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This document contains instructions for two homework exercises: 1. The first exercise involves deriving the Fourier transforms of the sign function, unit-step function, and a signal defined by e^(-αt) for t>0 and e^(αt) for t<0. 2. The second exercise proves properties of the even and odd parts of a signal's Fourier transform. It also involves analyzing amplitude modulated and half-wave rectified signals to extract the original signal.

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Homework 1

This document contains instructions for two homework exercises: 1. The first exercise involves deriving the Fourier transforms of the sign function, unit-step function, and a signal defined by e^(-αt) for t>0 and e^(αt) for t<0. 2. The second exercise proves properties of the even and odd parts of a signal's Fourier transform. It also involves analyzing amplitude modulated and half-wave rectified signals to extract the original signal.

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Home Assignment 1

Due on May 20, 2008

Exercise 1
In this problem we derive the Fourier transforms of the sign function and the
unit-step function.

Part A
Find the Fourier transform of the signal (for > 0)

t
e , t > 0,

x(t) = 0, t = 0,

t
e , t < 0.

Part B
The sign function sign(t) is defined by

1,
t > 0,
sign(t) = 0, t = 0,

1, t < 0.

Find the Fourier transform of the sign function.

Part C
The unit-step function u(t) is defined by

1,
t > 0,
u(t) = 0.5, t = 0,

0, t < 0.

1
Find the Fourier transform of the unit-step function. Hint: Express u(t) in
terms of sign(t) and another signal.

Exercise 2
Part A
For a real signal x(t) we define

x(t) + x(t)
xe (t) = ,
2
x(t) x(t)
xo (t) = .
2
The signals xe (t) and xo (t) are called the even and the odd parts of x(t),
respectively. Prove that

XeF () = <{X F ()}, XoF () = ={X F ()},

with < and = denoting the real and the imaginary parts of the Fourier
transform, respectively.

Part B
Let
x(t) = cos(m t) (1)
and
y(t) = [1 + ax(t)] sin(c t) (2)
where 0 < a < 1 and m  c 1 . In this problem we assume, for simplicity,
that c = M m , where M is an integer much larger than 1.
Show that y(t) is periodic with period 2/m .

Define2 (
y(t), y(t) 0,
z(t) = (3)
0, y(t) < 0.
1
The operation of constructing y(t) from x(t) is called amplitude modulation (AM).
2
The signal z(t) is called half-wave rectification of y(t).

2
Since a < 1, we also have
(
y(t), sin(c t) 0,
z(t) = (4)
0, sin(c t) < 0.

Show that z(t) is periodic with period 2/m .

Suggest a way to extract the signal x(t) from z(t).

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