SIGNAL AND SYSTEMS

ECE-303

Full Marks:70 Time:3Hours

(There are two sections. Answer any five in SECTION A.SECTION B is

compulsory)

SECTION A

1. The trapezoidal pulse x(t) shown below is defined by

5-t , 4t5
1 , -4t4
x(t)= t+5, -5t-4
0 , otherwise
Determine the total energy of x(t).

The above pulse is being applied to a differentiator defined by

d
y(t)=
x (t )
dt
a) Determine the resulting output y(t) of the differentiator .
b) Determine the total energy of y(t)

(6+6)
2. a) What do you understand by a unit step function and an impulse function?
Give an expression which relates these two functions.

b) Give suitable expressions to show time scaling, time shifting, and reflection
property in signals. In connection with impulse functions what properties do
these operations convey?

c) Give a sketch of the trapezoidal pulse given in problem 1 when it

undergoes the following operation x(10t-5). Justify your answer.

(3+6+3)

3. a) A discrete-time system is both linear and time invariant. Suppose the

output due to an input x[n]= [n] is as below
a) Find the output due to an input x[n]
= [n-1].
b) Find the output due to an input x[n]
=2[n]- [n-2].
 c) Find the output due to the input
2[n-1]+[n+1]
b) Derive an equation for the convolution sum.
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c) The output y[n] is related to input x[n] in the form 1/4 x [ nk ] .

k =0

Determine the output of the system when the input is the rectangular
pulse defined as x[n] =u[n]-u [n-10].

(3+3+6)

4. a) Consider the discrete time LTI system whose input x[n] and output y[n] are
n

related by y [ n ] = 2kn x [k +1] . Is the system causal and stable?

k=

b) Verify the equations given below:

x(t)*h(t)=h(t)*x(t)
{x(t)*h1(t)}*h2(t) = x(t)*{h1(t)*h2(t)}
x(t-t1)*h(t-t2)= y(t-t1-t2) if y(t)=x(t)*h(t)

In all the above three equations * means convolution.

c) What do you understand by step response of a system?

(3+6+3)

5. a) Find the DTFS coefficients for the N-periodic square wave given by
x[n]= 1, -MnM
0, M<n<N-M

b) Why is it not possible to have the Fourier transform of a unit step

signal? In such case is it possible to have the same approximately?

c) Verify Parsevals identity for continuous time periodic signals.

(5+3+4)

6. a) Verify time shifting, frequency shifting and duality property of Fourier

transforms.

b) Find the Fourier transform of the periodic impulse train

T(t)= (t kT )
k=
 (6+6)

7. a) What is the difference between unilateral and bilateral Laplace transforms.

Give an example to clarify your answer.

b) Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following X(s):

(i) X(s) = (s2+2s+5)/ {(s+3)(s+5)2} for Re(s)>-3

(ii) X(s) = (s2+6s+7)/ (s2+3s+2) for Re(s)>-1

(iii) X(s) =( 2+2s e-2s+4 e-4s)/ (s2+4s+3) for Re(s)>-1

d) The Laplace transform of the function et u(t) + e2t u (t ) is?

(3+6+3)

8. a) The impulse response of a system can be both causal and stable.

Comment.

b) Consider a continuous time LTI system for which the input x(t) and
d 2 y (t ) dy (t)
output y(t) are related by + 2 y (t)=x (t)
d t2 dt

(i) Find the system function H(s)

(ii) Determine the impulse response h (t) for each of the following
three cases:

the system being causal

the system being stable
the system being neither causal nor stable

c) Determine the z-transform and ROC for the two sided signal x[n]
|n|
= , assuming

that ||< 1. Repeat the same for ||> 1.

(3+6+3)

SECTION B

Multiple choice section

 1. Which signal is anti-causal/non-causal
(a) x(t)=0,t<0 (b) x(t)=0,t>0 (c) x(t)=1,t=0 (d) x(t)=1,t<0
2. Mark the wrong statement (a) x(t)* (t)=x(t) (b) x(t)* (t-)=x(t-)
(c) x(t-1)* (t-2)=x(t-1-2) (d) (t-1)* (t-2)= (1-2)
3. Signal x(t) is an odd signal if (a) x(t)=x(-t) (b) x(t)=-x(-t) (c)
x(t)=x(t+T/2) (d) x(t)=x(t-T/2)
4. Average power of a periodic signal is equal to
(a) average power of even harmonics of the signal
(b) average power of odd harmonics of the signal
(c) average power of all harmonics of the signal
(d) average power is zero

5. Fourier series of any periodic signal x(t) can only be obtained if

T

(a) |x ( t )|dt < (b) finite number of discontinuities within a finite

0

interval t

(c) both (a) and (b) (d) infinite number of discontinuities

6. Fourier transform of sgn(t) is (a) 2/j (b) -2/j (c) 1 (d) zero

7. Region of convergence of X(s) contain (a) zeros (b) poles (c) no

zero (d) no pole

8. Initial value of X(s)= 2s/s2+2s+2 is (a) 2 (b) zero (c) 1 (d)

1
9. Inverse Laplace transform of ( 1e2 s ) is (a) u (t)-2u (t) (b) u
s

(t)-u (t-2) (c) u (t-2)

(d) t*u (t-2)

10. ROC of the causal LTI system is

(a) exterior of the circle in the z-plane (b) interior of the circle in
the z-plane

(c) on the circle in the z-plane (d) both (a) and (b)

(101=10)