UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 310: Digital Signal Processing (Spring 2023)

Course Description:

Introduction to discrete-time systems and discrete-time signal processing with an emphasis on causal systems; discrete-time linear systems, difference equations, z-transforms, discrete convolution, stability, discrete-time Fourier transforms, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, digital filter design, discrete Fourier transforms, fast Fourier transforms, spectral analysis, and applications of digital signal processing.

 

Course Prerequisite:

ECE 210: Analog Signal Processing

I. Teaching Staff

1. Instructors:

Prof. Zhi-Pei Liang (Sec. D) Prof. Thomas Moon (Sec. E) Corey Snyder (Sec. G)
Office: 4257 Beckman Institute Office: 3060 ECEB Office: 111 CSL
Email: z-liang@illinois.edu Email: tmoon@illinois.edu Email:cesnyde2@illinois.edu

2. Teaching Assistants:

Will Cai (Head TA) Shilan He Ziyang Xu Chuanyi Zhang
Email: wycai2@illinois.edu  Email: shilanh2@illinois.edu  Email: ziyangx2@illinois.edu  Email: chuanyi5@illinois.edu 

II. Schedule

1. Lectures:

Lecture Time Day Location
Section D 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. M W F
1015 ECEB
Section E 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. M W F 1013 ECEB
Section G 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. M W F 1015 ECEB

 

2. Office Hours:

Note:

  • Thomas' online office hour: link 
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.          
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Shilan
ECEB-4036		 Shilan
ECEB-4036		 Chuanyi
ECEB-4036		 Chuanyi
ECEB-4036		  
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Shilan
ECEB-4036		 Shilan
ECEB-4036		 Chuanyi
ECEB-4036		 Chuanyi
ECEB-4036		  
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.          
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Will
ECEB-4036		   Will
ECEB-4036		 Corey
ECEB-3020		 Will
ECEB-2015
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.     Will
ECEB-4036		    
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.   Thomas
Online		      
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Ziyang
ECEB-4036		      
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.   Ziyang
ECEB-4036		      
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Recitation
ECEB-2017
(Only on exam weeks: 2/27, 4/3 (zoom link))		   Weekly Recitation
ECEB-3015		    

III. Resources

1. Recommended Textbook:

2. Campuswire:

3. Associated Lab Course (Strongly recommended):

4. Additional Resources

The following additional resources cover much of the same material as the lectures and textbook. The syllabus below provides references to these resources as well as the Manolakis and Ingle textbook.

  • SM: ECE 310 Course Notes by Prof. Andrew C. Singer and Prof. David C. Munson Jr. (PDF download)
  • OS: Discrete-Time Signal Processing by Alan V. Oppenheim and Ronald W. Schafer (on reserve at the library)
  • PM: Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications by John G. Proakis and Dimitris G. Manolakis (on reserve at the library)
  • FK: DSP lecture videos from ECE 410, Fall 2003, by Prof. Farzad Kamalabadi. These cover more advanced material than ECE 310.
  • ECE 310 Notation Table: Chart of notation used in lecture, the textbook, and the other resources listed above
  • ECE 310 Course Summary: A brief list of basic concepts.
  • Common transform pairs and properties

IV. Syllabus

Time Topics Reading Assignment Lecture Notes Additional Resources Assessment Due

Week 1:
1/16 - 1/20

No class on 1/16 (MLK)


Course introduction
Continuous-time (CT) and discrete-time (DT) signals
Review of complex numbers
Discrete-time systems
Linear and time-invariant (LTI) systems

 Chapter 1: 1.1 - 1.4
Chapter 2: 2.1 - 2.3

Section E: Lec1, Lec2

Section G: Lec1, Lec2

 SM: Ch 1, Appendix D, Appendix A, 3.1, 3.3-3.6
OS: 1, 2.1-2.2
PM: 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2
FK: 1, 5, 2, 9
Python Demo
What is DSP? - Video by IEEE
DSP at UIUC - 1
DSP at UIUC - 2		  
Week 2:
1/23 - 1/27		 Impulse response
Convolution
Difference equations		 Chapter 2: 2.4 - 2.7; 2.10

Section E: Lec3, Lec4, Lec5

Section G: Lec3, Lec4, Lec5

SM: 3.7-3.9
OS: 2.3-2.5
PM: 2.3-2.5
FK: 9, 10, 3
Convolution Python Demo
Difference Equations Python Demo

 HW1
 
Week 3:
1/30 - 2/3		 z-transform
Poles and zeros
Inverse z-transform		 Chapter 3: 3.1 - 3.4

Section E: Lec6, Lec7, Lec8

Section G: Lec6, Lec7, Lec8
SM: 4.1-4.5
OS: Ch 3
PM: 3.1-3.5
FK: 6, 7, 8 13
Partial Fractions Python Demo
 
