UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Explanations of prerequisites and exclusions can be found on page 23.
ELEC 001 Electronic and lnformation Technology [2-1-0:3]
Microelectronics, laser technology, computer networking, control and robotics, fuzzy logic, digital signal processing, multimedia and video technology, and wireless commu- nication; and business issues such as intellectual property protection and management, electronic revolution and business strategies, and managing a high technology company.
ELEC 101 Basic Electronics [3-1-3:4]
This course covers basic electronicconcepts, DC and AC electric circuits, basic analogue electronics: theories and applications of semiconductor diodes, transistors and opera- tional amplifiers, and basic digital electronics.
Prerequisite : AL Mathematics
Textbook : R.J. Smith, Circuits, Devices and Systems, Fifth Edition, 1992
ELEC 102 Electronic Circuits [3-1-3:4]
Linear circuits; operational amplifiers; nonlinear circuit applications; non-linear circuit elements such as diode, JFET, MOSFET, BJT from circuit point of view; differential and multistage amplifiers; output stages and power amplifier.
Prerequisite : ELEC 11 2
Textbook : AS. Sedraand K.C. Smith, MicroelectronicCircuits, Third Edition
ELEC 112 Linear Circuit Theory [3-1441
Basic concepts of circuit theory; tableau, nodal and modified nodal analysis and mesh analysis; Telegen theorem, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; linearity and superposition; network representations: phasor method, Fourier and Laplace transform;
state equations; first order circuits; two-port network.
Prerequisite : AL Mathematics
Textbook : Johnson, Hilbum and Johnson, Basic Electric Circuit Analysis, Second Edition
ELEC 151 Digital Circuits and Systems [3-1-3:4]
[Previous Course Code : ELEC 2511
lnformation representation; design of combinatorial and sequential logiccircuits; introduc- tion to logic families (TTL and CMOS); in-depth treatment of one logic family; asynchro- nous sequential circuits; programmable logic devices; special digital systems. Laboratory assignments will make extensive use of the latest computer-aided design (CAD) tools for design, simulation and testing.
Textbook : Mano, Digital Design
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
ELEC 152 Microprocessors and Applications [3-1-6:5]
[Previous Course Code : ELEC 2521
Microprocessor assembly language programming; microcomputer system connection and timing; interrupts; digital and analogue interfacing; DMA; peripherals; C program- ming; laboratory work will be based on two standard microprocessor families.
Textbook : Dougles V. Hall, Microprocessors and Interfacing, Programming and Hardware, Second Ediiion
ELEC 202 Analogue Integrated Circuit Analysis and Design [3-13:4]
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
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SPICE.Prerequisite : ELEC 102 or ELEC 101 prior to 1993
Textbook : Gray and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analogue Integrated Circuits, Third Edition
ELEC 21 1 Signals and Systems [3-1431
Linear time-invariant systems; principle of superposition and convolution; pole-zero plots;
second order systems; frequency response; Bode and Nyquist plots; stability analysis;
Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criterion.
Prerequisites : ELEC 1 12 and MATH 151
ELEC 212 Digital Signal Processing [3-10:3]
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 [ W 3 ]
[Previous Course Codes : ELEC 313, and ELEC 21 31
Analogue and digital communication systems; signal and noise analysis; signal transmis- sion 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 1 12
Textbook : A.B. Carlson, Communication Systems
Undwgraduate Course Descriptions
ELEC 221 Semiconductor Materials and Devices [3-1-0:3]
[Previous Course Code : ELEC 1211
Semiconductor fundamentals. Introduction 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 : AL Physics
Textbook : Streetman, Solid State Electronic Devices, Third Edition
ELEC 241 Electromagnetics and Distributed Circuits [3-1-3:4]
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 101 and MATH 151
Textbook : Ramo, Whinnery and van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communi- cation Electronics, Second Edition
ELEC 301 CMOS VLSl Design [3-0-3:4]
CMOS process and design rules; MOS device electroncis; CMOS circuit and logic circuit characterisation and performance estimation; VLSl design and verification tools. Labora- tory work will be centred on industry standard tools.
