Lab. No.

08

Convolution of Continuous Time Signals in Matlab

Lab. Objective: To obtain Simulation skills of convolution of different signals in Matlab.

Tools: PC, Matlab.

Convolution: To find/ plot the combine area of two continiouss time signals is called convolution.

Convolution of decaying exponential signal with system unit impulse response:

Matlab Code:
%%Convolution of decaying exponential signal with system delta responce%%

t=0:0.001:10;%defining time for first signal

A=20;%defining amplitude of first signal

a=5;%defining variable of the signal

x=A*exp(-a*t);%defining the first signal

subplot(1,3,1);%defining multiplotting command

plot(t,x)%plotting the first signal

legend('decaying exponential signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

N=30;%defining time limit for unit step function

n=-N:1:N;%defining time for unit impulse function

y=[zeros(1,N) 1 zeros(1,N)]; %defining unit impulse function

subplot(1,3,2); %defining multiplotting command

plot(n,y)%plotting the unit step function

legend('unit step function')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

z=conv(x,y); %convolution of both signals

subplot(1,3,3);%defining multiplotting command

plot(z)%plotting resultant signal

legend('resultant signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

 20 1 20
decaying exponential signal unit step function resultant signal
18 0.9 18

16 0.8 16

14 0.7 14

12 0.6 12

10 0.5 10

8 0.4 8

6 0.3 6

4 0.2 4

2 0.1 2

0 0 0
0 5 10 -50 0 50 0 1 2
4
x 10

Figure 1: Convolution of Decaying Exponential signal with System unit impulse response

Convolution of growing exponential signal with system unit step impulse response:

Matlab Code:
%%Convolution of growing exponential signal with system unit step responce%%

t=0:0.001:10;%defining time for first signal

A=20;%defining amplitude of first signal

a=5;%defining variable of the signal

x=A*exp(a*t);%defining the first signal

subplot(1,3,1);%defining multiplotting command

plot(t,x)%plotting the first signal

legend('decaying exponential signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

N=30;%defining time limit for unit step function

n=-N:1:N;%defining time for unit step function

y=[zeros(1,N) 1 ones(1,N)]; %defining unit step function

subplot(1,3,2); %defining multiplotting command

plot(n,y)%plotting the unit step function

legend('unit step function')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

z=conv(x,y); %convolution of both signals

subplot(1,3,3);%defining multiplotting command

plot(z)%plotting resultant signal

legend('resultant signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

22 24
x 10 x 10
12 1 3
decaying exponential signal unit step function resultant signal
0.9
10 2.5
0.8

0.7
8 2
0.6

6 0.5 1.5

0.4
4 1
0.3

0.2
2 0.5
0.1

0 0 0
0 5 10 -50 0 50 0 1 2
4
x 10

Figure 2: Convolution of Growing exponential signal with system unit step response

Convolution of Cosine and Sine signals

Matlab Code:
%%Convolution of cosine and sine waveform%%

t=0:0.001:10;%defining time

A=20;%defining amplitude of cosine signal

x=A*cos(2*pi*t);%defining the cosine signal

subplot(3,1,1);%defining multiplotting command

plot(t,x)%plotting the cosine signal

legend('decaying exponential signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

B=30;%defining amplitude of sine waveform

y=B*sin(4*pi*t); %defining sine waveform

subplot(3,1,2); %defining multiplotting command

plot(t,y)%plotting sine signal

legend('unit step function')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

z=conv(x,y); %convolution of both signals

subplot(3,1,3);%defining multiplotting command

plot(z)%plotting resultant signal

legend('resultant signal')%Matlab built-inn command for labels

grid on %Matlab built-inn command for lines

20
decaying exponential signal

-20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
50
unit step function

-50
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5
x 10
2
resultant signal
0

-2
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
4
x 10

Figure 3: Convolution of cosine and sine waveform

Lab. Assignment:

Plot the convolution of following functions with system unit impulse response

1. Even function
2. Odd function