram(x, fs, 'flattop', scaling='spectrum')
+    >>> plt.figure()
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, np.sqrt(Pxx_spec))
+    >>> plt.ylim([1e-4, 1e1])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Linear spectrum [V RMS]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    The peak height in the power spectrum is an estimate of the RMS
+    amplitude.
+
+    >>> np.sqrt(Pxx_spec.max())
+    2.0077340678640727
+
+    """
+    x = np.asarray(x)
+
+    if x.size == 0:
+        return np.empty(x.shape), np.empty(x.shape)
+
+    if window is None:
+        window = 'boxcar'
+
+    if nfft is None:
+        nperseg = x.shape[axis]
+    elif nfft == x.shape[axis]:
+        nperseg = nfft
+    elif nfft > x.shape[axis]:
+        nperseg = x.shape[axis]
+    elif nfft < x.shape[axis]:
+        s = [np.s_[:]]*len(x.shape)
+        s[axis] = np.s_[:nfft]
+        x = x[tuple(s)]
+        nperseg = nfft
+        nfft = None
+
+    if hasattr(window, 'size'):
+        if window.size != nperseg:
+            raise ValueError('the size of the window must be the same size '
+                             'of the input on the specified axis')
+
+    return welch(x, fs=fs, window=window, nperseg=nperseg, noverlap=0,
+                 nfft=nfft, detrend=detrend, return_onesided=return_onesided,
+                 scaling=scaling, axis=axis)
+
+
+def welch(x, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=None, noverlap=None, nfft=None,
+          detrend='constant', return_onesided=True, scaling='density',
+          axis=-1, average='mean'):
+    r"""
+    Estimate power spectral density using Welch's method.
+
+    Welch's method [1]_ computes an estimate of the power spectral
+    density by dividing the data into overlapping segments, computing a
+    modified periodogram for each segment and averaging the
+    periodograms.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to None, but if window is str or
+        tuple, is set to 256, and if window is array_like, is set to the
+        length of the window.
+    noverlap : int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 2``. Defaults to `None`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    scaling : { 'density', 'spectrum' }, optional
+        Selects between computing the power spectral density ('density')
+        where `Pxx` has units of V**2/Hz and computing the squared magnitude
+        spectrum ('spectrum') where `Pxx` has units of V**2, if `x`
+        is measured in V and `fs` is measured in Hz. Defaults to
+        'density'
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the periodogram is computed; the default is
+        over the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    average : { 'mean', 'median' }, optional
+        Method to use when averaging periodograms. Defaults to 'mean'.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    Pxx : ndarray
+        Power spectral density or power spectrum of x.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    csd: Cross power spectral density using Welch's method
+    periodogram: Simple, optionally modified periodogram
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    An appropriate amount of overlap will depend on the choice of window
+    and on your requirements. For the default Hann window an overlap of
+    50% is a reasonable trade-off between accurately estimating the
+    signal power, while not over counting any of the data. Narrower
+    windows may require a larger overlap. If `noverlap` is 0, this
+    method is equivalent to Bartlett's method [2]_.
+
+    The ratio of the squared magnitude (``scaling='spectrum'``) divided by the spectral
+    power density (``scaling='density'``) is the constant factor of
+    ``sum(abs(window)**2)*fs / abs(sum(window))**2``.
+    If `return_onesided` is ``True``, the values of the negative frequencies are added
+    to values of the corresponding positive ones.
+
+    Consult the :ref:`tutorial_SpectralAnalysis` section of the :ref:`user_guide`
+    for a discussion of the scalings of the power spectral density and
+    the (squared) magnitude spectrum.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.12.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] P. Welch, "The use of the fast Fourier transform for the
+           estimation of power spectra: A method based on time averaging
+           over short, modified periodograms", IEEE Trans. Audio
+           Electroacoust. vol. 15, pp. 70-73, 1967.
+    .. [2] M.S. Bartlett, "Periodogram Analysis and Continuous Spectra",
+           Biometrika, vol. 37, pp. 1-16, 1950.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate a test signal, a 2 Vrms sine wave at 1234 Hz, corrupted by
+    0.001 V**2/Hz of white noise sampled at 10 kHz.
+
+    >>> fs = 10e3
+    >>> N = 1e5
+    >>> amp = 2*np.sqrt(2)
+    >>> freq = 1234.0
+    >>> noise_power = 0.001 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / fs
+    >>> x = amp*np.sin(2*np.pi*freq*time)
+    >>> x += rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+
+    Compute and plot the power spectral density.
+
+    >>> f, Pxx_den = signal.welch(x, fs, nperseg=1024)
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, Pxx_den)
+    >>> plt.ylim([0.5e-3, 1])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('PSD [V**2/Hz]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    If we average the last half of the spectral density, to exclude the
+    peak, we can recover the noise power on the signal.
+
+    >>> np.mean(Pxx_den[256:])
+    0.0009924865443739191
+
+    Now compute and plot the power spectrum.
+
+    >>> f, Pxx_spec = signal.welch(x, fs, 'flattop', 1024, scaling='spectrum')
+    >>> plt.figure()
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, np.sqrt(Pxx_spec))
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Linear spectrum [V RMS]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    The peak height in the power spectrum is an estimate of the RMS
+    amplitude.
+
+    >>> np.sqrt(Pxx_spec.max())
+    2.0077340678640727
+
+    If we now introduce a discontinuity in the signal, by increasing the
+    amplitude of a small portion of the signal by 50, we can see the
+    corruption of the mean average power spectral density, but using a
+    median average better estimates the normal behaviour.
+
+    >>> x[int(N//2):int(N//2)+10] *= 50.
+    >>> f, Pxx_den = signal.welch(x, fs, nperseg=1024)
+    >>> f_med, Pxx_den_med = signal.welch(x, fs, nperseg=1024, average='median')
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, Pxx_den, label='mean')
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f_med, Pxx_den_med, label='median')
+    >>> plt.ylim([0.5e-3, 1])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('PSD [V**2/Hz]')
+    >>> plt.legend()
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    """
+    freqs, Pxx = csd(x, x, fs=fs, window=window, nperseg=nperseg,
+                     noverlap=noverlap, nfft=nfft, detrend=detrend,
+                     return_onesided=return_onesided, scaling=scaling,
+                     axis=axis, average=average)
+
+    return freqs, Pxx.real
+
+
+def csd(x, y, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=None, noverlap=None, nfft=None,
+        detrend='constant', return_onesided=True, scaling='density',
+        axis=-1, average='mean'):
+    r"""
+    Estimate the cross power spectral density, Pxy, using Welch's method.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    y : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` and `y` time series. Defaults
+        to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to None, but if window is str or
+        tuple, is set to 256, and if window is array_like, is set to the
+        length of the window.
+    noverlap: int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 2``. Defaults to `None` and may
+        not be greater than `nperseg`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    scaling : { 'density', 'spectrum' }, optional
+        Selects between computing the cross spectral density ('density')
+        where `Pxy` has units of V**2/Hz and computing the cross spectrum
+        ('spectrum') where `Pxy` has units of V**2, if `x` and `y` are
+        measured in V and `fs` is measured in Hz. Defaults to 'density'
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the CSD is computed for both inputs; the
+        default is over the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    average : { 'mean', 'median' }, optional
+        Method to use when averaging periodograms. If the spectrum is
+        complex, the average is computed separately for the real and
+        imaginary parts. Defaults to 'mean'.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    Pxy : ndarray
+        Cross spectral density or cross power spectrum of x,y.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    periodogram: Simple, optionally modified periodogram
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+    welch: Power spectral density by Welch's method. [Equivalent to
+           csd(x,x)]
+    coherence: Magnitude squared coherence by Welch's method.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    By convention, Pxy is computed with the conjugate FFT of X
+    multiplied by the FFT of Y.
+
+    If the input series differ in length, the shorter series will be
+    zero-padded to match.
+
+    An appropriate amount of overlap will depend on the choice of window
+    and on your requirements. For the default Hann window an overlap of
+    50% is a reasonable trade-off between accurately estimating the
+    signal power, while not over counting any of the data. Narrower
+    windows may require a larger overlap.
+
+    The ratio of the cross spectrum (``scaling='spectrum'``) divided by the cross
+    spectral density (``scaling='density'``) is the constant factor of
+    ``sum(abs(window)**2)*fs / abs(sum(window))**2``.
+    If `return_onesided` is ``True``, the values of the negative frequencies are added
+    to values of the corresponding positive ones.
