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UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG
Prof. Dr. Leonhard Reindl
Lehrstuhl El. Mess- und Prüfverfahren

Signal Processing
Exercise Nr. 5 SS 2016
Date of issue: 25.05.2016

Responses of a continuous-time LTI system and convolution

1 Verify the following equations

a) x (t ) ∗ h(t ) = h(t ) ∗ x(t )

b) {x(t ) ∗ h1 (t )}∗ h2 (t ) = x(t ) ∗ {h1 (t ) ∗ h2 (t )}

( ∗ ) is the convolution operator.

2 Show that
a) x(t ) ∗ δ (t ) = x(t )

b) x(t ) ∗ δ (t − t 0 ) = x(t − t 0 )
t
c) x(t ) ∗ u (t ) = ∫ x(τ )d (τ )
−∞

t −t0
d) x(t ) ∗ u (t − t 0 ) = ∫ x(τ )d (τ )
−∞

δ (t ) is the Dirac impulse (unit impulse) function and u (t ) is the unit step function
1 t > 0
u (t ) = 
0 t < 0
3. The impulse response of a linear time invariant (LTI) system is shown in figure below.

Determine the response of the system to the input x[n] =u [n-4]

Signal Processing, Exercise Nr.5 1/2

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4 . Evaluate y (t ) = x(t ) ∗ h(t ) , where x(t ) and h(t ) are shown below,
a) by an analytical technique (calculation)
b) by a graphical method

Signal Processing, Exercise Nr.5 2/2