EC2204 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER, IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT

 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER, IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT

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ANNA UNIVERSITY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER,  EC2204 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, 2 MARKS AND 16 MARKS QUESTIONS FOR ECE DEPARTMENT

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2010

Third Semester

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC2204 — SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

(Regulation 2008)

Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks

Answer ALL Questions

PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)

1. Define unit impulse and unit step signals.
2. When is a system said to be memoryless? Give an example.
3. State any two properties of Continuous – Time Fourier Transform.
4. Find the Laplace transform of the signal ) ( ) ( t u e t x at − = .
5. State the convolution integral for continuous time LTI systems.
6. What is the impulse response of two LTI systems connected in parallel?
7. State the Sampling theorem.
8. State the sufficient condition for the existence of DTFT for an aperiodic
sequence ) (n x .
9. Define one sided Z-transform and Two-sided Z-transform.
10. Define the shifting property of the discrete time unit Impulse function.

PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a) Distinguish between the following:
(i) Continuous Time Signal and Discrete Time Signal. (4)
(ii) Unit step and Unit Ramp functions. (4)
(iii) Periodic and Aperiodic signals. (4)
(iv) Deterministic and Random signals. (4)
Or
(b) (i) Find whether the signal ) 1 4 ( sin ) 1 10 ( cos 2 ) ( − − + = t t t x is periodic
or not. (4)
(ii) Find the summation ∑∞
− =
−
8
2 ) 2 (
n
n n e δ . (4)
(iii) Explain the properties of unit impulse function. (4)
(iv) Find the fundamental period T of the continuous time signal




+ =
6
10 cos 20 ) (
π
πt t x . (4)
12. (a) (i) Find the trigonometric Fourier series for the periodic signal ) (t x
shown in the figure given below : (10)
(ii) Explain the Fourier spectrum of a periodic signal ) (t x . (6)
Or
(b) (i) Find the Laplace transform of the signal
) ( ) ( ) ( t u e t u e t x bt t a − + = − − . (8)
(ii) Find the Fourier transform of
t e t x
− = ) ( for 1 1 ≤ ≤ − t
otherwise 0 = . (8)
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13. (a) (i) Explain the steps to compute the convolution integral. (8)
(ii) Find the convolution of the following signals: (8)
) ( ) ( 2 t u e t x t − =
) 2 ( ) ( + = t u t h .
Or
(b) (i) Using Laplace transform, find the impulse response of an LTI
system described by the differential equation
) ( ) ( 2
) ( ) (
2
2
t x t y
dt
t dy
t d
t y d = − − . (8)
(ii) Explain the properties of convolution integral. (8)
14. (a) (i) Find the Fourier Transform of
N n
N n A n x
> =
≤ =
0
) (
. (8)
(ii) Explain any four properties of DTFT. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Find the Z-transform of the given signal ) (n x and find ROC.
( ) ( ) sin ( ) o
x n w n u n =     . (10)
(ii) Describe the sampling operation and explain how aliasing error can
be prevented. (6)
15. (a) (i) Find the impulse response of the discrete time system described by
the difference equation
) 1 ( ) ( 2 ) 1 ( 3 ) 2 ( − = + − − − n x n y n y n y . (8)
(ii) Discuss the block diagram representation for LTI discrete time
systems. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Describe the state variable model for discrete time systems. (8)
(ii) Find the state variable matrices A, B, C, D for the equation
) 2 ( 6 ) 1 ( 5 ) ( ) 2 ( 2 ) 1 ( 3 ) ( − + − + = − − − − n x n x n x n y n y n y . (8)