Prerequisites : ELEC 151 and ELEC 221
ELEC 303 ASlC Design and Testing [2-0-3:3]
Types of Application Specific lntegrated Circuits; ASlC design methodologies and tools.
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), MASK programmable Gate Array and Stand- ard Cell; ASlC design using hardware description language; ASlC testers and testing techniques. Students will be asked to design and test an ASIC.
Prerequisite : ELEC 151
Textbook : S.D. Brown et.al, Field Programmable Gate Arrays
ELEC 304 Analogue VLSl [3-0-0:3]
Combining analogue building blocks to design opamps, comparators, amplifiers, transductors and gain stages; analogue VLSl circuits for signal processing and data conditioning; AID and DIA converters; switched-capacitor and continuous-time filters, oscillators, mixers and PLL; applications in fibre-optic networks, telecommunications, computers, personal communications, audio and HDTV.
Prerequisite : ELEC 202
Textbook : Gray and Meyer, Analysis and Design of Analogue Integrated Circuits, Third Edition
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
ELEC 310 Random Variables amd Stochastic Processes [3-0-0:3]
An essential course for signal analysis, estimation and processing, control and network communications. Theory of probability, random variables, density functions, transforma- tion of random variables, characterisitic functions, stochastic processes, discrete proc- esses, Wald equation, Markov chain, queueing theory.
Textbook : A.Papouils, Probability, Random Variables andstochastic Proc- esses, 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 communi&ons.
Prerequisite : ELEC 214
Textbook : J.G. Proakis, Digital Communications
ELEC 315 Computer Communication Networks [3-0-0:3]
Overview of telecommunication networks: network architecture and switching tech- niques. Introduction to queueing theory. Study of OSI model: physical layer, data link layer, network layer, and transport layer. Local area networks: random access, polling, ringandbusnetworks.
Prerequisite : ELEC 21 1
Textbook : Jean Walrand, Communication Nefworks
ELEC 317 Digital Image Processing
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[3-0-0:3]Two-dimensional systems-and mathematics preliminaries; image perception; image sampling and quantisation; image transform; image representation by stochastic models;
image enhancement, filtering and restoration.
Prerequisite : ELEC 21 1
Textbook : A.K. Jain, Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing
ELEC 321 Integrated Circuit Devices [3-0-0:3]
This course provides a detailed account of semiconductors devices which are found in integrated circuits such as p n junction, Metal-semiconductor contact, Metal-Oxide- Semiconductor capacitor, MOSFET and bipolar junction transistor. Computer-aided simulator models for integrated circuit devices.
Prerequisite : ELEC 221
Textbook : S.M.Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices
Undmgraduute Course Descriptions
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 these processes will also be covered.
Prerequisite : ELEC 221
Textbook : D.J. Elliott, Integrated Circuit Fabrication Technology
ELEC 323 Optical and Quantum Electronics 13-0-0:3]
An introduction to the fundamentals of optical and quantum electronics. Topics inculde basics of quantum mechanics, optical radiation and light-emitting diodes, optical detec- tion and photodetectors, noise in optical detection and generation, laser and applications.
Prerequisite : ELEC 241
Textbook : J. Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics
ELEC 331 Data and Image Compression [3-0-0:3]
Text compression: Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, LZW algorithm. Digital image compression: predictive coding, transform coding, subband coding, vector quantisation.
Compression standards: JPEG, MPEG, JBIG. Applications in speech, television and data base compression.
Prerequisite : ELEL 21 1
Textbook : M.Rabbani and P.W. Jones, Digital Image Compression Tech- niques
ELEC 332 Information Theory and Error-Correcting Codes 13-0-0:3]
Self and mutual information measures; Shannon's theory; discrete memoryless channel models; channel capacity; Huffman algorithm; algebraic block codes: Hamming, Reed- Muller, cyclic, BCH, Reed-Solomon, Goppa; burst error-correcting codes; convolutional codes.
