Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 330: Signals and Systems

Fall Semester 2009


Instructor: Prof. Dan Cobb
Office: 3621 Engineering Hall
Email: cobb@engr.wisc.edu
Office Hours: 4:00 TR (Email or see me after class.)

TA: Roengrut Rujanakraikarn
Office: B632 Engineering Hall
Email: rrujanakraik@wisc.edu
Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 M, 10:00-11:00 R

Lecture: 1:00-2:15 TR, 2317 EH
Discussion: 5:00-6:30 W, 2317 EH
Text: Signals and Systems, A. V. Oppenheim, A. S. Willsky, Prentice-Hall, Second Edition, 1997.
Homework: ~1 assignment/week, due in class Thursdays
Grading: Exam #1 - 30%, Exam #2 - 30%, Final Exam (Cumulative) - 30%, Homework - 10%


EXAM #1 Practice Problems Solutions
EXAM #2 (Weeks 6-10): Tuesday, November 24, 7:15 PM, 1800 EH Practice Problems
FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 18, 10:05 AM Practice Problems


Handouts

Summary of Complex Algebra


Weekly Homework

Assignment 1 Chapter 1, Problems 3(c,e), 21(b,c,d), 22(a,d,h), 51(c,e), 53(b,f), 55(a,f) Solutions
Assignment 2 Chapter 1, Problems 23(a,b), 24(a), 25(a,c), 26(a,b,c) Solutions
Assignment 3 Chapter 1, Problems 21(e,f), 22(e,f), 25(d,e) Solutions
Assignment 4 Chapter 1, Problems 27(a,c,e), 28(c,d), 42(a,b,c), 43(a,b) Solutions
Assignment 5 Chapter 2, Problems 21(a,b,c,d), 22(a,b,c,d), 44(a,b,c) Solutions
Assignment 6 Chapter 2, Problems 24(a,b), 28(a,c,e,g), 29(a,c,e,g), 48(a,c,d,e,f,g,h) Solutions
Assignment 7 Chapter 2, Problems 61 (skip iii in parts a and c), 62 (skip iii in part c) Solutions
Assignment 8 Chapter 3, Problems 22(a,b)(graphs a,b,d,f in part a), 23(a,c), 26(a,b,c), 40(a,b,c,d) Solutions
Assignment 9 Chapter 3, Problems 28(a), 29(a,b), 31(a,b,c) Solutions


Future Problems

Chapter 4: Problems 21(a,b,d,g,i), 22(b,c,d), 23(a,b,c), 24(a,b), 25(b,c,d,e,f), 26(b), 28(a,b)(i,vi in part b), 29(graphs b,c,d,e), 31(a,b), 32(a,b), 36(a)
Chapter 5: Problems 21(a,d,j), 22(a,c,f), 23(a,c,d,e,f), 24
Chapter 9: Problems 21(all parts), 22(a,c,e,g), 28(a,b), 31(a,b), 33

Old homework is available outside 3621 EH.


Topics

Week Beginning Pages Topics
1 Sep 7 1-14 introduction, math review
2 Sep 14 14-30 fundamentals of signals, periodic functions
3 Sep 21 30-38, 132-136, 38-56 singularity functions, classification of systems
4 Sep 28 74-90 DT convolution, DT impulse response
5 Oct 5 90-116 CT convolution, CT impulse response
6 Oct 12 116-121 differential equations
7 Oct 19 177-211 CT Fourier series
8 Oct 26 211-226 DT Fourier series
9 Nov 2 284-300 introduction to the CT Fourier transform
10 Nov 9 300-334, 226-231 properties of the CT Fourier transform
11 Nov 16 358-372 introduction to the DT Fourier transform
12 Nov 23 372-400 properties of the DT Fourier transform
13 Nov 30 654-682 introduction to the Laplace transform
14 Dec 7 682-703 properties of the Laplace transform
15 Dec 14 909-920 partial-fraction expansion