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 - Appendix 4: First-Order Differential Equations
Click Here - Appendix 5: Three Interpretations of the Fourier Transform
Click Here - Appendix 6: Logical Statements in the English Language
Click Here - Chapter 2: Basic Modulation Techniques
Click Here - Chapter 3: Phase-Lock and Frequency Feedback Techniques


Please view my other pages

Applied Probability and Random Processes: http://www.ece.uah.edu/courses/ee420-500/

Applied Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory: http://www.ece.uah.edu/courses/ee448/

Thanks!

John

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