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Linearity in CT Fourier Transform

1. The document is a tutorial on the continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT). The CTFT is an equivalent representation of a signal x(t) in the frequency domain rather than a transformation of the signal. 2. It provides the analysis and synthesis equations of the CTFT and asks conceptual questions about whether certain signals satisfy Dirichlet conditions and whether CTFTs are always complex-valued. 3. Exercises are provided to compute the CTFT for various signals, find the CTFT of a periodic pulse train, and prove properties about real and even signals and their spectra. Steady-state response of LTI systems is also discussed.

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Linearity in CT Fourier Transform

1. The document is a tutorial on the continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT). The CTFT is an equivalent representation of a signal x(t) in the frequency domain rather than a transformation of the signal. 2. It provides the analysis and synthesis equations of the CTFT and asks conceptual questions about whether certain signals satisfy Dirichlet conditions and whether CTFTs are always complex-valued. 3. Exercises are provided to compute the CTFT for various signals, find the CTFT of a periodic pulse train, and prove properties about real and even signals and their spectra. Steady-state response of LTI systems is also discussed.

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Signals and Systems I (2016506)

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Tutorial 6 - CT Fourier Transform

conceptual questions

1. Define the CT Fourier Transform (CTFT). Is the CTFT an operation that changes the
signal x (t) in time or an equivalent representation of the signal x (t) in the frequency
domain? Justify your answer

2. Write the analysis and synthesis equations of the CTFT

3. Do the signals x1 (t) = sin (ω0 t) and x2 (t) = u (t) fulfill the Dirichlet conditions? If
yes/no, justify your answer. Why do have their CT Fourier Transforms in common?

4. (True or False) Every practical signal has a complex-valued CTFT. Justify your answer

5. Are the CT Fourier Series (CTFS) more general than the CTFT? Or is the CTFT more
general than the CTFS? Justify your answer

exercises

1. Compute the CT Fourier Transform for the following signals


a) x (t) = δ (t)
b) x (t) = e jω0 t (Hint: use the result of the previous exercise and the synthesis equa-
tion)
c) x (t) = e− jω0 t
d) x (t) = sin (ω0 t) (Hint: make use of the linearity property1 )
e) x (t) = cos (ω0 t)
f) x (t) = e2t u (t)
g) x (t) = e− at u (t) with a > 0
h) x (t) = e− a|t| with a > 0

2. Consider the periodic pulse train x̃ (t) shown in Figure 1. Compute the CT Fourier
Transform of x̃ (t)

Figure 1: Periodic pulse train for Exercise 2.

3. Show that if x (t) is real and even, then X ( jω ) is real and even. Can the spectrum of
a positive-time signal (i.e., x (t) = 0 for t < 0) be real? If we consider all real-world
signals to be positive-time, will we encounter real-valued spectra in practice?

F
1 Linearity Property: For all ᾱ1,2 ∈ C, we have that ᾱ1 x1 (t) + ᾱ2 x2 (t) ↔ ᾱ1 X1 ( jω ) + ᾱ2 X2 ( jω )
4. Show that the steady-state response y (t) to an input x (t) = sin (ω0 t) of an LTI, BIBO
stable and causal system with impulse response h (t) = F −1 { H ( jω )} equals

yss := lim y (t) = | H ( jω0 ) | sin (ω0 t + ∠ H ( jω0 ))


t→∞

Note that this relationship is the basis of steady-state phasor analysis in Linear Circuit
Theory and Power System Analysis

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