E E 238 B1 - Winter 2012

Solution to HW #1

Solution to Homework Assignment 1

Solution to Problem 1: From the definition of signal energy, we have Ef = E f2 = E f4 =
1 2 t dt = 1 . 3 0 1 (t)2 dt = 1 . 3 0 1 1 (2t)2 dt = 4 0 t2 dt 0

E f1 = E f3 = = 4. 3

0 (t)2 dt = 1 . 3 1 2 1 (t 1)2 dt = 0 1

x2 dx = 1 . 3

Comments: Sign change and time shifting have no effect on the signal energy. Doubling of the signal results in a multiplication by 4. If the signal is multiplied by k, its energy will be multiplied by |k|2 because |kf (t)|2 dt = |k|2 |f (t)|2 dt. Solution to Problem 2: nothing
u(t) Energy signal? Power signal? Periodic or aperiodic? Odd or even? Odd component No Yes Pf = 1 2 Aperiodic Neither 1 2 t < 0 1 fo (t) = t>0 2 0 t=0 1 2 t=0 fe (t) = 1 t=0 e|t| Yes Ef = 1 No Aperiodic Even 0 ejt No Yes Pf = 1 Periodic with period 2 Neither j sin t

Even component

e|t|

cos t

Lets look at the last function in details: f (t) = ejt = cos t + j sin t. We have 1 Pf = lim T T
T 2

T 2

1 |e | dt = lim T T
jt 2

T 2

T 2

1 dt = 1.

Thus the signal is not an energy signal but a power signal with power 1. Notice that f (t + 2) = ej(t+2) = ejt = f (t) for all t, and 2 is the smallest positive number that guarantees such periodic equality. Thus f (t) is periodic with period 2. The signal is neither odd or even since neither f (t) = f (t) nor f (t) = f (t) for all t. 1 1 1 1 fe (t) = [f (t) + f (t)] = (ejt + ejt ) = cos t. f0 (t) = [f (t) f (t)] = (ejt ejt ) = j sin t. 2 2 2 2

E E 238 B1 - Winter 2012

Solution to HW #1

Solution to Problem 3: See the signals in Figure 1. For f (1 t), first time-reverse f (t) then shift to the right by 1 second. test
f (t) 2 2 f (t + 2) 2 f (1 t) f (2t) 2

1 1

1 1

2 t

0 1

0 1

1 2

3 2

Figure 1: Signals for Solution to Problem 3. Solution to Problem 4: another line (a) f1 (t) = 4(t + 1)[u(t + 1) u(t)] + (2t + 4)[u(t) u(t 2)] = 4(t + 1)u(t + 1) 6tu(t) + (2t 4)u(t 2).

(b) f2 (t) = t2 [u(t) u(t 2)] + (2t 8)[u(t 2) u(t 4)] = t2 u(t) (t2 2t + 8)u(t 2) (2t 8)u(t 4).