Analog Signals and Systems by Erhan Kudeki (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and David C. Munson, Jr. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) offers a thorough presentation of analog circuit, signal and system analysis techniques by two highly respected authors.  This book has been classroom tested for eight years in a sophomore-level course that covers all of the essentials of both circuit analysis and analog signals and systems, leading directly to a junior/senior-level course on digital signal processing. This approach saves time in the curriculum and relates the abstract signals and systems material to circuits used for signal processing. The book is equally useful for a course that follows directly onto a freshman/sophomore course based on Signal Processing First, James H. McClellan, Ronald Schafer, and Mark Yoder, or that follows a standard course on circuit analysis. The pedagogy adopted uses a “just in time” approach in the discussion of:

Electrical circuit fundamentals

Analysis techniques of linear circuits

Linear systems concepts applicable to circuits and signal processors

Frequency domain techniques in circuit and system analysis

Fourier series and transforms with circuit and system applications

Analysis and design of AM radio receiver using Fourier tools

Time-domain description of analog signal processing

Sampling and reconstruction

System stability and implications

Laplace transform with applications in circuit initial value problems

Elements of analog filterdesign

A suggested set of lab experiments include measurement and/or design projects related to major concepts covered in the classroom – the labs provide students a taste of how signal and system theory applies in practice.