CENTRAL AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH UNITS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ELEC 001 Electronic and Information Technology [2-1-0:3]
Microelectronics, lasers, computers, robotics, fuzzy logic, digital signal processing, multimedia technology, and wireless communication. Business issues relating to intellectual property and managing a high technology company.
ELEC 098 Industrial Training [0 credit]
For Computer Engineering students only. A practical training course for a total duration of about six weeks covering basic electronic practices, testing and maintenance,
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
computer system administration, network management, LAN server administration, database desian. Computer-aided Software Engineering (CASE), safety. Graded either Pass or
Fiil.
ELEC 099 Industrial Training [0 credit]
For Electronic Engineering students only. A practical training course for a total duration of about six weeks covering basic electronic practice, basic electrical engineering practice, practical design appreciation, plastic technology practice, electro-plating, photo-chemical etching, CAD and drawing, safety. Graded either Pass or Fail.
ELEC 101 Basic Electronics [3-13:4]
Covers basic electronic concepts, DC and AC electric circuits, basic analogue electron- ics: theories and applications of semiconductor diodes, transistors and operational amplifiers, and basic digital electronics. Prerequisite:AL Pure MathematicsIALApplied MathematicsIAS Applied MathematicsJAS Mathematics and Statistics, or MATH 001 as co-requisite.
Reference: R.J. Smith, Circuits, Devices and Systems, Fifth Edition, 1 992
ELEC 102 Electronic Circuits [3-1-3:4]
Linear circuits; operational amplifiers; nonlinear circuit applications; non-linear circuit elements such as diode, JFET, MOSFET, BJTfrom circuit point of view; differential and multistage amplifiers; output stages and power amplifier. Prerequisite: ELEC 112 Reference: A.S. Sedra and K.C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Third Edition
ELEC 112 Linear Circuit Theory [3-1431
Resistive circuits; voltage and current dividers, node-voltage and mesh-current meth- ods; Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition; basic op-amp circuits; inductors and capacitors, RL, RC and RLC responses; AC circuits; AC power; transformers;
series and parallel resonance; Laplace transform, transfer functions; Fourier series.
Prerequisites: AL Pure Mathematics and AL PhysicsIEngineering Science Reference: Nilsson, Electric Circuits, Fourth Edition
ELEC 150 Introduction t o Digital Logic and Microprocessors [3-1-3:4]
For non-EEE majors. Design of combinational and sequential logiccircuits; introduction to logic families (TTL and CMOS), microprocessors and microcontrollers; assembly language programming; digital and analogue interfacing techniques; microcomputer systems. Exclusion: ELEC 152 Prerequisite: ELEC 101
ELEC 151 Digital Logic and System Design [3-1-3:4]
[Previous Course Code: ELEC 2511 Design of combinatorial and sequential logic circuits; introduction to logic families ( T L and CMOS); asynchronous sequential circuits; programmable logic devices; special digital systems. Laboratory assignments make extensive use of computer-aided design (CAD) tools for design, simulation and testing.
Reference: Mano, Digital Design
ELEC 152 Microprocessors and Applications 13-1 -3:4]
[Previous Course Code: ELEC2521 Microprocessor assembly language programming;
microcomputer system connection and timing; interrupts; digital and analogue interfac- ing; DMA; peripherals; laboratory work based on Intel microprocessor family. Exclu- sion: ELEC 150 Prerequisite: ELEC 151
Reference: Dougles V. Hall, Microprocessors and Interfacing, Programming and Hardware, Second Edition
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
ELEC 190 lntroduction to Electronic Technology [2-0-0:1]
For Engineering students. Topics of current interest presented by faculty and guest speakers. Selected from various fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering to provide a broad exposure. Graded P or F.
