Signals and System

Convolution
 NEED OF CONVOLUTION OPERATION

• It relates the three signals of interest: the input signal, the output signal, and the impulse
response. It is a formal mathematical operation, just as multiplication, addition, and
integration.

• There's not particularly any "physical" meaning to the convolution operation. The main use
of convolution is to describe the output of a linear, time-invariant (LTI) system. The output of
an LTI system for any input signal 𝑥(𝑡) can be expressed as the convolution of the input
signal with the system's impulse response.

Black Box

X(t) H(t) Y(t)

 DEFINING CONVOLUTION OPERATION

Defined as an integral that expresses the amount of

overlap of one function when it is shifted over the
another function.
Convolution Process
Convolution Process

Time Reversal

Time Shifting
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