Electrical and Computer Engineering Department -- University of Toronto

ECE216: Signals and Systems

Spring 2012

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Instructors: 

Wei Yu Office: Bahen 4114 Email: weiyu@comm.utoronto.ca

Hamid Timorabadi Office: GB040 Email: h.timorabadi@utoronto.ca

 

Head TA:

Gokul Sridharan: sridharan.gokul@gmail.com

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Textbook:    Signals and Systems

Authors:       Alan V. Oppenheim and Alan S. Willsky with S. Hamid Nawab, Prentice Hall, 1997. 2nd Edition

 

Calendar Description:

ECE216H1 S -- Signals and Systems

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Fundamental discrete- and continuous-time signals, definition and properties of systems, linearity and time invariance, convolution, impulse response, differential and difference equations, Fourier analysis, sampling and aliasing, applications in communications.

 

Learning Objectives:

• What is a “system”?

– Time- and frequency-domain representation and analysis of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems

• What is “frequency”?

– Fourier series presentation of continuous-time periodic signals. Fourier transform of continuous-time arbitrary signals.

• What is a “filter”?

– Fourier transform presentation of continuous-time LTI systems

• How to convert a continuous-time signal into discrete time?

– Sampling theorem

• What is “frequency” in discrete-time?

– Discrete-time system and its Fourier analysis

• What is the practical relevance of this course?

– Applications to communication systems

Course Outline: Click here

Pre-requisites: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential equations, Rudimentary circuit analysis.

Grades:  Quizzes (5% * 2), Projects (10% * 2), Midterm (25%), Final (45%).

Quiz Dates and Location:

            Two quizzes are held in the Friday common tutorial slot on the following days:

–      Quiz #1: February 3, 2-3pm.

–      Quiz #2: March 30, 2-3pm

            If you are not a second-year ECE student, please go to one of the following rooms:

–      BA2165, BA2175, BA2185, BA2195, BA3008, BA3012, BA2135.

Midterm Date and Location:

Wednesday March 7, 6pm-8pm. Location: GB304, GB404, GB405, GB412, SF2202.

Lecture Schedule:

	Date	Time	Location
LEC 01 Timorabadi	Monday	11-12	MS3163
	Tuesday	14-15	RS211
	Thursday	9-10	BA1170
LEC 02 Yu	Tuesday	13-14	MC252
	Wednesday	10-11	BA1180
	Thursday	11-12	GB220
LEC 03 Yu	Monday	9-10	RS211
	Wednesday	9-10	BA1130
	Thursday	9-10	BA1190

 

Tutorial Schedule:

                                                                                    TA:

TUT 01           Fri       9:00     11:00   BA2185          Chu Pang                     chu.pang@utoronto.ca

TUT 02           Fri       9:00     11:00   BA2195          Lei Zhang                    leizhang@comm.utoronto.ca

TUT 03           Wed     14:00   16:00   BA2165          Siyu Liu                      siyu.liu@utoronto.ca

TUT 04           Wed     14:00   16:00   BA2185          Amir Aghaei                aghaei@comm.utoronto.ca

TUT 05           Thu     15:00   17:00   BA2175          Amin Alamdar Yazdi  ayazdi@comm.utoronto.ca

TUT 06           Thu     15:00   17:00   BA2185          Binbin Dai                   bdai@comm.utoronto.ca

TUT 07           Tue      15:00   17:00   BA2165          Gokul Sridharan          sridharan.gokul@gmail.com

TUT 08           Tue      15:00   17:00   BA2195          Lei Zhou                     zhoulei@comm.utoronto.ca

 

Note: The Spring session lectures begin on January 9, end on April 13.  Tutorials start on the week of January 16.

Last Updated:January 12, 2012