GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3153205
SUBJECT: Signal and Systems
SEMESTER – V
Type of course: Professional Core Elective
Prerequisite: Differential equations, Transform methodologies, Electrical circuits and networks
Rationale: The course will provide strong foundation on signals and systems which will be useful for creating
foundation of communication and signal processing. The students will learn basic continuous time and discrete
time signals and systems. Student will understand application of various transforms for analysis of signals and
systems both continuous time and discrete time. Students will also explore effect of sampling on spectrum of
signal.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks
Total
Theory Marks Practical Marks
L T P C Marks
ESE (E) PA ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 2 4 70 30 30 20 150
Contents:
Sr. Content Total %
No. Hrs Weightage
1 Introduction to Signals & Systems: Basic definitions of signals and 4 10
systems, Basic elementary signals, Classification of signals and systems.
Signal operations and properties. Basic continuous time signals, Basic system
properties, Case study of different signal.
2 Behavior of Continuous time (CT)& Discrete Time(DT) Linear Time 12 25
Invariant (LTI) System: Impulse response characterization and convolution
for CT- LTI and DT-LTI systems, Properties of LTI systems, LTI systems
characterized by Differential and difference equations.
3 Introduction to Fourier Series, Fourier Transform: Fourier Series 12 25
Representation of periodic Signals, Fourier series, Waveform Symmetries,
Calculation of Fourier Coefficients, Frequency spectrum of aperiodic signals,
Fourier Transform, Relation between Laplace Transform and Fourier
Transform. Properties of Continuous Time Fourier transform. System
Analysis using Fourier Transform. Introduction to DTFT and DFT.
4 Z Transform: The z-Transform, Convergence of z-Transform, , Properties of 12 25
z-Transform, Inverse z-Transform , LTI System analysis from Linear
Constant Coefficient Difference Equations using z-Transform.
5 Sampling & Reconstruction: Representation of digital signals, The 5 15
Sampling Theorem, Sampling with a zero order hold, Reconstruction of a
signal from its samples using interpolation, Aliasing and its effects.
Total 45 100
Suggested Specification table* with Marks (Theory):
Distribution of Theory Marks
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Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3153205
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
15 20 25 10 -- --
Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create and
above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)
*This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual distribution
of marks in the question paper may vary from above table.
Books:
1. Signal and Systems By Anand Kumar, 3rd Edition, PHI
2. Signals and Systems by Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Wilsky and Nawab, Prentice Hall
3. Signals and Systems by K. Gopalan, Cengage Learning (India Edition)
4. Signals and Systems by Michal J. Roberts and Govind Sharma, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Publications
5. Signals and Systems by Simon Haykin and Bary Van Veen, Wiley-India Publications
6. Linear Systems and Signals by [Link], Oxford University Press
7. Signal, Systems and Transforms by Charles L. Philips, J. M. Parr and E. A. Riskin, Pearson Education
8. Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals and Applications by Li Tan, Elsevier, Academic Press
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to
Sr. CO Statement Marks
No. % Weightage
1 understand about various types of signals, classify them, analyze them, and perform 20
various operations on them.
2 understand about various types of systems, classify them, analyze them and understand 20
their response behavior.
3 explore use of transforms in analysis of signals and system. 25
4 apply simulation on signals and systems for observing effects of applying various 25
properties and operations.
5 analyze various signals and sequences 10
List of Experiments:
1. Generations and capturing various continuous time signals from sensors.
2. Generation and capturing of discrete time signals and plot them.
3. Discretization using different sampling rate and observing aliasing effect.
4. Observing the effects of lower sampling rate and higher sampling rate on CT signal.
5. Performing various operations on the signal using circuits and computational software.
6. Using digital circuit building block to perform operations on signals.
7. Simulation of continuous time LTI system.
8. Simulation of discrete time LTI systems.
9. Obtaining impulse response of the systems.
10. Computing FT and DTFT of the CT signals and DT sequences.
Open Ended Problems:
1. Design of active noise removal / cancellation circuit.
2. Design of digital building blocks to perform various operations on discrete time sequences and signals.
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Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3153205
3. Design of efficient and accurate signal converter.
4. Design of sample and hold circuits
5. Design of anti aliasing filter.
Major Equipments:
Computers, analog circuit blocks, digital circuit blocks, signal generators, digital storage oscilloscope and spectrum
analyser
List of Open Source Software/learning website:
1. SEQUEL
2. SCILAB
3. NPTEL Videos
4. MIT open course ware website
5. MATLAB
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