Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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EE 3031 - Signals and Systems

4 lecture hours 0 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course introduces fundamental continuous-time engineering signals and systems analysis. Topics related to continuous-time signal and system analysis include signal and system properties, impulse responses, convolution integrals, Fourier series analysis, Fourier transform analysis, power and energy calculations, transfer functions and frequency response, signal bandwidth, and impulse sampling. Engineering applications such as signal filtering will be discussed. MATLAB may be used for signal calculations and system simulation. (prereq: EE 3220 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Compute the power and energy of a continuous-time signal in the time domain
  • Represent a continuous-time signal using a set of orthogonal basis functions
  • Compute the output of a continuous-time, LTI system using time-domain techniques
  • Derive the Fourier series coefficients for a given periodic signal
  • Determine and plot the magnitude and phase spectra of a signal using the Fourier series or the Fourier transform
  • Compute the power and/or energy of a continuous-time signal in the frequency domain
  • Compute the output of a continuous-time LTI system using frequency-domain techniques
  • Compute the Fourier transform of a signal by using the Fourier transform integral or a table of common pairs and properties
  • Analyze a multistage system in block-diagram form, such as a communication system
  • Relate a continuous-time Fourier transform to its corresponding discrete-time Fourier transform

Prerequisites by Topic
  • Calculus
  • Circuit analysis
  • 1st and 2nd order differential equations
  • Discrete-time Fourier analysis (DTFT, DFS, DFT, FFT)
  • Z-transforms
  • Laplace transforms

Course Topics
  • Introduction to signals and systems
  • Signal and system properties
  • Convolution integral and impulse and step responses
  • Fourier series and its properties
  • Fourier transform and its properties
  • Spectrum of a continuous-time signal
  • Calculation of signal power or energy
  • Bandwidth of signals and systems
  • Sampling and reconstruction of a sampled signal

Coordinator
Jay Wierer



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