EE426/506 - Communication Theory

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name:

Dr. John L. Stensby

Email:

mailto:stensby@ece.uah.edu

Telephone:

(256)-824-6258

Office Hours:

TBD

COURSE INFORMATION:

Credit Hours:

3

Prerequisites:

EE382

Catalog Description:

Review of elementary signals and systems including the Hilbert transform, cross and autocorrelation, power density spectrum and the Wiener-Khinchine theorem. Butterworth and Chebyshev lowpass filters. Bandpass signals and systems. The lowpass equivalent of a bandpass signal/system. Commonly used forms of linear and nonlinear modulation. Demodulation methods and circuits. Phase lock and frequency feedback techniques.

Topics:

Delta, Unit Step Functions and Other Commonly-Used Signals
Power and Energy Signals
Generalized Fourier Series
Parseval's Theorem
Fourier Transforms
Relationship of Fourier and Laplace Transforms
Energy and Power Density Spectrums
Convolution
Correlation
Systems and System Attributes: Linearity, Time-Invariance, Causality and BIBO Stability
Ideal Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass Filters
Butterworth Filters
Chebyshev Filters
Hilbert Transforms
The Analytic Signal
Wiener-Khinchine Theorem
Systems Input/Output Crosscorrelation
General Bandpass Signal and System Theory
The Lowpass Equivalent of a Bandpass Signal/System
Symmetric Bandpass Signals and Systems
Carrier and Phase Delay of a Bandpass Filter
Double Sideband Modulation/Demodulation
Amplitude Modulation
Single Sideband Modulation/Demodulation
Frequency and Phase Modulation/Demodulation
Transmission Bandwidth of Modulated Signals
Carson's Rule
Superheterodyne Receiver Architecture
Basic Electronic Oscillator Applications/Theory/Circuits
Basic Phase-Lock Loop Applications and Theory
Frequency Feedback FM Demodulator

Down Loads! (You must have the Acrobat 5.0, or later, reader to view these files)

Click Here - Readme First!
Click Here - Class Handout
Click Here - Chapter 1: Signal and Linear System Analysis
Click Here - Appendix 1: Fourier Transform Table
Click Here - Appendix 2: Butterworth Low-Pass Filter Design
Click Here - Appendix 3: Chebyshev Low-Pass Filter Design
Click Here - Chapter 2: Basic Modulation Techniques
Click Here - Chapter 3: Phase-Lock and Frequency Feedback Techniques


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Thanks!

John