Handbook

This course introduces descriptions of basic continuous and discrete time signals. It introduces the delta-impulse signal and its properties. Continuous-time and discrete-time systems and their properties are discussed. The convolution operation and linear system impulse response are introduced. The course presents an analysis of signals using Fourier series and Fourier transform. Properties of the Fourier transforms, Fourier spectrum and power spectrum, Parseval's theorem, energy spectral density and power spectral density are presented. An application of these transforms in sampling theory is discussed. The tool of Laplace transforms and the methods of partial fraction expansions are discussed, including the concepts of transfer functions. These tools are applied in the analysis of active filters. The course also introduces computer aided analysis of analog linear systems.