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EE 612 Digital Signal Processing

Tutorial 2
Impulse Response, LCCDE, and Convolution
1. For each of the following impulse response of LTI system indicate whether or not the system
is stable.
(a)
n
h[n] 4 u[n] = (b) h[n] u[n] u[n 10] = (c)
n
h[n] 3 u[ n 1] =
(d)
n
h[n] sin u[n]
3
| |
=
|
\ .
(e)
n
3 n
h[n] cos
4 4 4
| | | |
= +
| |
\ . \ .
(f) h[n] 2u[n 5] u[n] u[n 5] = +
2. (a) The impulse response h[n] of a linear time-invariant system is known to be zero, except
in the interval
0 1
N n N s s . The input x[n] is known to be zero, except in the interval
2 3
N n N s s . As a result, the output is constrained to be zero, except in some interval
4 5
N n N s s . Determine
4
N and
5
N in terms of
0
N ,
1
N ,
2
N and
3
N .
(b) If x[n] is zero, except for N consecutive points and h[n] is zero except for M consecutive
points, what is maximum number of consecutive points for which y[n] can be non-zero ?
3. By direct evaluation of the convolution sum, determine the step response of a linear time-
invariant system whose impulse response is,

n
h[n] a u[ n], 0 a 1

= < <

4. Consider the linear constant coefficient difference equation

3 1
y[n] y[n 1] y[n 2] 2x[n 1]
4 8
+ =

Determine [ ] y n for 0 n > when [ ] [ ] x n n = c and y[n] 0, n 0 = <

5. A causal linear time-invariant system is described by the difference equation
y[n] 5y[n 1] 6y[n 2] 2x[n 1] + =
(a) Determine the homogeneous response of the system
(b) Determine the impulse response of the system
(c) Determine the step response of the system
6. Consider the difference equation representations of a causal LTI system

1
y[n] y[n 1] x[n 1]
a
+ =
(a) Find the impulse response of the system [ ] h n as a function of the constant a
(b) For what range of values of a, will the system be stable?
7. For each of the pair of the sequence in Fig.7 use discrete convolution to find the response to
the input [ ] x n of the linear time-invariant system with the impulse response [ ] h n .
2


(a) x[n] h[n]







(b) x[n]




h[n]



Fig. 7
8. The impulse response of a linear time invariant system is shown in Fig.8. Sketch the response
of this system to the input x[n] u[n 4] =




Fig. 8
9. Determine the convolution of
6
[ ] (1/ 6) [ ] and [ ] (1/ 3) [ 3]
n n
x n u n h n u n

= = .
10. A LTI system has a unit sample response [ ] [ 1] h n u n = . Find the output if the input is
[ ] 3 [ ]
n
x n n u n =
n
1
1
1 0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
n
1
0
1
4
1
5
1
-2
1
1
1
n
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
17
77
7 1
8
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
-1
1
n
1
1
1
1
1