+
+    Consult the :ref:`tutorial_SpectralAnalysis` section of the :ref:`user_guide`
+    for a discussion of the scalings of a spectral density and an (amplitude) spectrum.
+
+    Welch's method may be interpreted as taking the average over the time slices of a
+    (cross-) spectrogram. Internally, this function utilizes the  `ShortTimeFFT`  to
+    determine the required (cross-) spectrogram. An example below illustrates that it
+    is straightforward to calculate `Pxy` directly with the `ShortTimeFFT`. However,
+    there are some notable differences in the behavior of the `ShortTimeFFT`:
+
+    * There is no direct `ShortTimeFFT` equivalent for the `csd` parameter
+      combination ``return_onesided=True, scaling='density'``, since
+      ``fft_mode='onesided2X'`` requires ``'psd'`` scaling. The is due to `csd`
+      returning the doubled squared magnitude in this case, which does not have a
+      sensible interpretation.
+    * `ShortTimeFFT` uses `float64` / `complex128` internally, which is due to the
+      behavior of the utilized `~scipy.fft` module. Thus, those are the dtypes being
+      returned. The `csd` function casts the return values to `float32` / `complex64`
+      if the input is `float32` / `complex64` as well.
+    * The `csd` function calculates ``np.conj(Sx[q,p]) * Sy[q,p]``, whereas
+      `~ShortTimeFFT.spectrogram` calculates ``Sx[q,p] * np.conj(Sy[q,p])`` where
+      ``Sx[q,p]``, ``Sy[q,p]`` are the STFTs of `x` and `y`. Also, the window
+      positioning is different.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] P. Welch, "The use of the fast Fourier transform for the
+           estimation of power spectra: A method based on time averaging
+           over short, modified periodograms", IEEE Trans. Audio
+           Electroacoust. vol. 15, pp. 70-73, 1967.
+    .. [2] Rabiner, Lawrence R., and B. Gold. "Theory and Application of
+           Digital Signal Processing" Prentice-Hall, pp. 414-419, 1975
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    The following example plots the cross power spectral density of two signals with
+    some common features:
+
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+    ...
+    ... # Generate two test signals with some common features:
+    >>> N, fs = 100_000, 10e3  # number of samples and sampling frequency
+    >>> amp, freq = 20, 1234.0  # amplitude and frequency of utilized sine signal
+    >>> noise_power = 0.001 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / fs
+    >>> b, a = signal.butter(2, 0.25, 'low')
+    >>> x = rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+    >>> y = signal.lfilter(b, a, x)
+    >>> x += amp*np.sin(2*np.pi*freq*time)
+    >>> y += rng.normal(scale=0.1*np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+    ...
+    ... # Compute and plot the magnitude of the cross spectral density:
+    >>> nperseg, noverlap, win = 1024, 512, 'hann'
+    >>> f, Pxy = signal.csd(x, y, fs, win, nperseg, noverlap)
+    >>> fig0, ax0 = plt.subplots(tight_layout=True)
+    >>> ax0.set_title(f"CSD ({win.title()}-window, {nperseg=}, {noverlap=})")
+    >>> ax0.set(xlabel="Frequency $f$ in kHz", ylabel="CSD Magnitude in V²/Hz")
+    >>> ax0.semilogy(f/1e3, np.abs(Pxy))
+    >>> ax0.grid()
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    The cross spectral density is calculated by taking the average over the time slices
+    of a spectrogram:
+
+    >>> SFT = signal.ShortTimeFFT.from_window('hann', fs, nperseg, noverlap,
+    ...                                       scale_to='psd', fft_mode='onesided2X',
+    ...                                       phase_shift=None)
+    >>> Sxy1 = SFT.spectrogram(y, x, detr='constant', k_offset=nperseg//2,
+    ...                        p0=0, p1=(N-noverlap) // SFT.hop)
+    >>> Pxy1 = Sxy1.mean(axis=-1)
+    >>> np.allclose(Pxy, Pxy1)  # same result as with csd()
+    True
+
+    As discussed in the Notes section, the results of using an approach analogous to
+    the code snippet above and the `csd` function may deviate due to implementation
+    details.
+
+    Note that the code snippet above can be easily adapted to determine other
+    statistical properties than the mean value.
+    """
+    # The following lines are resembling the behavior of the originally utilized
+    # `_spectral_helper()` function:
+    same_data, axis = y is x, int(axis)
+    x = np.asarray(x)
+
+    if not same_data:
+        y = np.asarray(y)
+        # Check if we can broadcast the outer axes together
+        x_outer, y_outer  = list(x.shape), list(y.shape)
+        x_outer.pop(axis)
+        y_outer.pop(axis)
+        try:
+            outer_shape = np.broadcast_shapes(x_outer, y_outer)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError('x and y cannot be broadcast together.') from e
+        if x.size == 0 or y.size == 0:
+            out_shape = outer_shape + (min([x.shape[axis], y.shape[axis]]),)
+            empty_out = np.moveaxis(np.empty(out_shape), -1, axis)
+            return empty_out, empty_out
+        out_dtype = np.result_type(x, y, np.complex64)
+    else:  # x is y:
+        if x.size == 0:
+            return np.empty(x.shape), np.empty(x.shape)
+        out_dtype = np.result_type(x, np.complex64)
+
+    n = x.shape[axis] if same_data else max(x.shape[axis], y.shape[axis])
+    if isinstance(window, str) or isinstance(window, tuple):
+        nperseg = int(nperseg) if nperseg is not None else 256
+        if nperseg < 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Parameter {nperseg=} is not a positive integer!")
+        elif n < nperseg:
+            warnings.warn(f"{nperseg=} is greater than signal length max(len(x), " +
+                          f"len(y)) = {n}, using nperseg = {n}", stacklevel=3)
+            nperseg = n
+        win = get_window(window, nperseg)
+    else:
+        win = np.asarray(window)
+        if nperseg is None:
+            nperseg = len(win)
+    if nperseg != len(win):
+        raise ValueError(f"{nperseg=} does not equal {len(win)=}")
+
+    nfft = int(nfft) if nfft is not None else nperseg
+    if nfft < nperseg:
+        raise ValueError(f"{nfft=} must be greater than or equal to {nperseg=}!")
+    noverlap = int(noverlap) if noverlap is not None else nperseg // 2
+    if noverlap >= nperseg:
+        raise ValueError(f"{noverlap=} must be less than {nperseg=}!")
+    if np.iscomplexobj(x) and return_onesided:
+        return_onesided = False
+
+    if x.shape[axis] < y.shape[axis]:  # zero-pad x to shape of y:
+        z_shape = list(y.shape)
+        z_shape[axis] = y.shape[axis] - x.shape[axis]
+        x = np.concatenate((x, np.zeros(z_shape)), axis=axis)
+    elif y.shape[axis] < x.shape[axis]:  # zero-pad y to shape of x:
+        z_shape = list(x.shape)
+        z_shape[axis] = x.shape[axis] - y.shape[axis]
+        y = np.concatenate((y, np.zeros(z_shape)), axis=axis)
+
+    # using cast() to make mypy happy:
+    fft_mode = cast(FFT_MODE_TYPE, 'onesided' if return_onesided else 'twosided')
+    if scaling not in (scales := {'spectrum': 'magnitude', 'density': 'psd'}):
+        raise ValueError(f"Parameter {scaling=} not in {scales}!")
+
+    SFT = ShortTimeFFT(win, nperseg - noverlap, fs, fft_mode=fft_mode, mfft=nfft,
+                       scale_to=scales[scaling], phase_shift=None)
+    # csd() calculates X.conj()*Y instead of X*Y.conj():
+    Pxy = SFT.spectrogram(y, x, detr=None if detrend is False else detrend,
+                          p0=0, p1=(n - noverlap) // SFT.hop, k_offset=nperseg // 2,
+                          axis=axis)
+
+    # Note:
+    # 'onesided2X' scaling of ShortTimeFFT conflicts with the
+    # scaling='spectrum' parameter, since it doubles the squared magnitude,
+    # which in the view of the ShortTimeFFT implementation does not make sense.
+    # Hence, the doubling of the square is implemented here:
+    if return_onesided:
+        f_axis = Pxy.ndim - 1 + axis if axis < 0 else axis
+        Pxy = np.moveaxis(Pxy, f_axis, -1)
+        Pxy[..., 1:-1 if SFT.mfft % 2 == 0 else None] *= 2
+        Pxy = np.moveaxis(Pxy, -1, f_axis)
+
+    # Average over windows.
