UNIVERSITI

TEKNOLOGI
PETRONAS

FINAL EXAMINATION
JANUARY 2013 SEMESTER
COURSE

ECB3I13/EBB3O43

DATE

25rH APRIL 2013 (THURSDAv)

TIME

2.30 PM

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

5.30 PM (3 hours)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1.

Answer ALL questions from the Question Booklet.

2.

Begin EAGH answer on a new page in the Answer Booklet.

3.

lndicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any.

4.

Where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at the solutions and
ndicate ALL assumptions.

5.

Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed.

Note

There are SIX (6) pages in this Question Booklet including the
cover page.
ll

Formulae booklet will be provided.

Universiti Teknol-ogi

PETRoNAS

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1.

An Electroencephalogram (EEG) machine, consisting of 24 electrodes, is used to

acquire brain signals from a tumor patient. The tumor is located in the left frontal

region of the brain. The tumor results in generation

of very low frequency

components in the left frontal region.

a.

Can the EEG sgnal acquired from 24 electrodes be decomposed

into various frequency bands? Explain in terms of various frequency
bands.
[4 marks]

b.

Describe the type of filters and their cutoff frequencies that can be
used to extract these frequency bands.
[4 marks]

c.

what type of filter can be used to remove the line noise from the
acquired signal?
[2 marks]

d.

Propose a processing scheme to identify the location of the tumor.

Write down and justify all the steps.
[10 marks]

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2.

FIGURE Q2 depicts a cascade connection of two discrete-time LTI systems,

lnl

!,lnl

vlnl

4x(n-2)

!'(n) ='

tl;':.,::;)+
FIGURE Q2

a.

Determine the transferfunction, Ht(r), of system 1 shown in FIGURE Q2.

[5 marks]

b.

Determine the transfer function in z-domain for the overall system shown
in FIGURE Q2.
[5 marks]
Using the poles-zero diagram, evaluate the stability of the overall system.

[5 marks]
d.

Derive the equivalent difference equation for the overall system that
relates the output y[n] to the input x[n] in FIGURE Q2.

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3.

The impulse response hlnl of a LTI system and the input signal xlnl are given
respectively, as

hlnl= {2, -1,2}, n:7,2,3. ,

xln]: {2,7,3,- 4, l}, n : A,l, 2,3, 4.

Evaluate the output of the system, y[n], using the linear convolution.
[5 marks]
b.

Evaluate the output of the system, y,lnf, using the S-point circular
convolution.
[5 marks]

c.

Evaluate the output of the system using Discrete Time Fourier Transform.

[4 marks]

d.

Determine whether the system described

Justify.

by hlnl is an llR or FIR filter?

[4 marks]

e.

state the changes need to be made in x[n] and hlnl in order to make a 7point circular convolution equal to linear convolution.
[2 marks]

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4.

Design an A/D converter with a SQNR of at least 90

a.

dB.

Assume

That analog input signal x,(r) is Gaussian with a variance o,2, and
that the range of the quantiser extends from -J, lo 3o,. The signal
peak value is

I :

3o*.with this value for A, only one out of every

1000 samples will exceed the quantise range.

[5 marks]

il

Evaluate the minimum number

of bits needed for such an A/D

converter.
[3 marks]

b.

Digital audio tape (DAT) drives have a sampling frequency of 48 kHz,

whereas a compact disk (CD) player operates at a rate of 44.1

kz.

ln

order to record directly from a CD onto a DAT, it is necessary to convert

the sampling rate rom 44.1 to 48 kHz. Therefore, consider the system in
FIGURE Q4 for performing this sample rate conversion

r.,

In]

rrr,
H(ei^)

[n]

FIGURE Qq,
Evaluate the smallest possible values for L and M.
[6 marks]

ii.

Design the appropriate filter to perform the conversion.

[6 marks]

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5.

a.

A digital system formed from two LTI systems is shown in FIGURE Q5.

I
H,(z):;iur-,,
I

Hr(z)=-;-.
-l+z

FIGURE Q5

i.

Determine the transfer function of the overall system,

I{z).
[5 marks]

ii.

Determine the z-transform of the output Y(z)

system in FIGURE Q5 is given by

rf

the input to the

xlnl: 6In-11+2iln1,

iii

Derive the output

Given: -1
b.

yln)for input given in Qs(aXi).

a^uln)

State briefly with reasons whether the following filter is time-invariant,

causal or stable.

(iJyi":

- (i)"r" - 1l + (i)"r" - zi +()'r,,1 : (11*t"l -xrn - rl

[5 marks]

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