School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS3553
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexander Mark RASSAU

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronics, communications, control, mechanical engineering, etc.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from ENS1253, MAT2437

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS3341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of signal and system analysis in real-world engineering applications.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of signals and how they can be represented and modelled mathematically for system analysis.
  5. Demonstrate knowledge of the issues related to discrete-time signals and systems including sampling period, aliasing and quantisation.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test 15%
AssignmentProblem sets20%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Signals and Systems
  • Unit Code

    ENS3553
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexander Mark RASSAU

Description

This unit introduces the basic concepts of signal and system analysis including continuous-time signals and systems, convolution, the Laplace transform, frequency analysis with the Fourier series and Fourier transform and an introduction to discrete-time signals and systems. Students will be exposed to applications drawn broadly from electronics, communications, control, mechanical engineering, etc.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from ENS1253 AND 1 unit from MAT2437, ENS5170

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS3341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of signal and system analysis in real-world engineering applications.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of signals and how they can be represented and modelled mathematically for system analysis.
  5. Demonstrate knowledge of the issues related to discrete-time signals and systems including sampling period, aliasing and quantisation.

Unit Content

  1. Representation and mathematical modelling of signals.
  2. Continuous-time systems (linearity, time invariance, causality, stability).
  3. The Laplace transform and the s-domain.
  4. Fourier series analysis of periodic signals.
  5. The Fourier transform.
  6. Introduction to discrete-time signals and systems.
  7. Applications to real-world engineering systems.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test 15%
AssignmentProblem sets20%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports15%
Examination ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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