Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | SIGNALS SYSTEMS AND TRANSFORMS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | AEEE310 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | AMAT204 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Signals: Classifications. Operations on signals: amplitude and time scaling, addition. Special signals: Unit step, Unit impulse, sinusoidal, exponential, complex exponential. Systems: Classification of continuous-time systems and their properties. Linearity, time invariance, causality and stability. Description of continuous-time systems using differential equations. General forms. Impulse response. Input output description and the convolution integral. Graphical interpretation of convolution. Fourier series: Derivation of the trigonometric Fourier series. Calculation of the Fourier coefficients. Combined trigonometric and exponential forms of the Fourier series. Harmonics and frequency spectra. Average value, RMS value, instantaneous and average power of periodic signals. Fourier Transform: Definition. Properties. Fourier transform of functions. Frequency spectra of signals. Frequency response of LTI systems. Magnitude and phase responses. Analog filters: Ideal filters. Specification of filters in terms of their frequency response. Magnitude and phase responses of filters. Group delay. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Teaching of the course is based on lectures (3 hours per week) in a classroom, using a mixture of traditional teaching with notes on the white board and slide presentations using a projector where appropriate. Topic notes are compiled by students, during the lectures which serve to cover the material of the course. Students are urged to use the textbook assigned to the course. Homework problems are assigned from the textbook as a turn in assignment or for interactive homework practice. Additionally students are advised to use the reference books for further reading and practice in solving related exercises. Example problems are solved during lectures or privately during the lecturer’s office hours. Students are assessed continuously and their knowledge is checked through tests and assignments. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |