Spring 2003


Statistics of the class

1. Final Grade

2. Final Exam statistics

Mean: 89.533
Standard Deviation: 22.399
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3. Midterm statistics (posted 4/1)

Mean: 58.8
Std Deviation: 15.6
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Teaching Staff

Instructor: Michael Gastpar
Office hours: T 2-3PM, W 12-1PM, 265 Cory.
Assistant: Chris Colbert, 275 Cory, x2-8458 
E-mail: gastpar@eecs.berkeley.edu

TA: Ryan White
Office hours: W 2PM - 3PM, Th 12:30 - 1:30PM (297 Cory)
E-mail: ryanw@eecs.berkeley.edu

TA: Gang Zhou
Office hours: M 11AM - 12PM, T 4 - 5PM (297 Cory)
E-mail: zgang@eecs.berkeley.edu


Meeting Times

Lecture: MW 4-6pm   2060 Valley Life Sciences Building

Section 101: M 10-11A, 293 CORY, (Zhou)
Section 102: Tu 3-4P, 3109 ETCHEVERRY, (Zhou)
Section 103: W 3-4P, 3113 ETCHEVERRY, (White)
Section 104: F 1-2P, 289 CORY, (White)
Note: You may attend any or all of the sections.

Midterm: Monday, March 17, 4:10 - 6:10 PM, Sibley Auditorium.
Final Exam: Thursday, May 22, 12:30-3:30 PM, Sibley Auditorium.

Textbooks

Required Text

Signals and Systems, by Haykin and Van Veen (John Wiley, 2003).
  • Make sure to use the SECOND edition.
  • Textbook errata.

    Optional Supplementary Text

    Mastering Matlab 6, by Hanselman and Littlefield (Prentice Hall, 1998).
  • Before buying this book, read the section in Course Syllabus on Matlab Assignments.
  • A Math Formula Collection that Prof. Gastpar finds useful

    Mathematics handbook for science and engineering, by Lennart Rade and Bertil Westergren.
    Hardcover: 540 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.36 x 9.07 x 6.45
    Publisher: Birkhauser; 4th edition (June 1999)
    ISBN: 3540655697

    Online information

    Distributed in Adobe Acrobat format.  

    Lecture Schedule

    No. Date What we talk about Prerequisites
    19 April 14 Laplace Transform: HV Section 6.12: Causality and stability, inverse systems, minimum phase system. HV Section 6.13: How to get the frequency response from the poles and zeros, Bode Diagrams.
    20 April 16 Laplace Transform: HV Section 6.13: Bode Diagrams.
    z-Transform: power series, Laurent series; basic examples; HV Sections 7.1, 7.2
    21 April 21 z-Transform: HV Sections 7.3-7.5 Understand examples HV 7.2 and HV 7.3
    22 April 23 z-Transform: HV Sections 7.6-7.10
    23 April 28 Communication Systems HV Section 5.4-5.7: Full AM, coherent detection, envelope detection, QAM, and single sideband AM
    24 April 30 Filter Design HV Sections 8.1-8.6
    25 May 5 Linear Feedback Systems HV Sections 9.1-9.4
    26 May 7 Linear Feedback Systems HV Sections 9.5-9.7
    27 May 12 Course Review: What have we learnt?
     

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