Unit 4 Signal Transmission Through Linear Systems
Unit 4 Signal Transmission Through Linear Systems
SYSTEMS
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• Linear system
• Impulse response
• Response of a linear system, linear time-invariant (LTI) system, linear time variant (LTV) system
• Transfer function of a LTI system.
• Filter characteristics of linear systems.
• Distortion less transmission through a system
• Signal bandwidth, system bandwidth
• Ideal LPF, HPF and BPF characteristics
• Causality and Paley-Wiener criterion for physical realization
• Relationship between bandwidth and rise time.
• Energy and Power Spectral Densities
Non-Linear systems constitute a major percentage of real-world systems. Analysis of linear systems is very
important because most non-linear systems can be approximated by linear systems over a limited range
Ex: Ohm's law, Hooke's law
For almost all active networks, the input and output signals bear linear relationship for small signals
To directly analyse a non-linear system is complicated as
• There can be no general solution
• Each situation & boundary condition has a unique solution
Linear system can be characterized by linear algebraic equations, difference equations or differential
equations and its analysis is highly developed
Linear System:
Def: A linear system is one whose response to the sum of weighted inputs is same as the sum of weighted
responses
i.e., a system is linear if it satisfies the superposition principle
Ex: filters, communication channel etc
•
Lumped Systems:
• It is a collection of individual elements interconnected in a particular way
• Consists of Lumped elements ( R, L, C ) where the energy in the system is stored or dissipated
• It is also assumed that the disturbance initiated at any point is propagated instantaneously at every
point in the system i.e., the dimensions of the elements are very small compared to the transmitted
signal wavelengths
• Ex: V=IR
• Lumped systems are described by ordinary differential equations
Distributed Systems:
• Not possible to describe the system by lumped parameters
• Ex: Transmission lines, waveguides, antennas, semiconductor devices, etc
• It takes a finite amount of time for a disturbance at one point to propagate to the other point. We have
to deal with independent variable , time t and space variable x
• They are described by partial differential equations
Time invariant systems are those whose parameters do not change with time. Hence, they are also called
CONSTANT PARAMETER SYSTEMS
Most systems observed belong to this category
If f(t) yields a response r(t), then the same f(t) delayed by time T yields same response r(t) but delayed by
time T
Symbolically,
Systems that do not satisfy this condition are called Time Variant Systems
Systems that satisfy both the properties of linearity and time invariance are called Linear Time Invariant (LTI)
systems
• Characterized by linear equations with constant coefficients ( algebraic, difference or differential)
• Ex: Circuits using passive elements
Systems that satisfy the property of linearity but are time variant are called Linear Time Variant (LTV)
systems
• Characterized by linear equations with time dependent coefficients
The LTI systems exhibit an important characteristic i.e., applicability of superposition theorem to find the
response y(t) to a given excitation x(t)
Following steps may be adopted to find the response of an LTI system using superposition theorem
• Resolve the input function f(t) in terms of simpler basic functions like impulse functions for which
response can be easily evaluated
• Determine individually the response of LTI system for the simpler input impulse functions
• Using superposition theorem, find the sum of the individual responses which will become the overall
response y(t) of function f(t)
In simple terms, to find the response of a LTI system to any function we have to find the response of the LTI
system to an unit impulse i.e., UNIT IMPULSE RESPONSE of the LTI system
Def: It is the response of the CT (or DT) LTI system to an unit impulse input applied at time t = 0 (or n = 0)
Any LTI system can be completely characterized in terms of its unit impulse response
Let h(t) be the unit impulse response of LTI system for an input function of with unit strength
the response of LTI system for an impulse function of strength located at is
Using the superposition theorem, the response y(t) of LTI system for the input f(t) is
The output of any general input may be found by convolving the given input signal f(t) with LTI system's unit
impulse response h(t)
The response y(n) of a discrete time LTI system is given by the convolution of discrete time input signal f(n) and
discrete time unit impulse response h(n)
LTI system is completely characterized by its impulse response and has a number of properties not exhibited by other
systems
1. Commutative Property
• The output of a CT LTI system having input f(t) and unit impulse response h(t) is identified to the output of a
CT LTI system having input h(t) and unit impulse response f(t)
2. Distributive Property
• A parallel combination of LTI systems may be replaced by a single LTI system whose impulse response is the
sum of the individual unit impulse responses in the parallel combination
3. Associative Property
• The impulse response of the cascade of two LTI systems is the convolution of their individual impulse
responses
If f(t) is the input signal and h(t) is the unit impulse response of an LTI system, then its output y(t) is
expressed as a convolution integral
For any general input, the output of the LTI system can be found by convolving the signal with the
system's unit impulse response
The convolution integral can be applied only in time domain and involved complex manipulations. To
Ease the analysis, we use Fourier transform where simpler equations can be obtained in the
frequency domain.
Definition:
The TRANSFER FUNCTION or the frequency response of an LTI system is the transform of its
response when the input is an unit impulse function
For a given system, an input signal f(t) gives rise to a response signal y(t)
i.e., The system processes f(t) in such a way that is CHARACTERISTIC of the system
If the spectral density function of the input signal is given by then the spectral density function
of the response is which implies that the system modifies the spectral density function of
the input (or) THE SYSTEM ACTS AS A KIND OF FILTER TO VARIOUS FREQUENCY COMPONENTS
The system modifies the spectral density function according to its filter characteristics i.e., according
to its transfer function which is the response of the system to various frequency components
Consider a Low Pass RC network. Let a square pulse be applied at its input
If RC =1 , then
Magnitude Plot of is
is a distorted replica of the input function. Here the distortion occurs due to the attenuation of
the high frequency components
• Input signal f(t) rises from 0 to 1 instantaneously at t=0 ⇒ very high frequency
As the system does not pass the HF components, the output cannot rise rapidly and hence it
rises slowly as compared to f(t)
Similarly, the rapid fall of the input signal from 1 to 0 at t=T is seen as a gradual decrease in the
output y(t)
Def: The transmission of a signal through a system is said to be distortion less if the output signal is
an exact replica of the input signal
• A constant change in magnitude and a constant time delay in the output replica is not treated
as distortion
• The magnitude of the output replica may increase or decrease during transmission depending
on whether the system offers gain or attenuation
Thus, an input function f(t) is said to be transmitted without distortion if the output signal y(t) is
defined as
is a constant representing the change in magnitude
is a constant representing the constant time delay
No system in practice has infinite bandwidth. Hence distortion less condition are never met.
The above distortions change the shape of the output waveform as compared to the input waveform
SYSTEM BANDWIDTH:
The bandwidth of a system is referred to as the interval or range of frequencies over which the
magnitude remains within times its value at midband i.e., within 3dB
• BW specifies the constancy of magnitude in a system.
•
• For distortion less transmission, a system with infinite BW is needed. But due to physical
limitations, it is impossible to construct such a system. In general, a satisfactory distortion less
transmission can be achieved by systems with finite but fairly large bandwidths
• Significance of large BWs lies in the fact that for any physical signal, the energy content
decreases with frequency. It is only necessary to construct a system which will transmit the
frequency components which contain the most of the energy of the signal
• Attenuation of extremely high frequency components would tend to introduce very little
distortion since these components carry very little signal energy
SIGNAL BANDWIDTH:
Signal bandwidth can be defined as the range of frequencies in which most signal energy or power
lies. It is the range of the frequencies spanned by significant components of a signal.
In general, twice the highest frequency component is taken as the signal BW i.e.,
Filter:
• ~ is a frequency selective network
• Permits a band of frequencies to pass through it with little attenuation (Pass band)
• Attenuation is severe for remaining frequencies (Stop band)
The transfer functions for ideal LPF, HPF and BPF are illustrated below. Shaded regions represent
passband and non-shaded represent stopband.
Ideal LPF passes all input signal components with radian frequencies below without any
distortion
is the cut-off frequency. The corresponding phase function for distortion less transmission is
Ideal BPF transmits, without any distortion, all of the signals of frequencies within a certain
frequency band radians per second and attenuates completely the signals of frequencies
outside this band.
is the bandwidth of the BPF. The corresponding phase function for distortion less
transmission is .
The transfer function of an ideal BPF is given by
Ideal BRF filter rejects totally all of the signals of frequencies within a certain frequency band
radians per second and transmits without any distortion all signals of frequencies outside this
band.
is the rejection band. The corresponding phase function for distortion less transmission is
.
The transfer function of an ideal BPF is given by
In addition to these filters, there is one more filter called an all pass filter which transmits signals of
all frequencies without any distortion, that is, its bandwidth is ∞
The transfer function of an ideal all pass filter is specified by for all frequencies. The
corresponding phase function for distortion less transmission is .
All ideal filters are non-causal systems i.e., . Hence none of them is physically
realizable. However, we can design some filters which are close to ideal filters
A simple realizable LPF, its transfer function & its impulse response
To distinguish between physically realizable and unrealizable filters we use the Paley-Wiener
criterion
A simple rule for physical realization of a system is that it cannot have a response before the input
(or excitation or driving) function is applied. This is called the CAUSALITY condition and may be
stated as
The causality condition is the time domain criterion for physical realizability
The PALEY-WIENER CRITERION gives the frequency domain equivalent for the causality criterion and
states that
Any system whose magnitude function violates eqn.(2) has a non-causal impulse response
Also for Paley-wiener criterion to be valid, the magnitude function must be square integrable
i.e.,
If over any finite band, then over that band leading to violation of
Paley-Wiener criterion. That means ideal filters are not physically realizable.
