E E 238 B1 - Winter 2012

HW #1

Homework Assignment 1
Due: Monday, 2012 January 23, 16:00pm Instructions: 1. Please ensure that your name and ID number are clearly written on your assignment. 2. Please submit your assignments before 16:00 pm on the due date. The assignment box is located in the ETLC Atrium (second floor), and is marked by E E 238 B1. Assignment Problems (4 problems in total): 1. (20 points) (Lathi 1.1-2) Find the energies of the signals illustrated in Figure 1. Comment on the effect on energy of sign change, time shifting, or doubling of the signal. What is the effect on the energy if the signal is multiplied by k?
f (t) 1 1 f1 (t)

t 2

f4 (t)

f2 (t) 1 0 1 1 t 0

f3 (t)

Figure 1: Signals for Problem 1. 2. (30 points) Classify the following signals as energy or power signals and find its energy or power. Classify the signals as periodic or aperiodic signals. If the signal is periodic, find the period. Classify the signals as even signals, or odd signals, or neither. Calculate their even and odd components. i) u(t); ii) e|t| ; iii) ejt . 3. (20 points) For the signal in Figure 2, sketch i) f (t); ii) f (t + 2); iii) f (1 t);
f (t) 2

iv) f (2t).

0 1

Figure 2: Signal for Problem 3.

E E 238 B1 - Winter 2012

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4. (10 points) (Lathi 1.4-2) Express each of the signals in Figure 3 by a single expression valid for all t.
(a)
4

f1(t)

(b)
4

f2(t)
t2 0 4 2 4 t

Figure 3: Signals for Problem 4.