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Thayer School of Engineering

Dartmouth College

MathWorks, maker of MATLAB

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Engineering Sciences 110

SIGNAL PROCESSING

Engs 110 is a senior-graduate introduction to digital signal processing. Signal processing is one of the fundamental areas of modern electrical engineering. Digital signal processing (DSP) is a major part of systems and applications as diverse as cellular telephones, satellite TV, computer modems, CD players, geophysical exploration, radar, sonar, and medical imaging. This course intoduces the fundamental ideas and techniques of DSP, which are useful in all of these applications: Discrete-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant systems, deterministic and statistical signal models, Fourier and Z transforms. Discrete Fourier transform, spectrum analysis, image compression, frequency-domain filtering, and fast algorithms. Design of FIR and IIR digital filters, practical implementation issues. Multirate signal processing. MATLAB is used extensively in all aspects of the course.

The prerequisites to Engs 110 are Engs 61 (Intermediate electrical circuits) and Engs 92 (Fourier transforms and complex variables), or permission of the instructor.

Offered: 07S, 08S: 10