Content (Syllabus outline)
• Oscillators: basic structure and oscillation conditions, types of oscillators, accuracy, stability and precision, phase noise.
• Data converters: fundamentals of analog to digital and digital to analog conversion, converter types, quantization noise, oversampling, monolithism, harmonic distortion, differential and integral nonlinearity.
• Signal synthesisers: basic structure of phase loop, numerically controlled oscillators, phase to amplitude conversion, direct digital synthesiser.
• Digital filtering: fundamentals of digital filters, linear differential equation, elements of digital filters, quantization, recursive and non-recursive form, z-transformation, zeros and poles, amplitude and phase response of ideal filters, linear phase response, digital resonator, inverse filter.
• Design of digital filters with finite impulse response: use of discrete Fourier transformation, filters with linear phase, design methods, window functions, stability, filter order, band ripple, transition bandwidth, alternative windows, multiband filters, basic structures and implementations.
• Design of digital filters with infinitive impulse response: conversion of analog filters into digital form, rational transfer function, stability, bilinear transformation, basic structures and implementations.
• Digital converters: cascade of interpolator and decimator, digital down conversion, digital up conversion.
• Digital modulation techniques: binary amplitude-shift keying, binary frequency-shift keying, binary phase-shift keying, quadrature phase-shift keying, quadrature amplitude modulation, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), direct digital synthesis (DDS).
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to
• select and use appropriate building blocks for electronic systems implementation,
• use of standard electronic systems for shaping, generation, conversion and processing of signals,
• clarify and analyse the electronic system operation and evaluate the results.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• Communication skills: oral lab work defense, manner of written expression at lab work documentation.
• Use of information technology: www searching for technical data of electronic devices and systems and their applications.
• Calculation skills: determination of the electronic system properties.
• Problem solving: selection of standard electronic systems for solving of different system requirements.
• Practical skills: lab work performing and measurement data acquisition.
Readings
• B. A. Shenoi: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing and Filter Design, Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, 2006.
• V. F. Kroupa: Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizers, Wiley-IEEE Press, New York, 1998.
• V. F. Kroupa: Frequency Stability: Introduction and Applications, Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, 2012.
• S. Winder: Analog and Digital Filter Design, Second Edition, Newnes, Elsevier Science, Boston, 2002.
