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Week 5 – Signal Representations Using

Activity 1 Part 1

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Activity 1
Calculate the output response if the input signal x(t) = 2sin(5t)
is applied to an LTIC system with impulse response h(t) =
2e-4tu(t)?

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Activity 1 Solution
Since x(t) is sinusoidal, y(t) will be a sinusoidal.
y(t) = 2A1 sin(5t + θ )
Where A1 and θ are the magnitude and phase of the complex constant H(ω1) given
by: ∞ ∞
− jωτ
H (ω ) = ∫ h (τ )e dτ = ∫ 2e −4 τ
u(τ )e− jωτ d τ
−∞ −∞
∞ ∞
2
= 2 ∫ e−4τ e− jωτ d τ = 2 ∫ e−(4+ jω )τ d τ =
0 0 4 + jω
The magnitude and phase are given by:

2 2 2
A1 = H (ω ) = = ,θ = ∠ = −51.34!
4 + jω ω =5 41 4 + jω ω =5

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y(t) = sin(5t − 51.34! )
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Activity 2
Calculate the trigonometric CT Fourier series of the periodic signal x(t) defined over
one period T0=3 as follows:
⎧⎪ t +1 −1 ≤ t ≤ 1
x (t ) = ⎨
⎪⎩ 0 1≤ t ≤ 2
x(t)
2

t
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8 10

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Activity 2 Solution
Since x(t) is has a fundamental period T0=3, then ω0=2π/3.
∞
⎡ ⎛ 2nπ ⎞ ⎛ 2nπ ⎞⎤
x (t ) = a0 + ∑⎢an cos ⎜ t ⎟ + bn sin ⎜ t ⎟⎥
n=1 ⎣
⎝ 3 ⎠ ⎝ 3 ⎠⎦
CTFS coefficients are given by:
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1 11 1⎡1 ⎤ 2
a0 = ∫ x (t ) dt = ∫ (t +1) dt = ⎢⎣ t 2 + t ⎥⎦ =
T0 T0 3 −1 3 2 −1 3
1
2 2
an =
T0
∫ x (t ) cos ( nω 0 t ) dt = ∫ (t +1) cos ( nω 0 t ) dt
3 −1
T0

2 1⎡ 4 1⎡
= ∫ ⎣ ( 0 ) ( 0 )⎦ 3 ∫ ⎣cos (nω 0t )⎤⎦ dt
3 −1
t cos nω t + cos nω t ⎤ dt =
0

⎧
1 ⎪⎪ 0 n = 3k
⎡
4 sin(nω 0 t) ⎤
= ⎢ ⎥ =⎨ 3 nπ n = 3k +1
3 ⎣ nω 0 ⎦0 ⎪
⎪⎩ − 3 nπ n = 3k + 2 5
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Activity 2 Solution
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2 2
bn =
T0
∫ x (t ) sin (nω t ) dt = 3 ∫ (t +1) sin (nω t ) dt
0 0
T0 −1

2 1⎡ 4 1
= ∫ ⎣t sin ( nω 0 t ) + sin ( nω 0 t )⎤⎦ dt = ∫ ⎡⎣t sin ( nω 0 t )⎤⎦ dt
3 −1 30
⎧
⎪ 2
− n = 3k
⎪ nπ
1
⎪
4 ⎡ cos ( nω 0 t ) sin(nω 0 t) ⎤ ⎪ 1 3 3
= ⎢−t + 2
⎥ = ⎨ + n = 3k +1
3 ⎢⎣ nω 0 (nω 0 ) ⎥⎦0 ⎪ nπ 2(nπ )2
⎪ 1 3 3
⎪ − n = 3k + 2
⎪⎩ nπ 2(nπ )2

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Activity 3
Consider the function w(t)=Ev[x(t)-a0] shown in figure below. Express w(t) as a
trigonometric CTFS.

Ev{x (t) − a0}

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−9 −6 −4 0 3 6 9
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Activity 3 Solution
From inspection, w(t) is even. Therefore, bn=0 for all n. Since w(t) has a
fundamental period T0=3, then ω0=2π/3. Note that the area enclosed by one
period of w(t) is 0, e.g. t=[-1,2], area=2(1/3)+1(-2/3)=0. w(t) is zero mean, which
implies that a0=0.
an is given by:

2 1.5 4 1.5
an = ∫ ( ) ( 0 ) 3 ∫ w(t)cos (nω 0t ) dt
3 −1.5
w t cos nω t dt =
0
1
4 1 4 1.5 2
=
3
∫ 3 cos (nω t ) dt − 3 ∫ 3 cos (nω t ) dt
0 0
0 1

4 sin ( nω 0 ) 8 sin(1.5nω 0 ) 2 ⎛ 2nπ ⎞