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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM
SIGNALS & SYSTEMS /ESE461
TUTORIAL 3

TOPIC: FOURIER SERIES


1. Consider the signals shown in Figure 1 below. Given that 4
2
T
= seconds, where T is the
fundamental period, sketch f(t) for two complete cycles by assuming that f(t) is an/a :


i) even symmetry ii) odd symmetry iii) half-wave symmetry


(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)
Figure 1

2. Find the Fourier series coefficient, a
o
(dc value), for the signals in Figure 1 (a) and (b) if they are
even symmetry.








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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM
SIGNALS & SYSTEMS /ESE461
3. Figure 2 shows two samples of periodic signals f(t).



(a) (b)
Figure 2


i) Determine the fundamental period, T
o
, and the angular frequency,
o
.
ii) What type of symmetry does f(t) belongs to?
iii) Determine the trigonometric Fourier Series (TFS) of f(t).


4. Find the complex Fourier Series (CFS) for the signals in Figure 2 (a) and (b).

Use ( )
n n n
jb a
2
1
C = .

5. Find the TFS of the periodic signals in Figure 3.



(a) (b)

Figure 3







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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM
SIGNALS & SYSTEMS /ESE461
6. Show that the following TFS and CFS are the same.

( )
( )

=
(

=

=


=
n
2
t
o
1 n 2 j
1 n
o
e
1 n 2
1 2
) t ( f : CFS
t ) 1 n 2 ( sin
1 n 2
1 4
) t ( f : TFS



7. The Fourier Series of f(t) are given below. Sketch the line spectrum of f(t) for
0. and 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 n =

i) CFS of the signal in Fig-5(a). Use

=
T
0
t
o
jn
n
dt e ) t ( f
T
1
C
ii) ( )

=
=

=
odd n
1 n
o
2
t n sin
n
1
2 2
1
) t ( f
iii)
( )
( )

=
1 n
o
2
t n cos
n 4 1
1 4 2
) t ( f
iv)

=
=

=
odd n
1 n
t jn
e
n
4 j
1 ) t ( f
v)

=
n
t jn
n
1
e
j
2
1
) t ( f


8. From the line spectrum of a periodic signal f(t), shown in Figure 4 below, find the CFS or TFS.


Amplitude Spectrum Phase Spectrum
Figure 4


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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SHAH ALAM
SIGNALS & SYSTEMS /ESE461

9. Determine approximately, the TFS for a signal f(t) of period 10 seconds, if it is given by the
piecewise function below. Hence sketch only the magnitude spectrum of f(t) for
0. and 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 n =

<
<
=
t,10 5 0
5 t 0 10e
0 t 0
) t ( f
2t -



Note :

+
+
=
t
0
2 2
at at
ax
b a
a ) bt cos( ae ) bt sin( be
dx ) bx cos( e


[ ]

+
+
=
t
0
2 2
at at
ax
b a
) bt sin( ae bt cos( e 1 b
dx ) bx sin( e