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ECE 320 Syllabus

Version 1.0, 8/26/08 (PDF)

        Problem Set Lab Project
Lec# Date Lecture Topic Reading Out Due Out Due
1 T 8/26 Introduction & pre-test   1      
2 R 8/28 CT S&S review, DT S&S preview ECE 220 notes        
3 T 9/2 DT signals & DT system properties O/W 1.2-1.3, 1.4.1, 1.5-1.7     I  
4 R 9/4 DT convolution O/W 2.1, 2.3-2.3.3 2 1    
5 T 9/9 LTI systems, properties, descriptions O/W 2.3.4-2.3.8, 2.4.2-2.4.3        
6 R 9/11 Matlab I Q&A, examples   3 2    
7 T 9/16 Eigenfunctions, DT Fourier series O/W 3.0, 3.2, 3.6        
8 R 9/18 DTFS properties and filtering O/W 3.7-3.9 4 3    
9 T 9/23 DTFS examples       II I
10 R 9/25 CT Fourier transform review O/W 4.0-4.6 5 4    
11 T 9/30 DT Fourier transform O/W 5.0-5.2        
12 R 10/2 Exam 1: covers material through 9/23          
13 T 10/7 DTFT properties O/W 5.3-5.6        
14 R 10/9 DTFT, diff. equations, Matlab II Q&A O/W 5.8 6 5    
  T 10/14 No class; Monday classes meet Tuesday          
15 R 10/16 z-transform O/W 10.0-10.3 7 6    
16 T 10/21 Geometry of frequency response O/W 10.4-10.6        
17 R 10/23 Analysis of LTI systems O/W 10.7 8 7    
18 T 10/28 Sampling O/W 7.0-7.1     III II
19 R 10/30 Reconstruction and aliasing O/W 7.2-7.3 9 8    
20 T 11/4 DT processing of CT signals O/W 7.4 up to p. 543        
21 R 11/6 Exam 2: covers material through 10/28          
22 T 11/11 Sampling examples          
23 R 11/13 Discrete Fourier transform notes 10 9    
23 T 11/18 Discrete Fourier transform notes        
24 R 11/20 FIR filters O/W 6.0-6.2 to p. 428, 6.3-6.4 11 10    
25 T 11/25 FIR filters O/W 3.11.2, notes        
  R 11/27 Thanksgiving recess          
26 T 12/2 IIR filters O/W 3.11.1, notes 12 11    
27 R 12/4 Summary, special topic         III
28 T 12/16 Comprehensive Final: 1:30pm-4:15pm          
Notes: O/W indicates a reading assignment in the Oppenheim/Willsky with Nawab textbook.
Problem sets 11 and 12 are for practice only (not to be turned in).
Other Important Dates
September 9: Last date to add courses and Last date to drop with no tuition penalty
September 16: Last date to drop with 33% tuition penalty
September 26: Last date to drop
November 26-30: Thanksgiving recess
December 6: Last day of classes
December 8-9: Reading days
Deceber 9-17: Exam period