431-221 Fundamentals of Signals and Systems

Credit Points

Prerequisites

421-204 Engineering Analysis A or equivalent

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

On completion of this subject students should: have an understanding of the concepts of signals and systems and its relevance in electrical engineering, understand the basic time domain and frequency domain methods for signals and systems and use these to perform basic modelling and analysis; understand the methods of modulation and their application to transmission of information bearing signals; understand the basic concepts of classical control methods and linear feedback.

The contents include: Fundamentals: Signals and systems and their representations. Impulse response and convolution. Laplace Transforms and transfer functions. Control: Transient and steady state response, Frequency response, PID control, Bode diagrams, State Space Methods. Modelling: Case studies of linear and nonlinear models, Linear regression. Communications: Fourier Analysis of continuous-time systems, AM and FM Modulation, Sampling Theorem.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three hours; practice classes, tests, laboratory reports and notebooks, assignments and project reports