ECE 440 Fall 2022 -- Krogmeier Section

Course Information

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Course Policies (Posted: 8/21/22)

Lecture Notes from Spring 2022

The course schedule refers to pages from the lecture notes used last semester. While we cover some material in a different maner this semester, these notes should be useful if you have to miss class or if you desire another take on the explanations in the text book.

Schedules - Tentative and Actual

Tentative Schedule of Lectures (Posted: 8/21/22)

Actual Schedule and Extra Lecture Notes and Hints

Session 1 (Mon. Aug. 22): Intro., CTFT, LTI systems
[Sp22 Notes pp. 1-6; ZT pp. 17-50]
Session 2 (Wed. Aug. 24): LTI systems
[ZT pp. 55-67]
Session 3 (Fri. Aug. 26): Sampling and DT systems
[Sp22 Notes pp. 24-28; ZT pp. 78-82, 91-95]
Previously Recorded Lecture on Sampling (Part 1)
Previously Recorded Lecture on Sampling (Part 2)
Session 4 (Mon. Aug. 29): Transmission Lines as Comm. Channel
Transmission Lines as Comm. Channels
Session 5 (Wed. Aug. 31): HW 1 is due. Radio as Comm. Channel
[ZT pp. 705-707]
Transmission Lines as Comm. Channels
Session 6 (Fri. Sept. 2): AM-DSB mod. and demod.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 29, 31-32; ZT pp. 113-116]
Labor Day (Mon. Sept. 5): No class.
Session 7 (Wed. Sept. 7): AM-LC and Envelope Detection
[Sp22 Notes pp. 32-40; ZT pp. 116-124]
Session 8 (Fri. Sept. 9): SSB mod. and demod.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 50-60; ZT pp. 124-132]
Matlab SSB Generation
Session 9 (Mon. Sept. 12): Pulse Amplitude and Pulse Code Modulations
[ZT pp. 142-150]
PAM and PCM
Session 10 (Wed. Sept. 14): HW 2 is due. Frequency Modulation.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 78-92; ZT pp. 156-161]
Session 11 (Fri. Sept. 16): FM Spectrum
[Sp22 Notes pp. 93-98; ZT pp. 161-175]
Session 12 (Mon. Sept. 19): FM Discriminator, Phase-Locked Loops (PLL)
[Sp22 Notes pp. 98-102, 226-274; ZT pp. 175-180, 181-196]
Session 13 (Wed. Sept. 21): HW 3 is due. PLL continued.
Session 14 (Fri. Sept. 23): Exam 1 in class.
Session 15 (Mon. Sept. 26): PLL continued. Phase Detectors
Session 16 (Wed. Sept. 28): PLL continued. VCOs
Session 17 (Fri. Sept. 30): Working through PLL computer example and HW hints.
Session 18 (Mon. Oct. 3): HW 4 is due. Review probability theory.
[ZT pp. 250-297]
Session 19 (Wed. Oct. 5): Review random processes.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 6-23 ; ZT pp. 308-339]
Session 20 (Fri. Oct. 7): Correlation and power spectral density of random processes.
October Break (Mon. Oct. 10): No class.
Session 21 (Wed. Oct. 12): Calculation of mean and autocorrelation function of a random square wave.
Example ensemble average calculations
Session 22 (Fri. Oct. 14): Model for analog communications in noise.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 41-49; ZT pp. 349-353, 355-357]
Calculation of SNR at IF for AM-DSB and AM-LC
Calculation of SNR at BB for AM-DSB and AM-LC
Session 23 (Mon. Oct. 17): HW 5 is due. SNR formulas for AM-DSB, AM-LC, and AM-SSB.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 61-77; ZT pp. 353-355]
Calculation of SNR for AM-SSB (Part 1)
Calculation of SNR for AM-SSB (Part 2)
Session 24 (Wed. Oct. 19): Complex Arithmetic and I/Q Representations. Exam Review.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 114-118]
Session 25 (Fri. Oct. 21): Exam 2 in class.
Session 26 (Mon. Oct. 24): Complex envelope for real-valued signals
[Sp22 Notes pp. 119-174; ZT pp. 85-89,333-339]
Session 27 (Wed. Oct. 26): Handout on Complex Envelope
Session 28 (Fri. Oct. 28): Complex envelope (cont'd.)
Session 29 (Mon. Oct. 31): Class was cancelled for illness.
Session 30 (Wed. Nov. 2): Complex baseband models for passband communications
Application to SNR calculations in AM and FM
[Sp22 Notes pp. 175-193]
FM Noise Performance
Session 31 (Fri. Nov. 4): Receiver architecture for binary communications.
Session 32 (Mon. Nov. 7): HW 6 is due. Optimizing over the design choices in the binary receiver architecture.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 217-223; ZT pp. 398-403]
Session 33 (Wed. Nov. 9): Minimax criterion and Bayes criterion. The matched filter.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 224-225; ZT pp. 404-410]
Session 34 (Fri. Nov. 11): Signal design and extensions of the binary problem. HW 7 hints.
[Sp22 Notes pp. 275-279; ZT pp. 410-421]
Session 35 (Mon. Nov. 14): HW 7 is due. Homework hints and exam 3 review.
Session 36 (Wed. Nov. 16): No class due to travel.
Session 37 (Fri. Nov. 18): Exam 3 in class.
Session 38 (Mon. Nov. 21): BPSK and FSK
[ZT pp. 415-421]
Thanksgiving (Wed. Nov. 23): No class.
Thanksgiving (Fri. Nov. 25): No class.
Session 39 (Mon. Nov. 28): DPSK DPSK Lecture
[ZT pp. 422-429]
Non-coherent demodulation of FSK [ZT pp. 429-430]
Intersymbol Interference and the Nyquist Criterion [ZT pp. 227-233]]
Session 40 (Wed. Nov. 30): Hints on HW Problems 40, 41, 43
Session 41 (Fri. Dec. 2): HW 8 is due. Zero ISI Systems in Noise and HW Hints for Problems 38, 39
Matched Filter for Colored Noise via Whitening Filter
Session 42 (Mon. Dec. 5): Hints on HW Problems 45, 46.
Session 43 (Wed. Dec. 7); Hints on HW Problem 44.
Session 44 (Fri. Dec. 9): Review for final exam and hints.
Finals Week (Mon. Dec. 12 to Fri. Dec. 16): No class.

ECE 440 Fall 2022 -- Krogmeier Section

Course Information

Lecture Notes from Spring 2022

Schedules - Tentative and Actual

Actual Schedule and Extra Lecture Notes and Hints

Homeworks

Fall 2022 Exams

Spring 2022 Exams