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Curriculum
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Degree Offered
Graduation Requirements
Academic Program Sheet
EC536 VLSI manufacturing and testing EC537 Biomedical electronics EC538 Selected topics in electronics EC539 Optoelectronics. EC529 Modern Wireless Communications EC550 Selected Topics in Communication EC551 Telecommunication Systems Engineering EC553 Media and Entertainment Engineering Group C: Electromagnetics and Antennas EC545 Advanced Antenna Systems Group D: From other departments CC524 Neural Networks CC527 Computer Aided-Design.
Course Prerequisites
EC422 Introduction to Digital Communication EC421 Statistical Theory of Communication EC443 Electromagnetic Transmission Media EC442 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation. EC544 Antenna Engineering EC443 Electromagnetic Transmission Media EC523M Advanced Communication Systems EC422 Introduction to Digital.
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Courses Summary Description
EC Department Courses
Course Group: Solid State Electronics and Measurements
Free electron model- Electrical conductivity- and Dielectric properties: Microscopic electric field Dielectric constant and polarizability- local electric field at an atom.
Course Group: Communications
Satellite Construction (Payload Platform) - Radio System Technology (Multiple Access Techniques.. Direct Satellite Broadcasts - VSAT) - Channel Coding Techniques. Historical development - Optical fiber waveguide - Electromagnetic theory of optical propagation - Normalized frequency of the optical fiber - Linearly polarized modes in optical fibers - Transmission characteristics in optical fibers - Dispersion modified single-mode optical fibers - Fiber fabrication - Fiber cable design - Fiber connection - Optical sources - Laser - Wavelength converter - Optical amplifiers - Light detectors - Optical transmitter and receiver - Optical fiber systems - Optical fiber communication systems. Entropy – Mutual information – Channel capacity – Bandwidth and S/N of a channel – Source coding – Channel coding theorem – Linear block codes – Convolutional codes – Viterbi decoding – Turbo codes – Iterative decoding – Performance of differential coded modulation in AWGN channels.
Difference between conventional and cellular mobile - Overview of different generations of mobile - Principles of mobile radio design - Concept of frequency reuse/mobile block diagram - Co-channel interference/adjacent channel interference - Multipath propagation - Speech coding in GSM - Channel coding and interleaving in GSM - Block diagram of GSM mobile stations - Multiple access techniques - Control channels in GSM - Location update\security management. Introduction to radar system - Classification and principles of radar system - Radar equation - Probability of detection - Digital radar - terminals - transmission and switching. Radio wave propagation - Digital modulation techniques - Spread spectrum techniques (DS & . FH) - spreading codes - OFDM- OFDMA- SC-OFDM and their applications - Cellular systems - speech coding - Equalization and diversity - MRC - RAKE receiver - Channel coding: block codes - convolutional codes - and turbo codes.
Course Group: Electronics
Stereo Broadcasting Systems - TV Scanning and Broadcasting - Detailed Block of a TV Transmitter and Receiver - Color TV Basics - NTSC-PAL- and SECAM Systems - Digital TV - HDTV and Satellite TV - Analog and Digital Audio Recording - Disc compact and CD player - Theory of reflection and ray tracing - Acoustic treatment and studio design. Operation of BJT - DC Analysis - BJT Base Width Modulation - AC Analysis of BJT - Common Emitter, Collector and Base Amplifiers - BJT as a Switch - Operation of JFET - DC and AC Analysis - MOS Structure - Operation of MOSFET - Depletion/ Enhancement Mode MOSFETs - DC Analysis of MOSFETs - Channel Length Modulation - Body Effect - Capacitances of MOSFETs - AC Analysis of MOSFETs - Common Source, Drain and Gate Amplifiers - MOSFET Amplifiers Using Active Loads - Schockley, UCRT, and Diac, PUT Circuits. Review of Single Stage BJT Amplifiers - Cascode - MOSFET Common Source, Source Conductor and Common Gate Amplifier - Cascode and Folded Cascode Amplifier - Frequency Response of MOSFET Circuits - Feedback Amplifiers - Feedback Topologies - Topologies of feedback - Stability - Low cost ring oscillators - Ring oscillators and controllers Power amplifier - Tuned amplifier.
