Tutorial - 2
ECC201: Fundamental of Communication Systems
1. For the continuous-time periodic signal
2π 5π
x (t) = 2 + cos 3 t + 4 sin 3 t ,
determine the fundamental frequency wo and the Fourier series coefficients ak such that
x (t) = ∑∞
k =−∞ ak e
jkω0 t .
2. Use the Fourier series analysis equation to calculate the coefficients ak for the continuous-time periodic
signal
(
1.5, 0≤t<1
x (t) =
−1.5, 1 ≤ t < 2
with fundamental frequency wo = π .
3. Consider the periodic square wave x (t) shown in Fig.1.
(a) Determine the complex exponential Fourier series of x (t).
(b) Determine the trigonometric Fourier series of x (t).
Figure 1: FS
4. Suppose we are given the following information about a signal x(t):
(a) x (t) is real and odd.
(b) x (t) is periodic with period T=2 and has Fourier coefficients ak .
(c) ak = 0 for| k |> 1 .
R2
(d) 12 0 | x (t)|2 dt = 1.
Specify two different signals that satisfy these conditions.
5. Let x (t) be a periodic signal with fundamental period T and Fourier series coefficients ak . Derive the
Fourier series coefficients of each of the following signals in terms of ak :
(a) Re{ x (t)}
(b) x (3t − 1) [for this part, first determine the period of x (3t − 1)]
6. Compute the Fourier transform of each of the following signals:
(a) x (t) = sgn(t)
(b) x (t) = [e−αt cos(ωo t)]u(t), α > 0
7. Consider a continuous-time LTI system described by
dy(t)
+ 2y(t) = x (t)
dt
Using the Fourier transform, find the output y(t) to each of the following input signals:
(a) x (t) = e−t u(t)
(b) x (t) = u(t)
(c) x (t) = e− a|t| for a > 0
8. Determine the continuous-time signal corresponding to each of the following transforms.
2sin[3(ω −2π )]
(a) X (ω ) = (ω −2π )
(b) X (ω ) = 2[δ(ω − 1) − δ(ω + 1)] + 3[δ(ω − 2π ) + δ(ω + 2π )]
9. Using the time convolution theorem, find the inverse Fourier transform of
1
X (ω ) =
( a + jω )2
10. Find the Fourier transform of a Gaussian pulse signal
2
x (t) = e− at a > 0
11. Consider an ideal low-pass filter with frequency response
1, | ω | < ωc
H (ω ) =
0, | ω | > ωc
The input to this filter is
x (t) = e−2t u(t)
Find the value of ωc , such that this filter passes exactly one-half of the normalized energy of the input
signal x (t).
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