Assignment 1
Assignment 1
Assignment 1
Spring-2024
Questions
1. Consider the signal x(t) defined as x(t) = e−at for t ≥ 0 and 0 otherwise. What is the bandwidth
required to transmit 95% of the signal?
Hint: It will be a function of ’ a ’.
2. Consider the tent signal s(t) = (1 − |t|)I[−1,1] (t).
(a) Find and sketch the Fourier transform S(f ).
(b) Compute the 99% energy containment bandwidth in KHz, assuming that the unit of time is millisec-
onds.
3. Let x(t) and y(t) be two periodic signals with period T0 , and let xn and yn denote the Fourier series
coefficients of these two signals.
(a) Show that
Z α+T0 ∞
1 X
x(t)y ∗ (t)dt = xn yn∗
T0 α n=−∞
This relation is known as Parseval’s relation for the Fourier series. Show that the Rayleigh’s relation for
periodic signals is a special case of this relation. Rayleigh’s Relation is shown below.
Rayleigh’s Relation:
∞
X 2
|xn |
n=−∞
(b) Show that for all periodic physical signals that have finite power, the coefficients of the Fourier series
expansion xn tend to zero as n → ∞.
(c) Use Parseval’s relation in part (a) to prove the following identity.
1 1 1 π4
1+ 4
+ 4 + ... + 4
=
3 5 (2n + 1) 96
Hint: Find Fourier series expansion of f (x) = x2 , x ∈ [−π, π] and then use Parseval’s identity.
4. Determine the Fourier transform of each of the following signals.
(a) sinc3 t
(b) t sinct
(c) te−αt cos(βt)
5. Using the properties of the Fourier transform, evaluate the following integrals
R∞
(a) 0 e−αt sinc2 (t)dt
R∞
(b) 0 e−αt cos(βt)dt
7. The passband signal u(t) = I[−1;1] (t) cos(100πt) is passed through the passband filter h(t) = I[0;3] (t) sin(100πt).
Find an explicit time-domain expression for the filter output.
8. Consider a passband signal of the form
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