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

    ENS6160
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • 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 electronic, communication, control and mechanical systems.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5341

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.
  6. Formulate and apply system analysis methods using state variable analysis.
  7. Formulate the Fourier transform for application on sampled signals.

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.
  8. System analysis using state variables.
  9. Fourier transform of sampled signals.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

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

    ENS6160
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ganesh ARULAMPALAM

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 electronic, communication, control and mechanical systems.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5341

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Model and represent signals mathematically for systems analysis.
  2. Apply time-domain concepts and methods of analysis including impulse response and the convolution integral.
  3. Apply frequency-domain concepts and methods of analysis including the Laplace and Fourier transforms.
  4. Apply signals and systems analysis approaches in discrete-time contexts including application of the Discrete Fourier Transform and Z-Transform.
  5. Formulate and apply system analysis methods using state variable analysis.

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.
  8. System analysis using state variables.
  9. Fourier transform of sampled signals.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

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

Core Reading(s)

  • Lathi, B. P. (2010). Linear systems and signals (2nd ed., pp. xvi, 975 ). New York: Oxford University Press.

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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