ECE 146A - Winter 2008

University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Analog Communication Theory and Techniques

Instructor: Professor John J. Shynk

Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday
5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
Girvetz 2128

Announcements:

3-14-08: Final exam office hours: Naveen (Tue., Wed. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.), Yujia (Wed., Thu. 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.).
3-4-08: Reminder: The final exam will be held on Thursday, March 20, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
2-22-08: The due date for Lab 4 is changed to March 4, 5:00 p.m.
2-8-08: Yujia's office hours on Thursday are shifted to 11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
2-4-08: Reminder: The midterm exam will be held on Thursday, February 14, 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
1-29-08: Lab 2 reports are due on Thursday, January 31, 5:00 p.m.
1-23-08: Note that you need to purchase a lab kit for Lab 3.
1-15-08: Yujia's office hours are changed to Thursday, 11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
12-20-07: The first lab meeting will be on Monday, January 7, in HFH 1140.

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Course Information:

Modulation theory. AM, FM, PM, and analog pulse modulation
and demodulation techniques. Noise models in electronic circuits.
System noise and performance calculations.

Labs:

Monday 5:00 - 7:50 p.m., HFH 1140 or 5160
Wednesday 9:00 - 11:50 a.m., HFH 1140 or 5160

Grading:

Homework (weekly), 15%
Lab (weekly), 20%
Midterm Exam (open book), 20% (Thursday, February 14, 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.)
Final Exam (open book), 45% (Thursday, March 20, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.)

Required Text:

Haykin, Communication Systems, Wiley, 4th Edition, 2001

Lecture Handouts:

#1 Course Information
#2 Tentative Course Outline
#3 Homework, Lab, and TA Information
#4 Homework 1 (due January 18)
#5 Homework 2 (due January 25)
#6 Homework 1 Solutions (distributed in class)
#7 Homework 3 (due February 1)
#8 Example Midterm Exam (distributed in class)
#9 Homework 2 Solutions (distributed in class)
#10 Homework 4 (due February 8)
#11 Homework 3 Solutions (distributed in class)
#12 Example Midterm Exam Solutions (distributed in class)
#13 Homework 4 Solutions (distributed in class)
#14 Midterm Exam
#15 Homework 5 (due February 22)
#16 Midterm Exam Solutions (distributed in class)
#17 Homework 6 (due February 29)
#18 Homework 5 Solutions (distributed in class)
#19 Homework 7 (due March 7)
#20 Example Final Exam (distributed in class)
#21 Homework 6 Solutions (distributed in class)
#22 Homework 8 (due March 14)(last one!)
#23 Example Final Exam Solutions (distributed in class)
#24 Homework 7 Solutions (distributed in class)
#25 Homework 8 Solutions (available during final exam office hours)
#26 Final Exam
#27 Final Exam Solutions (available next quarter)

Lab Handouts:

Lab 1 (due January 22)
- Low-Pass Filter
Lab 2 (due January 29)
- Audio File
- rrr.mat
Lab 3 (due February 12)
- MC1496
- LF353
Lab 4 (due March 4 - CHANGED)
Lab 5 (due March 13)
- MC14046

Useful Link:

MATLAB Tutorial

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Last Updated: March 14, 2008