EEE 303

Signals and Linear Systems

Instructor: Dr. Tishna Sabrina

Spring 2020

Lecture 4
Operations on Signals
The Reflection Operation
◼ Also known as Folding Operation.
◼ x(-t) → reflection about y-axis
◼ Example: If x(t) represents a video signal out of a
video recorder, then x(-t) is the signal out of the
video player when the rewind switch is pushed.

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Example 1.5.4

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Example 1.5.4

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Even and Odd Signal
◼ Reflection is extremely useful in examining the
symmetry properties that a signal may possess.
◼ The condition for a signal to be Even is -
𝒙 −𝒕 = 𝒙 𝒕

◼ The condition for a signal to be Odd is -

𝒙 −𝒕 = −𝒙 𝒕

◼ An arbitrary signal x(t) can always be expressed as

a sum of even and odd signals,
◼ Here, the even part of the signal is,
◼ And, the odd part of the signal is

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Example 1.5.5

Determine and plot 𝑥𝑒 𝑡 and 𝑥𝑜 𝑡 .

As we know , and

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Home Work
◼ Section1.5.2
◼ Example 1.5.2

◼ Example 1.5.3

◼ Example 1.5.4

◼ Example 1.5.5

◼ Example 1.5.6

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