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ELE-3609 Signal Distribution and Transmission - 5 ECTS

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Type of course

The course can be taken as a single course. Students belonging to Master in Electrical Engineering are prioritised, while other students can sign up provided available laboratory and lecturer capacity.

Recommended knowledge: A course in complex analysis.

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate Bachelor Engineering program with minimum 25 credits mathematics, 5 credits statistics, 7,5 credits physics.

Application code: 9371

Course content

Introduction to bus standards for industrial control systems; Introduction to signal processing: discrete-time signal and systems, z-transform, sampling, transform analysis, frequency response, impulse response, discrete Fourier transform, Fourier-analysis.

Objectives of the course

After completed course the students should have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge

  • The candidate knows the characteristics of the most common bus standards used in industry control systems and can describe the difference between them.
  • The candidate has knowledge in analog and digital signal transmission and processing.

Skills

  • The candidate can apply the concepts and methods from this module to practical systems.
  • The candidate is able to design basic parts of a signal transmission and processing system.

General competence

  • The candidate understands how signal processing is used to improve the usability of a system.

Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and written exercises. The course takes two weeks, each of 30 hours. Each day 4 hours of lectures, and 2 hours of exercises

Schedule

Schedule

Examination

Examination: Duration: Grade scale:
School exam 3 Hours A–E, fail F

Coursework requirements:

To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements:
Laboratory reports Approved – not approved
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More info about the coursework requirements

Mandatory laboratory exercises. Project work must be completed and approved to gain access to the exam.

Re-sit examination

Re-sit exam will be arranged if any candidate received grade F in the previous ordinary exam.
  • About the course
  • Campus: Narvik |
  • ECTS: 5
  • Course code: ELE-3609
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