Table of Contents

Learning Objectives

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

By the end of the course, the students will be able to:

  1. Describe a physical process in terms of signals and systems and describe the properties of the system.
  2. Calculate the frequency representations of periodic and aperiodic signals.
  3. Compute the steady state outputs of linear time-invariant systems by solving differential equations, by convolution, and by the Fourier transform.
  4. Design frequency selective filters based on the given system's specifications.
  5. Represent continuous-time signals/systems as discrete-time signals/systems and use digital computers to analyze and design the signals/systems.

Course Outline

Week Topics Readings Handouts Assignment/Quiz Lab (tentative)
Sep. 10, 2013 Introduction to Signals Sections 1.1 - 1.4 HO#1.1HO#1.2 - -
Sep. 17, 2013 Introduction to Systems Sections 2.1 - 2.3 HO#2.1  HW 1 distributed Lab 1
Sep. 24, 2013 Convolution Integral Sections 3.1 - 3.7 HO#3.1   HW 1 due (Quiz 1) Lab 2 (Lab 1 due)
Oct. 01, 2013 CT Fourier Series Sections 4.1 - 4.6 HO#4.1   HW 2 Lab 3 (Lab 2 due)
Oct. 08, 2013 Fourier Transform CT Sections 5.1 - 5.7 HO#5.1   HW 2 due Lab 3
Oct. 15, 2013 Laplace Transform Sections 6.1 - 6.10 HO#6.1  HW 3 (Quiz 2) Lab 4 (Lab 3 due)
Oct. 22, 2013 Design of CT Filters Sections 7.1 - 7.4 HO#7.1 HW 3 due Lab 4
Oct. 29, 2013 Mid-term Exam  
Nov. 05, 2013 Sampling and Quantization Sections 9.1 - 9.3 HO#9.1 HW 4 (Quiz 3) Lab 5
Nov. 12, 2013 Convolution Sum Sections 10.1 - 10.5 HO#10.1 HW 4 due Lab 5
Nov. 19, 2013 DT Fourier Transform Sections 11.1 - 11.7 HO#11.1 HW 5 Lab 5 (Lab 4 due)
Nov. 26, 2013 The Z Transform Sections 13.1 - 13.6 HO#13.1 - Lab 5 due
Dec. 03, 2013 The Z Transform Sections 13.1 - 13.6 HW 5 due (Quiz 4) -

Review Notes

  1. Review of Complex Numbers

Animation

This is a nice flash animation explaining how convolution is computed for CT signals. Click on this link to access the animation. You will need to enable Java in your browser.

Addition learning objects designed by Prof. Amir Asif on important concepts in signals and systems can be found at this link.