ECE 320

George Mason University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

ECE 320: Signals and Systems II

Fall 2000


Instructor: Dr. Kathleen Wage   Class: MW 10:30-11:45am
  Sci and Tech II, Room 243     Robinson Hall B102
  703-993-1579   Office hours: MW 9:00-10:00am
  kwage@gmu.edu     or by appointment
         
TA: Ms. Mengbing Shen   Office hours: Monday 12-2
  Sci and Tech II, Room 265     Wednesday 2-4
  mshen1@gmu.edu      
         
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ECE 220
   
Required Text: Signals and Systems: Continuous and Discrete, Fourth Edition
  R.E. Ziemer, W.H. Tranter, D.R. Fannin (Prentice-Hall 1998)
   
Reference Text: Digital Signal Processing, Third Edition
(On reserve) J.G. Proakis and D.G. Manolakis (Prentice-Hall 1996)



Download PDF file for Homework 7 assignment. Do problem 7.1 before coming to class on Monday 11/13.

Download PDF file for Matlab 2 assignment due on 11/27/2000.

Download PDF file for Matlab 3 assignment due on 12/6/2000.

Download data file for Matlab 3 assignment. Note that you will need to rename this file, changing the extension from 'bin' to 'mat', before you load it in Matlab.

11/29: Announcements regarding graded homeworks, solutions, and Matlab assignment 3. (This message was emailed on 11/29.)




Objectives

Grading

Work for this course consists of weekly homework assignments, three or four Matlab projects, two in-class exams, and a final exam. Dates and coverage for the exams are listed in the course outline on the next page. Homework, Matlab projects, and exams are combined with the following approximate weighting to give your final grade:

Homework: 10% (lowest score will be dropped)
Matlab Projects: 20%
Exam I : 20%
Exam II : 20%
Final Exam: 30%

Homework and Matlab Projects are due at the beginning of class on the day indicated by the handout. Solutions will be handed out at the end of class. No late assignments will be accepted.

A student requesting a grade change for any assignment must provide the instructor with the following within 2 class periods after the work is returned: the assignment and a paragraph describing why you feel you should receive additional points for the work. Note that in some cases, it is possible that what you wrote for the assignment indicated a better understanding of the problem than you actually possess. If the paragraph you submit indicates that you don't understand the problem as well as the grader thought you did, then your score may be reduced.


Honor Code
All students are expected to abide by the George Mason University Honor Code. Moderate sharing of ideas and comparison of answers on homework is acceptable, but copied work is not acceptable. All exams will be closed book and closed notes unless specifically stated otherwise by the instructor. All work must be your own. Any reasonable suspicion of an honor code violation will be reported.


Course Outline

M 8/28 Course Overview and Introduction
W 8/30 Discrete-Time Signals and Systems
M 9/4 Labor Day Holiday - No class
W 9/6 Convolution
M 9/11 Difference Equations
W 9/13 Bilateral Z-transform
M 9/18 Inverse Bilateral Z-transform
W 9/20 Problem-Solving Using Transform Methods
M 9/25 Unilateral Z-transform
W 9/27 Digital Filter Structures
M 10/2 Review of Continuous-Time Fourier Techniques
W 10/4 Exam 1: Covers material through 9/27
M 10/9 Columbus Day Holiday - No class
W 10/11 Discrete-Time Fourier Techniques
M 10/16 Properties of the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform (DTFT)
W 10/18 Frequency Domain Characteristics of LTI Systems
M 10/23 Filters, Pole-Zero Plots, and Frequency Response
W 10/25 Sampling
M 10/30 Reconstruction
W 11/1 Quantization Issues
M 11/6 Frequency Domain Sampling and the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)
W 11/8 Exam 2: Covers material through 11/1
M 11/13 DFT Properties
W 11/15 Linear Filtering With the DFT
M 11/20 Frequency Analysis With the DFT
W 11/22 Introduction to Filter Design
M 11/27 Filter Design: IIR Techniques
W 11/29 Filter Design: IIR/FIR Techniques
M 12/4 Filter Design: FIR Techniques
W 12/6 Applications and Review
W 12/13 Final Exam 10:30am - 1:15pm: Comprehensive


Other Important Dates

September 6: Last date to drop without tuition liability
September 12: Last date to add courses
September 29: Last date to drop without Dean's permission
December 11-12: Reading days



Page last updated: 23 August 2000