Signals and Systems
Arun B Aloshious
”Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a
question”. - Earlier by Neils Bohr
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Basic Notations:
1. Common Set R Real numbers
Z Integers
Z+ (or Z− ) Positive (or Negative) integers
R+ (or R− ) Positive (or Negative) real numbers
C Complex numbers
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Basic Notations:
Range/Co-domain
x1 y1
x2 y2
Domain
.. .. .. yt = f (xt )
. . .
1. Common Set xt yt
2. Function
Functions used in this class:
Function Domain Range
x(t) R R or C
x[n] Z R or C
X (f ) R C
X (ω) (−π, π] C
X (s) or X (z) C C
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Basic Notations:
Continuous Time
Discrete Time Signals
Signals 3
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1. Common Set 2.5
2. Function 2
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3. Signals 1
1
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0
0 5 10 15 20
0
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
x[n]
x(t)
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Basic Notations:
y (t) = H (x(t)) (or) y [n] = H (x[n])
3 3
1. Common Set 2.5 2.5
2. Function 2 2
3. Signals
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H() 1.5
1 1
4. Systems 0.5 0.5
0 0
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = αx(t) (or) y [n] = αx[n]
2 2
1.5 1.5
1. Amplitude scaling 1 1
0.5 0.5
0
α 0
-0.5 -0.5
-1 -1
-1.5 -1.5
-2 -2
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
α=2
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = x1 (t)x2 (t) (or) y [n] = x1 [n]x2 [n]
2
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-0.5 2
-1 1.5
1. Amplitude scaling -1.5 1
2. Signal multiplication -2
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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⊗ 0
2 -0.5
1.5 -1
1 -1.5
0.5 -2
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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-1
-1.5
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0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = α + x(t) (or) y [n] = α + x[n]
2 2
1.5 1.5
1. Amplitude scaling 1 1
2. Signal multiplication 0.5 0.5
0 0
3. Amplitude shifting
-0.5 -0.5
-1 -1
-1.5 -1.5
-2 -2
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
α=1
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = x1 (t) + x2 (t) (or) y [n] = x1 [n] + x2 [n]
2
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-0.5 2
-1 1.5
1. Amplitude scaling -1.5 1
2. Signal multiplication -2
0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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3. Amplitude shifting ⊕ 0
2 -0.5
4. Signal addition 1.5 -1
1 -1.5
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0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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-1
-1.5
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0.007 0.008 0.009 0.01 0.011 0.012 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = x(t − τ ) (or) y [n] = n[n − n0 ]
2 2
1.5 1.5
1
τ = 0.5 1
1. Amplitude scaling
2. Signal multiplication 0.5 0.5
3. Amplitude shifting 0 0
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
4. Signal addition
2 2
5. Time shifting
1.5 1.5
1
τ = −0.5 1
0.5 0.5
0 0
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = x(−t) (or) y [n] = x[−n]
1. Amplitude scaling
2 2
2. Signal multiplication
1.5 1.5
3. Amplitude shifting
4. Signal addition 1 1
5. Time shifting 0.5 0.5
6. Time reversal 0 0
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
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Elementary operations on signals:
y (t) = x(αt)
2 2
1.5 1.5
1
α=2 1
1. Amplitude scaling
2. Signal multiplication 0.5 0.5
3. Amplitude shifting 0 0
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
4. Signal addition
2 2
5. Time shifting
6. Time reversal 1.5 1.5
7. Time scaling 1
α = 0.5 1
0.5 0.5
0 0
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
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Exercise:
x(t):
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1. Plot x(2t + 1) + 2x(0.5t − 1) + x(−2t)
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2. Plot x(−2t + 2) + x(−0.5t − 2).
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3. Plot x[2n + 1] + 2x[n − 1] + x[−2n]
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4. Plot x[−2n + 2] + x[−n − 2]
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Note: We avoid time scaling by fractions for Dis-
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
crete time signals in this course. For instance we
x[n]:
wont use x[0.5n]. Time scaling x[αn] will be used
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in the process called decimation and interpolation
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numerator. Arbitrary fractions include decimation
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and interpolation.). More details will be dealt in a
0.5 different course.
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