Module Descriptors
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ELEC60275
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Cedric Belloc
Email: Cedric.Belloc@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 70%
  • LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Texts
Digital Signal Processing A Practical Approach, Emmanuel Ifeachor & Barrie Jervis, 2001, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0201569199
Linear Systems and Signal, B. P. Lathi, Berkeley Cambridge Press, 1992, ISBN: 0941413349
Signal Analysis and Signal Processing, Philip Denbeigh, 1998, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0201178605
Principles of Signals and Systems, Fred Taylor, 1994, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0079111718
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of Level 2 Signal Processing or equivalent
Module Resources
Laboratory with PC, PSpice/MATlab
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures (18 hours)
Laboratory (6 hours)
Module Indicative Content
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (DSP), sampling in the time and frequency domain, quantisation and encoding. Convolution, correlation and auto correlation. 1D and 2D Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT). Spectral analysis. Fast convolution, coefficient quantisation, round off, overflow, linear estimation, adaptive filtering, artificial neural networks, speech coding, recognition and synthesis. Two dimensional signal and image processing. DSP devices and architecture. Z-transform and applications. Design of digital filters including Finite Impulse Response and Infinite Impulse Response. Discrete Fourier transforms. Multirate DSP, linear prediction.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 2 hour exam (70%) which will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
Written assignment on laboratory based work (30%) which will assess Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.