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EE 301‐ Signals and Systems

Given the continuous‐time (CT) and discrete‐time (DT) signals x(t) and x(n) shown below, sketch and label
carefully the signals in (a) and (b). [Note: u(t) and u(n) denote the CT and DT unit step signals respectively]

x (t ) x (n )
2 2

1 1 1

t n
0
-2 -1 1 2 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1

-2

(a) (i) y1 (t )  2 x ( 2t  1) , (ii) y 2 ( t )  [ x ( t )  x (  t )]u ( t ) .

Ans: (i) y1 (t )  2 x[2(t  0.5)] , (ii) Note that: y 2 (t )  [ x (t )u (t )  x ( t )u (t )]

y2 (t )
y1 ( t )
4 2

2
1

t t
-2 -1.5 0 0.5 0
-1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2

(b) (i) y1 [n ]  x[3n ] , (ii) y 2 [n ]  x[3n  1]u[n ] .

Ans: (i) y1 ( n )  x[3( n )] , (ii) Note that: y 2 ( n )  x[3n  1]  u[n ]

y1 ( n ) y2 ( n)
2 1

n n
-2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2

-1

 /2 
(c) Evaluate the integrals: (i) cos( t )  ( t   ) dt , (ii) e - t  ( 2 t  2 ) dt .
0



   
1
 e -t  (2t  2) dt  0 , (ii)  e - t  ( 2 t  2 ) dt   e - t  [ 2 ( t  1)] dt    ( t  1) dt  0 . 5 e
-1
Ans: (i) e -t
   
|2|

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Question 2 (30 marks):

(a) Classify the following signal as periodic or aperiodic and find the fundamental period, if periodic:
2 2    
(i) x ( t )  [cos( 2 t  )] , (ii) x ( n )  cos( n )  sin( n )  cos( n  ) .
3 4 8 2 3

1 
Ans: (i) Periodic, since x (t )  {1  cos(4t  4 / 3)} ; 0  4 , T0  .
2 2

    2
(ii) Periodic, since 0  gcd( , )  ; thus N 
,  16 .
4 8 2 8 0
2 t
(b) (i) Determine the total energy or average power for the signal x (t )  0.5e u(t ) , and classify it as
energy or power signal. (ii) State (without proof), whether or not the system with input‐output relation
t
y (t ) 

 x( )d , possess the properties: invertibility, linearity, time invariance, memoryless, causality.
T 0.25
Ans: (i) E tot  lim
 | 0 .5 e
2t
u ( t ) |2 dt  , Pave  0 .
T 
T
4

dy (t )
(ii): I. invertible, since  x (t )
dt

II. linear, since additivity & homogeneity properties would be satisfied.

III. not time‐invariant, since y (t1 )  y (t 2 ) for same input x (t ) , if t1  t2 .

IV. not memoryless, since past inputs must be kept in order to compute y (t ) .

V. Causal, since future inputs are not required in order to compute y (t ) .

(c) An LTI system has input‐output pairs x1 (t ) and y1 (t ) as shown below. Compute and sketch the response
of the system to the input signals: (i) x2 (t )  2u (t  1) , (ii) x3 (t )   (t )   (t  1)   (t  2)   (t  3) .

y 2 (t ) y3 ( t ) 2

x1 ( t )  u ( t ) 2
1
1
y1 (t )
1 t t
1
0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4
LTI

t t
0 1 2 3 0 1 -2 -2

Ans: (i) x2 (t )  2 x1 (t  1) y 2 (t )  2 y1 (t  1) . Note that: y1 (t)  {u(t)  u(t 1)}

d d
(ii) x3 (t)  {x1(t)  x1(t 1)  x1(t  2)  x1(t  3)} y3(t)  {y1(t)  y1(t 1)  y1(t  2)  y1(t  3)}
dt dt

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Question 3 (40 marks):

(a) The output of a CT LTI system with input x(t ) and impulse response h(t ) is given by the convolution
expression: y (t )  x (t ) * h (t ) . Show that: x (t  t0 ) * h (t  t0 )  y (t  2t0 ) .

2 t
(b) Given that h (t )  e u(t ) and x (t )  e 2 t u ( t ) , determine and sketch y (t ) for the system in part (a).

(c) Calculate the output of a DT LTI system with impulse response h ( n )  0.5 ( n )  2 ( n  1) , given that
the input signal is x ( n )   ( n )  0.5 ( n  1)  0.25 ( n  2) .


(d) Assess the stability of the LTI systems with impulse response: (i) h ( n )  u ( n ) , (ii) h(t )   (0.5) k  (t  k ) .
k 0


Ans: (a) x(t  t0 ) * h(t  t0 )  x(  t0 )h(t   t0 )d ; let     t 0 , then this convolution integral becomes:
0

 


 x( )h(t   2t0 )d = y(t  2t0 ) , since y(t )  x( )h(t    )d equals integral above if we let t   t  2t0 .
0
0

1 x ( )

0

1
h (t   ) , t  0

t 0
1 h (t   ) , t  0
t 2t
e 
(b) 
For t  0 , y(t)  e2 e2(t  ) d 

4
0 t

y (t) 1
4

t
e2t
0


2 2( t  )
For t  0 , y(t)  e e d  0


4

(c) y(n)  h(n) * x(n)  [0.5 (n)  2 (n 1)]* x(n)  0.5x(n)  2x(n 1)
 0.5 ( n )  2.25 ( n  1)  1.125 ( n  2)  0.5 ( n  3)
2.25
x(n)
1.125

0.5
0.5
n

[note: graphical convolution gives same result] -1 0 1 2 3 4

    
1
 | h( n ) |   | u(n ) |   : unstable, (ii) 0| h ( t ) | dt  0 |   ( t  k ) | dt 
k
(d) (i) ( 0 .5) : stable
k 0 k 0 k 0 1  0 .5