Course Catalogue

Course Code: EEE 212
Course Name:
Electronic Measurement and Instrumentations Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:

In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 211. Students will also perform specific design of measuring instrument learned in EEE 211.

Course Code: EEE 301
Course Name:
Digital Electronics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Introductory concepts, binary, octal and hexadecimal number systems. BCD, ASCII codes. Logic gates and Boolean algebra. Combinational circuit design using NAND or NOR gates. Minimization of switching functions, algebraic and graphical simplification of Boolean expression, Quine McLuskey method. NAND and NOR latches. Clocked SR, JK, D and T flip-flop applications. Frequency division and counting. Arithmetic circuits. Half-adder and full-adder. Parallel adders, IC parallel adders. The 2’s complement for addition and subtraction. The BCD adder. Binary multiplier. Counter: asynchronous ripple up and down counters, counters with any MOD numbers, asynchronous IC counters, propagation delay. Parallel up, down and up/down counters, presentable counters. Decoding a counter. Cascading counters. Register: Shift registers, IC shift registers, shift-register counters. Frequency counter, digital clock. MSI Logic circuits: BCD-to-decimal decoders, BCD-to-7-segment decoder/drivers. Encoders: multiplexers and their applications, demultiplexers. Analog to digital conversion (ADC), digital-ramp ADC, successive approximation ADC, flash ADC. Digital-to-analog conversion (DAC): circuits, specifications, applications. Sample and hold circuits. Integrated circuit (IC) logic families: TTL logic family, standard TTL series characteristics, other TTL series, TTL loading rules, TTL open collector outputs, tristate TTL. The ECL family. Digital MOSFET circuits, CMOS circuits, CMOS tristate logic, TTL driving CMOS, driving TTL. Memory devices:
semiconductor memory technologies. ROM architecture, timing, and types of ROM. EPROM, EEPROM, ROM applications. RAM architecture, static and dynamic RAM, DRAM structure operation and refreshing.

Course Code: EEE 302
Course Name:
Digital Electronics Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:

In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 301. Students will also perform specific design of measuring instrument learned in EEE 301.

Course Code: EEE 303
Course Name:
Digital Signal Processing
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Introduction to digital signal processing. Sampling, quantization and signal reconstruction. Analysis of discrete-time system in the time domain: impulse response model, difference equation model. Correlation and convolution: power signal, energy signal, applications. Z-transform and analysis of LTI systems. Frequency analysis of discrete-time signals: discrete Fourier series and discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT). Frequency analysis of LTI systems. Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and fast Fourier transform (FFT). Minimum phase, maximum phase and all pass systems. Calculation of spectrum of discrete-time signals. Digital filter design- linear phase filters, specifications, design using window, optimal methods; IIR filters specifications, design using impulse invariant, bi-linear Z-transformation, least squares methods.

Course Code: EEE 304
Course Name:
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:

In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 303.

Course Code: EEE 305
Course Name:
Electrical Properties of Materials
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Crystal structures: Types of crystals, lattice and basis, Bravais lattice and Miller indices. Classical theory of electrical and thermal conduction: scattering, mobility and resistivity, temperature dependence of metal resistivity, Mathiessen’s rule, Hall effect and thermal conductivity. Introduction to quantum mechanics: Wave nature of electrons, Schrödinger’s equation, one dimensional quantum problems infinite quantum well, potential step and potential barriers, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and quantum box. Band theory of solids: Band theory from molecular orbital, Bloch
theorem, kronig-penny model, effective mass, density of states. Carrier statistics: Maxwell-Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac distributions, Fermi energy. Modern theory of metals: Determination of Fermi energy and average energy of electrons, classical and quantum mechanical calculation of specific heat. Dielectric properties of materials: Dielectric constant, polarization- electronic, ionic and orientational; internal field, Clausius-Mosotti equation, spontaneous polarization, frequency, dependence of dielectric constant, dielectric loss and piezoelectricity. Magnetic properties of materials: Magnetic moment, magnetization and relative permittivity, different types of magnetic materials, origin of ferromagnetism and magnetic domains. Introduction to superconductivity: Zero resistance and Meissner effect, Type I and Type II superconductors and critical current density. Magnetic recording materials. Introduction to meta-materials.

Course Code: EEE 307
Course Name:
Power System I
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Network representation: single line and reactance diagram of power system and per unit. Line representation: equivalent circuit of short, medium and long lines. Reactive compensation of lines. Introduction to DC transmission. Load flow: Gauss – Seidel and Newton Raphson Methods. Power flow control: Tap Changing transformer, Phase shifting, booster and regulating transformer and shunt capacitor. Fault analysis: Short circuit current and reactance of a synchronous machine. Symmetrical fault calculation methods: symmetrical components, sequence networks and unsymmetrical fault calculation. Protection: Introduction to circuit breakers. Typical Layout of a substation. Load curves: Demand factor, diversity factor, load duration curves, energy load curves, load factor, capacity factor and plant factor. Power plants: types, general layout of thermal power plant, and major components of gas turbine, steam turbine and combined
cycle power plants.

Course Code: EEE 308
Course Name:
Power System I Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:

In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 307.

Course Code: EEE 309
Course Name:
Communication Systems
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Overview of Communication Systems: Basic principles, fundamental elements, system limitations, message source, bandwidth requirements, transmission media types, bandwidth and transmission capacity. Noise: Source, characteristics of various types of noise and S/N ratio. Information Theory: Measure of information, source encoding, error free communication over a noisy channel, channel capacity of a continuous system and channel capacity of a discrete memory less system, communication entropy, data compression. Communication Systems: Analog and digital communication, carrier, baseband, band pass and broadband communication; broadcast- and point to point mode of communication. Continuous Wave Modulation: AM- DSB, SSB, VSB, QAM, spectral analysis of each type, envelope and synchronous detection; angle modulation instantaneous frequency, FM, PM, spectral analysis, demodulation of FM and PM. Pulse Modulation: Sampling- sampling theorem, Nyquist criterion, aliasing, instantaneous and natural sampling; PAM principle, bandwidth requirements; PCM quantization principle, quantization noise, non-uniform quantization, signal to quantization error ratio, demodulation of PCM, DPCM and DM principle, adaptive DM; line coding formats and bandwidths. Digital Modulation: ASK principle, bandwidth requirements, detection, noise performance; PSK principle, bandwidth requirements, detection, DPSK, QPSK- noise performance, FSK- principle, continuous and discontinuous phase FSK, detection of FSK, MSK- bandwidth requirements. Multiplexing: TDM- principle, receiver synchronization, frame synchronization, TDM of multiple bit rate systems; FDM- principle, demultiplexing; WDM, multiple access network- TDMA, FDMA, CDMA- spread spectrum multiplexing, coding technique and constraints of CDMA. Communication Systems Design: Design parameters, channel selection criteria and performance simulation.

Course Code: EEE 310
Course Name:
Communication Systems Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:

In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 309.

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