1 Signals and System Chapter 1 1
Signals and Systems
CE/EE301
2 Signals and System Chapter 1
Outline
• Introduction of basic signals
• Step function
• Unit impulse signal
• Continuous and time complex exponential signals
• Real and complex exponential
• Periodicity
Unit Step Function
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Step Function
The switching process can be described mathematically by the function called the Unit
Step Function.
Unit Step Function
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Shifted Step Function
Right Left
f (t) = u(T-t)
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Examples Pulse Function
1 0≤𝑡≤2 1 −3≤𝑡 ≤6
𝑖 𝑓 𝑡 =ቊ 𝑖𝑖 𝑓 𝑡 = ቊ
0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 0 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
f (t) = u(t)-u(t-2) f (t) = u(t+3)-u(t-6)
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• The relationship between the discrete-time unit impulse and step functions. In particular,
the continuous-time unit step is the running integral of the unit impulse
• The relationship between δ(t) and u(t)
1 represents the area of the pulse.
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• One of the simplest discrete-time signals is the unit impulse, which is defined as
• A second basic discrete-time signal is the discrete-time unit step, denoted by u[n] and defined by
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Signals and System Chapter 1 9
𝑥 𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 (𝑎+𝑗𝑤𝑜 )𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑡
𝑤𝑜 =0
𝑥 𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 𝑎𝑡
𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡
a>0 a<0
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𝑥 𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 (𝑎+𝑗𝑤𝑜 )𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑡
𝑎=0 𝑥 𝑡 = 𝐶 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑡 = 𝐶 cos 𝑤𝑜 𝑡 + 𝑗 sin 𝑤𝑜 𝑡
An important property of this signal is that it is periodic.
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𝑥[𝑛] = 𝛼 𝑛 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑛 = 𝛼 𝑛 cos 𝑤𝑜 𝑛 + 𝑗 sin 𝑤𝑜 𝑛
𝑤𝑜 =0 𝑥[𝑛] = 𝛼 𝑛
α>1 0<α<1
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𝑥[𝑛] = 𝛼 𝑛 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑛 = 𝛼 𝑛 cos 𝑤𝑜 𝑛 + 𝑗 sin 𝑤𝑜 𝑛
𝛼=1 𝑥[𝑛] = 𝑒 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑛 = cos 𝑤𝑜 𝑛 + 𝑗 sin 𝑤𝑜 𝑛
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In order for the signal to be periodic with period N > 0, we must have
w0N must be a
multiple of 2π.
• The signal is periodic if is a rational number.
• if x[n] is periodic with fundamental period N, its fundamental frequency is .
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• While there are many similarities between continuous-time and discrete-time signals, there are
also a number of important differences.
• We identified the following two properties of continuous-time
• The larger the magnitude of w0, the higher is the rate of oscillation in the signal;
• 𝑒 𝑗𝑤0𝑡 is periodic for any value of w0
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• Consider the discrete-time complex exponential with frequency
𝑗(𝑤𝑜 +2𝜋)𝑛 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑛 𝑗2𝜋𝑛 𝑗𝑤𝑜 𝑛
𝑒 =𝑒 𝑒 =𝑒
• The exponential at frequency (w0 + 2π) is the same as that at frequency w0 .
• In discrete time, the signal with frequency w0 is identical to the signals with
frequencies w0 ± 2π, w0 ± 4π, and so on
• Therefore, in considering discrete-time complex exponentials, we need only
consider a frequency interval of length 2π in which to choose w0 .
• We will use the interval 0 ≤ 𝑤0 ≤ 2𝜋 or the interval −π ≤ 𝑤0 < 𝜋 .
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• This means in DT signal when we increase ω0 from 0, we obtain signals that
oscillate more and more rapidly until we reach ω0 = π.
• As we continue to increase ω0, we decrease the rate of oscillation until we reach
ω0 = 2π, which produces the same constant sequence as ω0 = 0.
• The Figure in the next slide explains this very well
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