Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Massachusetts
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENGR3420 Analog and Digital Communications, Fall 2005
T9-9:50, W9-10:50 AC304, 1 hr. tutorial OC332 or F9-9:50 AC304
Syllabus
Format: Class hours | Class days | Date | Subjects
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1
F 9/02/05
Class Overview/ Basic concepts and definitions:
Communication: transfer of information across space
and time (same as storage).
Information defined and measured.
Compression: eliminate redundant information.
Coding: data representation
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T 9/06/05
Class Overview/ Basic concepts and definitions:
Modulation: sharing a channel between multiple users.
Modulation types: Time Division, Frequency Division,
Code Division.
Figures of merit in a communications system: signalto-noise ratio (SNR, analog) and probability of error
(digital).
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3
W 9/07/05 Diagnostic exam
4
Expectation from class, student group assessment of
class content.
Device laws; associated reference directions;
voltage/current plane.
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F 9/09/05
KVL, KCL, parallel and series combinations,
voltage and current dividers.
Lumped parameter: collapse of space; elimination of
distributed quantities and partial diff. equations
KVL, KCL and Device laws define everything else.
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5
M 9/12/05 Tutorial
Ladder network; symmetric bridge
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T 9/13/05
Node method and super nodes
Superposition
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W 9/14/05 Thevenin and Norton
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Test voltage/current
Dependent sources
10 8
M 9/19/05 Tutorial
Thevenin and Norton with dependent sources
11 9
T 9/20/05
RC, LR homogeneous
RC, LR step
12 10 W 9/21/05 RC, LR impulse
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LC homogeneous & step response
14 11 M 9/26/05 Tutorial
Thevenin, Norton & Node method in time-dependent
circuits
15 12 T 9/27/05
LC impulse
RLC homogeneous
16 13 W 9/28/05 RLC step
17
SSS, impedance, transfer function, frequency
response
18 14 T 10/04/05 <1/3-end of circuits> Bode plots, filters
19 15 W 10/05/05 Fourier transform
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Properties, sinc function
21 16 F 10/07/05 Convolution, differentiation
M 10/10/05 Columbus Day - No Class
T 10/11/05 Olin Monday - No Class
22 17 W 10/12/05 Fourier Properties
23
Parseval’s Theorem, Bandwidth of convolution,
Sampling (Nyquist), modulation
23 18 F 10/14/05 Demodulation
25 19 M 10/17/05 Tutorial
Switch modulation
26 20 T 10/18/05 <1/2> SSB
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W 10/19/05 AM, power & efficiency
diode, envelope detector
M 10/24/05 Tutorial
Phase-Locked-Loop (PLL) for phase and frequency
synchronization
T 10/25/05 AM Lab
W 10/26/05 AM Lab
AM Lab
M 10/31/05 Tutorial
RC calculation in envelope detector
T 11/01/05 FM
W 11/02/05 Big Conversation Series - No Class
F 11/04/05 Olin Wednesday - FM Lab
FM Lab
M 11/07/05 <2/3> Tutorial
FM demodulation counting zero crossings
T 11/08/05 FM Lab
W 11/09/05 FM Lab
FM Lab
M 11/14/05 Tutorial
Lab report assessment; class feedback
T 11/15/05 Spread Spectrum, Code multiplexing, signal
orthogonality
W 11/16/05 Spread Spectrum, Code multiplexing
Signal orthogonality
M 11/21/05 Thanksgiving - No Class
T 11/22/05 Thanksgiving - No Class
W 11/23/05 Thanksgiving - No Class
M 11/28/05 Tutorial
SS Lab
T 11/29/05 SS Lab
W 11/30/05 SS Lab
SS Lab
T 12/06/05 Hypothesis testing, probability of error
W 12/07/05 Information Theory
Channel Capacity (Additive White Gaussian Noise)
F 12/9/05
Information Theory
Source Coding
T 12/13/05 Last day of classes
Take Home Exam
W 12/14/05 Study Day
R 12/15/05 Study Day, Finals Begin
Su 12/18/05 Final Period, Take Home turn in