2. The magnitude function cannot fall off to zero faster than a function of exponential
order i.e., is permissible but is not realizable as it violates
eqn(2).
It implies, a realizable magnitude characteristic cannot have too great a total attenuation.
Hence ideal filters are not realizable (as they have 100% attenuation at cut-off) and are non-
causal
• The almost ideal LPF characteristics shown above are physically realizable for small values of
• It has zero values at discrete frequencies but non-zero value anywhere for a band of
frequencies
• This characteristic does not violate Paley-Wiener criterion.
Let us consider ideal LPF and a unit step function be applied as the input to the system
The response y(t) does not rise sharply but increases gradually as the sharp rise in input which corresponds to
HF components undergo greater attenuation compared to the LF components
The time taken by the output function to reach its value depends upon the cut-off of the filter or the system
bandwidth.
• Smaller the cut-off, greater the rise time
The RISE TIME is defined as the time taken by the signal to reach the final value from its initial value
The transfer function of a LPF is equivalent to a gate function given by
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Put ⇒ ⇒
⇒
The response,
=
The sine integral , unit step function and the response are shown below
It is obvious that as reduces the response rises more slowly i.e., increases.
Assuming the minimum value of as initial value and maximum value be the final value, the rise time may be
expressed as
An energy signal is one which has finite energy and zero average power i.e.,
Almost all the practical, non-periodic signals defined over a finite time are energy signals
We know that for a real signal the F.T and are complex conjugates i.e.,
Consider a signal applied to an ideal LPF. The transfer function of Ideal LPF is defined as
Using Parseval's theorem, the energy of the output signal may be expressed as
Also, we may assume that the F.T is constant with frequency for a narrow band to .
The energy of the signal over this narrow band will be
It is clear that represents the energy contribution due to bandwidth of the signal including the
negative components i.e., the frequency components of which lie in the narrow band are
transmitted through the filter
represents the energy per unit bandwidth and is therfore called ENERGY DENSITY
SPECTRUM or ENERGY SPECTRAL DENSITY measured in Joules/Hz
The total energy of the signal may be obtained by integrating over the bandwidth of the signal
For real signals, i.e., the spectrum is symmetrical and contribution of negative
and positive frequencies will be same
Ex:
We know that
[Using eqn.(5)]
PROPERTIES OF ESD:
1. The total area under the ESD function is equal to the total energy of that signal.
Mathematically,
2. If is input to a LTI system with transfer function then the input and output ESD are
related as
3. The auto-correlation function and ESD form a F.T pair. Mathematically
An power signal is one which has finite average power and infinite energy i.e.,
Almost all the practical periodic signals are power signals since their average power is finite and non-zero
The Parseval's theorem for power signals states that the power of a signal may be defined in terms of its Fourier Series
coefficients
PROOF:
Consider a signal
We know that where is the complex conjuagte of
The power P of the signal over one cycle is expressed as
Since ,
Using (7) in (6), we get
i.e., Parseval's power theorem states that the power of a signal is equal to the sum of the square of the magnitudes of
various components present in the discrete spectrum
The expression for power spectral density may be derived by assuming the power signal as a limiting case of an energy
signal
Consider a power signal extending to infinity. Terminate the signal such that it is 0 outside the interval i.e., the
By observation, we can say that over the interval is the same as over the interval
i.e.,
Total power of the signal is obtained by integrating the product of PSD & bandwidth over the entire
bandwidth
From , it is evident that PSD of a signal retains only magnitude information of the frequency spectrum
So, all signals with identical frequency spectrum magnitude and different phase functions will have the same PSD. Thus
for a given signal, there is a unique PSD. But the converse is not true as there may be a large number of signals with the
same PSD.
PROPERTIES OF PSD:
1. The total area under the PSD function is equal to the average power of that signal. Mathematically,
2. If f is input to a LTI system with transfer function then the input and output PSD are related as
ESD PSD
ESD gives the distribution of the energy of signal in PSD gives the distribution of the power of signal in
frequency domain frequency domain
CROSS POWER:
PROPERTIES OF CSD:
1.
2. Real part of are even functions of
3. Imaginary part of are odd functions of
4. if are orthogonal
Statement:
The multiplication of a signal by a sinusoidal function of frequency shifts its power spectral density by i.e., If
a function has a PSD , then the PSD of the function is given by