Discrete Time Signals

EE 341

Discrete Time Linear Systems

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
 Sampled Signals
• Converting continuous time signal into discrete time
system is unambiguous—e.g., sample value every T
[note that we are throwing away information]

Given f(t) to be a continuous time signal, f(nT) is the value of f(t)

at t = nT. The discrete-time signal (or sequence) is defined only for
n an integer. So if we derive from by sampling every seconds,
where is the sample period, we get:

f [n]  f (nT )  f (t ) t  nT 2
Discrete Time Unit Step Function

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Time-shifted unit step function

For n0 > 0

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Time-shifted unit step function

For n0 < 0

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Discrete Time Unit Impulse Function

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Shifted Impulse Function

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Shifted Impulse Function

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Comparison—DT and CT

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 Adding and Subtracting Signals
• Do it "point by point"
• Can do using a table, or graphically (or by
computer program)
• Example:

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 Adding and Subtracting Signals
• Example:

=
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Adding and Subtracting Signals

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Adding and Subtracting Signals

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Adding and Subtracting Signals

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Adding and Subtracting Signals

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Time-Reversal of a Signal

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Time-Scaling a Signal

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

Find w1[n] = x[2n]

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

Find w2[n] = x[2n+1]

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Slowing
Down

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Slowing
Down

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

w1[n] = x[2n]

Using linear
interpolation

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

w2[n] = x[2n+1]

Using linear
interpolation

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

Try a different example…

Find w3[n] = y[2n] and w4[n] = y[2n+1]

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Time-Scaling a Signal-Subsampling

w3[n] = y[2n]

w4[n] = y[2n+1]

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 Recall earlier example…

w3[n] = y[2n]

What does w3[n/2] look like? (compute from w3, using table and
linear interpolation)
Would look different if
Looks just like y[n] ! different interpolation

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 Recall earlier example…

w4[n] = y[2n+1]

What does w4[n/2] look like? (compute from w4, using table and
linear interpolation) Would look different if
Looks just like w4[n] ! different interpolation

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 Recall earlier example…

What does y[n/2] look like,

using linear interpolation?

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More Time-Shifting

y[n]

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More Time-Shifting

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Combining Time Shifting and Scaling

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Combining Time Shifting and Scaling

Be careful—for some cases method 1 doesn't work!

For example, if you want to form

What does it mean to shift a signal by

3/2 ?? To make sure, plug values into
the table to check:

For other cases, method 2 doesn't work

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Combining Time Shifting and Scaling

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 Combining Time Shifting and Scaling

2
x[n]=2u[n+2] 2
2 2
z[n]=x[3-2n]
2 2
2 2
2
2
2
2
Get this from table, using x[n] 2
values.
2
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Combining Time Shifting and
Scaling

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Combining Time Shifting and Scaling

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Multiply these two to get

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