Winter 2025
ECE 102
Christina Fragouli
TAs: Mine Dogan and Vishwas Shetty
Systems and Signals
Additional Problems on Convolution
Problem 1
Consider the signals f1 (t) and f2 (t). Use the flip-and-drag technique to find an analytic expression
for f1 (t) ∗ f2 (t) for signals
(a) in Figure 1
Figure 1: Problem 1
(b) in Figure 2
Figure 2: Problem 1
Problem 2
Consider a system with the impulse response
h(t) = e−t [u(t) − u(t − 2)]
Let the input signal applied to this system be :
x(t) = Π(t − 0.5) − Π(t − 1.5)
1,
0≤t <1
= −1, 1≤t <2
0, otheriwise
Determine the outout signal y(t) using convolution.
Problem 3
For each pair of signals x(t) and h(t) given below, find the convolution y(t) = x(t) ∗ h(t).
(a) x(t) = u(t), h(t) = e−2t u(t)
(b) x(t) = u(t), h(t) = [e−t − e−2t] u(t)
(c) x(t) = u(t − 2), h(t) = e−2t u(t)
(d) x(t) = u(t) − u(t − 2), h(t) = e−2t u(t)