San J ose State University

Department of Electrical Engineering

Exam 1


EE 210 Spring 2008

Closed Book, Closed Notes,

Instructions: There are 4 problems. Interpretation of questions will not be
given during the exam. If you are unsure about the meaning of a question,
make an assumption, state what it is and continue.

Problem Score Possible
1 25
2 25
3 25
4 25
Total 100

Problems are weighted as shown. Please write your name and Student ID at
the bottom of this page and work all 4 problems. Show all your work. No
credit will be given for work not shown. Use back of page if necessary but
label clearly.




Last Name: First Name: ID: .
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PROBLEM 1: ( 25 points)

A continuous-time signal ( ) t x is shown in below figure. Sketch and label carefully each of the following
signals.

1) ( ) 1 t x (10 points)
( ) x t
t
1
1
1
2 3
2
1 2




2) ( )
2
4
t
x (15 points)


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PROBLEM 2: (25 points)

Determine and sketch the convolution of the following two signals:
( )

<
+
=
elsewhere
t t
t t
t x
, 0
2 1 2
1 0 1
,
( ) ( ) ( ) 1 2 2 + + + = t t t h

( ) x t
t
0
1
1 2
2

( ) h t
t
1
1 2
2

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) x t h t x h t d h x t d


= = =


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PROBLEM 3: (25 points):
Consider the following system:

+
0.6
1
z

( ) X z
( ) Y z



a) Find the pulse response of the system ( ) H z .(5 points)












b) Find the power transfer functions for the system. (5 points)












c) State ROC and plot their pole zero diagram. (5 points)
ROC of ( ) T z




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d) If the input to the system is assumed white noise with ( ) 2
xx
S z = , use residue theory to find the
mean-squared output fluctuations
[ ] ( ) ( )
2 1
1
0
2
yy yy
y n R S z z dz
j

= =

%



at the output (10 points)


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PROBLEM 4: (25 points)

In the input to system of problem 3 has [ ] ( ) 10 0.6
n
xx
R n =



a) Find the power spectral density of the output noise. (10 points)





















b) The cross-spectral density of the input and output noise ( )
xy
S z . (5 points)





















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c) Find the signal to noise ratio at the input and output for 0 n if an input signal of
[ ] [ ]
6 f n u n = is
added to the input noise. (10 points)