 
 HW2
 
Week 4:
2/6 - 2/10		 System analysis via z-transform
System transfer function
Stability		 Chapter 3: 3.5 - 3.7

Section E: Lec9, Lec10-11

Section G: Lec9, Lec10, Lec11

SM: 4.10-4.14
OS: 5.2
PM: 3.6
FK: 14, 15, 16
Stability Python Demo

Recitation exercises (2/8)

Recitation exercises sol (2/8)

 HW3
 
Week 5:
2/13 - 2/17

Applications of linear system models
Sinusoidal signals
Fourier transforms
Discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT)

 Chapter 4: 4.1 - 4.3

Section E: Lec12, Lec13, Lec14

Section G: Lec12, Lec13, Lec14

SM: 2.1-2.4
OS: 2.6-2.7 PM: 1.3, 4.1
FK: 17
DTFT Python Demo

Recitation exercises (2/15)
HW4
Week 6:
2/20 - 2/24		 Properties of the DTFT
Fourier analysis of LTI systems		 Chapter 4: 4.3 - 4.5
Chapter 5: 5.1 - 5.2

Section E: Lec15-16, Lec17

Section G: Lec15, Lec16, Lec17

SM: 2.4, 5.1
OS: 2.8-2.9, 5.1
PM: 4.2-4.4
FK: 18, 19
Filtering Python Demo

Recitation exercises (2/22)

Recitation exercises sol (2/22)

 
HW5

Week 7:
2/27 - 3/3

No class on 3/1, Wednesday

Frequency response (magnitude and phase responses)
Ideal filters
Sampling of continuous-time signals

Midterm 1: 3/1, Wednesday

 Chapter 5: 5.3 - 5.6
Chapter 6: 6.1

Section E: Lec18-19

Section G: Lec18, Lec19

SM: 5.2, 3.2
OS: 5.3-5.4, 4.1-4.2
PM: 4.4-4.5, 1.4
FK: 20, 21

Recitation exercises (2/27)

Recitation exercises sol(2/27)

 

 HW6
 
Week 8:
3/6 - 3/10

Ideal C/D and D/C conversion
Aliasing effect
Discrete Fourier transform (DFT)

 Chapter 6: 6.2 - 6.3
Chapter 7: 7.1 - 7.2

Section E: Lec20, Lec21, Lec22

Section G: Lec20, Lec21, Lec22

SM: 3.2, 2.5
OS: 4.2-4.3
PM: 1.4, 4.2.9, 5.1
FK: 22, 34

 
HW7

3/11 - 3/19 Spring break

          
Week 9:
3/20 - 3/24

Discrete Fourier transform (DFT)
Continuous-time frequency response of a DSP system
DFT spectral analysis

 Chapter 7: 7.2 - 7.4; 7.6
Chapter 6: 6.4

Section E: Lec23, Lec24-25 

Section G: Lec23, Lec24, Lec25

SM: 2.5-2.6
OS: 8.1-8.6, 10.1-10.2
PM: 5.2, 5.4
FK: 34, 36
DFT Python Demo

Recitation exercises (3/22)

Recitation solutions (3/22)

 

 HW8
 
Week 10:
3/27 - 3/31

DFT spectral analysis
Convolution using the DFT
Fast Fourier transform (FFT)

 Chapter 7: 7.5
Chapter 8: 8.1; 8.3

Section E: Lec26

Section G: Lec26, Lec27

SM: Ch 14, 6.3
OS: 8.7, 9.3, 6.1-6.2
PM: 5.3, 6.1-6.2, 7.1
FK: 37, 38

Spectral analysis Python demo

Recitation exercises (3/29)

Recitation solutions (3/29)

 HW9

Week 11:
4/3 - 4/7

No class on 4/5, Wednesday

Fast Fourier transform (FFT)
FFT-based Fast Convolution and Block Convolution
Block Diagrams and Flow Graphs

Midterm 2: 4/5, Wednesday

 Chapter 8: 8.1-8.3 Chapter 9: 9.1

Section E: Lec27-28

Section G: Lec28

SM: 6.3
OS: 6.3-6.5
PM: 7.1-7.2, 8.1
FK: 27, 33

Recitation exercises (4/3)

Recitation exercises solution (4/3)

Recitation recording
HW10

Week 12:
4/10 - 4/14

Downsampling and upsampling

Multirate signal processing

 Chapter 12: 12.1 - 12.2

Section E: Lec29-30

Section G: Lec29, Lec30, Lec31

Multirate Python Demo
Audio for Multirate Python Demo
Image for Multirate Python Demo

Recitation exercises (4/12)

Recitation exercises sol (4/12)

 HW11

Week 13:
4/17 - 4/21

FIR and IIR filters
Digital filter structures

 Chapter 9: 9.1-9.3
Chapter 11: 11.1; 11.3

Section E: Lec31, Lec32, Lec33-34

Section G: Lec32, Lec33

SM: 6.4, Ch 11, Ch 12
OS: 5.7, Ch 7
PM: Ch 8 
FK: 28, 29, 30
Filter Design Demo

Recitation exercises (4/19)

