JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Signals and Systems (10B11EC301) - 2010 ODD SEM

TUTORIAL 5: Continuous Time Fourier series

1. A CT periodic signal x(t) is real valued and has fundamental period T = 8. The nonzero
Fourier series coefficients for x(t) are specified as
a1  a1  j, a3  a 3  e j / 4 , a5  a 5  2
Express x(t) in the form


x(t )   Ak cos( k t   k )
k 0


jk 0 t 2 2 
Sol. x(t )   ak e , 0   
k  T 8 4
x(t )  a 5e j ( 5) 0 t  a 3e j ( 3) 0 t  a1e j ( 1) 0 t  a1e j (1) 0 t
 a3e j (3) 0 t  a5e j (5) 0 t
x(t )  2e j ( 5) 0 t  e  j  4 e j ( 3) 0 t  ( j )e j ( 1) 0 t  je j (1) 0 t
 e j  4 e j (3) 0 t  2e j (5) 0 t
 2(e j 5 0 t  e  j 5 0 t )  e j  4 e j 3 0 t  e  j  4 e  j 3 0 t
 j (e j 0 t  e  j 0 t )
 2 sin( 4 t )  2 cos(34 t  
4
)  4 cos(54 t )
x(t )  2 cos(4 t  
2
)  2 cos(34 t  4 )  4 cos(54 t)

2. Determine the Fourier series representations of the following signals and Plot the magnitude
and phase of these coefficients :
(a)
 Magnitude of ak
0.8

0.6
|ak|
0.4

0.2

0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k
Phase of ak
1
 ak (radians)

0.5

-0.5

-1
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k

(b)

Sol.
 Magnitude of ak
1

|ak|
0.5

0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k
Phase of ak
0.5
 ak (radians)

-0.5
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k

(c) x (t) periodic with period 2, and x(t )  et ,1  t  1

Sol.
x(t )  e  t ,1  t  1, 0  
1  jk 0 t
ak   T  x(t )e
T

 
1
1 1  t  jk 0 t 1  e  t (1 jk )  1
  e e dt    (1 jk )   e  (1 jk )  e (1 jk )
2 1 2 
 1 2(1  jk )


(1) k
2(1  jk )

e (1)  e 1 k 
 Magnitude of ak
1.5

1
|ak|

0.5

0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k
Phase of ak
1
 ak (radians)

0.5

-0.5

-1
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
k

3. Given, the Fourier series coefficients of a periodic continuous time signal with period 4,
determine the signal x(t).
4. Let x(t) be a periodic signal with fundamental period T and Fourier series coefficients ak.
Derive the Fourier series coefficients of (a) x(t) = x(T/4 − t) and (b) Od{x(t − T/2)} in terms
of ak.
(a)
 (b)

5. Consider the following CT periodic signals, x(t), y(t), and z(t).

(a) Determine the fundamental frequency, period, and Fourier series coefficients, ak, for x (t).

(b) Determine the fundamental frequency, period, and Fourier series coefficients, bk, for y (t).
(c) Determine the fundamental frequency and period for z(t). Also, using the results of parts (a)
and (b), determine the Fourier series coefficients, ck for z(t).