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Practice Question 4, ECE438 Fall 2010, Prof. Boutin

Frequency domain view of filtering.

Note: There is a very high chance of a question like this on the final.

Define a signal x(t) and take samples every T (using a specific value of T). Store the samples in a discrete-time signal z[n]. Obtain a mathematical expression for the Fourier transform of x(t) and sketch it. Obtain a mathematical expression for the Fourier transform of y[n] and sketch it.

Let's hope we get a lot of different signals from different students!

• Instructor's note: if you make a mistake and somebody else comments on it, please do not remove it when you make corrections later. Instead, just start over below your previous answer. The idea is to learn from our mistakes! -pm

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I thought I would start with a function that had a simple F.T.

$ x(t) = \delta(t), T=1 $

$ \begin{align} z[n] &= x_T[n] \\ &= \delta(t+T) \end{align} $

Fourier Transform of x(t) = 1

$ y[n] = x(t)*z[n] $ <-- is this correct?

• No, there is a serious problem with your signal y[n]: it's defined as a function of both t and n. It should NOT depend on n.

I only solved the general form for this problem.

$ \begin{align} \mathcal{F}(x(t)) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x(t)e^{-j\omega t} \end{align} $

$ \begin{align} z[n] = comb_T(x(t)) \end{align} $

• Oops! Your z[n] is actually a function of t (because a comb is the multiplication of two functions of t, namely the signal x(t) and an impulse train p(t) .

I'm not sure what y[n] is equal to. I'm assuming that y[n] is the same as z[n]. Then the FT of y[n] is

$ \begin{align} Y(e^{j\omega}) = \frac{1}{T}rep_\frac{1}{T}(X(e^{j\omega})) \end{align} $

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