Characterization and analysis of continuous-time signals and linear systems. Time domain analysis using convolution. Frequency domain analysis using the Fourier series and the Fourier transform. The Laplace transform, transfer functions and block diagrams. Continuous-time filters. Examples of applications to communications and control systems.

Teaching Staff

Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang

skang@ucsc.edu

JBE 239

Office Hours: M/W 10:40-11:45am

 

 

 

 Teaching Assistants

Mohsen Kiskani - mohsen@soe.ucsc.edu
Jose Armando Oviedo - joviedo@ucsc.edu

Imran Hossain- ghossain@ucsc.edu

 Grader

Navneet Kaur    nkaur13@ucsc.edu

 

TUTOR

Kevin Johnson- kjohnso7@ucsc.edu

 

Class Location and time

M W F 1:20 - 2:25pm, Kresge 321

Midterm: Monday, 8 May 2017 (closed book, no calculators, no notes)

Final Exam: T 13 June 2017 12:00 - 3:00 PM (closed book, no calculators, no notes. The equation summaries posted on this web page will be provided with each exam)

 

WEBCAST

The lecture is now posted at webcast.ucsc.edu. Students will need to provide

username and password:

 

Text Book

L. Phillips, J. Parr and E. Riskin “Signals, Systems and Transforms” (Fifth Edition) Prentice Hall, 2014, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-350647-1, ISBN-10: 0-13-350-647-9 

 

 

 

Syllabus (tentative)

WEBCAST

The lecture is now posted at webcast.ucsc.edu. Students will need to provide

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• Week 1: Introduction, Signals and Systems, Signal types and characteristics
• Week 2: Impulse response and convolution 
• Week 3: The Fourier Series: definition, properties, applications 
• Week 4: The Fourier Transform: definition, properties 
• Week 5: The Fourier Transform: applications 
• Week 6: The frequency response of linear time-invariant systems 
• Week 7: The Laplace Transform 
• Week 8: Transfer functions and stability 
• Week 9: Sampling and its applications 
• Week 10: Analog Filters (optional)