+    if Pxy.shape[-1] > 1:
+        if average == 'median':
+            # np.median must be passed real arrays for the desired result
+            bias = _median_bias(Pxy.shape[-1])
+            if np.iscomplexobj(Pxy):
+                Pxy = (np.median(np.real(Pxy), axis=-1) +
+                       np.median(np.imag(Pxy), axis=-1) * 1j)
+            else:
+                Pxy = np.median(Pxy, axis=-1)
+            Pxy /= bias
+        elif average == 'mean':
+            Pxy = Pxy.mean(axis=-1)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Parameter {average=} must be 'median' or 'mean'!")
+    else:
+        Pxy = np.reshape(Pxy, Pxy.shape[:-1])
+
+    # cast output type;
+    Pxy = Pxy.astype(out_dtype)
+    if same_data:
+        Pxy = Pxy.real
+    return SFT.f, Pxy
+
+
+def spectrogram(x, fs=1.0, window=('tukey', .25), nperseg=None, noverlap=None,
+                nfft=None, detrend='constant', return_onesided=True,
+                scaling='density', axis=-1, mode='psd'):
+    """Compute a spectrogram with consecutive Fourier transforms (legacy function).
+
+    Spectrograms can be used as a way of visualizing the change of a
+    nonstationary signal's frequency content over time.
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        :class:`ShortTimeFFT` is a newer STFT / ISTFT implementation with more
+        features also including a :meth:`~ShortTimeFFT.spectrogram` method.
+        A :ref:`comparison <tutorial_stft_legacy_stft>` between the
+        implementations can be found in the :ref:`tutorial_stft` section of
+        the :ref:`user_guide`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg.
+        Defaults to a Tukey window with shape parameter of 0.25.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to None, but if window is str or
+        tuple, is set to 256, and if window is array_like, is set to the
+        length of the window.
+    noverlap : int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 8``. Defaults to `None`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    scaling : { 'density', 'spectrum' }, optional
+        Selects between computing the power spectral density ('density')
+        where `Sxx` has units of V**2/Hz and computing the power
+        spectrum ('spectrum') where `Sxx` has units of V**2, if `x`
+        is measured in V and `fs` is measured in Hz. Defaults to
+        'density'.
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the spectrogram is computed; the default is over
+        the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    mode : str, optional
+        Defines what kind of return values are expected. Options are
+        ['psd', 'complex', 'magnitude', 'angle', 'phase']. 'complex' is
+        equivalent to the output of `stft` with no padding or boundary
+        extension. 'magnitude' returns the absolute magnitude of the
+        STFT. 'angle' and 'phase' return the complex angle of the STFT,
+        with and without unwrapping, respectively.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    t : ndarray
+        Array of segment times.
+    Sxx : ndarray
+        Spectrogram of x. By default, the last axis of Sxx corresponds
+        to the segment times.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    periodogram: Simple, optionally modified periodogram
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+    welch: Power spectral density by Welch's method.
+    csd: Cross spectral density by Welch's method.
+    ShortTimeFFT: Newer STFT/ISTFT implementation providing more features,
+                  which also includes a :meth:`~ShortTimeFFT.spectrogram`
+                  method.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    An appropriate amount of overlap will depend on the choice of window
+    and on your requirements. In contrast to welch's method, where the
+    entire data stream is averaged over, one may wish to use a smaller
+    overlap (or perhaps none at all) when computing a spectrogram, to
+    maintain some statistical independence between individual segments.
+    It is for this reason that the default window is a Tukey window with
+    1/8th of a window's length overlap at each end.
+
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Oppenheim, Alan V., Ronald W. Schafer, John R. Buck
+           "Discrete-Time Signal Processing", Prentice Hall, 1999.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> from scipy.fft import fftshift
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate a test signal, a 2 Vrms sine wave whose frequency is slowly
+    modulated around 3kHz, corrupted by white noise of exponentially
+    decreasing magnitude sampled at 10 kHz.
+
+    >>> fs = 10e3
+    >>> N = 1e5
+    >>> amp = 2 * np.sqrt(2)
+    >>> noise_power = 0.01 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / float(fs)
+    >>> mod = 500*np.cos(2*np.pi*0.25*time)
+    >>> carrier = amp * np.sin(2*np.pi*3e3*time + mod)
+    >>> noise = rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+    >>> noise *= np.exp(-time/5)
+    >>> x = carrier + noise
+
+    Compute and plot the spectrogram.
+
+    >>> f, t, Sxx = signal.spectrogram(x, fs)
+    >>> plt.pcolormesh(t, f, Sxx, shading='gouraud')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    Note, if using output that is not one sided, then use the following:
+
+    >>> f, t, Sxx = signal.spectrogram(x, fs, return_onesided=False)
+    >>> plt.pcolormesh(t, fftshift(f), fftshift(Sxx, axes=0), shading='gouraud')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    """
+    modelist = ['psd', 'complex', 'magnitude', 'angle', 'phase']
+    if mode not in modelist:
+        raise ValueError(f'unknown value for mode {mode}, must be one of {modelist}')
+
+    # need to set default for nperseg before setting default for noverlap below
+    window, nperseg = _triage_segments(window, nperseg,
+                                       input_length=x.shape[axis])
+
+    # Less overlap than welch, so samples are more statistically independent
+    if noverlap is None:
+        noverlap = nperseg // 8
+
+    if mode == 'psd':
+        freqs, time, Sxx = _spectral_helper(x, x, fs, window, nperseg,
+                                            noverlap, nfft, detrend,
+                                            return_onesided, scaling, axis,
+                                            mode='psd')
+
+    else:
+        freqs, time, Sxx = _spectral_helper(x, x, fs, window, nperseg,
+                                            noverlap, nfft, detrend,
+                                            return_onesided, scaling, axis,
+                                            mode='stft')
+
+        if mode == 'magnitude':
+            Sxx = np.abs(Sxx)
+        elif mode in ['angle', 'phase']:
+            Sxx = np.angle(Sxx)
+            if mode == 'phase':
+                # Sxx has one additional dimension for time strides
+                if axis < 0:
+                    axis -= 1
+                Sxx = np.unwrap(Sxx, axis=axis)
+
+        # mode =='complex' is same as `stft`, doesn't need modification
+
+    return freqs, time, Sxx
+
+
+def check_COLA(window, nperseg, noverlap, tol=1e-10):
+    r"""Check whether the Constant OverLap Add (COLA) constraint is met
+    (legacy function).
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        The COLA constraint is equivalent of having a constant dual window, i.e.,
+        ``all(ShortTimeFFT.dual_win == ShortTimeFFT.dual_win[0])``. Hence,
+        `closest_STFT_dual_window` generalizes this function, as the following
+        example shows:
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> from scipy.signal import check_COLA, closest_STFT_dual_window, windows
+        ...
+        >>> w, w_rect, hop = windows.hann(12, sym=False), np.ones(12), 6
+        >>> dual_win, alpha = closest_STFT_dual_window(w, hop, w_rect, scaled=True)
+        >>> np.allclose(dual_win/alpha, w_rect, atol=1e-10, rtol=0)
+        True
+        >>> check_COLA(w, len(w), len(w) - hop)  # equivalent legacy function call
+        True
+
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    window : str or tuple or array_like
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg.
+    nperseg : int
+        Length of each segment.
+    noverlap : int
+        Number of points to overlap between segments.
+    tol : float, optional
+        The allowed variance of a bin's weighted sum from the median bin
+        sum.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    verdict : bool
+        `True` if chosen combination satisfies COLA within `tol`,
+        `False` otherwise
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    closest_STFT_dual_window: Allows determining the closest window meeting the
+                              COLA constraint for a given window
+    check_NOLA: Check whether the Nonzero Overlap Add (NOLA) constraint is met
+    ShortTimeFFT: Provide short-time Fourier transform and its inverse
+    stft: Short-time Fourier transform (legacy)
+    istft: Inverse Short-time Fourier transform (legacy)
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    In order to invert a short-time Fourier transfrom (STFT) with the so-called
+    "overlap-add method", the signal windowing must obey the constraint of
+    "Constant OverLap Add" (COLA). This ensures that every point in the input
+    data is equally weighted, thereby avoiding aliasing and allowing full
+    reconstruction. Note that the algorithms implemented in `ShortTimeFFT.istft`
+    and in `istft` (legacy) only require that the weaker "nonzero overlap-add"
+    condition (as in `check_NOLA`) is met.