Overview of fundamental circuit theorems - Two-port networks - The transfer function - Phase and time responses - Bode diagram - Phase and group delays - Computer aided analysis packages - Integrated digital logic families, definitions (propagation delay, fan-in, fan-out) - RTL, DTL , TTL logic families - Analysis of TTL gates - ECL family and examples - Comparison of digital CMOS circuits and logic families. Manufacturing of optoelectronic devices: Manufacturing processes - LEDs - photodetectors - optocouplers - optical fibers - semiconductor lasers and solar cells. Electronic circuits used in modern communications - including RF amplifiers - oscillators - modulators - Noise transmitter circuits - receiver circuits - frequency and phase modulation - phase-locked loops and frequency synthesizers - pulse and digital modulation - data communications techniques - wireless and digital communications circuits.
Course Group: Antennas and Microwaves
Solar cells: P-N junction silicon solar cells- performance- thin film solar cells- encapsulation of solar cells. Linear array theory: uniform linear arrays (two-element and N-element arrays) - types of uniform linear arrays (broadside-end brand electronic scanning). Also explores the various measurement techniques used at such a frequency range as well as the related measurement techniques.
Course Group: Project Courses
Course Group: Basic & Applied Sciences
Definition of Indefinite Integrals and Table of Famous Integrals - Simple Rules of Integration and Fundamental Theorem of Calculus - Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Integration by Parts - Integration by Parts and Integration of Rational Functions - Integration of Rational Functions - Integration of Trigonometric Powers - Substitution Trigonometric and Week 7 Exam - Integration of Quadratic Forms and Reduction Formulas - Definite Integration - Area and Volume - Area, Volume and Curve Length - Average of a Function, Numerical Integration - Matrix Algebra - Solving Systems of linear equations. Rectangular components of a force - Parallelogram law - Equilibrium of particles - springs and cables - Moment of force - Free body diagram - Equilibrium of a rigid body - Equilibrium “joint method – zero force members” Equilibrium “section method ” – Frame – Friction – Mass moment of inertia – Virtual work. Fourier series for 2P period functions - Fourier series for even and odd functions - Fourier series for harmonic functions.
Taylor and Power series methods for solving ordinary differential equations - Differential equation with variable coefficients, ordinary and singular points, solutions around ordinary points - Solutions around singular points: Regular singular points, method of Frobenius, Case I. Bessel function of the first kind - Boundary value problems, partial differential equations and the method of separation of variables - Heat equation, heat transfer in a bar - Wave equation, vibration of a string - Laplace's equation and potential fields - Conformal mappings, Complex functions as mappings - Bilinear transformations, linear transformation of fractions - Schwarz Christoffel transformation. Uniform, exponential and normal distribution – Discrete and continuous joint probability distribution – Random process: Temporal and spectral characteristics.
Course Group: Computer Engineering (CC)
Vector algebra / Point and cross product and applications - Partial differentiation / and derivatives of vector functions - Gradient / Divergence / curl / Laplacian - Line integrals / line integrals Path independence / Exactness - Conservative vector fields - Double integrals in Cartesian and polar coordinates / Green's theorem - Surface integrals / Stokes' theorem - Triple integrals / Divergence (Gauss's theorem) - Overview of the theorems of integrals - Complex numbers and functions / forms of representation - Analytic functions/harmonic functions - Line complex integrals / Cauchy's theorem - Zeros and poles of analytic functions/residues and their evaluation - residue theorem / application to real integrals - introduction to Fourier integrals and transformations. Microprocessors and microcomputers - Microcomputer structure - microprocessor - memory - buses (synchronous and asynchronous) - I/O - 16/32-bit microprocessor architecture - Instruction cycle - microinstructions - microprogramming - instruction decoding - Reduced Instruction Set computer (RISC) architecture - Complex Instruction Set computer (CISC) architecture - Memory (RAM, ROM, I/O memory allocation) - I/O (parallel and serial I/O interfaces, system clock, clock phases and bit rates) - Interrupts (types, interrupt handling) - Software tools ( text editors and assemblers, linkers and macro assemblers). Introduction to the basic concepts of neural networks -The basic neuron - The multi-layer perceptron - Artificial neural networks – applications - learning – architecture - Competitive neural networks - Kohonen self-organizing networks - Adaptive reasoning theory (ART) - Hopfield neural networks - Implementation of neural networks - Neural network applications - Introduction to the MATLAB environment - Single perceptron - Multilayer perceptron - Competitive networks - Kohonen networks - ART networks - Hopfield networks using MATLAB.