Recitation exercises sol (4/19)

Window method and FIR filter design Python demos

 
HW12
Week 14:
4/24 - 4/28		 Generalized linear phase
FIR filter design by windowing		 Chapter 10: 10.1 - 10.3

Section E: Lec35, Lec36

Section G: Lec34

SM: 5.3, Ch 13
OS: 4.4, 4.6
PM: 9.1, 10.1-10.4
FK: 24, 26

Recitation exercises (4/26)

Recitation exercises solutions (4/26)
HW13
Week 15:
5/1 - 5/5		 Practical A/D and D/A conversion
Oversampling A/D and D/A converters
Applications of DSP
Advanced topics		 Chapter 6: 6.5
Chapter 15: 15.3.1
Chapter 15: 15.3

Section E: Review, Review_sol

SM: Ch 13
OS: 4.8-4.9
PM: 9.2-9.3
FK: 23, 25

 
 

V. Grading

  1. Weekly Homework: 20% of Final Grade
    • Grading: Homework grade is computed by dropping the two lowest scores and then computing the average; this implies that each student may omit two homeworks in case of extenuating circumstances. Since the solutions will be posted immediately after the submission deadline, no late submission will be accepted.
    • Submission: Homework should be uploaded as a PDF file to gradescope in which we have added each student enrolled, please refer to the following link and video for questions on submission. You can create a gradescope account using your university email ID. Please email Will Cai (wycai2@illinois.edu) if "ECE310" is not shown in your courses.
    • Assigned and due dates: Homework is assigned each Friday, due the following Friday at 11:59 p.m. The corresponding solution will be posted on the due date at 11:59 p.m.
    • Write neatly: Please box the equations you will be solving and the final answer. If we cannot read it we cannot grade it!
    • Regrade requests must be submitted on gradescope within one week of grades being posted. All regrade requests must have a brief justification.
    • Again, late homework submissions will not be accepted!

  2. ​Exams (will be held in-person): 80% of Final Course Grade​
    • Midterm Exam 1: 22% of Final Course Grade
      • Date: Wednesday, 3/1, 7-9pm
      • Location: ECEB 1002
      • Coverage: Material from weeks 1-6, through HW5. 
      • Allow 1 sheet (two-sided) of handwritten notes (no printed notes) on 8.5x11 paper. No calculator allowed.
      • HKN Review Session: Saturday (2/25), 1-3pm, ECEB 1002.
      • Conflict exam:
        • Date: Thursday, 3/2, 9-11am
        • Location: (Coordinated Science Laboratory) CSL 141
      • Regrade requests must be emailed to your instructor with a scan of your work and a brief justification, by 3/22.
      • Solutions, Conflict exam solutions
    • Midterm Exam 2: 22% of Final Course Grade
      • Date: Wednesday, 4/5, 7-9pm
      • Location: ECEB 1002
      • Coverage: Materials corresponding HWs from  HW6 to HW9.
      • Allow 2 sheets (two-sided) of handwritten notes (no printed notes) on 8.5x11 paper. No calculator allowed.
      • Conflict exam:
        • Date: Thursday, 4/6, 1-3pm
        • Location: ECEB 2034
      • Regrade requests must be emailed to your instructor with a scan of your work and a brief justification, by Wednesday (4/19).
      • Solutions, Conflict exam solutions
    • Final Exam: 36% of Final Course Grade
      • Date: Friday, 5/5, 8-11am
        • Location: CIF 0027 and CIF 1025
      • Conflict exam: Friday, 5/5, 1:30-4:30pm
        • Location: ECEB 3013
      • Coverage: Material from the whole semester.
      • Allow 3 sheets (two-sided) of handwritten notes (no printed notes) on 8.5x11 paper. No calculator allowed.

VI. Integrity

This course will operate under the following honor code: All exams and homework assignments are to be worked out independently without any aid from any person or device. Copying from any source is not permitted and will be considered cheating, hence subject to the stipulated university policies. By enrolling in this course and submitting exams and homework assignments for grading, each student implicitly accepts this honor code.

VII. Homework Material

Exercises Due Date Solution
HW1 01/27 5:00 p.m. Solution
HW2 02/03 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW3 02/10 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW4 02/17 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW5 02/24 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW6 03/05 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW7 03/10 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW8 03/24 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW9 03/31 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW10 04/09 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW11 04/14 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW12 04/21 11:59 p.m. Solution
HW13 05/01 11:59 p.m. Solution

VIII. Past Exams

Exam Exercise List
Midterm 1

Fall 2021(with solution)

Spring 2021

Fall 2019
Midterm 2

Fall 2021(with solution)

Spring 2021(with solution)

Fall 2019
Final 

Spring 2021

Spring 2018

Spring 2016