+
+    Some examples of windows that satisfy COLA:
+        - Rectangular window at overlap of 0, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, ...
+        - Bartlett window at overlap of 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, ...
+        - Hann window at 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, ...
+        - Any Blackman family window at 2/3 overlap
+        - Any window with ``noverlap = nperseg-1``
+
+    A very comprehensive list of other windows may be found in [2]_,
+    wherein the COLA condition is satisfied when the "Amplitude
+    Flatness" is unity.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.19.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Julius O. Smith III, "Spectral Audio Signal Processing", W3K
+           Publishing, 2011,ISBN 978-0-9745607-3-1.
+    .. [2] G. Heinzel, A. Ruediger and R. Schilling, "Spectrum and
+           spectral density estimation by the Discrete Fourier transform
+           (DFT), including a comprehensive list of window functions and
+           some new at-top windows", 2002,
+           http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-557A-5
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+
+    Confirm COLA condition for rectangular window of 75% (3/4) overlap:
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.boxcar(100), 100, 75)
+    True
+
+    COLA is not true for 25% (1/4) overlap, though:
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.boxcar(100), 100, 25)
+    False
+
+    "Symmetrical" Hann window (for filter design) is not COLA:
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.hann(120, sym=True), 120, 60)
+    False
+
+    "Periodic" or "DFT-even" Hann window (for FFT analysis) is COLA for
+    overlap of 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, etc.:
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.hann(120, sym=False), 120, 60)
+    True
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.hann(120, sym=False), 120, 80)
+    True
+
+    >>> signal.check_COLA(signal.windows.hann(120, sym=False), 120, 90)
+    True
+
+    """
+    nperseg = int(nperseg)
+
+    if nperseg < 1:
+        raise ValueError('nperseg must be a positive integer')
+
+    if noverlap >= nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('noverlap must be less than nperseg.')
+    noverlap = int(noverlap)
+
+    if isinstance(window, str) or type(window) is tuple:
+        win = get_window(window, nperseg)
+    else:
+        win = np.asarray(window)
+        if len(win.shape) != 1:
+            raise ValueError('window must be 1-D')
+        if win.shape[0] != nperseg:
+            raise ValueError('window must have length of nperseg')
+
+    step = nperseg - noverlap
+    binsums = sum(win[ii*step:(ii+1)*step] for ii in range(nperseg//step))
+
+    if nperseg % step != 0:
+        binsums[:nperseg % step] += win[-(nperseg % step):]
+
+    deviation = binsums - np.median(binsums)
+    return np.max(np.abs(deviation)) < tol
+
+
+def check_NOLA(window, nperseg, noverlap, tol=1e-10):
+    r"""Check whether the Nonzero Overlap Add (NOLA) constraint is met.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    window : str or tuple or array_like
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg.
+    nperseg : int
+        Length of each segment.
+    noverlap : int
+        Number of points to overlap between segments.
+    tol : float, optional
+        The allowed variance of a bin's weighted sum from the median bin
+        sum.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    verdict : bool
+        `True` if chosen combination satisfies the NOLA constraint within
+        `tol`, `False` otherwise
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    check_COLA: Check whether the Constant OverLap Add (COLA) constraint is met
+    stft: Short Time Fourier Transform
+    istft: Inverse Short Time Fourier Transform
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    In order to enable inversion of an STFT via the inverse STFT in
+    `istft`, the signal windowing must obey the constraint of "nonzero
+    overlap add" (NOLA):
+
+    .. math:: \sum_{t}w^{2}[n-tH] \ne 0
+
+    for all :math:`n`, where :math:`w` is the window function, :math:`t` is the
+    frame index, and :math:`H` is the hop size (:math:`H` = `nperseg` -
+    `noverlap`).
+
+    This ensures that the normalization factors in the denominator of the
+    overlap-add inversion equation are not zero. Only very pathological windows
+    will fail the NOLA constraint.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Julius O. Smith III, "Spectral Audio Signal Processing", W3K
+           Publishing, 2011,ISBN 978-0-9745607-3-1.
+    .. [2] G. Heinzel, A. Ruediger and R. Schilling, "Spectrum and
+           spectral density estimation by the Discrete Fourier transform
+           (DFT), including a comprehensive list of window functions and
+           some new at-top windows", 2002,
+           http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-557A-5
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+
+    Confirm NOLA condition for rectangular window of 75% (3/4) overlap:
+
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.boxcar(100), 100, 75)
+    True
+
+    NOLA is also true for 25% (1/4) overlap:
+
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.boxcar(100), 100, 25)
+    True
+
+    "Symmetrical" Hann window (for filter design) is also NOLA:
+
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.hann(120, sym=True), 120, 60)
+    True
+
+    As long as there is overlap, it takes quite a pathological window to fail
+    NOLA:
+
+    >>> w = np.ones(64, dtype="float")
+    >>> w[::2] = 0
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(w, 64, 32)
+    False
+
+    If there is not enough overlap, a window with zeros at the ends will not
+    work:
+
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.hann(64), 64, 0)
+    False
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.hann(64), 64, 1)
+    False
+    >>> signal.check_NOLA(signal.windows.hann(64), 64, 2)
+    True
+
+    """
+    nperseg = int(nperseg)
+
+    if nperseg < 1:
+        raise ValueError('nperseg must be a positive integer')
+
+    if noverlap >= nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('noverlap must be less than nperseg')
+    if noverlap < 0:
+        raise ValueError('noverlap must be a nonnegative integer')
+    noverlap = int(noverlap)
+
+    if isinstance(window, str) or type(window) is tuple:
+        win = get_window(window, nperseg)
+    else:
+        win = np.asarray(window)
+        if len(win.shape) != 1:
+            raise ValueError('window must be 1-D')
+        if win.shape[0] != nperseg:
+            raise ValueError('window must have length of nperseg')
+
+    step = nperseg - noverlap
+    binsums = sum(win[ii*step:(ii+1)*step]**2 for ii in range(nperseg//step))
+
+    if nperseg % step != 0:
+        binsums[:nperseg % step] += win[-(nperseg % step):]**2
+
+    return np.min(binsums) > tol
+
+
+def stft(x, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=256, noverlap=None, nfft=None,
+         detrend=False, return_onesided=True, boundary='zeros', padded=True,
+         axis=-1, scaling='spectrum'):
+    r"""Compute the Short Time Fourier Transform (legacy function).
+
+    STFTs can be used as a way of quantifying the change of a
+    nonstationary signal's frequency and phase content over time.
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        `ShortTimeFFT` is a newer STFT / ISTFT implementation with more
+        features. A :ref:`comparison <tutorial_stft_legacy_stft>` between the
+        implementations can be found in the :ref:`tutorial_stft` section of the
+        :ref:`user_guide`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to 256.
+    noverlap : int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 2``. Defaults to `None`. When
+        specified, the COLA constraint must be met (see Notes below).
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to `False`.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    boundary : str or None, optional
+        Specifies whether the input signal is extended at both ends, and
+        how to generate the new values, in order to center the first
+        windowed segment on the first input point. This has the benefit
+        of enabling reconstruction of the first input point when the
+        employed window function starts at zero. Valid options are
+        ``['even', 'odd', 'constant', 'zeros', None]``. Defaults to
+        'zeros', for zero padding extension. I.e. ``[1, 2, 3, 4]`` is
+        extended to ``[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0]`` for ``nperseg=3``.
+    padded : bool, optional
+        Specifies whether the input signal is zero-padded at the end to
+        make the signal fit exactly into an integer number of window
+        segments, so that all of the signal is included in the output.
+        Defaults to `True`. Padding occurs after boundary extension, if
+        `boundary` is not `None`, and `padded` is `True`, as is the
+        default.
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the STFT is computed; the default is over the
+        last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    scaling: {'spectrum', 'psd'}
+        The default 'spectrum' scaling allows each frequency line of `Zxx` to
+        be interpreted as a magnitude spectrum. The 'psd' option scales each
+        line to a power spectral density - it allows to calculate the signal's
+        energy by numerically integrating over ``abs(Zxx)**2``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.9.0
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    t : ndarray
+        Array of segment times.
+    Zxx : ndarray
+        STFT of `x`. By default, the last axis of `Zxx` corresponds
+        to the segment times.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    istft: Inverse Short Time Fourier Transform
+    ShortTimeFFT: Newer STFT/ISTFT implementation providing more features.
+    check_COLA: Check whether the Constant OverLap Add (COLA) constraint
+                is met
+    check_NOLA: Check whether the Nonzero Overlap Add (NOLA) constraint is met
+    welch: Power spectral density by Welch's method.
+    spectrogram: Spectrogram by Welch's method.
+    csd: Cross spectral density by Welch's method.
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    In order to enable inversion of an STFT via the inverse STFT in
+    `istft`, the signal windowing must obey the constraint of "Nonzero
+    OverLap Add" (NOLA), and the input signal must have complete
+    windowing coverage (i.e. ``(x.shape[axis] - nperseg) %
+    (nperseg-noverlap) == 0``). The `padded` argument may be used to
+    accomplish this.
+
+    Given a time-domain signal :math:`x[n]`, a window :math:`w[n]`, and a hop
+    size :math:`H` = `nperseg - noverlap`, the windowed frame at time index
+    :math:`t` is given by
+
+    .. math:: x_{t}[n]=x[n]w[n-tH]
+
+    The overlap-add (OLA) reconstruction equation is given by
+
+    .. math:: x[n]=\frac{\sum_{t}x_{t}[n]w[n-tH]}{\sum_{t}w^{2}[n-tH]}
+
+    The NOLA constraint ensures that every normalization term that appears
+    in the denominator of the OLA reconstruction equation is nonzero. Whether a
+    choice of `window`, `nperseg`, and `noverlap` satisfy this constraint can
+    be tested with `check_NOLA`.
+
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.19.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Oppenheim, Alan V., Ronald W. Schafer, John R. Buck
+           "Discrete-Time Signal Processing", Prentice Hall, 1999.
+    .. [2] Daniel W. Griffin, Jae S. Lim "Signal Estimation from
+           Modified Short-Time Fourier Transform", IEEE 1984,
+           10.1109/TASSP.1984.1164317
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate a test signal, a 2 Vrms sine wave whose frequency is slowly
+    modulated around 3kHz, corrupted by white noise of exponentially
+    decreasing magnitude sampled at 10 kHz.
+
+    >>> fs = 10e3
+    >>> N = 1e5
+    >>> amp = 2 * np.sqrt(2)
+    >>> noise_power = 0.01 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / float(fs)
+    >>> mod = 500*np.cos(2*np.pi*0.25*time)
+    >>> carrier = amp * np.sin(2*np.pi*3e3*time + mod)
+    >>> noise = rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power),
+    ...                    size=time.shape)
+    >>> noise *= np.exp(-time/5)
+    >>> x = carrier + noise
+
+    Compute and plot the STFT's magnitude.
+
+    >>> f, t, Zxx = signal.stft(x, fs, nperseg=1000)
+    >>> plt.pcolormesh(t, f, np.abs(Zxx), vmin=0, vmax=amp, shading='gouraud')
+    >>> plt.title('STFT Magnitude')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    Compare the energy of the signal `x` with the energy of its STFT:
+
+    >>> E_x = sum(x**2) / fs  # Energy of x
+    >>> # Calculate a two-sided STFT with PSD scaling:
+    >>> f, t, Zxx = signal.stft(x, fs, nperseg=1000, return_onesided=False,
+    ...                         scaling='psd')
+    >>> # Integrate numerically over abs(Zxx)**2:
+    >>> df, dt = f[1] - f[0], t[1] - t[0]
+    >>> E_Zxx = sum(np.sum(Zxx.real**2 + Zxx.imag**2, axis=0) * df) * dt
+    >>> # The energy is the same, but the numerical errors are quite large:
+    >>> np.isclose(E_x, E_Zxx, rtol=1e-2)
+    True
+
+    """
+    if scaling == 'psd':
+        scaling = 'density'
+    elif scaling != 'spectrum':
+        raise ValueError(f"Parameter {scaling=} not in ['spectrum', 'psd']!")
+
+    freqs, time, Zxx = _spectral_helper(x, x, fs, window, nperseg, noverlap,
+                                        nfft, detrend, return_onesided,
+                                        scaling=scaling, axis=axis,
+                                        mode='stft', boundary=boundary,
+                                        padded=padded)
+
+    return freqs, time, Zxx
+
+
+def istft(Zxx, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=None, noverlap=None, nfft=None,
+          input_onesided=True, boundary=True, time_axis=-1, freq_axis=-2,
+          scaling='spectrum'):
+    r"""Perform the inverse Short Time Fourier transform (legacy function).
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        `ShortTimeFFT` is a newer STFT / ISTFT implementation with more
+        features. A :ref:`comparison <tutorial_stft_legacy_stft>` between the
+        implementations can be found in the :ref:`tutorial_stft` section of the
+        :ref:`user_guide`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    Zxx : array_like
+        STFT of the signal to be reconstructed. If a purely real array
+        is passed, it will be cast to a complex data type.
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window. Must match the window used to generate the
+        STFT for faithful inversion.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Number of data points corresponding to each STFT segment. This
+        parameter must be specified if the number of data points per
+        segment is odd, or if the STFT was padded via ``nfft >
+        nperseg``. If `None`, the value depends on the shape of
+        `Zxx` and `input_onesided`. If `input_onesided` is `True`,
+        ``nperseg=2*(Zxx.shape[freq_axis] - 1)``. Otherwise,
+        ``nperseg=Zxx.shape[freq_axis]``. Defaults to `None`.
+    noverlap : int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`, half
+        of the segment length. Defaults to `None`. When specified, the
+        COLA constraint must be met (see Notes below), and should match
+        the parameter used to generate the STFT. Defaults to `None`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Number of FFT points corresponding to each STFT segment. This
+        parameter must be specified if the STFT was padded via ``nfft >
+        nperseg``. If `None`, the default values are the same as for
+        `nperseg`, detailed above, with one exception: if
+        `input_onesided` is True and
+        ``nperseg==2*Zxx.shape[freq_axis] - 1``, `nfft` also takes on
+        that value. This case allows the proper inversion of an
+        odd-length unpadded STFT using ``nfft=None``. Defaults to
+        `None`.
+    input_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, interpret the input array as one-sided FFTs, such
+        as is returned by `stft` with ``return_onesided=True`` and
+        `numpy.fft.rfft`. If `False`, interpret the input as a a
+        two-sided FFT. Defaults to `True`.
+    boundary : bool, optional
+        Specifies whether the input signal was extended at its
+        boundaries by supplying a non-`None` ``boundary`` argument to
+        `stft`. Defaults to `True`.
+    time_axis : int, optional
+        Where the time segments of the STFT is located; the default is
+        the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    freq_axis : int, optional
+        Where the frequency axis of the STFT is located; the default is
+        the penultimate axis (i.e. ``axis=-2``).
+    scaling: {'spectrum', 'psd'}
+        The default 'spectrum' scaling allows each frequency line of `Zxx` to
+        be interpreted as a magnitude spectrum. The 'psd' option scales each
+        line to a power spectral density - it allows to calculate the signal's
+        energy by numerically integrating over ``abs(Zxx)**2``.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    t : ndarray
+        Array of output data times.
+    x : ndarray
+        iSTFT of `Zxx`.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    stft: Short Time Fourier Transform
+    ShortTimeFFT: Newer STFT/ISTFT implementation providing more features.
+    check_COLA: Check whether the Constant OverLap Add (COLA) constraint
+                is met
+    check_NOLA: Check whether the Nonzero Overlap Add (NOLA) constraint is met
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    In order to enable inversion of an STFT via the inverse STFT with
+    `istft`, the signal windowing must obey the constraint of "nonzero
+    overlap add" (NOLA):
+
+    .. math:: \sum_{t}w^{2}[n-tH] \ne 0
+
+    This ensures that the normalization factors that appear in the denominator
+    of the overlap-add reconstruction equation
+
+    .. math:: x[n]=\frac{\sum_{t}x_{t}[n]w[n-tH]}{\sum_{t}w^{2}[n-tH]}
+
+    are not zero. The NOLA constraint can be checked with the `check_NOLA`
+    function.
+
+    An STFT which has been modified (via masking or otherwise) is not
+    guaranteed to correspond to a exactly realizible signal. This
+    function implements the iSTFT via the least-squares estimation
+    algorithm detailed in [2]_, which produces a signal that minimizes
+    the mean squared error between the STFT of the returned signal and
+    the modified STFT.
+
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.19.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Oppenheim, Alan V., Ronald W. Schafer, John R. Buck
+           "Discrete-Time Signal Processing", Prentice Hall, 1999.
+    .. [2] Daniel W. Griffin, Jae S. Lim "Signal Estimation from
+           Modified Short-Time Fourier Transform", IEEE 1984,
+           10.1109/TASSP.1984.1164317
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate a test signal, a 2 Vrms sine wave at 50Hz corrupted by
+    0.001 V**2/Hz of white noise sampled at 1024 Hz.
+
+    >>> fs = 1024
+    >>> N = 10*fs
+    >>> nperseg = 512
+    >>> amp = 2 * np.sqrt(2)
+    >>> noise_power = 0.001 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / float(fs)
+    >>> carrier = amp * np.sin(2*np.pi*50*time)
+    >>> noise = rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power),
+    ...                    size=time.shape)
+    >>> x = carrier + noise
+
+    Compute the STFT, and plot its magnitude
+
+    >>> f, t, Zxx = signal.stft(x, fs=fs, nperseg=nperseg)
+    >>> plt.figure()
+    >>> plt.pcolormesh(t, f, np.abs(Zxx), vmin=0, vmax=amp, shading='gouraud')
+    >>> plt.ylim([f[1], f[-1]])
+    >>> plt.title('STFT Magnitude')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.yscale('log')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    Zero the components that are 10% or less of the carrier magnitude,
+    then convert back to a time series via inverse STFT
+
+    >>> Zxx = np.where(np.abs(Zxx) >= amp/10, Zxx, 0)
+    >>> _, xrec = signal.istft(Zxx, fs)
+
+    Compare the cleaned signal with the original and true carrier signals.
+
+    >>> plt.figure()
+    >>> plt.plot(time, x, time, xrec, time, carrier)
+    >>> plt.xlim([2, 2.1])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Signal')
+    >>> plt.legend(['Carrier + Noise', 'Filtered via STFT', 'True Carrier'])
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    Note that the cleaned signal does not start as abruptly as the original,
+    since some of the coefficients of the transient were also removed:
+
+    >>> plt.figure()
+    >>> plt.plot(time, x, time, xrec, time, carrier)
+    >>> plt.xlim([0, 0.1])
+    >>> plt.xlabel('Time [sec]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Signal')
+    >>> plt.legend(['Carrier + Noise', 'Filtered via STFT', 'True Carrier'])
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    """
+    # Make sure input is an ndarray of appropriate complex dtype
+    Zxx = np.asarray(Zxx) + 0j
+    freq_axis = int(freq_axis)
+    time_axis = int(time_axis)
+
+    if Zxx.ndim < 2:
+        raise ValueError('Input stft must be at least 2d!')
+
+    if freq_axis == time_axis:
+        raise ValueError('Must specify differing time and frequency axes!')
+
+    nseg = Zxx.shape[time_axis]
+
+    if input_onesided:
+        # Assume even segment length
+        n_default = 2*(Zxx.shape[freq_axis] - 1)
+    else:
+        n_default = Zxx.shape[freq_axis]
+
+    # Check windowing parameters
+    if nperseg is None:
+        nperseg = n_default
+    else:
+        nperseg = int(nperseg)
+        if nperseg < 1:
+            raise ValueError('nperseg must be a positive integer')
+
+    if nfft is None:
+        if (input_onesided) and (nperseg == n_default + 1):
+            # Odd nperseg, no FFT padding
+            nfft = nperseg
+        else:
+            nfft = n_default
+    elif nfft < nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('nfft must be greater than or equal to nperseg.')
+    else:
+        nfft = int(nfft)
+
+    if noverlap is None:
+        noverlap = nperseg//2
+    else:
+        noverlap = int(noverlap)
+    if noverlap >= nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('noverlap must be less than nperseg.')
+    nstep = nperseg - noverlap
+
+    # Rearrange axes if necessary
+    if time_axis != Zxx.ndim-1 or freq_axis != Zxx.ndim-2:
+        # Turn negative indices to positive for the call to transpose
+        if freq_axis < 0:
+            freq_axis = Zxx.ndim + freq_axis
+        if time_axis < 0:
+            time_axis = Zxx.ndim + time_axis
+        zouter = list(range(Zxx.ndim))
+        for ax in sorted([time_axis, freq_axis], reverse=True):
+            zouter.pop(ax)
+        Zxx = np.transpose(Zxx, zouter+[freq_axis, time_axis])
+
+    # Get window as array
+    if isinstance(window, str) or type(window) is tuple:
+        win = get_window(window, nperseg)
+    else:
+        win = np.asarray(window)
+        if len(win.shape) != 1:
+            raise ValueError('window must be 1-D')
+        if win.shape[0] != nperseg:
+            raise ValueError(f'window must have length of {nperseg}')
+
+    ifunc = sp_fft.irfft if input_onesided else sp_fft.ifft
+    xsubs = ifunc(Zxx, axis=-2, n=nfft)[..., :nperseg, :]
+
+    # Initialize output and normalization arrays
+    outputlength = nperseg + (nseg-1)*nstep
+    x = np.zeros(list(Zxx.shape[:-2])+[outputlength], dtype=xsubs.dtype)
+    norm = np.zeros(outputlength, dtype=xsubs.dtype)
+
+    if np.result_type(win, xsubs) != xsubs.dtype:
+        win = win.astype(xsubs.dtype)
+
+    if scaling == 'spectrum':
+        xsubs *= win.sum()
+    elif scaling == 'psd':
+        xsubs *= np.sqrt(fs * sum(win**2))
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Parameter {scaling=} not in ['spectrum', 'psd']!")
+
+    # Construct the output from the ifft segments
+    # This loop could perhaps be vectorized/strided somehow...
+    for ii in range(nseg):
+        # Window the ifft
+        x[..., ii*nstep:ii*nstep+nperseg] += xsubs[..., ii] * win
+        norm[..., ii*nstep:ii*nstep+nperseg] += win**2
+
+    # Remove extension points
+    if boundary:
+        x = x[..., nperseg//2:-(nperseg//2)]
+        norm = norm[..., nperseg//2:-(nperseg//2)]
+
+    # Divide out normalization where non-tiny
+    if np.sum(norm > 1e-10) != len(norm):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "NOLA condition failed, STFT may not be invertible."
+            + (" Possibly due to missing boundary" if not boundary else ""),
+            stacklevel=2
+        )
+    x /= np.where(norm > 1e-10, norm, 1.0)
+
+    if input_onesided:
+        x = x.real
+
+    # Put axes back
+    if x.ndim > 1:
+        if time_axis != Zxx.ndim-1:
+            if freq_axis < time_axis:
+                time_axis -= 1
+            x = np.moveaxis(x, -1, time_axis)
+
+    time = np.arange(x.shape[0])/float(fs)
+    return time, x
+
+
+def coherence(x, y, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=None, noverlap=None,
+              nfft=None, detrend='constant', axis=-1):
+    r"""
+    Estimate the magnitude squared coherence estimate, Cxy, of
+    discrete-time signals X and Y using Welch's method.
+
+    ``Cxy = abs(Pxy)**2/(Pxx*Pyy)``, where `Pxx` and `Pyy` are power
+    spectral density estimates of X and Y, and `Pxy` is the cross
+    spectral density estimate of X and Y.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    y : array_like
+        Time series of measurement values
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the `x` and `y` time series. Defaults
+        to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to None, but if window is str or
+        tuple, is set to 256, and if window is array_like, is set to the
+        length of the window.
+    noverlap: int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 2``. Defaults to `None`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the coherence is computed for both inputs; the
+        default is over the last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    f : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    Cxy : ndarray
+        Magnitude squared coherence of x and y.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    periodogram: Simple, optionally modified periodogram
+    lombscargle: Lomb-Scargle periodogram for unevenly sampled data
+    welch: Power spectral density by Welch's method.
+    csd: Cross spectral density by Welch's method.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    An appropriate amount of overlap will depend on the choice of window
+    and on your requirements. For the default Hann window an overlap of
+    50% is a reasonable trade-off between accurately estimating the
+    signal power, while not over counting any of the data. Narrower
+    windows may require a larger overlap.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] P. Welch, "The use of the fast Fourier transform for the
+           estimation of power spectra: A method based on time averaging
+           over short, modified periodograms", IEEE Trans. Audio
+           Electroacoust. vol. 15, pp. 70-73, 1967.
+    .. [2] Stoica, Petre, and Randolph Moses, "Spectral Analysis of
+           Signals" Prentice Hall, 2005
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from scipy import signal
+    >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    >>> rng = np.random.default_rng()
+
+    Generate two test signals with some common features.
