George Mason University
ECE 220: SIGNALS & SYSTEMS I
Spring 2007 Syllabus (Version 1.0, 1/23/07)
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| Problem Set | Lab Project | ||||||
| Lec# | Date | Lecture Topic | Reading in Lathi | Out | Due | Out | Due |
| 1 | T 1/23 | Introduction & brief background review | B1.2 through B.3 | 1 | |||
| 2 | R 1/25 | Basic signals & signal operations | 1.2 and 1.4 | ||||
| 3 | T 1/30 | Systems and system properties | 1.6-1.7 | 1 | |||
| 4 | R 2/1 | Differential equations and circuits | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | T 2/6 | Zero-input response | 2.1-2.2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 | R 2/8 | Zero-state response, impulse response | pp. 164-165, 169-171 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 7 | T 2/13 | Graphical convolution | pp. 180-190 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 8 | R 2/15 | Convolution properties | 2.4-1 and 2.4-3 | 4 (practice) | 3 | ||
| 9 | T 2/20 | Stability | 2.6 | ||||
| 10 | R 2/22 | Exam 1: covers material through 2/15 | |||||
| 11 | T 2/27 | Eigenfunctions and Laplace transform | 2.4-4, pp. 340-348 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 12 | R 3/1 | Inverse Laplace transform | pp. 348-357 | ||||
| 13 | T 3/6 | Laplace transform properties | 4.2 | ||||
| 14 | R 3/8 | Problem-solving with Laplace | 4.3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| T 3/13 | Spring Break | ||||||
| R 3/15 | Spring Break | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | T 3/20 | Block diagrams | 4.5 | ||||
| 16 | R 3/22 | Frequency response | 4.8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 17 | T 3/27 | Bode plots | 4.9 | ||||
| 18 | R 3/29 | Pole-zero plots | 4.10 | 9 (practice) | 8 | ||
| 19 | T 4/3 | Applications of Laplace | |||||
| 20 | R 4/5 | Exam 2: covers material through 3/29 | |||||
| 21 | T 4/10 | Fourier series | 6.3 | 10 | |||
| 22 | R 4/12 | Fourier series properties | 6.3 | ||||
| 23 | T 4/17 | LTI response to periodic inputs | 6.4 | ||||
| 24 | R 4/19 | Fourier transform | 7.1 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 25 | T 4/24 | Fourier transform | 7.2 | ||||
| 26 | R 4/26 | Fourier transform properties | 7.3 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 27 | T 5/1 | Frequency analysis of LTI systems | 7.4 | ||||
| 28 | R 5/3 | Ideal and practical filters | 7.5 | 13 (practice) | 12 | ||
| R 5/15 | Comprehensive Final: 1:30pm-4:15pm | ||||||
Other Important Dates
| February 6: | Last date to add courses and Last date to drop with no tuition penalty |
| February 13: | Last date to drop with 33% tuition penalty |
| February 23: | Last date to drop |
| March 11-18: | Spring break |
| May 9 | Last day of classes |
| May 7-8 | Reading days |
| May 8-16 | Exam period |
Last updated: 24 January 2007