Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 330: Linear System Analysis

Spring Semester 2008


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: Stuart Rowan
Office: B632 Engineering Hall
Email: swrowan@wisc.edu
Office Hours: 2:45-3:45 M, 12:00-1:00 T

Lecture: 2:30-3:45 TR, 3534 EH
Discussion: 5-6:30 T, 2540 EH
Text: Signals and Systems, A. V. Oppenheim, A. S. Willsky, Prentice-Hall, Second Edition, 1997.
Homework: ~1 assignment/week, due in class Thursdays
(Old homework available in the box outside my office.)
Grading: Exam #1 - 30%, Exam #2 - 30%, Final Exam (Cumulative) - 30%, Homework - 10%


EXAM #1 (Weeks 1-5): Tuesday, March 4, 7:15 PM, 2317 EH Practice Problems Exam Solutions
EXAM #2 (Weeks 6-10): Thursday, April 17, 7:15 PM, 1227 EH Practice Problems Exam Solutions
FINAL EXAM: Monday, May 12, 7:45 AM, 2317 EH Practice Problems Exam Solutions


Weekly Homework

Assignment #1 Chapter 1, Problems 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,e), 26(a,b,c) Solutions
Assignment #3 Chapter 1, Problems 21(e,f), 22(e,f), 27(a,c,e), 28(c,d), 42(a,b,c), 43(a,b) Solutions
Assignment #4 Chapter 2, Problems 21(a,b,c,d), 22(a,b,c,d), 44(a,b,c) Solutions
Assignment #5 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 #6 Chapter 2, Problems 61(a,c)(skip iii in both parts), 62(a,c)(skip iii in c); Chapter 3, Problems 22(a,b)(graphs a,b,d,f in part a), 23(a,c) Solutions
Assignment #7 Chapter 3, Problems 26(a,b,c), 28(a), 29(a,b), 31(a,b,c), 40(a,b,c,d) Solutions
Assignment #8 Chapter 4, Problems 21(a,b,d,g,i), 22(b,c,d) Solutions
Assignment #9 Chapter 4, Problems 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) Solutions
Assignment #10 Chapter 5, Problems 21(a,d,j), 22(a,c,f), 23(a,c,d,e,f), 24 Solutions
Assignment #11 Chapter 9, Problems 21(all parts) Solutions
Assignment #12 Chapter 9, Problems 22(a,c,e,g), 28(a,b), 31(a,b), 33 Solutions

Old homework is available outside 3621 EH.

Topics

Week Beginning Pages Topics
1 Jan 21 1-14 introduction, math review
2 Jan 28 14-30 fundamentals of signals, periodic functions
3 Feb 4 30-38, 132-136, 38-56 singularity functions, classification of systems
4 Feb 11 74-90 DT convolution, DT impulse response
5 Feb 18 90-116 CT convolution, CT impulse response
6 Feb 25 116-121 differential equations
7 Mar 3 177-211 CT Fourier series
8 Mar 10 211-226 DT Fourier series
9 Mar 24 284-300 introduction to the CT Fourier transform
10 Mar 31 300-334, 226-231 properties of the CT Fourier transform
11 Apr 7 358-372 introduction to the DT Fourier transform
12 Apr 14 372-400 properties of the DT Fourier transform
13 Apr 21 654-682 introduction to the Laplace transform
14 Apr 28 682-703 properties of the Laplace transform
15 May 5 909-920 partial-fraction expansion