Signals & Systems

Prior to learning the subject of signals and systems most students will have had acourse such as basic circuit theory for electrical engineers or fundamentals of dynamics formechanical engineers. Such subjects touch on some of the basic ideas that are developedmore fully in this text. This background can clearly be of great value to students in providingadditional perspective as they proceed through the book.

Signals & Systems

Alan V. Oppenheim; Alan S. Willsky

Prentice Hall International, INC.

2004

Abstract

Students using this book are assumed to have a basic background in calculus as well assome experience in manipulating complex numbers and some exposure to differential equa-tions. With this background, the book is self-contained. In particular, no prior experiencewith system analysis, convolution, Fourier analysis, or Laplace and z-transforms is as-sumed. Prior to learning the subject of signals and systems most students will have had acourse such as basic circuit theory for electrical engineers or fundamentals of dynamics formechanical engineers. Such subjects touch on some of the basic ideas that are developedmore fully in this text. This background can clearly be of great value to students in providingadditional perspective as they proceed through the book.

The main contents of this book include eleven chapters:

+ Chapter 1: Signals and systems

+ Chapter 2: Linear time-invariant systems

+ Chapter 3: Fourier series representation of periodic signals

+ Chapter 4: The continuous-time fourier transform

+ Chapter 5: The discrete-time fourier transform

+ Chapter 6: Time and frequency characterization of signals and systems

+ Chapter 7: Sampling

+ Chapter 8: Communication systems

+ Chapter 9: The laplace transform

+ Chapter 10: The Z-Transform

+ Chapter 11: Linear feedback systems