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Basic Operations on Signals Explained

The document outlines basic operations on signals, focusing on two variable parameters: amplitude and time. It describes operations such as amplitude scaling, addition, subtraction, multiplication, time shifting, time scaling, and time reversal, providing examples for each. The document emphasizes how these operations affect the corresponding amplitudes and time characteristics of the signals.

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Basic Operations on Signals Explained

The document outlines basic operations on signals, focusing on two variable parameters: amplitude and time. It describes operations such as amplitude scaling, addition, subtraction, multiplication, time shifting, time scaling, and time reversal, providing examples for each. The document emphasizes how these operations affect the corresponding amplitudes and time characteristics of the signals.

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Signals Basic Operations

There are two variable parameters in general:

Amplitude
Time

The following operation can be performed with amplitude:

Amplitude Scaling

C x(t) is a amplitude scaled version of x(t) whose amplitude is scaled by a factor C.

Addition
Addition of two signals is nothing but addition of their corresponding amplitudes. This can be best
explained by using the following example:

As seen from the diagram above,

-10 < t < -3 amplitude of z(t) = x1(t) + x2(t) = 0 + 2 = 2


-3 < t < 3 amplitude of z(t) = x1(t) + x2(t) = 1 + 2 = 3

3 < t < 10 amplitude of z(t) = x1(t) + x2(t) = 0 + 2 = 2

Subtraction
subtraction of two signals is nothing but subtraction of their corresponding amplitudes. This can be
best explained by the following example:

As seen from the diagram above,

-10 < t < -3 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) - x2(t) = 0 - 2 = -2


-3 < t < 3 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) - x2(t) = 1 - 2 = -1

3 < t < 10 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) + x2(t) = 0 - 2 = -2

Multiplication

Multiplication of two signals is nothing but multiplication of their corresponding amplitudes. This
can be best explained by the following example:
As seen from the diagram above,

-10 < t < -3 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) ×x2(t) = 0 ×2 = 0

-3 < t < 3 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) ×x2(t) = 1 ×2 = 2

3 < t < 10 amplitude of z (t) = x1(t) × x2(t) = 0 × 2 = 0

The following operations can be performed with time:

Time Shifting
x(t ± t0) is time shifted version of the signal x(t).

x (t + t0) → negative shift

x (t - t0) → positive shift

Time Scaling

x(At) is time scaled version of the signal x(t). where A is always positive.

|A| > 1 → Compression of the signal


|A| < 1 → Expansion of the signal

Note: u(at) = u(t) time scaling is not applicable for unit step function.

Time Reversal
x(-t) is the time reversal of the signal x(t).

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