LECTURE 4:
OPERATIONS OF
CONTINUOUS TIME
SIGNALS
CMPE 30244: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
OPERATIONS OF SIGNALS
TIME REVERSAL
Given a signal , its time reversal is . The reversed signal is
obtained as a reflection of about the , that is, we perform a
reflection about the vertical axis. (Reflection about the horizontal
axis results in .)
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Example:
From this, we obtain by replacing every with in the equation.
Hence,
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Time Reversal of a signal.
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TIME SCALING
Time scaling involves the compression or expansion of a
signal in time. Given a continuous-time signal , the time-scaled
form of is , where is a constant. The scaled signal will be
compressed if or expanded if ; a negative value of a yields time
reversal as well as compression or expansion.
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Example of Time Scaling
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TIME SHIFTING
Given a continuous-time signal , the time-shift form of is ,
where to is a constant. If , then the signal is delayed and the signal is
shifted to the right relative to . When , the signal is an advanced
replica of , with shifted to the left. Examples of and are shown in
Figure.
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Example of Time Shifted Signals
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For any signal , the transformation on the independent variable can
be performed as follows:
where a and b are constants. This involves two steps:
1. Scale by factor . If is negative, reflect about the vertical axis.
2. If is negative, shift to the right. If is positive, shift to the left.
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AMPLITUDE TRANSFORMATIONS
The previous three transformations deal with the independent
variable, . Equivalent transformations of the amplitude of the signal
will now be discussed. Given a signal amplitude transformations take
the general form
where A and B are constants
EXAMPLE 1
Evaluate GRAPH:
𝒙𝟏(𝒕)
𝒙𝟐(𝒕)
OPERATIONS OF SIGNALS
STANDARD AND EASY APPROACH
TIME SHIFTING
TIME SCALING
TIME REVERSAL
EXAMPLE 2
A CT-Signal is shown in the figure. Sketch each of the following
signals.
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
SEATWORK 2.1
Given a CT-Signal signal below, sketch and write the equation of
the signal .
a.)
b.)