Catalog Data: EE 3423: Linear Systems. Credit 3. Frequency response and complex variables, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, Dirac Delta function, convolution, mathematical modeling of systems and Laplace transform. Prerequisites: EE 2423

Textbook:
Phillips and Parr. Signals, Systems and Transforms. Prentice-Hall, 1998

Reference:
McGillem and Cooper. Continuos and Discrete Signal and System Analysis. HBJ, 1991.
Gabel and Roberts. Signals and Linear Systems. Wiley, 1987.

Coordinator:
Cheryl Schrader, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Sos Agaian, , Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

Goals:
Prepare students with mathematical tools and methods for analysis and design of linear systems.

Prerequisites by topic:

1. Linear algebra
2. Differential equations
3. Complex variables
4. Network theory

Topics:

1. Signals and systems (5 classes)
2. Convolution (4 classes)
3. Fourier series (3 classes)
4. Fourier transforms (6 classes)
5. Two-port networks (2 classes)
6. Laplace transforms, frequency response (5 classes)
7. Exams (3 classes)

Computer Usage:
Matlab software tools usage

Laboratory projects:
None

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:
Engineering Sciences: 3 Credits (100 %)
Engineering Design: 0 Credit (0 %)

Prepared by:
Cheryl Schrader, Ph.D. and Sos Agaian, Ph.D.
Date:
October 15, 2000