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RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ELE532 - Signals and Systems- Winter 2005
Course Information
www.ee.ryerson.ca/~courses/ele532/

Professors:

Name	Office	Ext.	Email	Counseling Hours
Dimitri Androutsos	ENG 457	6104	dimitri@ee.ryerson.ca	T.B.D

Lecture/Tutorial Hours:
Tuesdays     12:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m. 
Thursdays  11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. 

Course Structure:

This course deals with a number of important new concepts. It builds on the basic mathematics courses of your first two years to develop a foundation for the analysis and design of engineering systems. It is important not only to understand the concepts, but also to be able to apply them in modeling and problem solving contexts. We believe the best way for you to learn and be able to use this material is to get as much first-hand, active experience with it as possible. To that end, each class will be combination of lecture segments and tutorial in a sort of workshop/problem solving session. We will use the lecture segments to introduce the ideas and set up the problems. You will then have the opportunity to work in class to explore the ideas and solve the problems in a setting where you can get immediate help and feedback from the instructor as needed. Of course, additional problems from the text, as will be given in the lectures, and should be done as homework to further reinforce the material. You will benefit most from the class session by having read the relevant sections of the text  in advance.

Homework will be assigned in class. Late and/or sloppy homework will not be accepted and will receive a grade of 0. Homework will be collected and returned in class. Only selected homework (randomly picked) problems on each assignment will be graded. Solutions to homework will be provided in Tutorial sessions. Quizzes will be given in class according to the schedule provided below. There will not be any make up test for any missed Quizzes. There will be a closed book midterm test  during the lecture period and also a 3-hour closed book final exam.

Course Outline and Plan:

1. Representations of signals.
2. Representations of linear time-invariant systems.
3. Continuous-time signals and systems analysis.
4. Transfer function; impulse response; step response.
5. The convolution integral and its interpretation.
6. Laplace transforms.
7. Fourier analysis for continuous-time signals and systems.

Prerequisites:

Mathematics:   The course is fairly mathematical and students should have a good grasp of complex numbers and complex functions.
Basic calculus:  Function limit (L'Hopital's rules), continuity differential calculus (Differentiating functions, investigating functions with the help of first and second derivatives), integral calculus (indefinite integrals, definite integrals). Elements of linear algebra (vectors, arrays).
Engineering:  Basic linear circuit theory (RLC circuits), input/output Transfer Function, Sinusoidal steady-state transient response.

From the Textbook:

Signals and Systems Representations	Chapter 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7)
Time-domain Analysis of Continuous-time Systems	Chapter 2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9)
Continuous-time Signal Analysis: The Fourier Series	Chapter 6 (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4)
Continuous-time Signal Analysis: The Fourier Transform	Chapter 7 (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9)
Sampling:  Discrete Time Signals	Chapter 8 (8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4)
The Laplace Transform	Chapter 4 (4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.6)

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK	Linear Systems and Signals, by B.P. Lathi, second edition 2005. ISBN: 0195158334.
OPTIONAL TEXTBOOK	Signals and Systems, M. J. Roberts, McGraw Hill, 2004. ISBN: 0-072930446.

Course Evaluation:

Quizzes (weekly :10 x 2%)	20%	Jan 13, 20, 27 Feb 3, 10 Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Midterm Test	30%	Thursday February 17, 2004
Final Exam	50%	T.B.D

IMPORTANT NOTE:

· It is the students’ responsibility to regularly check the course web page for updates and announcements

NOTE: Ryerson University Policy

• "All of the required course specific written reports will be assessed not only on their technical or academic merit, but also on the communication skills of the author as exhibited through these reports."
• "All students are required to activate and maintain a Ryerson University central Matrix e-mail account which shall be an official means by which they will receive University communications." It is also recommended that, where possible, students utilize these account for communicating with their instructors.
• The course evaluation will be carried out in week 10-11 of the semester.

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Announcements:

Interesting Links:

Learning Center of Optional Text by Roberts - Click "Student Edition" and try the concept simulators. These are very good MATLAB demos!

The Joy of Convolution

CONVOLUTION -Wolfram Research Mathworld

Fourier Analysis Made Easy (Part 1) from www.complextoreal.com

Fourier Analysis Made Easy (Part 2) from www.complextoreal.com

Fourier Series Approximation (java applet page)

FOURIER SERIES - Wolfram Research Mathworld

Fourier Series Applet - Maths Online

Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, Convolution, Laplace - Cuthbert Nyack

S.O.S Math - Math review material

Sampling (java applet page)

Sampling (general intro)

Sampling Theorem (another good java applet)

This ELE532 course web page is maintained by the instructors of the course.

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