FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

ONLINE FINAL EXAMINATION

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Course Code & Name : EE414 Digital Signal Processing

Semester : January – April 2021
Instructor/Examiner/Lecturer : Asst. Prof. Dr. Chow Li Sze
Duration : 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

FIVE (5) Questions. Answer ALL questions. (100 marks)

1. Type your Student ID on this Cover page.
2. Answer all questions with handwritten answers.
3. Save the Cover page, handwritten answers, student ID and exam token together
in one PDF file.
4. Label the PDF file with your name and ID, i.e., Chow Li Sze_100123456.pdf
5. Upload to the submission link in CN. If CN is not accessible, email to
chowls@ucsiuniversity.edu.my

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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Q1(a) Given an analog signal x(t) sampled at a rate of 8,000 Hz:

x(t) = 7 cos (2π.2500t) + 3 cos(2π.5000t), for t  0

(i) Construct the spectrum of the sampled signal up to 20 kHz.

(8 marks)

(ii) Construct the recovered analog signal spectrum if an ideal lowpass filter
with a cutoff frequency of 4 kHz is used to filter the sampled signal in
order to recover the original.
(4 marks)

(iii) Compute the aliasing frequency.

(1 mark)

(b) Assume that a DS processor with a sampling time interval of 0.01 second
converts the following analog signal x(t) to a digital signal x(n):

x(t) = 35 e-20t cos (3πt) u(t)

(i) Produce the digital signal x(n).

(2 marks)

(ii) Compute the first 6 sampled values of the digital signal.

(3 marks)

(iii) Sketch the digital signal.

(2 marks)

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Q2 Given the sequence in the Figure Q2, assume fs = 100 Hz.

Figure Q2

(a) Determine the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) coefficients, X(k).

(8 marks)

(b) Determine the values for the amplitude spectrum, phase spectrum and power
spectrum.
(9 marks)

(c) Illustrate the amplitude spectrum, phase spectrum and power spectrum in the
digital frequency domain.
(3 marks)

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Q3(a) Compute the inverse z-transform for these functions:

5z 2z
(i) X ( z) = −
( z − 1) 2
( z − 0.5) 2
(2 marks)

z −4 −6 z −3
(ii) X ( z) = +z +
( z − 1) z + 0.5
(2 marks)

(b) Given the digital system y(n) below with a sampling rate of 8,000 Hz:

y(n) = x(n) - 0.5y(n-1)

(i) Construct the frequency response.

(4 marks)

(ii) Compute the magnitude frequency response (in dB) and phase response
(in degrees) up to 4,000 Hz.
(7 marks)

(iii) Sketch the magnitude frequency response and phase response in

Q3(b)(ii).
(2 marks)

(iv) Classify the type of filter for this DSP system with explanation.
(3 marks)

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Q4 Consider a design of 5-tap FIR band reject filter with a lower cutoff frequency
of 2,000 Hz, an upper cutoff frequency of 2,400 Hz, and a sampling rate of 8,000
Hz using the Hamming window method.

(a) Solve the FIR filter coefficients, h(n).

(7 marks)

(b) Solve the Hamming window function, wham.

(5 marks)

(c) Present the windowed impulse response, hw.

(5 marks)

(d) Produce the transfer function of the above FIR system.

(3 marks)

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Q5 Consider a highpass digital Chebyshev filter with the following specifications:

- 0.5 dB ripple on the passband at a frequency of 3,000 Hz.
- 25 dB attenuation at a frequency of 1,000 Hz.
- Sampling frequency at 8,000 Hz.

(a) Demonstrate the lowpass prototype specification.

(6 marks)

(b) Compute the filter order.

(4 marks)

(c) Present the function H(s) using prototype transformation.

(3 marks)

(d) Construct the transfer function H(z) for the above Chebyshev filter.
(7 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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Formula Sheet

Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT):

N −1 2kn N −1
−j
X ( k ) =  x ( n )e N
=  x(n)WNkn
n =0 n =0 for k = 0, 1, …, N-1

N −1 2kn N −1
1 1
 X ( k )e  X (k )W
j
− kn
x ( n) = N
= N
N k =0 N k =0 for n = 0, 1, …, N-1

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Common window functions used in the FIR filter design:

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