ELEC 202 Analogue lntegrated Circuit Analysis and Design I [3-1-3:4]
Bipolar, CMOS and JFET modelling; transistor current sources; active loads; emitter followers; common-emitter, common-base configurations; differential amplifiers; Class A and Class B amplifiers; operational amplifiers; frequency response; feedback circuits;
matching; CAD tools - SPICE. Prerequisite: ELEC 101 or ELEC 102
Reference: Gray and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analogue lntegrated Circuits, Third Edition
ELEC 21 1 Signals and Systems [3-1-0:3]
Linear time-invariant systems; principle of superposition and convolution; pole-zero plots; second order systems; frequency response; Bode and Nvauist dots: stabilitv , - ~ - ~ -analysis; Routh-~urw~tz and ~ ~ q u i s t stability criterion. ~ r e r e ~ u i i i t i s : E ~ E C 112, a n i MATH 150 or MATH 151
ELEC 212 Digital Signal Processing 13-1 -0:3]
Discrete-time signal and systems; z-transform; discrete Fourier transform and FFT;
sampling of analogue signals and sampling rate conversion; IIR and FIR filter design techniques; multirate digital signal processing; response of linear systems to random processes. Prerequisite: ELEC 21 1
ELEC 214 Communication Systems [3-1-3:4]
[Previous Course Code: ELEC 3131 Analogue and digital communication systems;
signal and noise analysis; signal transmission and filtering; baseband, AM, PM and FM transmission; phase-locked loops; sampling theorem; coded pulse modulation;
multiplexing; telecommunication systems; information and coding theory. Prerequisite:
ELEC 112
Reference: A.B. Carlson, Communication Systems
ELEC 221 Semiconductor Materials and Devices [3-1-3:4]
[Previous Course Code: ELEC 1211 Semiconductor fundamentals. lntroduction to semiconductor device electronics: P-N junctions, the bipolar junction transistor (BJT), the junction field-effect transistor (JFET), metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors and the MOS field-effect transistor (MOSFET). Prerequisite: ELEC 102
Reference: Streetman, Solid State Electronic Devices, Third Edition
ELEC 241 Electromagnetics and Distributed Circuits [3-1-0:3]
Electromagnetic wave concepts. Faraday's Gauss's and Ampere's laws; Maxwell's equations; distributed circuits; transmission lines; plane waves; microwave networks;
radiation and antenna fundamentals; geometrical and physical optics. Prerequisites:
MATH 100 and MATH 1 50
Reference: Ramo, Whinnery and van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, Second Edition
ELEC 271 Automatic Control Systems [3-0-1:3]
[Previous Course Code ELEC 3711 lntroduction to linear time-invariant systems.
Analysis and synthesis of linear feedback control systems. Time-domain and fre- quency-domain performance measures. Design by root locus, frequency response and
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
state space methods. Nyquist stability test. Exclusions: CENG 302, MECH 261 Prerequiste: One of ELEC 101, ELEC 102, MECH 102
Reference: G.F.Franklin, J.D.Powell, A.Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dy- namic Systems, Second Edition
ELEC 300 Special Topics [I-4 credit@)]
Selected topics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. May be repeated for credit, if different topics taken.
ELEC 301 CMOS VLSl Design [2-0-3:3]
CMOS process and design rules; MOS device electroncis; CMOS circuit and logic circuit characterisation and performance estimation; VLSl design and verification tools.
Laboratory work will be centred on industry standard tools. Prerequisites: ELEC 151 and ELEC 221
ELEC 303 ASIC Design wth Field Programmable Gate Arrays [2-0-3:3]
ASlC design cycle using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA); specification, design, implementation and testing. Basics of FPGA, design implementation, verifica- tion using industrial standard logic simulators, testing strategies and test vectors generation.
Reference: S.D. Brown et.al, Field Programmable Gate Arrays
ELEC 304 Analogue lntegrated Circuits Analysis and Design 11 [3-0-0:3]
Combining analogue building blocks to design op amps, comparators, analogue VLSl circuits for signal processing; A/D and D/A converters; switched-capacitor and continu- ous-time filters, oscillators, mixers and PLL; applications in fibre-optic networks, telecommunications, computers, personal communications, audio and HDTV. Prereq- . . uisite: ELEC 202
Reference: Gray and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analogue lntegrated Circuits, Third Edition
ELEC 305 Digital Integrated Circuit Design [3-0-0:3]
CMOS inverters; combinational and sequential logic gates; regenerative logic circuits;
static and dynamic implementations; arithmetic building blocks; memory core; memory peripheral circuitry. Design issues and optimisation for delay, area, and power dissipation. Prerequisites: ELEC 102 and ELEC 151
ELEC 306 Digital VLSl System Design and Design Automation [2-0-3:3]
Structured design styles; specification, synthesis, design, layout and simulation.
