ECE Department
ECE300 – Signals and Systems
Winter 2001-2002
Instructor Information
Instructor:
Marc E. Herniter
Office
Hours : See Schedule.
Office
Phone Number : 877-8512
Office
Number : C204
WEB Address: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~herniter
E-mail: Marc.Herniter@rose-hulman.edu
MS Instant Messenger:
Marc_Herniter@hotmail.com
Catalog Description: AC Power.
Phasors. Spectra. System and signal modeling. Fourier series and Fourier transforms. Filters.
Sampling. MATLAB. Course project. Integral laboratory.
PREREQUISITE: ECE200
LecturE Meeting Time: MRF 1:35
a.m. – 2:25 a.m. Room O259
LAB Meeting Time: R 8:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Room D115
Required MATERIALS:
OPTIONAL TEXTBOOK: Schematic Capture With Cadence PSpice, M.E. Herniter, Prentice
Hall, 2001. ISBN: 0-13-027694-4
TEXTBOOK: Pragmatic Circuits, Part II,
W.J. Eccles, 1997
SOFTWARE: Student
Edition of MATLAB, Mathworks
Student edition of
PSpice (OrCAD or MicroSim version)
Important
Notes:
* To pass this course,
you must turn
in all homework assignments and laboratories!
* Late work will not
be accepted except when pre-arranged!
Course PolicIES:
HOMEWORK: There will be 10 homework assignments (order of magnitude
estimate). These assignments should be done independently but it never hurts to
consult your colleagues. Homework is due at the beginning of class on the due
date. Late homework will not be accepted. Solutions are available on my web site. The files are downloadable and
can be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Attendance: Attendance is required.
Late Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of class on the
specified due date. Late homework will not be accepted.
IN CLASS EXAMS: These exams are open book,
open notes, and open brain (your brain only). Expect a difficult exam with an
average near 50%.
HONOR CODE: The honor code will be enforced in
this class.
Makeup Exams: Makeup exams will not be given.
Tentative Lecture
Schedule
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Week
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Class
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Date
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment Due
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1
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1
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26-Nov
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Circuit Analysis Review
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Ch. 8
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2
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29-Nov
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Sinusoidal Steady State
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3
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30-Nov
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Complex Arithmetic
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2
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4
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3-Dec
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AC Power
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Ch. 8
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HW 1
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5
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6-Dec
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AC Power
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6
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7-Dec
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Power Factor Correction
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3
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7
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10-Dec
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Signal Classification
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Notes
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HW 2
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8
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13-Dec
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System Classification
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Notes
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9
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14-Dec
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Signal Spectra
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Ch. 9
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4
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10
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17-Dec
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Parseval’s Theorem
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HW 3
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11
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20-Dec
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Plotting
Signal Spectra
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12
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21-Dec
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Exam 1
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No Class
- Winter Break
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5
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14
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7-Jan
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Fourier Series Intro
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Ch. 10
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HW 4
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15
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10-Jan
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Calculating F.S.
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16
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11-Jan
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Displaying F.S. Spectra
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6
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17
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14-Jan
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Fourier
Series Examples
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HW 5
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18
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17-Jan
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Fourier Transform Intro
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19
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18-Jan
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Calculating
F.T.s
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7
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20
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21-Jan
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Properties of the F.T.
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Ch. 12
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HW 6
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21
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24-Jan
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Using F.T. tables
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22
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25-Jan
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Sampling
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8
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23
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28-Jan
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Convolution intro
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Ch. 12
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HW 7
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24
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31-Jan
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Convolution
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25
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1-Feb
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Convolution and F.T.
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9
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26
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4-Feb
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Frequency Response
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HW 8
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27
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7-Feb
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Exam 2
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28
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8-Feb
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Filter Intro
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Ch. 11
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10
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29
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11-Feb
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Filter Performance Criteria
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HW 9
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30
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14-Feb
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Butterworth Filter Design
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31
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15-Feb
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Chebyshev Filter Design
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11
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32
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18-Feb
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Final
Exam (TBA)
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Tentative Laboratory
Schedule
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1
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28-Nov
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Intro to
PSpice and MATLAB
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2
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5-Dec
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Intro to
Pspice and MATLAB
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LAB 1
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3
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12-Dec
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Frequency
Response
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LAB 2
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4
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19-Dec
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Audio
Signal Analysis
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LAB 3
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5
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9-Jan
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Fourier
Series
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LAB 4
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6
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16-Jan
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Intro to Matlab
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LAB 5
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7
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23-Jan
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Fourier
Transform
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LAB 6
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8
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30-Jan
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Filters 1
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LAB 7
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9
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6-Feb
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Filters 2
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LAB 8
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10
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13-Feb
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Lab
Practical Exam
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