EEE2035F: Signals and Systems I

Class Test 2
23 April 2012

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Student number:

Information
The test is closed-book.
This test has four questions, totalling 20 marks.
Answer all the questions.
You have 45 minutes.

1. (5 marks) For the following signals, y(t) = h(t) x(t):

2
x(t)

1
1

h(t)

1
2

Find the values of a, b, and c, justifying all answers.

y(t)
b

2. (5 marks) The impulse response of a LTI system is given by h(t) =

1 t/0
e
u(t).
0

(a) Find the step response g(t) of the system, or the response of the system to the unit step
input x(t) = u(t).
(b) Find a simple expression for the response y(t) of the system to the input x(t) below:
1

x(t)

(Hint: the result from part (a) can be useful here. If you couldnt find the answer for that
part, then just express the response in terms of g(t).)

3. (5 marks) Consider the periodic signal x(t) given by the expression

x(t) = (2 + 2j)ej3t 3jej2t + 5 + 3jej2t + (2 2j)ej3t .
(a) What is the fundamental frequency of x(t)?
(b) Sketch the Fourier spectrum (the Fourier series coefficients).
(c) Is x(t) a real signal? Why?
(d) What is the total power of x(t)?

4. (5 marks) The impulse response of a LTI system is known to be

1

h(t)

(a) Use the definition of convolution to show that when the input is x(t) = ej0 t , the output is
y(t) = H(0 )ej0 t with
1 ej
.
H() =
j
(b) Using this result (or otherwise) find the output when the input is x(t) = ej2t .
(c) Suppose now that the input is
x(t) =

ck ejk0 t ,

k=

with c0 = 3, c1 = c1 = 2 and c2 = c2 = 1, and all other coefficients zero. The output

can be expressed as

X
dk ejk0 t ,
y(t) =
k=

Specify the values for dk .

INFORMATION SHEET
Fourier transform properties
Property

Transform Pair/Property

Linearity

ax(t) + bv(t) aX() + bV ()

Time shift

x(t c) X()ejc

Time scaling

x(at)

1
a X( a )

a>0

Time reversal

x(t) X() = X()

Multiplication by power of t

d
tn x(t) j n d
n X()

Frequency shift

x(t)ej0 t X( 0 ) 0 real

Multiplication by cos(0 t)

x(t) cos(0 t)

n = 1, 2, . . .

1
2 [X( + 0 ) + X(
n
dn
x(t)

(j)
X() n = 1, 2, . . .
n
Rdtt
1
x()d j X() + X(0)()

Differentiation in time domain

Integration

0 )]

Convolution in time domain

x(t) v(t) X()V ()

Multiplication in time domain

1
x(t)v(t) 2
X() V ()
R
R
1
X()V ()d
x(t)v(t)dt = 2

R
R

2
2
1
|X()|
d
x
(t)dt
=
2

Parsevals theorem
Parsevals theorem (special case)

X(t) 2x()

Duality

Common Fourier Transform Pairs

x(t) =

1
2

X()ejt d

X() =

1 ( < t < )

2()

0.5 + u(t)

1
j

u(t)

() +

(t)

(t c)

ejc

bt

1
j+b

u(t)

x(t)ejt dt

1
j

(c any real number)

(b > 0)

ej0 t

2( 0 )

p (t)

sinc 2

t
sinc 2


2|t|
p (t)
1

2p ()

(0 any real number)

2 t

2 sinc 4

sinc2 4


2||
2 1
p ()

cos(0 t + )

[ej ( + 0 ) + ej ( 0 )]

sin(0 t + )

j[ej ( + 0 ) ej ( 0 )]

Trigonometric identities
sin() = sin()
sin2 () + cos2 () = 1

cos() = cos()

tan() = tan()

sin(2) = 2 sin() cos()

cos(2) = cos2 () sin2 () = 2 cos2 () 1 = 1 2 sin2 ()

sin(1 + 2 ) = sin(1 ) cos(2 ) + cos(1 ) sin(2 )
ej = cos() + j sin()

cos(1 + 2 ) = cos(1 ) cos(2 ) sin(1 ) sin(2 )