EE401/414 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

FINAL ONLINE ASSESSMENT

(JAN-APR 2020)

Student ID (in Figures) :

Student ID (in Words) :

CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5

Assessment
PLO4 PLO4 PLO3 PLO3 PLO5
Assignment/Short
√ √ √
Project
Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:
CLO3: Design a complex frequency selective digital filter.
Course Learning CLO4: Design the digital processor for DSP application.
Outcome CLO5: Develop digital processor to meet a given specification using
computer aid.

PLO3: DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT OF SOLUTIONS - Design solutions

for complex engineering problems and design systems, components or
processes that meet specified needs with appropriate consideration for public
health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations
Programme Learning (WK5).
Outcome PLO5: MODERN TOOL USAGE - Create, select and apply appropriate
techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including
prediction and modelling, to complex engineering problems, with an
understanding of the limitations (WK6).

CLO Marks Marks obtained

Final CLO 3 10
Assessment CLO 4 10
CLO 5 10
Total
30
January – April 2020 Final Assessment EE401/EE414 Digital Signal Processing

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

THREE (3) Questions. Answer ALL questions. (30 marks)

Type your name and ID on the cover page, attach it as the first page of your pdf
file.

All calculations are to be written in the blank papers.

Scan all your handwritten answers and cover page, save as ONE pdf file.

All simulation are to be done using Matlab.

Compress the pdf file and all Matlab files into ONE file (.zip or .rar), and label the
file with your name and ID, i.e. Chow Li Sze (1001234567).rar

Upload to the link provided in the CN.

Warning:
The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as a most
serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions
according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses
stipulated in the Students’ Handbook, up to and including expulsion from UCSI
University.

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January – April 2020 Final Assessment EE401/EE414 Digital Signal Processing

Q1 Design a FFT digital processor for spectral analysis using Matlab, with the
following instruction:

(a) Generate a digital signal, x(n), sampled at 6,000 Hz, using 500 sample points:

2𝜋1000𝑛 2𝜋1700𝑛
𝑥(𝑛) = 𝑒 0.2 cos ( ) + √3cos⁡( )
6,000 6,000
(1 mark)

(b) Construct the time series of x(n).

(1 mark)

(c) Generate white Gaussian noise to the signal.

(1 mark)

(d) Construct the time series with white Gaussian noise.

(1 mark)

(e) Generate the DFT coefficient X(k) for the digital signal x(n) with Gaussian
noise, using FFT.
(1 mark)

(f) Construct the one-sided amplitude spectrum of the signal.

(1 mark)

(g) Construct the one-sided power spectrum of the signal.

(1 mark)

(h) If the sampling frequency is reduced to 3,000 Hz, construct a new one-sided
amplitude spectrum.
(1 mark)

(i) Explain your result in (h) compare to (f).

(2 marks)

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January – April 2020 Final Assessment EE401/EE414 Digital Signal Processing

Q2(a) Design a suitable 7-tap FIR filter using the Hamming window function for the
noisy digital signal in Question 1. (Show your filter design and its filter
coefficients with handwritten calculation)
(5 marks)

(b) From Q2(a), derive the transfer function and difference equation of the FIR
system.
(2 marks)

(c) Verify your design with Matlab by:

(i) Generate the FIR filter coefficients.

(1 mark)

(ii) Construct the magnitude response and phase response.

(1 mark)

(iii) Apply the FIR filter to the noisy digital signal in Question 1 by showing
its filtered frequency spectrum.
(1 mark)

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January – April 2020 Final Assessment EE401/EE414 Digital Signal Processing

Q3(a) Design a suitable digital Butterworth filter for the noisy digital signal in
Question 1. (Show your filter design and its transfer function with handwritten
calculation)
(6 marks)

(b) Verify your design with Matlab by:

(i) Generate the transfer function coefficients.

(1 mark)

(ii) Construct the magnitude response and phase response.

(1 mark)

(iii) Apply the IIR filter to the noisy digital signal in Question 1 by showing
its filtered frequency spectrum.
(1 mark)

(c) Explain which filter (FIR or IIR) is better by comparing your result in Q2(c) and
Q3(b).
(1 mark)

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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