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Find the Fourier transforms of the signals by integration:

a)
       
    
 

      1 1    
    
            


1    
b)
             
    

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 1 
  
  
2 

Find the inverse Fourier transform of the spectra :

 
  
 
1  1  
  
 
   
   
  

2   2  
 
1  
 
1  
  
    
 "
  "
      sin  
2   2   2
 

1 2 sin 2 2 sin sin 2  sin 2 1 sin 

    sinc 2  sinc sinc  
2    

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Find the inverse Fourier transform of the spectra :

 
  
 
( (

 (
Using PAIR 18 on formula sheet:
rect ⟺ sinc (
2( 
For
  : (  2, for
  : (  1
2 1
∴  sinc 2  sinc
 

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Sketch the following functions :
a) 3rect  /2 3 d) sinc /5

  10
∆3/100 sinc  /5  2  sinc
5
b) e)


∆
1000
3

c) rect   10/8 f) sinc  /5 rect  /10

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 "
  "
 "
  " 1 
cos   sin     
  
2 2 2 

Find the inverse Fourier transform of
 for the spectra below :
Hint:
 
  ∠7 

1 2 1 2
   1.   2      2  
2  2  2
a)
2

1  2  sin3    4 
2

    sinc3    4
2         
 2


1  2
1     2
b)     
    
    
2  2  2
 2 

1 1   2  2 1 2   2  2  1  cos 
   
2 2 

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 If Fourier transform of the triangular pulse   below is
, use the time-shifting
and time-scaling properties to find the Fourier transforms of    and   

a)   1   1 b)   1   1   
  1 ⟺

∴  ⟺
  
   
 

   1 ⟺
 

 ⟺
 1    
 1    
∴  ⟺
  
 

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A stable LTIC system is specified by the frequency response: 9  


Find the impulse response of this system and state whether it is causal or non-causal,
also find the zero state response of this system if the input     : 
9  ⇔ℎ
1 1
 ⟺   :  ∴ Non-causal
  2 2  
Using PAIR 2:

1
    : ⟺ 

1  
Using PAIR 1:

1 1 10 10
=  
 9    3  3
1   2   1   2  
1 1 1 1 
 ⟺  :    :   > 
3 1   2   3
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 Use Parseval’s theorem to show that:



 sinc  ? 
 ?
Consider signal :   sinc ?
 

  rect
? 2?
Using PAIR 18

1
rect
Parseval’s Theorem (pg 9 of formula sheet) 2?

1 
@"     
 
  
 2 

1     -k k
 sinc  ?   rect 
 2  ?  2?
 A
 
   1    ?  ? 
2? A 2? ?
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