EE1101 Signals and Systems
Tutorial 1
1. Given a continuous-time signal specified
by 3
2
1 − |t|, −1 ≤ t ≤ 1 (b)
x(t) =
0, otherwise 1 1
··· ···
Plot the discrete-time sequence that re- -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 n
sults from sampling of x(t) for the fol-
lowing sampling intervals: (a) 0.25 s, (b) 4. Consider the signal y(t) =
0.5 s, and (c) 1 s. The discrete time signal (−1/2)x(−2t − 3/2) shown below.
is given by x[n] = x(nTs )
(a) Determine and carefully sketch the
2. For the continuous time signal x(t) shown original signal x(t).
below, sketch and label carefully each of (b) Determine and carefully sketch
the following signals: (a) x(t − 1), (b) yo (t), the odd portion of y(t).
x(2 − t), (c) x(2t + 1), (d) x(4 − 2t ), (e)
[x(t) + x(−t)]u(t) and (f) x(t)[δ(t + 32 ) −
δ(t − 32 )]. y(t)
1
x(t)
0 1 2 t
2
-1
1
5. A sinusoid eσt cos ωt can be expressed as
∗
a sum of exponentials est and es t with
-1 0 1 2 3 t complex frequencies s = σ + jω and
s∗ = σ −jω. Locate in the complex plane
-1
the frequencies of the following sinusoids:
(a) sin 2t, (b) e−5t cos 3t, (c) e2t cos 3t, (d)
e−2t , (e) e2t , and (f) 5.
3. Determine and sketch the even and odd 6. (a) Show that the Pn power jωoft the sig-
parts of the signals depicted in figures be- nal x(t) = k=m Dk e
k is Px =
n 2
low. Label your sketches carefully.
P
k=m |Dk | assuming all frequencies
to be distinct i.e. ωi 6= ωj for i 6= j.
(b) Determine the power of the signals
x(t) (a) x(t) = 10 cos 5t cos 10t and (b)
(a)
1 x(t) = 10 cos(100t+ π3 )+5 sin(100t+
π
6
). Use the result from part (a).
(Hint: Write cos and sin as sum of
-2 -1 0 1 t complex exponentials).
7. Consider the signal x(t) shown in figure. (b) A binary signal x2 (t) = 0 for t < 0.
For positive time, x2 (t) toggles be-
x(t) tween one and zero as follows: one
1 for 1 second, zero for 1 second, one
for 1 second, zero for 2 seconds, one
for 1 second, zero for 3 seconds, and
so forth. That is, the “on” time
-2 -1 0 1 2 t
is always one second, but the “off”
(a) Determine and carefully sketch time successively increases by one
y(t) = 3x − 12 (t + 1) .
second between each toggle. A por-
tion of x2 (t) is shown below. Deter-
(b) Determine the energy and power of mine the energy and power of x2 (t).
y(t).
(c) Determine and carefully sketch the x2 (t)
even portion of y(t), ye (t).
···
(d) Let a = 2 and b = 3, sketch y(at+b),
y(at) + b, ay(t + b) and ay(t) + b. t
8. Let the energy of signal x(t) be denoted
by Ex . Show that 11. Determine which of the following signals
are periodic. If a signal is periodic, what
(a) The signals −x(t), x(−t) and x(t − is the fundamental period and average
T ) have the same energy. power?
(b) The energy of x(at) and x(at − b) is (a) cos(πt).
Ex
|a|
. a 6= 0.
(b) A sin(10t).
√
9. The unit pulse function Π : R −→ R is (c) sin( 3πt).
defined as
(d) ejt .
1 1
1, − 2 ≤ t ≤ 2
Π(t) = (e) A sin(4πt + π).
0, otherwise P∞
(f) n=−∞ Π(t − 2n).
Sketch the following signals and evaluate
the energy of each one of them 12. Carefully sketch the following signals.
Mark all the critical points.
(a) Π(2t).
(a)
(b) 6Π(0.5t).
−tu(t)
(c) Π(t − 4). e , −1 ≤ t ≤ 1
h(t) =
0, otherwise
(d) Π( t+12
) + Π(t − 1).
10. (a) A binary signal x1 (t) = 0 for t < 0. (b) p[n] = ( 12 )n u[n − 1]
For positive time, x1 (t) toggles be- d
(c) g(t) = u(t − 2)r(t)
tween one and zero in every one dt
second. Determine the energy and (d) f (t) = sgn(e−2t sin πt),
power of x1 (t). sgn(t) = u(t) − u(−t)
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