ECE 301 Signals and Systems Course Info July 5, 2006 1

ECE 301 Signals and Systems

Course Description
ECE 301 Signals and Systems (3 cr.) Class: 3 Lab: 0 Rec: 0 P: EE 202 and MATH 262 C:
None. Signal and system representation. Fourier series and transforms, sampling and dis-
crete Fourier transforms. Discrete-time systems, difference equation, Z-transforms. State
equations, stability, characteristic values and vectors. Continuous-time systems, time and
frequency domain analysis. Continuous systems with sampled inputs.

Prerequisites: ECE 202 and Math 262 or equivalents must be taken prior to ECE 301

Course Information

• Website: http://www.engr.iupui.edu/~skoskie/ECE301/ECE301_suII06.html

• Lecture: MWR 4:00–6:15pm in SL 109

• Instructor Sarah Koskie, skoskie@iupui.edu

• Office Hours: MWR 3:00-4:00pm, or by appointment, in SL-164F

• Required Text: Lathi, B. P., Linear Signals and Systems, 2nd edition, Oxford Uni-
versity Press, 2005. ISBN: 0-19-515833-4.

• Course requirements / Exams / Grading

– Homework assignments, which may involve simple Matlab programming 15%

– Two midterm exams each 25%
– One final exam 35%

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Homework Assignments

Homework assignments will be announced in class and posted on the web. Each homework
is due in class on the assigned date, which will be announced in class and posted to the
course website. Homework may be submitted as pdf files by email before class. Please do
not send obscure formats, zipped files, or extremely long files.

• Late homework will NOT be accepted.

• Work submitted should be the student’s own.

• All necessary steps towards obtaining the solution, as well as any Matlab code,
must be included in the writeup for full credit.

There will be approximately ten homework assignments during the course of the semester.
Each student’s lowest two scores will be dropped. Students should keep returned home-
work as results of some problems may be used in later homework assignments.
Students are allowed, even encouraged, to work on the homework in small groups, but
each student must hand in an individual set of answers, which must be their own work.
Students may discuss the problems but should not work jointly on them. Discussions
should be noted, e.g. “John and I compared approaches to this problem because we
found our results surprising; but after considering the alternatives decided that we both
had the right approach.” or “I kept getting a negative number for an answer and Jane
suggested I check whether I forgot to whiten the data, which I had. I fixed this and got
the answer indicated.” or “John and Jane and I couldn’t see how to approach this and
Jean suggested . . . which yielded a successful approach.” Each student must write their
own Matlab code where needed.

Exams

Cheating on any exam will result in a grade of F in the course. Don’t do it. It’s better
to just get a low grade on one exam if you find yourself not adequately prepared. That
still leaves you a chance of passing the course.
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Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Determine the Laplace, z-, and Fourier transforms of continuous and discrete signals
and systems. . . . Determine the state transition matrices for linear dynamic
systems to study the dynamic responses.

2. Determine the conditions [for stability] and study the stability of systems and con-
vergence of signals (continuous- and discrete-time).

3. Determine and apply the appropriate methods and techniques to study transient
responses and stability after determining the nature of the signals and systems.

4. Determine the system’s (filter’s) attenuation capabilities using . . . analysis in the

frequency domain (Bode plots).

5. Determine the output of the continuous and discrete-time filters for . . . input
signals of different magnitude and frequency.

6. Determine the state-space models for continuous and discrete systems.

7. Determine . . . system responses using . . . linear differential equations with initial

conditions using the Laplace and z-transforms.

8. Determine the applicability of different methods (e.g., Laplace transform, continuous

and discrete-time state-space, et cetera) for linear dynamic systems with applica-
tions to stability analysis and dynamic responses.”