GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL of ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

QUIZ #2
DATE: 14-Mar-13

COURSE: ECE 3084

NAME:

STUDENT #:
LAST,

FIRST

Write your name on the front page ONLY. Do not unstaple the test. You should have an
additional sheet with Fourier transform tables on one side and Laplace transform tables on
the other. some useful tables of Fourier transforms and properties. Do not unstaple the rest
of the test.
No calculators, laptops, phones, or other electronic devices allowed.
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Closed book. However, one page (8 12 1100 ) of HAND-WRITTEN notes permitted. OK to

write on both sides.
Unless stated otherwise, justify your reasoning clearly to receive any partial credit.
You must write your answer in the space provided on the exam paper itself.
Only these answers will be graded. Circle your answers, or write them in the boxes provided.
If space is needed for scratch work, use the backs of previous pages.
The room is small for the number of students in this section. BE CAREFUL TO NOT
LET YOUR EYES WANDER. Any sort of communication with your fellow students
during this exam is strictly forbidden. Any attempt to read o of your neighbors exam will
result in unpleasant disciplinary action.
Good luck!

Problem

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Score

Problem Q2.1:
(5 pts each) Each part is unrelated to the others.
(a) Simplify

Z 1

(b) Simplify

1
X

n= 1

1
2(3 + jc)

sin(c(7/2))
dc =
c/2

cos(2 50[0.001n])

0.001 [t

0.001 (t

sin

(c) Find the Laplace transform of x(t) = (t

0.001n )
=
0.001n)

12)3 exp( 5[t

12])u(t

12).

(s 7)2 + 32
. (Dont make this
(s 7)[(s 7)2 + 64]
harder than it is; look carefully at your Laplace transform table.)

(d) Find the inverse Laplace transform of X(s) =

Problem Q2.2:
(5 pts each) In lecture and lab, we explored a communication strategy called double-sideband
amplitude modulation. In this problem, we will explore another strategy called single-sideband
modulation (SSB). Block diagrams of an SSB Modulator and an SSB Demodulator are given below.

HM is a highpass filter, here specified by:

8
< 1 for |!| 500
HM (j!) =
: 0 otherwise

HD is a lowpass filter, here specified by:

HD (j!) = B[u(! + 200)

u(!

200)]

Notice this looks very similar to the double-sideband AM communication system you explored
in lab; the only change is the addition of the highpass filter HM to the modulator. Suppose that
!c = 500, and the input signal x(t) has this typical Fourier transform X(j!):

X(j)
A

-100

100

We will now trace the input signal through the modulation and demodulation stages to the
output by analyzing it in the Fourier domain. In your sketches, be sure to label the amplitudes
and correctly note what parts are shaded and what parts are unshaded. (Keeping
careful track of the amplitudes will be important to part (c).) You will find it easiest to think
graphically; you will not need to write any complicated equations. The questions are on the
following page.

(a) (5 pts) Draw a clearly a labeled sketch of W (j!), the Fourier transform of w(t).

(b) (5 pts) Draw a clearly a labeled sketch of V (j!), the Fourier transform of v(t).

(c) (5 pts) What value of B, the gain of the lowpass filter in the demodulator, would make the
output exactly equal the input, i.e. y(t) = x(t)? (Hint: it may help to sketch Y (j!).)

(d) (5 pts) SSB modulation looks like it is probably more complicated to implement that DSBAM.
What aspect of SSB may make it preferable to using DSBAM? (This is a thinking question.)

Problem Q2.3:
The two parts of this problem are unrelated.
(a) (15 pts) Use Laplace transforms to solve the dierential equation y = 3y + et u(t) with
the initial condition y(0) = 4. (The positive exponent of et is not a typo. Were just doing
this on paper, so there is no need to evacuate the building. Do not panic. Remain calm.)

(b) (5 pts) Draw a labeled sketch of the autocorrelation function of x(t) = u(t)
i.e. the correlation of x(t) with itself.

u(t

2),

Problem Q2.4:
(5 pts each) Consider a linear, time-invariant system with transfer function given by
H(s) =

808
.
s3 + 2s2 + 101s

Lets call the associated impulse response h(t).

(a) Find h(0).

(b) Find limt!1 h(t).

(c) Find the dierential equation that relates the input of this system, x(t), to its output,
y(t). Please put all the terms contain y(t) on the left hand side, and all the terms containing
x(t) on the right hand side.

(d) H(s) can be written as a partial fraction expansion:

H(s) =

c1
c2
c?2
+
+
s p 1 s p2 s p3

Find p1 , p2 , and p3 but dont bother finding c1 or c2 . Leave complex numbers in rectangular
form. To make your answers unique, choose p2 and p3 so that the imaginary part of p2 is
positive.

Problem Q2.5:
The following schematic is the first preamp in the Soldano SLO-100 Super Lead Overdrive
guitar amplifier:

Plug your guitar into the input at the left, turn up the overdrive preamp volume potentiometer
on the right (which feeds the remaining preamp stages), and youre ready to rock!
The only part of this circuit that we will look at in this problem is the so-called bright boost
circuit at the output of the preamp, which consists of a 0.002F capacitor in parallel with a 500K
resistor1 along with the 500K potentiometer. Well assume that the potentiometer is turned all
the way up, so it just acts as a 500K resistor to ground.
The transfer function H(s) that describes how the output of the bright boost circuit, y(t) (the
voltage, referenced to ground, at the junction of the 0.002F capacitor and both 500K resistors),
relates to the input of the bright boost circuit x(t) (the voltage, referenced to ground, at the
junction of the 0.002F capacitor, the 500K resistor that is in parallel with it, and the 0.02F
coupling capacitor) can be written as
H(s) =

s+c
s+d

To emphasize, we are treating x(t) as the input and y(t) as the output of the part of the circuit
we are analyzing, not the words input and output on the schematic. The only component
values you need are 0.002F and 500K.
Find the numeric values of c and d. The part values are such that you will be able to find
these exactly without needing a calculator. Do you work and provide your answers on the
following page. Be sure to circle your final answers.
1
The schematic was adapted from http://www.ampbooks.com/home/classic-circuits/soldano-slo-preamp-1,
although I tweaked one of the resistor values to make the arithmetic easy.

Page for work and answers for Problem 5.

For your convenience, heres the part of the schematic thats important for this problem: