Circuits and Systems Tutorials [Paperback]

Available for the first time in paperback, this ground-breaking industry textbook is heralded as a first in its state-of-the-art coverage of the most important areas emerging in circuits and systems. It is compiled from course material used in a suite of one-day tutorials on circuits and systems designed expressly for engineers and research scientists who want to explore subjects outside, but related to, their immediate fields. Authored by 50 circuits and systems experts, this volume fosters a fundamental and authoritative understanding of each subject.List of Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

TUTORIAL 1.

Introduction to Nonlinear Signal Processing (C. Cowan, et al.).

Weighted Median Filtering -
Striking Analogies to FIR Filters (M. Gabbouj).

Stack Filters in Signal and Image Processing (E. Coyle).

Multichannel Order Statistical Filtering (I. Pitas).

Theory and Approximation of Polynomial Filters (G. Sicuranza).

Adaptive Polynomial Filters (V. Mathews).

Application of Adaptive Volterra Filters to Equalization (C. Cowan).

TUTORIAL 2.

Design and Applications of A/D Multirate Signal Processing (J. Franca and S. Mitra).

TUTORIAL 3.

MPEG-2. The Main Profile (J. Morris).

Standardization of Scalable Coding Schemes (N. Wells and P. Tudor).

MPEG-2 Coding Schemes for Low Delay Requirements (G. Bj?ntegaard).

MPEG-2 Systems and the Transport over ATM (M. Sun).

VLSI Architectures for Multimedia and Video Conferencing (B. Ackland).