+
+    >>> fs = 10e3
+    >>> N = 1e5
+    >>> amp = 20
+    >>> freq = 1234.0
+    >>> noise_power = 0.001 * fs / 2
+    >>> time = np.arange(N) / fs
+    >>> b, a = signal.butter(2, 0.25, 'low')
+    >>> x = rng.normal(scale=np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+    >>> y = signal.lfilter(b, a, x)
+    >>> x += amp*np.sin(2*np.pi*freq*time)
+    >>> y += rng.normal(scale=0.1*np.sqrt(noise_power), size=time.shape)
+
+    Compute and plot the coherence.
+
+    >>> f, Cxy = signal.coherence(x, y, fs, nperseg=1024)
+    >>> plt.semilogy(f, Cxy)
+    >>> plt.xlabel('frequency [Hz]')
+    >>> plt.ylabel('Coherence')
+    >>> plt.show()
+
+    """
+    freqs, Pxx = welch(x, fs=fs, window=window, nperseg=nperseg,
+                       noverlap=noverlap, nfft=nfft, detrend=detrend,
+                       axis=axis)
+    _, Pyy = welch(y, fs=fs, window=window, nperseg=nperseg, noverlap=noverlap,
+                   nfft=nfft, detrend=detrend, axis=axis)
+    _, Pxy = csd(x, y, fs=fs, window=window, nperseg=nperseg,
+                 noverlap=noverlap, nfft=nfft, detrend=detrend, axis=axis)
+
+    Cxy = np.abs(Pxy)**2 / Pxx / Pyy
+
+    return freqs, Cxy
+
+
+def _spectral_helper(x, y, fs=1.0, window='hann', nperseg=None, noverlap=None,
+                     nfft=None, detrend='constant', return_onesided=True,
+                     scaling='density', axis=-1, mode='psd', boundary=None,
+                     padded=False):
+    """Calculate various forms of windowed FFTs for PSD, CSD, etc.
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        This function is soley used by the legacy functions `spectrogram` and `stft`
+        (which are also in this same source file `scipy/signal/_spectral_py.py`).
+
+    This is a helper function that implements the commonality between
+    the stft, psd, csd, and spectrogram functions. It is not designed to
+    be called externally. The windows are not averaged over; the result
+    from each window is returned.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : array_like
+        Array or sequence containing the data to be analyzed.
+    y : array_like
+        Array or sequence containing the data to be analyzed. If this is
+        the same object in memory as `x` (i.e. ``_spectral_helper(x,
+        x, ...)``), the extra computations are spared.
+    fs : float, optional
+        Sampling frequency of the time series. Defaults to 1.0.
+    window : str or tuple or array_like, optional
+        Desired window to use. If `window` is a string or tuple, it is
+        passed to `get_window` to generate the window values, which are
+        DFT-even by default. See `get_window` for a list of windows and
+        required parameters. If `window` is array_like it will be used
+        directly as the window and its length must be nperseg. Defaults
+        to a Hann window.
+    nperseg : int, optional
+        Length of each segment. Defaults to None, but if window is str or
+        tuple, is set to 256, and if window is array_like, is set to the
+        length of the window.
+    noverlap : int, optional
+        Number of points to overlap between segments. If `None`,
+        ``noverlap = nperseg // 2``. Defaults to `None`.
+    nfft : int, optional
+        Length of the FFT used, if a zero padded FFT is desired. If
+        `None`, the FFT length is `nperseg`. Defaults to `None`.
+    detrend : str or function or `False`, optional
+        Specifies how to detrend each segment. If `detrend` is a
+        string, it is passed as the `type` argument to the `detrend`
+        function. If it is a function, it takes a segment and returns a
+        detrended segment. If `detrend` is `False`, no detrending is
+        done. Defaults to 'constant'.
+    return_onesided : bool, optional
+        If `True`, return a one-sided spectrum for real data. If
+        `False` return a two-sided spectrum. Defaults to `True`, but for
+        complex data, a two-sided spectrum is always returned.
+    scaling : { 'density', 'spectrum' }, optional
+        Selects between computing the cross spectral density ('density')
+        where `Pxy` has units of V²/Hz and computing the cross
+        spectrum ('spectrum') where `Pxy` has units of V², if `x`
+        and `y` are measured in V and `fs` is measured in Hz.
+        Defaults to 'density'
+    axis : int, optional
+        Axis along which the FFTs are computed; the default is over the
+        last axis (i.e. ``axis=-1``).
+    mode: str {'psd', 'stft'}, optional
+        Defines what kind of return values are expected. Defaults to
+        'psd'.
+    boundary : str or None, optional
+        Specifies whether the input signal is extended at both ends, and
+        how to generate the new values, in order to center the first
+        windowed segment on the first input point. This has the benefit
+        of enabling reconstruction of the first input point when the
+        employed window function starts at zero. Valid options are
+        ``['even', 'odd', 'constant', 'zeros', None]``. Defaults to
+        `None`.
+    padded : bool, optional
+        Specifies whether the input signal is zero-padded at the end to
+        make the signal fit exactly into an integer number of window
+        segments, so that all of the signal is included in the output.
+        Defaults to `False`. Padding occurs after boundary extension, if
+        `boundary` is not `None`, and `padded` is `True`.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    freqs : ndarray
+        Array of sample frequencies.
+    t : ndarray
+        Array of times corresponding to each data segment
+    result : ndarray
+        Array of output data, contents dependent on *mode* kwarg.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    Adapted from matplotlib.mlab
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0
+    """
+    if mode not in ['psd', 'stft']:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown value for mode {mode}, must be one of: "
+                         "{'psd', 'stft'}")
+
+    boundary_funcs = {'even': even_ext,
+                      'odd': odd_ext,
+                      'constant': const_ext,
+                      'zeros': zero_ext,
+                      None: None}
+
+    if boundary not in boundary_funcs:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown boundary option '{boundary}', "
+                         f"must be one of: {list(boundary_funcs.keys())}")
+
+    # If x and y are the same object we can save ourselves some computation.
+    same_data = y is x
+
+    if not same_data and mode != 'psd':
+        raise ValueError("x and y must be equal if mode is 'stft'")
+
+    axis = int(axis)
+
+    # Ensure we have np.arrays, get outdtype
+    x = np.asarray(x)
+    if not same_data:
+        y = np.asarray(y)
+        outdtype = np.result_type(x, y, np.complex64)
+    else:
+        outdtype = np.result_type(x, np.complex64)
+
+    if not same_data:
+        # Check if we can broadcast the outer axes together
+        xouter = list(x.shape)
+        youter = list(y.shape)
+        xouter.pop(axis)
+        youter.pop(axis)
+        try:
+            outershape = np.broadcast(np.empty(xouter), np.empty(youter)).shape
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError('x and y cannot be broadcast together.') from e
+
+    if same_data:
+        if x.size == 0:
+            return np.empty(x.shape), np.empty(x.shape), np.empty(x.shape)
+    else:
+        if x.size == 0 or y.size == 0:
+            outshape = outershape + (min([x.shape[axis], y.shape[axis]]),)
+            emptyout = np.moveaxis(np.empty(outshape), -1, axis)
+            return emptyout, emptyout, emptyout
+
+    if x.ndim > 1:
+        if axis != -1:
+            x = np.moveaxis(x, axis, -1)
+            if not same_data and y.ndim > 1:
+                y = np.moveaxis(y, axis, -1)
+
+    # Check if x and y are the same length, zero-pad if necessary
+    if not same_data:
+        if x.shape[-1] != y.shape[-1]:
+            if x.shape[-1] < y.shape[-1]:
+                pad_shape = list(x.shape)
+                pad_shape[-1] = y.shape[-1] - x.shape[-1]
+                x = np.concatenate((x, np.zeros(pad_shape)), -1)
+            else:
+                pad_shape = list(y.shape)
+                pad_shape[-1] = x.shape[-1] - y.shape[-1]
+                y = np.concatenate((y, np.zeros(pad_shape)), -1)
+
+    if nperseg is not None:  # if specified by user
+        nperseg = int(nperseg)
+        if nperseg < 1:
+            raise ValueError('nperseg must be a positive integer')
+
+    # parse window; if array like, then set nperseg = win.shape
+    win, nperseg = _triage_segments(window, nperseg, input_length=x.shape[-1])
+
+    if nfft is None:
+        nfft = nperseg
+    elif nfft < nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('nfft must be greater than or equal to nperseg.')
+    else:
+        nfft = int(nfft)
+
+    if noverlap is None:
+        noverlap = nperseg//2
+    else:
+        noverlap = int(noverlap)
+    if noverlap >= nperseg:
+        raise ValueError('noverlap must be less than nperseg.')
