ECSE 2410 - Signals & Systems

February 13, 2015

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Assignment 6
Due on February 20, 2015

1. For signals f (t) and g(t) given as

f (t) =

2t

0t1

3t 1<t2

0
otherwise

and
g(t) = (t + 3) + 2(t) + (t 3)
(a) Determine the convolution w(t) = f (t) ? g(t) via the analytical approach.
(b) Plot w(t)
2. For the two signals
f (t) =

X
i=0

u(t i)

and

g(t) = exp(3t)u(t)

(a) Compute f (t) ? g(t)

(b) Compute ( dfdt(t) ) ? g(t).
3. For signal x(t) =

1
1+t

u(t):

(a) Sketch x(t) versus t.

(b) Find and sketch x(t) ? u(t) where u(t) is the unit step function

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February 13, 2015

4. We have two systems with impulse response functions

h1 = 2u(t)
and
h2 (t) = (t + 1)[u(t) u(t 1)]
Find the impulse response of the following two systems
(a) Cascade (series) combination of h1 (t) and h2 (t).
(b) Parallel combination of h1 (t) and h2 (t).
hint: check slides 29-30 of lecture 6 (section 1).
5. The impulse response of an LTI system, denoted by h(t), and its input x(t) are given in
Figure 1. What is the output?

x(t)

h(t)

1
2

Figure 1: Problem 5

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