DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

EEEB 233 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

Academic Year 2014/2015 Semester 1
Test 2 Fourier Series & Fourier Transform

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Question

Section

Marks

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(10 marks)
2
(10 marks)
3
(5 marks)
4
(15 marks)
5
(10 marks)
Total
(50 marks)

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Question 1 (10 marks)

A continuous-time periodic signal () is real valued and has a fundamental period T = 8s. The nonzero
Fourier series coefficients for () are
1 = 1 = 2; 2 = 2 = 4

Express () in the Trigonometric Fourier Series form

() = ( + )
=0

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Question 2 (10 marks)

Consider a continuous-time LTI system whose frequency response is

() = () =

If the input to this system is a periodic signal

with period T = 8,

() =

1,
1,

0<4
4<8

a) Determine the corresponding system output, ().

b) Determine the 4th harmonic component.

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Question 3 (5 marks)
Consider a three-point moving average discrete-time filter described by the difference equation
1
[] = {[] + [ 1] + [ 2]}
3

a) Find and sketch the impulse response, [] of the filter.

b) Find the frequency response, ( ) of the filter

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Question 4a (10 marks)

The signal () is given by:

() = 2

1

2 ()

Determine:
a) The Fourier transform of ().
b) The Fourier transform of () delayed by 3 seconds. Apply the Fourier transform properties.
c)

Find the Fourier transform of () = 2

1
2

( 1) .

1
2

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Question 4b (5 marks)
The signal () is given by:

Determine

()

() =

2
0

using the Fourier Transform properties.

| | 1

() =

4 sin 4 cos

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Question 5 (10 marks)

Using the Fourier transform, determine the impulse response of the system described by
()
()
2 ()
+5
6() =
+ ()
2

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Useful Formulae:
1

Trigonometric Identity: 2 = 2 (1 cos 2)

Eulers relationship:

Summation of Geometric Series

= cos + sin

=0

Convolution:
() =

()( )

[] = [][ ]
=

=0

() =

() = ()

2 = 2 = 1

= = (1)

=
=

() = ; = ( )
=

Fourier Transform for Periodic Signals:

() = 2 ( )
=

Z-Transform Pair

() = []

Laplace Transform Pair

1
() 1
[] =
2

() = () 2 ( = + )

1 +1
, || 1
1

Fourier Series Pair for Periodic Signals:

1
= ()
<>
2
1


= ()
<>

Fourier Transform for Aperiodic Signal:

1
()
() =
2

1
, || < 1
1

1
1
cos = + , =
2
2

1
()
() =
2

Countour Integration along {} =

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