Introduction to Signals and

Systems
Chapter 1
 Signals and Systems Defined
• A signal is any physical phenomenon which
conveys information
• Systems respond to signals and produce new
signals
• Excitation signals are applied at system
inputs and response signals are produced at
system outputs

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 A Communication System as a
System Example
• A communication system has an information
signal plus noise signals
• This is an example of a system that consists
of an interconnection of smaller systems

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 Signal Types

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 Conversions Between Signal Types

Sampling

Quantizing

Encoding

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 Message Encoded in ASCII

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 Noisy Message Encoded in ASCII

Progressively
noisier
signals

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 Bit Recovery in a Digital Signal
Using Filtering

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 Image Filtering to Aid Perception
Original X-Ray Image Filtered X-Ray Image

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 Sound Recording System

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 Recorded Sound as a Signal Example
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