Signal and Systems I

 

This is an introductory course of signals and systems. The most important properties of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems are considered: periodicity, linearity, time-invariance, causality, impulse response, convolution representation. Their analysis in the frequency domain is presented by means of the Fourier Transform and the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform (DTFT).

 


Prerequisites

ENGR 203, MTH 256


Textbook

Benoit Boulet, Fundamentals of Signals and Systems, Course Technology, 2005. ISBN 9781584503811
Recommended MATLAB Text: W. Palm, Introduction to MATLAB 7 for Engineers, McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-07-2548185


Grading Policy

 

Midterm 1

25%

Midterm 2

30%

Final

35%

Homework

10%

 

There will be a weekly micro pop quizzes. These quizzes will be counted as extra credits which can be up to 10% total.

 


Topics

Chapter 1 - Elementary Continuous-Time and Discrete Time Signals and Systems

o        Functions of Time as Signals

o        Transformations of the Time Variable

o        Periodic Signals

o        Exponential Signals

o        Periodic Complex Exponential and Sinusoidal Signals

o        Finite-Energy and Finite-Power Signals

o        Even and Odd Signals

o        Discrete Time Impulse and Step Signals

Chapter 2- Linear Time-Invariant Systems

o        Discrete-Time LTI Systems: The Convolution Sum

o        Continuous-Time LTI Systems: The Convolution Integral

o        Properties of Linear Time-Invariant Systems

Chapter 3 - Differential and Difference LTI Systems

o        Causal LTI Systems Described by Differential Equations

o        Causal LTI Systems Described by Difference Equations

o        Characteristic Polynomials and Stability of Differential and Difference Systems

o        Differential System

o        Eigenfunctions of LTI Difference and Differential Systems

Chapter 4 - Fourier Series Representation of Periodic Continuous-Time Signals

o        Linear Combinations of Harmonically Related Complex Exponentials

o        Determination of the Fourier Series Representation of a Continous-Time Periodic Signal

o        Graph of the Fourier Series Coefficients: The Line Spectrum

o        Fourier Series of a Periodic Rectangular Wave

o        Gibbs Phenomenon

o        Fourier Series of a Periodic Train of Impulses

Chapter 5 - The Continuous-Time Fourier Transform

o        Fourier Transform as the Limit of a Fourier Series

o        Properties of the Fourier Transform

o        Examples of the Fourier Transform

o        The Inverse Fourier Transform

o        Duality

o        Convergence of the Fourier Transform

o        The Convolution Property in the Analysis of LTI Systems

o        Fourier Transforms of Periodic Signals

Chapter 12 - Discrete-Time Fourier Series and Fourier Transform

o        Response of Discrete-Time LTI Systems to Complex Exponentials

o        Fourier Series Representation of Discrete-Time Periodic Signals

o        Properties of the Discrete-Time Fourier Series

o        Discrete-Time Fourier Transform

o        Properties of the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform

o        DTFT of Periodic Signals and Step Signals

o        Duality


References

A.V. Oppenheim and A.S. Willsky, Signals and Systems, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997, ISBN 0-13-814757-4

C.L. Phillips and J.M. Parr, Signal, System, and Transforms, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1991, ISBN 0-20-109589-0

D.K. Lindner, Introduction to Signals and Systems, First Edition, McGraw Hill, 1999, ISBN Fourier transform