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Dartmouth College

Thayer School of Engineering

Signal Processing

Problem Set #3

This assignment is worth 50 points. Please start each new problem on a new page and
clearly label the problem you are working on at the top of each page. Show all your work when
solving problems and answer any conceptual questions clearly and concisely, only addressing
the specific question. You may discuss these problems with others, but copying work from
others is prohibited. You may not use any solutions that address the specific question asked,
including from previous offerings of this course. List the names of any collaborators and
acknowledge all sources and tools you used outside the regular course readings (such as
other books, websites, computing tools, artificial intelligence, etc.).

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Signal Processing Problem Set #3

1. Sampling a continuous-time signal. The continuous-time signal

xc (t) = sin (20πt) + cos (40πt)

is sampled with a sampling period T to obtain the discrete-time signal, by replacing t


with nT ,
x[n] = sin πn 2πn
 
5
+ cos 5
.

(a) Determine a choice for T consistent with this information.


(b) Is your choice of T in part (a) unique? If so, explain why. If not, specify another
choice of T that is consistent with the information given.

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Signal Processing Problem Set #3

2. Changing the sample rate, avoiding aliasing. Consider the system shown in the figure
below.

For each of the following input signals, x[n], indicate whether the output, xr [n] = x[n].
(a) x[n] = cos(πn/4)
(b) x[n] = cos(πn/2)

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Signal Processing Problem Set #3

3. Frequency mapping between continuous-time and discrete-time. Consider the system


shown below for discrete-time processing of continuous-time signals. The discrete-time
system is an ideal lowpass filter with cutoff frequency π/8 radians/s.

(a) If xc (t) is bandlimited to 5 kHz, what is the maximum value of the sample period,
T , that will avoid aliasing in the C/D converter?
(b) If 1/T = 10 kHz, what will the cutoff frequency, in Hertz, of the effective continuous-
time filter be?
(c) Repeat part (b) for 1/T = 20 kHz.

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Signal Processing Problem Set #3

4. Analog-to-digital conversion: quantization levels and step-size. A digital communication


link carries binary-coded words representing samples of an input signal

xa (t) = 3 cos(600πt) + 2 cos(1800πt)

(a) What is the Nyquist rate for the signal xa (t) (the minimum sample frequency in
hertz to avoid aliasing)?
(b) If the communication link is operated at 10,000 bits/sec and each input sample is
quantized into 1024 different voltage levels, what is the actual sampling frequency,
in hertz, used in this system?
(c) What are the frequencies of the resulting discrete-time signal x[n] in radians/sample,
ω.
(d) What is the step-size (resolution), ∆, of the quantizer? You can assume the signal
is matched to the full range of the quantizer.

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