Structured chip design and system design silicon compiler; high-level and logic level synthesis, physical level; Design Automation tools and their applications. Corequisite:
ELEC 301 Prerequisite: ELEC 151
ELEC 307 Integrated Power Devices and Technology [3-0-0:3]
Design of monolithic power integrated devices and technology for consumer and control a~olications: intearable Dower bipolar, MOSFET, and mixed bipolar1MOS devices;
poker control interfacing circuits: fabrication technology; limitations and protection;
packaging; reliability; consumer and industrial applications. Background Undergradu- ate el&thnic circuit and device courses.
ELEC 308 Physical Optics [3-1-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: ELEC 300A] An introductory course in optics covering the basic concepts and principles of light. Topics include: electromagnetic theory, wave theory, geometrical optics, dispersion, polarized light, interference, diffraction, coher-
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
ence, and birefringence. Special topics in modern optical devices and systems.
Exclusion: PHYS 241
Reference: Hecht, Optics, Second Edition
ELEC 310 Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic [3-0-0:3]
Processes
Axioms of probability, Bayes theorem, random variables, distribution and density functions, functions of random variables, characteristic functions, moments and condi- tional statistics, stochastic processes. Poisson and Markov processes, ergodicity.
Reference: A.Papouils, Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, Third edition
ELEC 314 Digital Communications [3-0-0:3]
Representation of signals; Gaussian processes; optimum receiver design; equivalent signal sets; non-white channel noise; maximum likelihood receiver; coherent and non- coherent signalling; PRK, PSK, FSK, OOK; spread spectrum techniques; CDMA for cellular communications. Prerequisite: ELEC 214
Reference: J.G. Proakis, Digital Communications
ELEC 315 Computer Communication Networks [3-0-0:3]
Principles of network architectures and communication protocols; switching and multiplexing techniques; the OSI reference model: physical, data link, network and transport layers; LANs; naming and addressing; flow and congestion controls. Exclu- sion: COMP 361, ISMT 228, ISMT 338 Prerequisite: MATH 241 or MATH 244 Reference: Jean Walrand, Communication Networks
ELEC 317 Digital lmage Processing [3-0-0:3]
Two-dimensional systems and mathematics preliminaries; image perception; imaae sampling and quantisation; image transform; image representation
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stochask models; image enhancement, filtering and restoration. Prereauisite: ELEC 21 1 Reference: A.K. Jain, ~undamentals of Digital lmage processingELEC 321 lntegrated Circuit Devices [3-0-0:3]
Detailed account of semiconductors devices found in integrated circuits such as p-n junction, metal-semiconductorcontact, metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor, MOSFET and bipolar junction transistors. Computer-aided simulator models for integrated circuit devices. Prerequisite: ELEC 221
Reference: S.M.Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices
ELEC 322 Fundamentals of Integrated Circuit Technology [3-0-0:3]
Step-by-step IC fabrication sequences; wafer characterisation; surface preparation;
resist coating and removal; vapour deposition and evaporation; wet processing; thermal processing; mask fabrication and advanced lithography. Physical principles of the processes. Prerequisite: ELEC 221
Reference: D.J. Elliott, lntegrated Circuit Fabrication Technology
ELEC 323 Optical Electronics [3-0-0:3]
Introduction to the fundamentals of lasers and optical electronics. Topics include wave propagation in anisotropic media, laser cavities, optical amplification, lasers and LEDs, electro-optic modulators and detectors. Prerequisites: ELEC 221 and ELEC 241 Reference: Saleh and Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics
ELEC 331 Data and lmage Compression [3-0-0:3]
Text compression: Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, LZW algorithm. Digital image compression: predictive coding, transform coding, subband coding, vector quantisation.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Compression standards: JPEG, MPEG, JBIG. Applications in speech, television and database compression. Prerequisite: ELEL 21 1
Reference: M.Rabbani and P.W. Jones, Digital lmage Compression Techniques ELEC 332 Information Theory and Error-Correcting Codes [3-W:3]
Communication and information theory; self and mutual information measures; channel models and capacity; source coding; hamming codes; cyclic codes; BCH and Reed- Solomon codes; algebraic codes; burst error-correcting codes; convolutional codes;
rate-distortion theory. Prerequisite: ELEC 214
Reference: Gallager, R.G., lnformation Theory and Reliable Communication, Blahut, R.E., Digital Transmission of lnformation, and
Viterbi, A.J. and J.K. Omura, Principles of Digital Communication and Coding.
