Example of Computation of Fourier transform of a CT SIGNAL
A practice problem on CT Fourier transform
Suppose we have a signal:
- $ e^{-2(t-1)}u(t-1)\, $
The formula of Fourier Transform is:
- $ X(w) = \int_{-\infty}^{ \infty} x(t)e^{-jwt}dt\, $
Substituting:
- $ X(w) = \int_{-\infty}^{ \infty} e^{-2(t-1)}u(t-1)e^{-jwt}dt\, $
From the step function, the range becomes 1 to $ \infty $, so the equation becomes:
- $ X(w) = \int_{1}^{ \infty} e^{-2(t-1)}e^{-jwt}dt\, $
- $ X(w) = \int_{1}^{ \infty} e^{2-(2+jw)t}dt\, $
Integrating yields:
- $ X(w) = {\left. -\frac{e^{2-(2+jw)t}}{2+jw} \right]_{1}^{\infty}}\, $
- $ X(w) = 0 - -\frac{e^{2-(2+jw)}}{2+jw} \, $
- $ X(w) = \frac{e^{2-2-jw}}{2+jw} \, $
- $ X(w) = \frac{e^{-jw}}{2+jw} \, $
