EE201Signals and Systems

FINAL EXAM
14 January 2011

Problem 1 Signals (32 points)

a) Suppose x (t ) is given as below

x (t )

-2

i) Sketch x (1 2t ) . ii) Sketch (t 2) * x (t ) where * denotes the convolution operator. b) Suppose x (t ) is such that its Fourier transform X ( ) is given as below

X ( )

-2

i) Sketch the Fourier transform of e jt x (t ) . ii) Show that e jt * x(t ) = e jt where * denotes the convolution operator.

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Problem 2 Periodicity of Signals (24 points)

Determine whether the following signals are periodic and if so find their fundamental frequency. a) x(t ) = e j 3t cos(t 3) b) x(t ) = cos(t ) + 2 sin( 3t ) c) x[n] = cos[n 3]

Problem 3 LTI Systems (32 points)

a) Determine whether the following systems are linear and time-invariant, and if so find their impulse response. i) y (t ) = sin( x(t )) ii) y (t ) = x( t ) iii) y[n ] = 3x[n + 2] x[n 1] b) Suppose an LTI system has the following outputs y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) for some inputs x1 (t ) and x1 (t ) , respectively:

y1 (t )

y 2 (t )

-2

-2 2 4

Sketch the output y (t ) of this LTI system for an input signal x (t ) given by x(t ) = x1 (t 2) 2 x2 (t ) .

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Problem 4 Convolution (36 points)

Compute the convolution y[n ] = x[n ] h[n ] of the following pairs of signals: a) x[n] = 4n u[n]

h[n ] =

1 u[n ] 2n

b)

x[n ]
4 3

-2

1
-1 0 1 2 3 4

-2

h[n ]

-2

1
-1 0 1 2 3 4

-2

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Problem 5 Fourier Series (20 points)

Consider the following signal

x(t ) = 2 cos(2t 3) 3sin(3t 2)

a) Show that the fundamental period of x (t ) is 12. b) Find the Fourier series coefficients ck for x (t ) .

Problem 6 Sampling (34 points)

Let a continuous-time signal x(t ) be defined as:

x(t ) = cos(t 2) + 2 cos(3t ) .

c) Sketch the Fourier transform of x(t ). d) Let x[n ] denote the discrete-time signal obtained by sampling x(t ) with a sampling interval T = 1 second. Is there aliasing as a result of this sampling? Explain your answer. e) Find the reconstructed continuous-time signal ~(t ) obtained from x[n ] using an ideal low pass x filter with reconstruction interval T = 1 second as well.

Problem 7 Laplace transform (27 points)

Consider the LTI system described by the following differential equation

d3 d2 d d2 d y (t ) + 2 2 y (t ) y (t ) 2 y (t ) = 2 x (t ) + 2 x (t ) 2 x (t ) 3 dt dt dt dt dt
f) Find the Laplace transform H (s ) of the impulse response h (t ) of this system. g) What would be region of convergence ROC of H (s ) if h (t ) is assumed to be causal.

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Problem 8 The z-transform (27 points)

Consider the z-transform

X ( z) =

z (3z + 1) ( z + 2)( z 3)

h) Sketch the zeros and poles of X (z ) on the z-plane. i) Find the two-sided signal x[n ] whose z-transform is given by X (z ) above.

Problem 9 Fourier Transform (18 points)

Let x(t ) and X (w) be Fourier transform pairs. Define ~(t ) as the periodic version of x(t ) with x period T , i.e.,

~ (t ) = x

n =

x(t nT )

Express the Fourier series coefficients of ~(t ) in terms of X (w) . (Hint: Use the fact that x 2 (t nT ) and 2 k (t k T ) are Fourier transform pairs.) n = =

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Fourier Series and Fourier Transform Relations

x (t ) =

1 2

jt X ()e d

X ( ) =

t =

x (t )e

jt

dt

x (t ) =

k =

ck e jk0t

ck =

1 jk t x(t )e 0 dt T <T >

X ( ) = 2

k =

c ( k )
k 0

1 x[n ] = 2

jn X ()e d

X () =

< 2 >

n =

x[n]e

jn

x[n] = ck e jk0n
<N >

ck =

1 N

<N >

x[n]e

jk 0 n

X () = 2 ck ( k0 )
<N >

Laplace Transform

X ( s) =

t =

x (t )e

st

dt

sX ( s ) =

d st x(t ) e dt dt t =

The z-transform

X ( z) =

n =

x[n]z

Power Series Sum

k =m

ak =

a m a n+1 1 a

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