Homework 10, ECE301, Spring 2011, Prof. Boutin

Due by 6pm Wednesday April 13, 2011

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Question 1

Let x(t) be a signal with Nyquist rate equal to $ 2,000 \pi $. Consider the signals

$ y_1(t)= e^{j (\omega_c t+\theta_c) } x(t) $

and

$ y_2(t)= \sin(\omega_c t ) x(t). \ $

a) What conditions should be put on $ \omega_c $ to insure that x(t) can be recovered from $ y_1(t) $?

b) Assuming the condition you stated in a) are met, how can one recover x(t) from $ y_1(t) $?

c) What conditions should be put on $ \omega_c $ to insure that x(t) can be recovered from $ y_2(t) $?

d) Assuming the condition you stated in c) are met, how can one recover x(t) from $ y_2(t) $?

Question 2

A signal x(t) is multiplied by a rectangular pulse train c(t), where

$ c(t)=\sum_{k=-\infty}^\infty u(t+\frac{1}{4}10^{-3}+k10^{-3} )-u(t-\frac{1}{4}10^{-3}+k 10^{-3}). $


a) What conditions should be put on the signal x(t) to insure that it can be recovered from x(t)c(t)?

b) Assuming the conditions you stated in a) are met, how can one recover x(t) from x(t)c(t)?

Question 3

A speech signal x(t) is band-limited to $ |\omega|<\omega_M $. For privacy reasons, the speech signal is "scrambled" into a new signal y(t) such that

$ {\mathcal Y}(\omega) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\mathcal X} (\omega -\omega_m), & \omega> 0 \\ {\mathcal X} (\omega + \omega_m), & \omega<0 \\ \end{array} \right. $

a) Sketch the spectrum (i.e., the Fourier transform) of y(t).

b) Draw the block diagram of a system that would produce such a scrambled signal (i.e. a "scrambler").

c) Draw the block diagram of a system that would descramble the signal (i.e., a "descrambler").

Question 4

Compute the Laplace transform of the following signals. (Do not forget to indicate the ROC.)

a) $ e^{-5t} u(t+3)\ $

b) $ e^{-5t} u(-t+5) \ $

c) $ e^{-5t} \left( u(t)-u(t-3) \right) \ $

d) $ e^{-2 |t| } \ $

Question 5

Let x(t) be a signal whose Laplace transform has exactly two poles located at s=-1 and s=-3, respectively. If the Fourier transform of $ g(t)=e^{2t}x(t) $ converges, could x(t) be

a) left-sided?

b) right-sided?

c) two-sided?

Question 5

We have shown in class that the Laplace transform of $ e^{-at} u(t) $ is

$ \frac{1}{s+a}, \text{ with ROC } {\mathcal Re}(s)>{\mathcal Re}(-a). $

Use this fact to compute the inverse Laplace transform of

$ X(s)=\frac{2(s+2)}{s^2+7s+12}, \text{ with ROC }{\mathcal Re}(s)> -3 . $


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