Homework 1
Homework 1
(a) Determine the homogeneous response of the system, i.e., the possible outputs if x n 0
for all n .
(b) Determine the impulse response of the system.
(c) Determine the step response of the system.
2. Consider an LTI system with frequency response
H e j
1 e j 2
1
1 e j 4
2
n
x n sin
4
3. Consider the system illustrated in Figure P2.15-1. The output of an LTI system with an
n
1
impulse response h n u n 10 is multiplied by a unit step function u n to yield
4
the output of the overall system. Answer each of the following questions, and briefly justify
your answers:
u n
x n
1
h n u n 10
4
v n
y n
Figure 2.15-1
X e j
1 a2
1 ae j 1 ae j
a 1
(b) Calculate
X e j cos
2
1
3
Figure P3.4-1
7. The system function of a causal linear time-invariant system is:
H z
1 z 1
3
1 z 1
4
1
x n u n u n 1
3
Re
n
1
x n u n 2 u n 1
3
1
2
y n 5 u n 5 u n
3
3
(a) Find the system function H z of the system. Plot the pole(s) and zero(s) of H z and
indicate the region of convergence.
(b) Find the impulse response h n of the system.
(c) Write a difference equation that is satisfied by the given input and output.
(d) Is the system stable? Is it causal?
a n , n 0
h n
0, n 0
and input
1, 0 n N 1
x n
0, otherwise
(a) Determine the output y n by explicitly evaluating the discrete convolution of x n and
h n .
(b) Determine the output y n by computing the inverse z-transform of the product of the ztransforms of x n and h n .
10. Consider a stable linear time-invariant system. The z-transform of the impulse response is
z 1 z 2
H z
1 1 1 1
1 z 1 z
2 3