+    nstep = nperseg - noverlap
+
+    # Padding occurs after boundary extension, so that the extended signal ends
+    # in zeros, instead of introducing an impulse at the end.
+    # I.e. if x = [..., 3, 2]
+    # extend then pad -> [..., 3, 2, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0]
+    # pad then extend -> [..., 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3]
+
+    if boundary is not None:
+        ext_func = boundary_funcs[boundary]
+        x = ext_func(x, nperseg//2, axis=-1)
+        if not same_data:
+            y = ext_func(y, nperseg//2, axis=-1)
+
+    if padded:
+        # Pad to integer number of windowed segments
+        # I.e. make x.shape[-1] = nperseg + (nseg-1)*nstep, with integer nseg
+        nadd = (-(x.shape[-1]-nperseg) % nstep) % nperseg
+        zeros_shape = list(x.shape[:-1]) + [nadd]
+        x = np.concatenate((x, np.zeros(zeros_shape)), axis=-1)
+        if not same_data:
+            zeros_shape = list(y.shape[:-1]) + [nadd]
+            y = np.concatenate((y, np.zeros(zeros_shape)), axis=-1)
+
+    # Handle detrending and window functions
+    if not detrend:
+        def detrend_func(d):
+            return d
+    elif not hasattr(detrend, '__call__'):
+        def detrend_func(d):
+            return _signaltools.detrend(d, type=detrend, axis=-1)
+    elif axis != -1:
+        # Wrap this function so that it receives a shape that it could
+        # reasonably expect to receive.
+        def detrend_func(d):
+            d = np.moveaxis(d, -1, axis)
+            d = detrend(d)
+            return np.moveaxis(d, axis, -1)
+    else:
+        detrend_func = detrend
+
+    if np.result_type(win, np.complex64) != outdtype:
+        win = win.astype(outdtype)
+
+    if scaling == 'density':
+        scale = 1.0 / (fs * (win*win).sum())
+    elif scaling == 'spectrum':
+        scale = 1.0 / win.sum()**2
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f'Unknown scaling: {scaling!r}')
+
+    if mode == 'stft':
+        scale = np.sqrt(scale)
+
+    if return_onesided:
+        if np.iscomplexobj(x):
+            sides = 'twosided'
+            warnings.warn('Input data is complex, switching to return_onesided=False',
+                          stacklevel=3)
+        else:
+            sides = 'onesided'
+            if not same_data:
+                if np.iscomplexobj(y):
+                    sides = 'twosided'
+                    warnings.warn('Input data is complex, switching to '
+                                  'return_onesided=False',
+                                  stacklevel=3)
+    else:
+        sides = 'twosided'
+
+    if sides == 'twosided':
+        freqs = sp_fft.fftfreq(nfft, 1/fs)
+    elif sides == 'onesided':
+        freqs = sp_fft.rfftfreq(nfft, 1/fs)
+
+    # Perform the windowed FFTs
+    result = _fft_helper(x, win, detrend_func, nperseg, noverlap, nfft, sides)
+
+    if not same_data:
+        # All the same operations on the y data
+        result_y = _fft_helper(y, win, detrend_func, nperseg, noverlap, nfft,
+                               sides)
+        result = np.conjugate(result) * result_y
+    elif mode == 'psd':
+        result = np.conjugate(result) * result
+
+    result *= scale
+    if sides == 'onesided' and mode == 'psd':
+        if nfft % 2:
+            result[..., 1:] *= 2
+        else:
+            # Last point is unpaired Nyquist freq point, don't double
+            result[..., 1:-1] *= 2
+
+    time = np.arange(nperseg/2, x.shape[-1] - nperseg/2 + 1,
+                     nperseg - noverlap)/float(fs)
+    if boundary is not None:
+        time -= (nperseg/2) / fs
+
+    result = result.astype(outdtype)
+
+    # All imaginary parts are zero anyways
+    if same_data and mode != 'stft':
+        result = result.real
+
+    # Output is going to have new last axis for time/window index, so a
+    # negative axis index shifts down one
+    if axis < 0:
+        axis -= 1
+
+    # Roll frequency axis back to axis where the data came from
+    result = np.moveaxis(result, -1, axis)
+
+    return freqs, time, result
+
+
+def _fft_helper(x, win, detrend_func, nperseg, noverlap, nfft, sides):
+    """
+    Calculate windowed FFT, for internal use by
+    `scipy.signal._spectral_helper`.
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        This function is solely used by the legacy `_spectral_helper` function,
+        which is located also in this file.
+
+    This is a helper function that does the main FFT calculation for
+    `_spectral helper`. All input validation is performed there, and the
+    data axis is assumed to be the last axis of x. It is not designed to
+    be called externally. The windows are not averaged over; the result
+    from each window is returned.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    result : ndarray
+        Array of FFT data
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    Adapted from matplotlib.mlab
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.16.0
+    """
+    # Created sliding window view of array
+    if nperseg == 1 and noverlap == 0:
+        result = x[..., np.newaxis]
+    else:
+        step = nperseg - noverlap
+        result = np.lib.stride_tricks.sliding_window_view(
+            x, window_shape=nperseg, axis=-1, writeable=True
+        )
+        result = result[..., 0::step, :]
+
+    # Detrend each data segment individually
+    result = detrend_func(result)
+
+    # Apply window by multiplication
+    result = win * result
+
+    # Perform the fft. Acts on last axis by default. Zero-pads automatically
+    if sides == 'twosided':
+        func = sp_fft.fft
+    else:
+        result = result.real
+        func = sp_fft.rfft
+    result = func(result, n=nfft)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def _triage_segments(window, nperseg, input_length):
+    """
+    Parses window and nperseg arguments for spectrogram and _spectral_helper.
+    This is a helper function, not meant to be called externally.
+
+    .. legacy:: function
+
+        This function is soley used by the legacy functions `spectrogram` and
+        `_spectral_helper` (which are also in this file).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    window : string, tuple, or ndarray
+        If window is specified by a string or tuple and nperseg is not
+        specified, nperseg is set to the default of 256 and returns a window of
+        that length.
+        If instead the window is array_like and nperseg is not specified, then
+        nperseg is set to the length of the window. A ValueError is raised if
+        the user supplies both an array_like window and a value for nperseg but
+        nperseg does not equal the length of the window.
+
+    nperseg : int
+        Length of each segment
+
+    input_length: int
+        Length of input signal, i.e. x.shape[-1]. Used to test for errors.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    win : ndarray
+        window. If function was called with string or tuple than this will hold
+        the actual array used as a window.
+
+    nperseg : int
+        Length of each segment. If window is str or tuple, nperseg is set to
+        256. If window is array_like, nperseg is set to the length of the
+        window.
+    """
+    # parse window; if array like, then set nperseg = win.shape
+    if isinstance(window, str) or isinstance(window, tuple):
+        # if nperseg not specified
+        if nperseg is None:
+            nperseg = 256  # then change to default
+        if nperseg > input_length:
+            warnings.warn(f'nperseg = {nperseg:d} is greater than input length '
+                          f' = {input_length:d}, using nperseg = {input_length:d}',
+                          stacklevel=3)
+            nperseg = input_length
+        win = get_window(window, nperseg)
+    else:
+        win = np.asarray(window)
+        if len(win.shape) != 1:
+            raise ValueError('window must be 1-D')
+        if input_length < win.shape[-1]:
+            raise ValueError('window is longer than input signal')
+        if nperseg is None:
+            nperseg = win.shape[0]
+        elif nperseg is not None:
+            if nperseg != win.shape[0]:
+                raise ValueError("value specified for nperseg is different"
+                                 " from length of window")
+    return win, nperseg
+
+
+def _median_bias(n):
+    """
+    Returns the bias of the median of a set of periodograms relative to
+    the mean.
+
+    See Appendix B from [1]_ for details.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n : int
+        Numbers of periodograms being averaged.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bias : float
+        Calculated bias.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] B. Allen, W.G. Anderson, P.R. Brady, D.A. Brown, J.D.E. Creighton.
+           "FINDCHIRP: an algorithm for detection of gravitational waves from
+           inspiraling compact binaries", Physical Review D 85, 2012,
+           :arxiv:`gr-qc/0509116`
+    """
+    ii_2 = 2 * np.arange(1., (n-1) // 2 + 1)
+    return 1 + np.sum(1. / (ii_2 + 1) - 1. / ii_2)