UMass Lowell

Undergraduate Online Academic Catalog

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Signals and Systems I
16.362
Course ID: 003185

A study of various continuous voltage/current time functions and their applications to linear time-invariant electrical systems. Review of pertinent topics from 16.202, such as system functions, S-plane concepts and complete responses. Step, ramp and impulse responses of linear circuits. Sifting integrals. Types of analog filter responses. Designs for Butterworth and Chebishev filters. Fourier Analysis, Fourier Transforms, Convolution, Laplace Transforms, Parseval's Theorem. A large portion (30-40%) is devoted to teaching the students communication skills and the use of MATLAB for solving homework problems. A MATLAB based text is assigned to the course.

Credits: 3
Pre-Req: 16.202 Circuit Theory II and 92.236 Eng Differential Equations.

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