Prerequisites : ELEC 214 and MATH 31 1
Textbook : M.Y. Rhee, Error Correcting Coding Theory
ELEC 342 Fibre Optics and Applications [2-0-3:3]
Optical fibres as data transmission media; guided-wave optics; semiconductor light sources; photodectors and their fabrication technologies; application of these compo- nents to data transmission and telecommunication.
Prerequisite : ELEC 241
Textbooks : P.K. Cheo, Fibre Optics : Devices and Systems; and D.L. Lee, Electromagnetic Principles of lntegrated Optics
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ELEC 343 RF Engineering [3QO:3]
Mobile cellular systems: specifications, cell coveraQe, antennas, cochannel and noncochannel interferences, frequency management and channel assignment, handoffs.
Satellite systems: orbital aspects, space craft, link design, modulation and multiplexing, multiple access. Broadcasting systems: AM, FM,
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Prerequisites : ELEC 214 and ELEC 241
Textbooks : W.C.Y.Lee, Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Systems; and T.T. Ha, Digital Satellite Communications
ELEC 344 Microwave Circuits [2-0-3:3]
Techniques of analogue circuit technology in the high-frequency regime. S-parameter design of high-frequency active circuits; computer-aided analysis and design of micro- wave circuits. MIC structures such as microstrip and various types of waveguides;
Monolithnic Microwave integrated circuits.
Prerequisite : ELEC 241
ELEC 371 Automatic Control Systems [ W . 3 ]
lntroduction to lineartime-invariant systems. Formulation of mathematical models. State- space equations and system stability. Analysis and synthesis of linear feedback control systems. Timedomain and frequencydomain performance measures. Design by root locus, frequency response, and state space methods. Nyquist stability test.
Prerequistes : ELEC 102 or ELEC 101 prior to 1993, and ELEC 1 12, or MECH 102
Textbook : G.F.Franklin, J.D.Powell, A.Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Second Edition
ELEC 374 Introduction to Robotics [2-0-3:3]
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of robotics. The course will cover rigid body motions, forward and inverse kinematics of open-chain manipulators, manipulator Jacobians, force relations, dynamics and position control robot manipulators. Force control and trajectory generation. Collision-avoidance and motion planning. Robot programming languages.
Exclusion : MECH371
Prerequisites : COMP 102, MATH 151 and MATH 152
Textbook : J.Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control
ELEC 377 Digital Control Systems
Digital computersin design and implementation of feedback control systems. sampling, z-transform, digital filters and discretisation of continuous compensation. Design of digital control systems using transform techniques and state-space methods. Pole placement
ELEC 381 Medical Imaging [3-0-0:3]
lntroduction to image processing and imaging techniquesfor medical applications. lmage representation, image enhancement, rank filter; image restoration, inverse filtering;
projection theorem, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, photon emmission tomography imaging and diffraction tomography.
Prerequisite : ELEC 241
Textbook : R.H.T. Bates and M.J.Mcdonnell, Image Restoration and Recon- struction
ELEC 383 Principle of Biomedical Instrumentation [2-0-3:3]
Basic principles of biomedical instrumentation; basic description of biomedical signals, their characteristics and modern measurement techniques; biomedical sensors, signal processing and biomedical electronics. Students will be asked to complete projects togain practical experience.
Prerequisite : ELEC 102 or ELEC 101 prior to 1993
ELEC 395 Computer Engineering Project I [O-0-9:3]
[Also COMP 3951
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.
ELEC 396 Computer Engineering Project II [Also COMP 3961
Continuation of ELEC 395.
ELEC 397 Final Year Project I [O-O-18:6]
Each undergraduate student is required to take ELEC 397 and 398. The project is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member.
ELEC 398 Final Year Project II Continuation of ELEC 397.
and introduction to LQR design. Least square identification of unknown physical systems.
Prerequisite : ELEC 371
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