Course Group: Computer Sciences (CS)
Introduction to C - Variable/Constant definitions, Basic programs - Sequential programming - Conditional programming - Looping and repetitions - Functions - Arrays and search and sorting techniques. Advanced C language programming is provided - two dimensional arrays - strings - pointers - recursion - structures - bitwise operators - input and output interfaces as well as text and binary files are covered in detail. Introduction to numerical methods and their applications - solving scientific and engineering problems - convergence - error analysis of numerical methods.
Course Group: Electrical Engineering (EE)
Introduction to open and closed loop control systems– Classification of control systems– Block diagram– System transfer function and signal flow graph– Standard input signal– Time domain specifications– Modeling of some physical systems– Time response of first and second order systems– Importance of feedback, sensitivity to parameter variations– System stability and effect of disturbance – Error analysis and error constants – Root locus techniques – Frequency domain analysis (Nyquist-Bode) Analog controllers – Tuning of controllers. General revision for root locus and frequency response – Lead compensator design by root locus method – Lag compensator design by root locus method – Lag lead compensator design by root locus method – Lead compensator design by frequency response technique – Lag compensator design by frequency response technique – Introduction to state space representation – Methods for writing equation of state – Solution of the equation of state – Controllability and observability – State variable feedback – Introduction to digital control systems – The z-transform – Block diagram representation of digital systems – Time response of digital systems – Stability analysis for digital systems . Hierarchical levels and components of automation – Sensing sensors and controls, relay logic and their applications – Introduction to PLC.S – Types of PLCs and construction – Hardware configuration and descriptions – Basic functions programming and testing – Advanced functions programming and testing – Industrial applications with PLCs.
Course Group: Industrial and Management Engineering (IM)
Steel and Cast Iron Production – Forming Operations – Heat Treatment Operations – Cutting Tools – Mechanics of Metal Cutting and Turning Operations – Cutting Fluids – Sand Casting – Centrifugal Casting, Die Casting and Aspects of the Casting Process – Gas and Electric Arc Welding – Electric Resistance and Pressure Welding and Aspects of the Welding Process – Measuring Standards – Measuring Instruments – Measurement methods. Introduction to linear programming – Development of linear programming models – The graphical and simplex method – Transportation and allocation methods – Network models and analysis (minimum spanning tree, shortest path and maximum flow) – Critical path method – Probabilistic approach, project evaluation and review technique (PERT) – Project goes down. International business environment – Cultural and legal environment – Political environment – Economic environment for business – International trade theories – Government influence on trade – Regional economic integration – Factor mobility and foreign direct investment – Foreign exchange market – Exchange rates – Global manufacturing and supply chain management.
Course Group: Language, Humanities and Social Science (LH)
Course Group: Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Course Group: Non-Engineering (NE)
Teaching Faculty List
Full Time Staff
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Laboratory Facilities
Laboratories List
Solid State Electronics Lab
PCB, ANTENNA AND MICROWAVE LAB
ELECTRONIC DEVICES & CIRCUITS LAB
ANALOG & DIGITAL COMMUNICATION LAB
EC322 Introduction to Communication Systems 6th semester EC421 Statistical Communication Theory 7th semester EC422 Introduction to Digital Communication 8th semester.
COMPUTER LAB (1)
COMPUTER LAB (2)
COMPUTER LAB (3)
COMPUTER LAB (4)
COMPUTER LAB (5)
Microprocessor Lab
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS LAB
ELECTRICAL MACHINES LAB
Automation Lab (Drives & PLC Lab)
Advanced Electrical Circuits Lab
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC CONTROL LAB
ANALOG AUTOMATIC CONTROL LAB
Physics Lab (1)
Physics Lab (2)
Chemistry Lab
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP
