DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING LAB

(EC2156)

THOMAS JAMES THOMAS

REG NO: 2014EL22
M.Tech (Digital Systems)

PROGRAM 1

Object: To plot the exponential signal for different values of a for the given equation
x(n)=an
(i)

0<a<1

(ii)

-1<a<0

(iii)

a>1

(iv)

a<-1

Tool used: MATLAB R2010b

Theory: A real discrete-time exponential function is given by
g(n)= an , n>=0
0

, n<0

For the different values of a taken, exponentially decaying or growing functions will be
obtained. When 0<a<1, an exponentially decaying sequence will be obtained. When -1<a<0, an
exponentially decaying sequence with alternate positive and negative amplitude samples will be
obtained. When a>1, an exponentially growing sequence will be obtained. When a<-1, an
exponentially growing sequence with alternate positive and negative amplitude samples will be
obtained.

Source Code:
clc;
clear all;
close all;
n=0:20;
a1=input('Enter the value of a in 0<a<1 : ');
x=a1.^n;
a2=input('Enter the value of a in -1<a<0 : ');
y=a2.^n;
a3=input('Enter the value of a>1 : ');

z=a3.^n;
a4=input('Enter the value of a<-1 : ');
u=a4.^n;
subplot(2,2,1);
stem(n,x);
xlabel('Time index n');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Exponential signal for 0<a<1');
subplot(2,2,2);
stem(n,y);
xlabel('Time index n');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Exponential signal for -1<a<0');
subplot(2,2,3);
stem(n,z);
xlabel('Time index n');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Exponential signal for a>1');
subplot(2,2,4);
stem(n,u);
xlabel('Time index n');
ylabel('Amplitude');
title('Exponential signal for a<-1');

Result:
Enter the value of a in 0<a<1 : 0.5
Enter the value of a in -1<a<0 : -0.5
Enter the value of a>1 : 5
Enter the value of a<-1 : -5

Conclusion: Implemented the generation of the exponential signal for different values of a using
MATLAB and plotted the same. It is observed that for 0<a<1, an exponentially decaying sequence is
obtained, for -1<a<0, an exponentially decaying sequence with alternate positive and negative
amplitude samples is obtained, for a>1,an exponentially growing sequence is obtained, for a<-1, an
exponentially growing sequence with alternate positive and negative amplitude samples is obtained.