Module 3 : Sampling and Reconstruction
Problem 1
 
 Solution 1   
(a) As xp(t) = x(t) p(t)
By dual of convolution theorem we have .

So we first find the Fourier Transform of p(t) as follows :-
The Fourier Transform of a periodic function is an impulse train at intervals of .

Strength of impulse at being:

Thus, we have can sketch :

                                                                        

Thus we can also sketch and hence :

     

(b)To recover x(t) from xp(t):

Modulate xp(t) with .                                                                                                                    

has a spectrum with impluses of equal strength at . Thus the new signal will have copies of the original spectrum (modulated by a constant of-course) at all even multiples of . Now an appropriate Low-pass filter can extract the original spectrum!

 
To recover x(t) from y(t):
Here too, notice from the figures that modulation with will do the job. Here too, the modulated signal will have copies of the original spectrum at all even multiples of .
 

(c)So long as adjacent copies of the original spectrum do not overlap in , theoretically one can reconstruct the original signal. Therefore the condition is: