Introduction
Discrete-time signals are obtained by sampling
continuous-time signals.
They are represented by sequence of numbers
The nth number in the sequence is represented
with x[n]
Figure 3 (a) Continuous-time signal x(t). (b) Representation of x(t) as a discrete-
time signal x[n].
, Example of sequence
• Unit-sample sequence (n)
Sometime call (n) 1 n 0
( n )
a discrete-time impulse; or
0 n 0
an impulse
(n)
n
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
, • Unit-step sequence u(n)
1 n 0
u ( n)
0 n 0
In term of unit sample
sequence (n) u(n) u(n 1)
u(n)
n
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
, • Real exponential sequence
x(n) a n
x(n)
...
... n
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Discrete-time signals are obtained by sampling
continuous-time signals.
They are represented by sequence of numbers
The nth number in the sequence is represented
with x[n]
Figure 3 (a) Continuous-time signal x(t). (b) Representation of x(t) as a discrete-
time signal x[n].
, Example of sequence
• Unit-sample sequence (n)
Sometime call (n) 1 n 0
( n )
a discrete-time impulse; or
0 n 0
an impulse
(n)
n
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
, • Unit-step sequence u(n)
1 n 0
u ( n)
0 n 0
In term of unit sample
sequence (n) u(n) u(n 1)
u(n)
n
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
, • Real exponential sequence
x(n) a n
x(n)
...
... n
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10