SOME PRACTICE CONVOLUTION PROBLEMS

Notes for EEL 4514 Communication Systems and Components

G.K. Heitman
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
Fall 2002

1. x(t) = 2[u(t) − u(t − 2)], h(t) = 2[u(t + 1) − u(t − 1)].

Answer :

 4t + 4, −1 ≤ t < 1,
(x ? h)(t) = −4t + 12, 1 ≤ t < 3,
0, otherwise


2. x(t) = 2[u(t) − u(t − 2)], and


 2t, 0 ≤ t < 1,
h(t) = −2t + 4, 1 ≤ t < 2,
0, otherwise


Answer :
2t2 ,


 0 ≤ t < 1,
−2t2 + 8t − 4, 1 ≤ t < 3,

(x ? h)(t) =

 2t2 − 16t + 32, 3 ≤ t < 4,
0, otherwise


3. 
 2t + 2, −1 ≤ t < 0,
x(t) = h(t) = −2t + 2, 0 ≤ t < 1,
0, otherwise


Answer :
2 3
+ 4t2 + 8t + 16

 3t 3 , −2 ≤ t < −1,
−2t3 − 4t2 + 83 ,

−1 ≤ t < 0,



(x ? h)(t) = 2t3 − 4t2 + 83 , 0 ≤ t < 1,
− 23 t3 + 4t2 − 8t + 16 3 , 1 ≤ t < 2,




0, otherwise


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EEL 4514: Convolution Problems 2

4. x(t) = 2u(t) − 4u(t − 1) + 2u(t − 2), h(t) = −2u(t) + 4u(t − 1) −

2u(t − 2).
Answer :


 −4t, 0 ≤ t < 1,
 12t − 16, 1 ≤ t < 2,


(x ? h)(t) = −12t + 32, 2 ≤ t < 3,
4t − 16, 3 ≤ t < 4,




0, otherwise


5. h(t) = u(t) − u(t − 1) and



 t, 0 ≤ t < 1,
1, 1 ≤ t < 3,

x(t) =

 −t + 4, 3 ≤ t < 4,
0, otherwise


Answer :
 1 2
 2t , 0 ≤ t < 1,
1 2


 − t + 2t − 1, 1 ≤ t < 2,
 2


1, 2 ≤ t < 3,
(x ? h)(t) = 1 2

 − 2 t + 3t − 72 , 3 ≤ t < 4,
1 2 25
 2 t − 5t + 2 , 4 ≤ t < 5,




0, otherwise

In each of these problems, you should plot x(t), h(t), and (x ? h)(t).
(This is a good opportunity to get some practice using Mathcad.)