DE5411                             SIGNAL PROCESSING 1

Level 5                                             Credits 15                                            Version July 2010

LEARNING TIME

RECOMMENDED PRE-REQUISITE

DE4102 Engineering Mathematics 1

DE4401 Electrical and Electronic Principles 1

RECOMMENDED CO-REQUISITE

DE4402 Electronics and Electrical Applications

DE5403 Electrical and Electronic Principles 2

AIM/PURPOSE

To develop an understanding of analogue and digital processing of telecommunication signals, with emphasis on filtering.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.            Describe signals and the mathematical techniques used in their analysis.

2.            Understand the processes used in modelling analogue and digital systems.

3.            Design analogue active and passive filters using software applications.

4.            Outline digital signal processing methods and algorithms used in a variety of applications.

5.            Apply software packages to digital signal processing (DSP) applications.

INDICATIVE CONTENT

• Mathematical tools applied to analogue
• Signal type recognition
• Overview of s-plane (analogue) and z- plane (digital)
• Filter theory, types and their application
• Construction of passive and active filters
• Filter comparison (alternative active filters, switched-capacitor, crystal, ceramic resonator, SAW, transmission line stubs, stripline and microstrip)
• Introduction to DSP algorithms via software implementation and simulation
• Application of basic digital filters to real world problems