SS Tutorial 5
Q1. Consider the system in the Fig. (1).
Figure 1:
(a) Find the impulse response of the overall system.
(b) Is this system causal? Under what condition is the system stable?
Q2. If ∗ denotes the convolution operator, prove the equality
[x(t) ∗ h(t)] ∗ g(t) = x(t) ∗ [h(t) ∗ g(t)] (1)
by showing that both sides of equation (1) equal
Z ∞Z ∞
x(τ )h(σ)g(t − τ − σ)dτ dσ.
−∞ −∞
Q3. For the interconnected system shown in the Fig. (2), find the overall impulse response.
Figure 2:
Q4. Consider a discrete-time LTI system with unit sample response
h[n] = (n + 1)αn u[n],
where |α| < 1. Show that the step response of this system is
1 α n α n
s[n] = − α + (n + 1)α u[n]
(α − 1)2 (α − 1)2 (α − 1)
PN k d
PN +1
Hint: Note that k=0 (k + 1)α = dα k=0 αk .
1
Q5. For the interconnection system shown in Fig.(3), if the impulse responses are
• h1 (t) = δ(t − 1)
• h2 (t) = e−2t u(t)
• h3 (t) = δ(t − 1)
• h4 (t) = e−3(t+2) u(t + 2)
Find the overall impulse response?
Figure 3:
Q6. Let x(t) and y(t) be two signals. The correlation function is defined as
Z ∞
φxy (t) = x(t + τ )y(τ )dτ.
−∞
The function φxx (t) is referred as the autocorrelation of the signal x(t), while φxy (t) is called the
cross-correlation between signals x(t) and y(t).
(a) What is the relationship between φxy (t) and φyx (t).
(b) Compute the odd part of φxx (t).
(c) Suppose that y(t) = x(t + T ). Express φxy (t) and φyy (t) in terms of φxx (t).