Signals and Systems I (2016506)

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Tutorial 10 - Z-Transform

conceptual questions

1. List the properties of the ROC of a Z-Transform. In how much do they differ from
those of the ROC of a Laplace Transform?

2. How can be evaluated whether an LTI system is BIBO stable? What if the system is
causal as well?

3. State the Initial Value Theorem and the Final Value Theorem of the Z-Transform. Are
they different than their Laplace Transform versions?

4. Compute the initial and final values of the signal

z+1
Y (z) = |z| > 2
z2 + 3z + 2

exercises

1. Determine the Z-Transform and the corresponding Region of Convergence (ROC) for
each of the following sequences. Can you evaluate the DT Fourier Transform from
the Z-Transform?
a) x [n] = δ [n + 5]
b) x [n] = u [n] − u [n − 1]
c) x [n] = (−1)n u [n]
 n
d) x [n] = 2n u [n] + 21 u [n]

n
n
e) x [n] = 2 32 u [n] − 52 u [n]

2. Suppose that the algebraic expression for the Z-Transform of x [n] is

1 − 14 z−2
X (z) =  
1 + 14 z−2 1 + 34 z−1 − 38 z−2

How many different ROCs could correspond to X (z)?

3. Given that x [n] = 3n u [n], find the Z-Transform of

y [n] = nx [n] + x [n − 1] u [n − 1] + x [n + 1] u [n + 1]

4. Find the inverse Z-Transform of:

1− 13 z−1
a) X (z) = |z| > 2
( 1 − z −1
)(1+2z−1 )
2z
b) X (z) = z2 − z +1
(One-sided)

5. Find the initial and final values of x [n] for each of the following cases:
2(z− 16 )
a) X (z) =
(z− 14 )(z− 51 )
z2 −1
b) X (z) = z3 +2z+2
6. Using the one-sided Z-Transform, solve the following difference equation:

y [n + 1] − 2y [n] = (1.5)n y [0] = 1

7. An LTI discrete-time system is described by

1
y [n + 2] + y [n + 1] + y [n] = x [n + 1] + 2x [n]
2
a) Obtain the transfer function of the system
b) Obtain the response of the system to an unit step input
c) Obtain the impulse response of the system
d) Is the system stable?