19ECE06C Signals & Systems Problem-Based Project

Problem 1 [Total: 15%]

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a.) Consider the signal xptq defined as follows
$
’
’ At ` 2A, ´2 ď t ď ´1
’
&A, ´1 ď t ď 0
xptq “
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’ ´2A, 0ďtď1
’
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0, Otherwise

i.) Clearly sketch the signal yptq “ xp´2t ´ 3q.

ii.) Determine and clearly sketch the even and odd components of the signal
xptq.
iii.) Consider the periodic signal zptq defined as follows
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ÿ
zptq “ x pt ´ 10kq
k“´8

Determine the fundamental period of this signal and compute its power.
b.) Consider the discrete-time system defined as follows
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ÿ
yrns “ ak xrn ´ ks
k“´3

where xrns and yrns are the input and output signals respectively. ak are set
of finite constant coefficients (constant w.r.t. time n).
i.) Does this system have memory? Is this system causal?
ii.) Check the linearity, and time-invariance of this system.
iii.) Determine the impulse response hrns of this system.
c.) Determine the output signal from a continuous-time LTI system whose impulse
response is hptq for the input signal xptq “ cosp2πfc tq.

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Problem 2 [Total: 20%]

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a.) Consider a continuous-time LTI system with impulse response hptq. Show that
hptq must be absolutely integrable for the system to be BIBO stable.
b.) Consider a continuous-time LTI system whose impulse response hptq is given
by #
A ´2T ă t ă 2T
hptq “
0 Otherwise
The signal xptq defined below is applied as an input to this system.
#
|t| ´T ď t ď T
xptq “
0 Otherwise

Determine and clearly sketch the output signal yptq.

c.) Let z be a complex variable and n be an integer. Show that z n is an Eigen-
function of discrete-time LTI systems. Find the corresponding Eqigenvalue.
d.) The impulse response of a discrete-time system is given by

hrns “ αn urns, 0 ă |α| ă 1

An input signal xrns is applied to this system where xrns is defined as follows

xrns “ β n urns, 0 ă |β| ă 1

Determine an expression for the output signal yrns.

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Problem 3 [Total: 15%]

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a.) A stable LTI system is know to have two poles p1 and p2 , and two zeros z1 and
z2 which are located as follows
p1 “ p´1 ` jq and p2 “ p´1 ´ jq
z1 “ p1 ` jq and z2 “ p1 ´ jq

i.) Determine the system transfer function Hpsq.

ii.) Find an expression for frequency response of this system Hpjωq, then find
expressions for the magnitude and phase of Hpjωq, that is |Hpjωq| and
Hpjωq.
iii.) Use Matlab or GNU-Octave to generate plots of |Hpjωq| and Hpjωq.
iv.) Determine the differential equation describing this system.
v.) What is the ROC of Hpsq. Comment on the system’s causality.
vi.) Determine the impulse response hptq of this system.
b.) Check the linearity, causality, memory and stability of the following system

yrns “ xrnsxrn ` 5s ` 3nxrn ´ 2s ´ 5

c.) Consider the continuous-time signals xptq and yptq defined as follows

xptq “ e´2t ruptq ´ upt ´ 2qs

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yptq “ xpt ´ 5kq
k“´8

i.) Clearly sketch xptq and yptq.

ii.) Compute the total energy and the average power of the signal xptq and
hence determine whether it is an energy or power signal.
iii.) Compute the total energy and the average power of the signal yptq and
hence determine whether it is an energy or power signal.

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Problem 4 [Total: 15%]

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a.) The system transfer function of a causal LTI system is given as follows
α
Hpsq “
s`α
where α is real-valued.
i.) What is the ROC? What conditions must be fulfilled for this system to be
stable and causal?
ii.) Find an expression for the impulse response hptq of this system.
iii.) Find the step response of this system and its Laplace transform.
b.) The impulse response of a discrete-time system is given by
ˆ ˙n
1
hrns “ urn ` 2s
2
An input signal xrns is applied to this system where xrns is defined as follows

xrns “ urns ´ urn ´ N s

i.) Determine the output signal yrns.

ii.) Use Matlab or GNU-Octave to perform the convolution sum in order to
obtain and plot the system output.

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Problem 5 [Total: 15%]

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a.) The output signal yrns of a causal discrete-time system is related to the input
signal xrns as follows
3
yrns “ xrns ` yrn ´ 1s
4
i.) Find an expression for the impulse response hrns of this system.
ii.) Determine whether this system is stable in the BIBO sense.
iii.) An input signal xrns “ δrns ` 2δrn ´ 1s ´ δrn ´ 2s, is applied to this system,
use the Matlab command ”filter” in oder to determine the output signal
yrns.
b.) Find the unilateral Laplace transform of the signal xptq defined as follows
“ ‰
xptq “ e´5t uptq ˚ rpt ´ 2q ˆ upt ´ 2qs

c.) Check the stability, linearity, memory and causality of the discrete-time system
described by the following relation
1
yrns “ pxrn ` 2s ` xrns ` xrn ´ 2sq
4

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Problem 6 [Total: 20%]

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a.) A causal LTI system is described by the following differential equation
d2 yptq dyptq dxptq
` ´ 12yptq “ ` 2xptq
dt2 dt dt
i.)Determine the system’s transfer function Hpsq and its poles and zeros.
ii.)Determine the system’s impulse response hptq if the system is causal.
iii.)Determine the system’s impulse response hptq if the system is stable.
iv.) Can this system be both causal and stable? Why?
v.) Find an expression for frequency response of this system Hpjωq, then find
expressions for the magnitude and phase of Hpjωq, that is |Hpjωq| and
Hpjωq.
vi.) Comment on the causality and stability of the inverse system
1
H inv psq “
Hpsq
vii.) Find the impulse response hinv ptq of the causal inverse system.
b.) For each of the following signals, determine whether the signal is periodic and
if so, find its fundamental period. Also use Matlab or GNU-Octave to plot the
signals.
i.) x1 ptq “ 3 ` cosp10πtq ` sinp5πtq
ii.) x2 ptq “ 2 sinp3tq ` 7 cospπtq

Good Luck

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