ELEC 342 Optical Fibre Communication [2-0-3:3]
To introduce fibre optics and its application in telecommunication. Topics include optical fibres, transmitters, receivers and fibre-optic communication systems. Laboratory gives hands-on experience in characterisation of optical fibres and design of fibre-optic communication systems. Prerequisite: ELEC 241 Exclusion: PHYS 242
Textbook: Gerd Keiser, Optical Fiber Communications, 1991
ELEC 343 Wireless Communication Engineering [3-0-0:3]
Path loss models; noise, sample radio link analysis; mobile radio propagation; statistical nature of radio channels; channel simulation and coverage analysis; interference consideration; diversity; digital modulations; traffic engineering. Prerequisite: ELEC 214
ELEC 344 Microwave Engineering [2-0-3:3]
Techniques of high-frequency analogue circuit technology. S-parameter design of high- frequency active circuits; computer-aided analysis and design of microwave circuits.
MIC structures such as microstrip and waveguides; Monolithnic microwave integrated circuits. Prerequisite: ELEC 241
ELEC 374 Introduction t o Robotics [3-0-1:3]
lntroduction to the fundamental concepts of robotics. Rigid body motion, forward and inverse kinematics of open-chain manipulators, force relations, dynamics and position control robot manipulators. Force control and trajectory generation. Collision-avoid- ance and motion planning. Exc1usion:MECH 371 Prerequisites:COMP 102, and MATH 15011 51
Reference: J.Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control
ELEC 377 Digital Control Systems [3+1:3]
Digital computers for design and implementation of feedback control systems. Sam- pling, z-transform, digital filters and discretisation of continuous compensation. Design of digital control systems using transform techniques and state-space methods.
Prerequisite: ELEC 271
ELEC 381 Medical Imaging [3-0-0:3]
lntroduction to image processing techniques for medical applications. lmage represen- tation, enhancement, rank filter; restoration, inverse filtering; projection theorem, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, photon emission and diffraction tomography. Prerequisite: ELEC 241
Reference: RTH.T. Bates and M.J.Mcdonnell, lmage Restoration and Reconstruction
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Undergraduate Course Descriptions
ELEC 383 Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation [2-0-3:3]
Basic principles of biomedical instrumentation; basic descri~tions of biomedical sianals.
their characteristics and modern measurement technique$ biomedical sensors, iignal processing and biomedical electronics. Prerequisite: ELEC 101 or ELEC 102
ELEC 395 Computer Engineering Project I [O-0-9:3]
[Also COMP3951 Each Computer Engineering student is required to take COMPIELEC 395 and 396. The project is conducted under the supervision of a Computer Science or Electrical and Electronic Engineering faculty member. May be graded PP.
ELEC 396 Computer Engineering Project II [0-0-9:3]
[Also COMP 3961 Continuation of ELEC 395. Prerequisite: ELEC 395
ELEC 397 Final Year Project I [O-0-6:2]
Each undergraduate student is required to take ELEC 397, ELEC 398 and ELEC 399 in sequence. The project is conducted underthe supervision of afaculty member. Work normally commences in the summer following the second year. May be graded PP.
ELEC 398 Final Year Project II [O-0-9:3]
Continuation of ELEC 397. May be graded PP. Prerequisite: ELEC 397 ELEC 399 Final Year Project Ill
Continuation of ELEC 398. Prerequisite: ELEC 398