Assignment #1

EC-202: Signals and Systems

Q1. Determine whether the following signals are periodic. If they are periodic, find the fundamental
period.
(a) xn cos
7
n
15

(b) x n cos n sin n 3 cos n
2 8 4 3
k

(c) xt 1 t 2k
k

(d) x t e 2 j 3 t

Q2. Test whether the following systems are linear or not.

(a) y n x n (b) y n x n n x n 1
1
,
x n 1

3tyt t 2 xt sin t yt 2 xt
dy dy dx
(c) (d)
dt , dt dt

Q3. Check whether the following systems are time invariant or not.

(a) y t x t cos x t
(b) y n x n x n 1

Q4. The conjugate symmetric (or Hermitian) potion of a signal is defined as wcs t wt w t / 2 .
Show that the real portion of wcs t is even and that the imaginary portion of wcs t is odd.

Q5. A signal xt is defined as

t 0 t 1
0.5 0.5 cos 2t 1 t 2

xt
3 t 2t3
0 otherwise

The energy of xt is E 1.0417

1
(a) What is the energy of y1 t x2t ?
3
(b) A periodic signal y 2 t is defined as
xt 0t 4
y2 t
y2 t 4 t
What is the power of y2 t ?

1
(c) What is the power of y3 t y 2 2t ?
3
Q6. (a) If x e t and x o t are even and the odd components of a real signal x t , then show that

xe t xo t dt 0


(b) show that x t dt xe t dt

Q7. Find y n x n h n by graphical convolution

x n 2u n 2 2u n 3u n 1 3u n 3
h n u n 1 3u n 5u n 1 3u n 2

Q8. Any function g t can be split unambiguously into an even part and an odd part, as shown by

g t g e t g o t

The even part is defined by

g e t
1
g t g t
2

and the odd part is defined by

g o t
1
g t g t
2

Evaluate the even and odd parts of a rectangular pulse defined by

t 1
g t A rect
T 2
Q9. Consider the LTI systems specified by the following differential equations:
d y 0 t
(i)
D 2 5D 6 yt D 1xt , y 0 0 2 ,
dt t 0
1
d y 0 t
(ii) D 2

4D 4 yt Dxt ,
y0 0 3 ,
dt t 0
4

d y 0 t
(iii) D 2

9 yt 3D 2xt ,
y0 0 0 ,
dt t 0
6

d y 0 t
(iv) D 2

4D 13 yt 4D 2xt ,
y0 0 5 ,
dt t 0
15.98

(a) Find the characteristic polynomial, characteristic equation, characteristic roots and
characteristic modes of the above systems.
(b) Find y 0 t , the zero-input component of the response yt for t 0 .
(c) Find the impulse responses of the above systems.
(d) Find the zero-state response of the systems for xt .

Q10. A system is described by a constant-coefficient linear differential equation and has zero-input
response given by y 0 t 2e t 3 .

(a) Is it possible for the systems characteristic equation to be 1 0 ? Justify your answer.
(b) Is it possible for the systems characteristic equation to be 3
1
2 2

0 ? Justify your answer.
(c) Is it possible for the systems characteristic equation to be 1 0 ? Justify your answer.
2

Q11. Find the unit impulse response of a system specified by the equation
(a)
D 2 4D 3 yt D 5xt
 (b) D 2

5D 6 yt D 2 7 D 11 xt

(c) D 2
6D 9yt 2D 9xt

Q12. (a) If ct xt g t , then show that Ac Ax Ag , where Ax , Ag , and Ac are the areas under
xt , g t , and ct , respectively, where the symbol denotes the convolution.

(b) If xt g t ct , then show that xat g at cat where the symbol denotes the
1
a
convolution.

Q13. Find zero-state response y t of the systems for which

(a) ht e t u t and xt sin 3t u t

(b) ht 2e 3t
e 2t
ut and xt e 2t u t
(c) ht e t u t and xt e 2t 3 u t
(d) ht e t u t and xt e 2t u t 3

Q14. Using the classical method, solve

d y t

(a) D 2 6D 25 yt D 3xt
for y 0 0 ,
dt t 0
2 and xt u t

d y t
(b) D 2 4D 4yt D 1xt for y 0 9 4 , 5 and input xt e 3t u t
dt t 0
d y t

(c) D 2 2D yt D 1xt
for y 0 2 ,
dt t 0
1 and xt u t

Q15. Solve the following equation recursively (first three terms only):

yn 2 3 yn 1 2 yn xn 2 3xn 1 3xn

with xn 3n un , y 1 3 , and y 2 2

Q16. (a) Solve yn 2 3 yn 1 2 yn 0

if y 1 0 , and y 2 1

(b) Solve yn 2 2 yn 1 yn 0

if y 1 1 , and y 2 1

(c) Solve yn 2 2 yn 1 2 yn 0

if y 1 1 , and y 2 0

Q17. Find the unit impulse response hn of systems specified by the following equations:

(a) E 2 6E 9 yn Exn
(b) yn 6 yn 1 25 yn 2 2 xn 4 xn 1
Q18. Find the (zero-state) response yn of an LTI system if the input is xn 3 n 1 un 2 and

hn
1
2

n 2 2n1 un 3

Q19. Find an LTID system (zero-state) response if its impulse response hn 0.5n un, and the input
xn is

(a) 2 n un
(b) 2 n3 un
(c) 2 n un 2

Q20. Determine graphically yt xt ht for xt e t ut and ht e 2t ut . Where symbol

denotes the convolution.