Signals and Systems

Assignment no. 4
Fourier Transform
Submission Deadline: 11-05-2015
Q1: Find the Fourier transform of the following signals and sketch the magnitude and
phase as a function of frequency:
a) (t 5)

b) e(1+ j 2)t u(t)

c) cos( / t)
d) e

a t

, a>0

Q2: Find the signal corresponding to the following transforms.

1
a)
7 + j
b) 2 ( +7)+2 ( -7)

c)

1
9 +2

Q3: An LTI system has an impulse response, = !!" (), and output =
[ !!" !!" ](). Using the convolution property, find the input signal.
Q4: Consider the following RC circuit:

a) Find the impulse response of the system, its frequency response and sketch the
magnitude spectrum of the frequency response.
b) Find the impulse response of the system if the positions of the capacitor and
resistor are interchanged. Sketch the magnitude spectrum of the frequency
response
Q5: In the amplitude modulation system,

the input x(t) has the Fourier transform shown below:

For each choice of carrier c(t) in the following list, draw the magnitude and phase of
(), the Fourier transform of y(t).
a) c(t) = cos3 c t

b) c(t) = e j[3ct+ /2]

c) c(t) = cos3 c t + sin 3 c t
Q6: Find the energy of the following signals, using Parsevals theorem:
a) x(t) = u(t) u(t 5)
sin( t)
b) x(t) =
t
Q7: A signal has a Fourier transform

2 + j4 + 2
2 + j4 + 3
Find the transforms of the following signals:
a) x(2t +1)
dx(t)
b)
dt
c) x(t) (t 1)
X( ) =

Q8: The spectrum of speech signal is essentially zero for all frequencies above 5 kHz.
Find the Nyquist sampling rate and sample spacing for such a signal.
Q9: Consider the system shown below:

For each input spectrum shown below, identify the correct output spectrum
! ().

Q10: Compute the discrete-time Fourier transform of the following signals:

a) x[n] = (a n sin0 n)u[n], a < 1

1
b) x[n] = ( )n u[n + 2]
4
1 n
c) x[n] = n( )
3
1

d) x[n] = sin 3n + 4 cos n

2
8
Q11: The frequency response of a discrete-time system is given
1 1 j
+ e
2 12
H (e j ) =
5
1
1+ e j + e2 j
6
6
a) Find the impulse response of the system
b) Find the difference equation representation of the system
!
c) Find the response of the system if the input is the signal (!)! u[n]
Q12: Four different transforms have been introduced thus far:
a) Continuous-time Fourier series
b) Discrete-time Fourier series
c) Continous-time Fourier transform
d) Discrete-time Fourier transform
Fill the table depending on which transform(s) can be used to represent the signal
described on the left.

Q13: An LTI system is characterized by an impulse response:

n
sin
3
h[n] =
n
c) Sketch the magnitude of the system transfer function
!!
d) Evaluate the output when the input is (1)! cos !
Q14: Find the discrete-time sequence x[n] with the transforms given as follows:

2
4
5
a) X(e j ) = j[ ]+ [
]+ [
]+ j[ ]
3
3
3
3
j
b) X(e ) = 4sin 5 + 2 cos

5
1 e j
6
c) X(e j ) =
1 j 1 j 2
1+ e e
12
12
Q15: Show that the discrete-time Fourier transform of the signal given as:
N1

ak e jk0n, N 0 = 2
k=0

N1
DTFT
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2 a ( k
k

k=0