Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

END-SEMESTER EXAMINATION. Autumn 2018
TIME: 3Hours
SUBJECT: Signals & Systems F.M:50
SUBJECT CODE: EC2601
Answer all the questions
Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.
The symbols have their usual meanings.
All parts of a question should be answered in one place.
This question paper contains 2 pages
Q No. Marks
1 a State and explain sampling theorem. 3
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b Consider a causal LTI system with frequency response 𝐻(𝑗Ω) = 𝑗Ω+3 . For a particular

input 𝑥(𝑡) this system is observed to produce the output 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑒 −3𝑡 𝑢(𝑡) − 𝑒 −4𝑡 𝑢(𝑡).
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Determine 𝑥(𝑡).
c A particular LTI system is described by the difference equation
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𝑦[𝑛] + 4 𝑦[𝑛 − 1] − 8 𝑦[𝑛 − 2] = 𝑥[𝑛] − 𝑥[𝑛 − 1].

(i) Find the impulse response of the system

𝜋
(ii) Evaluate frequency response at ω = 0, ω = 4 . 4
d Find out the Fourier series and Fourier transform of cos(𝜔0 𝑛) 1

2 a Prove the following properties for DTFT.

(i) Time shifting (ii) Differentiation in frequency domain (iii) Convolution in time
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1 𝑛−1 1 −𝑛
b Find out the Fourier transform of (i)(2) 𝑢[𝑛 − 1] (ii)(2) 𝑢[−𝑛 − 1] 3
c Find out the convolution between 𝑥(𝑡) = 𝑒 2𝑡 𝑢(−𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ(𝑡) = 𝑢(𝑡 − 3) using
convolution integral. Draw the convolution output. 3

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3 a Consider a continuous-time LTI system for which the input 𝑥(𝑡) and the output 𝑦(𝑡) are
𝑑2 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
related by the differential equation − − 2𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑥(𝑡). Determine the system
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡

function 𝐻(𝑠). Determine impulse response ℎ(𝑡) for the following cases:
(i)The system is stable.
(ii)The system is causal.
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(iii)The system is neither stable nor causal.
b A pressure gauge that can be modelled as an LTI system has a time response to a unit
step input given by (1 − 𝑒 −𝑡 − 𝑡𝑒 −𝑡 )𝑢(𝑡). For certain input 𝑥(𝑡), the output is observed
to be (2 − 3𝑒 −𝑡 + 𝑒 −3𝑡 )𝑢(𝑡). For this observed measurement, determine the true
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pressure input to the gauge as a function of time.

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a Establish the relation between DTFT and z-transform. 2
b Find out the z-transform of the signals 𝑥1 [𝑛] = 𝑎𝑛 𝑢[𝑛] and 𝑥2 [𝑛] = −𝑎𝑛 𝑢[−𝑛 − 1].
What is your inference? 3
c Determine and plot the magnitude and phase response of the system function for the
moving average system described by the difference equation
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𝑦(𝑛) = 2 [𝑥(𝑛) + 𝑥(𝑛 − 1)]. 3
d Determine whether the system 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑡 2 𝑥(𝑡 − 1) is linear, time invariant or both. 2

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Write short noes on
a Eigen function
b Aliasing effect
c Gibbs phenomena
d Region of convergence 10