Digital Signal Processing

Module code: EEU44C05 · Semester: Semester 1

Resources

• Module descriptor (TCD)

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• 2022/23
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• 2019/20
• 2018/19
• 2017/18 (old code EE4C05)
• 2015/16 (old code EE4C05)
• 2014/15 (old code EE4C05)
• 2013/14 (old code EE4C05)
• 2012/13 (old code EE4C05)

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Topics

• Signals and LTI systems (review) LO8
• Sampling, reconstruction, decimation, interpolation, quantisation LO1
• Digital filters and linear phase LO3
• IIR and FIR filter design, including optimum FIR design LO2
• Discrete Fourier series and the DFT and its properties LO4–5
• FFT algorithms LO6
• Random processes and spectral analysis with the DFT LO7
• Filter realisations; DSP and deep learning LO2, LO8

Learning outcomes

1. Use approaches to sampling and reconstruction
2. Design and evaluate IIR and FIR filters and their trade-offs
3. Explain the role of linear phase
4. Relate the continuous-time Fourier transform to the DFT
5. Discuss the properties of the DFT
6. Explain fast DFT algorithms and their advantages
7. Analyse signals with DFT-based spectral analysis
8. Appreciate signal processing in modern system design
9. Use reading and labs to deepen understanding

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.