DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA

B. Tech, 5th semester, End-sem. Examination, Autumn 2018
Subject ID: EC-341 (Section–EC & EI) Subject: Digital Signal Processing
Maximum marks:50 Time: 3 hours
Instructions:
1. Answer question no. 1 and any SEVEN questions from the rest.
2. All parts of a question should be written in single continuous place.
3. Due credit will be awarded for neatness and appropriateness of answers.
1. a) Prove that a discrete-time sinusoid is periodic only if its frequency 𝑓 is a rational number.
b) What are the sources of errors in a Digital system?
c) A DTS performs the operation: 𝑦(𝑛) = 𝑥(𝑛) + 𝑛𝑥(𝑛 + 1). Classify the DTS in terms of
various properties of the DTS.
d) Find Fourier transform of the sequence 2𝑛 𝑢(−𝑛), 1×8
e) Explain the Gibbs phenomenon. =8
f) What are the limitations of Impulse Invariance Transform (IIT) to design IIR digital filter?
g) Why is Butterworth filter also called as maximally flat filter?
h) Find the group delay of a 10th order causal linear phase filter. Sampling frequency of signal
is 1 MHz.

2. a) A discrete time signal (DTS) is obtained by sampling a continuous signal 𝑥(𝑡) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠20𝜋𝑡 +
𝑐𝑜𝑠40𝜋𝑡 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠60𝜋𝑡 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠100𝜋𝑡. The sampling frequency is 100 Hz. Write the expression
of DTS. Plot its spectrum.
b) Determine the response of the (relaxed) system characterized by the impulse response 2×3
1 𝑛
ℎ(𝑛) = ( ) 𝑢(𝑛) to the input signal 𝑥(𝑛) = (3)𝑛 𝑢(𝑛).
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c) Determine the direct form II structure realization of the following LTI system: 12𝑦(𝑛) +
𝑦(𝑛 − 1) − 4𝑦(𝑛 − 3) = 𝑥(𝑛) + 2𝑥(𝑛 − 4).

3. Ea) Write two properties of DFT.

1 𝑛
b) Let 𝑋(𝑧) denote the 𝑧-transform of 𝑥(𝑛) = ( ) 𝑢(𝑛).
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2+4
(i) Determine the inverse 𝑧-transform of 𝑋(𝑧 2 ) without computing 𝑋(𝑧).
(ii) Determine the inverse 𝑧-transform of (1 + 𝑧 −1 )𝑋(𝑧 2 ) without computing 𝑋(𝑧).

4. a) Derive the Fourier transform of 𝑢(𝑛).

b) Using Parseval’s relation, evaluate the following integrals:
𝜋 4 𝜋 4
(iii) ∫0 𝑑𝜔 (ii) ∫0 (5−4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜔)2
𝑑𝜔 2+4
5+4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜔

5. a) Write a transfer function of 2nd order all pass filters and show the locations of the poles and
zeros.
b) Consider the filter 𝑦(𝑛) = −0.9𝑦(𝑛 − 1) + 𝑏𝑥(𝑛)
(i) Determine 𝑏 so that |𝐻(𝜋)| = 1.
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(ii) Determine the frequency at which |𝐻(𝜔)| = 1/√2.
(iii) Is this filter lowpass, bandpass, or high pass?
(iv) Repeat parts (ii) and (iii) for the filter 𝑦(𝑛) = 0.9𝑦(𝑛 − 1) + 0.1𝑥(𝑛)

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6. a) Explain one process of system identification.
b) Write the transfer function of a digital IIR notch filter and illustrate its response with
magnitude plot. Explain the response of the filter with placements of poles and zeros. 2×
c) A digital notch filter is required to remove an undesired 50-Hz hum associated with a power 3
supply in an ECG recording applications. The sampling frequency used is 200 Samples/s.
(i) Design a second-order IIR notch filter to have gain |𝐻(𝜔)| = 1 for 𝜔 = 0.

7. a) State two advantages and disadvantages of FIR filters.

b) Discuss the Type I linear phase filter.
c) Design a Type I linear-phase FIR filter using Hamming window for the frequency response: 2+2
𝜋
1, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 |𝜔| ≤ +2
3
𝐻𝑑 (𝜔) = { 𝜋
0, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 |𝜔| >
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8. a) Discuss the steps of IIR filter design using Impulse Invariance Transformation IIT (IIT).
b) Design a digital low-pass Butterworth filter using IIT for the given design specification: pass
band edge 1 kHz, stop band edge 3 kHz, maximum frequency 4 kHz, maximum pass band 2+4
attenuation (𝛿𝑝 ) 0.9 and minimum stop-band attenuation (𝛿𝑠 ) 0.1.

9. a) Discuss the steps of band-pass filter design using digital-to-digital frequency transformation
technique.
b) Determine the system function 𝐻(𝑧) of Chebyshev digital filter having least possible circuit
complexity to meet the following specifications:
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(i) 1 dB ripple in the pass-band 0 ≤ Ω ≤ 2 kHz.
(ii) At least 40-dB attenuation in the stop band 4 < Ω ≤ 5 kHz.
Convert this filter into an equivalent high-pass filter. Use Bilinear transformation (BLT) for
both the filters design.

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