Gate Signals
Gate Signals
Gate Signals
Anju James
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Electronics
Signals & Systems
Signal is defined as a function that conveys useful
information about the state or behavior of a physical
phenomenon.
Signal is typically the variation with respect to an
independent quantity like time or distance.
(1) Speech signal – plot of amplitude with respect to
time [x(t)]
(2) Image –plot of intensity with respect to spatial co-
ordinates [I(x, y)]
(3) Video – plot of intensity with respect to spatial co-
ordinates and time [V(x, y, t)]
System: System is defined as an entity which extracts
useful information from the signal or processes the
signal as per a specific function.
E.g.: Speech Signal Filtering
Classification of signals
Number of independent variables
◦ One dimensional & Multi-dimensional
Continuous or discrete independent
variables
◦ Continuous time & Discrete time
Continuous or discrete dependent
variable
◦ Continuous valued & Discrete valued
◦ Analog & Digital
◦ Causal & Non-casual
◦ Even and Odd
Graphical representation of
signals
Causal vs Non-causal
Causal signals… f (t) = 0 for t
<0
Non-causal signals
Even vs Odd
Even signals
Odd signals
Example
Even and Odd components of a
signal
Any signal can be written as the sum of even and odd
signals
Example- find the even and odd
components of a signal
Standard signals
Unit Step signal
u(t) = { 1 for t⩾0
0 for t<0 }
Unit Impulse
Pulse signal
Exponential function
Exponential signal is in the form
of x(t) = eαt
The shape of exponential can be
defined by α
if α = 0 → x(t) = e0 = 1
if α < 0 i.e. -ve then x(t) = e−αt.
The shape is called decaying
exponential.
if α > 0 i.e. -ve then x(t) = eαt.
The shape is called raising
exponential.
Example
h(n) = 2u(n-2)- 2u(n-4)
a. Stable and casual
b. Stable and non causal
c. Causal and unstable
d. Non causal and unstable
Example
h(n) = u(n+3) + u(n-2) – 2 u(n-7)
a. Stable and casual
b. Stable and non causal
c. Causal and unstable
d. Non causal and unstable
Example
h(n) = 2nu(n-2)
a. Stable and casual
b. Stable and non causal
c. Causal and unstable
d. Non causal and unstable
Example
An excitation is applied to a
system at t=T and its response is
zero for -∞ to T. Such system is
a. casual
b. non causal
c. unstable
d. stable
Periodic vs non-periodic
A signal x(t) is said to be
periodic if for some
positive constant To
k=2
k=-2
k=1
k=-1
Find x(-t)
0<1-3t<3
Example 0>3t-1>-3
1>3t>-2
1/3>t>-2/3