Hello All,
I experiencing difficulty understanding how to determine the impulse response for a given function. I think I understand it intuitively, that is the impulse response is a unit impulse function applied to a given system e.g. \( h(t) = x(t) \delta (t) \) .
This is where my confusion is:
If \( x(t) = e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t) \) then if the unit impulse is applied then \( h(t) = \delta (t)(e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t)) = u(t) \)
I can understand that but then I see an example where \( x(t) = u(t) \) and its impulse response is \( h(t) = e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t) \)
How is this possible, I am missing a vital piece of this jigsaw. Could someone please advice.
I experiencing difficulty understanding how to determine the impulse response for a given function. I think I understand it intuitively, that is the impulse response is a unit impulse function applied to a given system e.g. \( h(t) = x(t) \delta (t) \) .
This is where my confusion is:
If \( x(t) = e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t) \) then if the unit impulse is applied then \( h(t) = \delta (t)(e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t)) = u(t) \)
I can understand that but then I see an example where \( x(t) = u(t) \) and its impulse response is \( h(t) = e^{-\alpha*t}\: u(t) \)
How is this possible, I am missing a vital piece of this jigsaw. Could someone please advice.