Signals and Systems
Module code: EEU33C01 · Semester: Semester 1
Themes: Theme 1: Energy; Theme 2: Bioengineering/Manufacturing; Theme 3: Mechanical/Manufacturing
Resources
Questions by Year
- 2025/26
- 2024/25
- 2023/24
- 2022/23
- 2021/22
- 2020/21
- 2019/20
- 2018/19
- 2017/18 (old code EE3C01)
- 2016/17 (old code EE3C01)
- 2015/16 (old code EE3C01)
- 2014/15 (old code EE3C01)
- 2013/14 (old code EE3C01)
- 2012/13 (old code EE3C01)
Topics
- Continuous-time signals, convolution integral, LTI system properties (causality, stability) LO4
- Fourier series, response to complex exponentials, frequency-selective filters LO1
- Fourier transform and its properties LO2
- Sampling and the sampling theorem LO2
- Laplace transform, region of convergence, LTI analysis LO2, LO4
- Linear feedback systems and second-order systems LO4
- Discrete-time signals, discrete convolution, FIR and IIR systems LO3–4
- DTFT and its properties; geometric evaluation from pole-zero plots LO3
- z-transform, region of convergence, stability in discrete time LO3–4
Learning outcomes
- Analyse periodic signals with Fourier series
- Analyse continuous-time signals and systems with Fourier and Laplace transforms
- Analyse discrete-time signals and systems with the DTFT and z-transform
- Find impulse, step and frequency responses, the response to any input, and feedback stability