Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Description :

Integrated circuit technology: semiconductor crystal growth, oxidation, diffusion, lithography, contacts and interconnections. Carrier transport phenomena in semiconductors. Operation principles and device modeling of p-n junctions, metal-semiconductor contacts, bipolar and MOS transistors, and related devices (Thyristors, MESFETs, and CCDs).

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Description :

Introduction to analogue and digital communication systems, Fundamentals of analogue and digital modulation techniques: AM, FM, and pulse modulation techniques: ASK, PSK, and FSK, Data communication: Data transmission, data encoding, data communication interface, multiplexing and communication protocols.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Description :

Discrete-time signals and systems: Ztransform, DFT, 2-dimensional versions. Fast Fourier transformer(FFT). Digital system realization using different structures: parallel, lattice, etc. Digital filter design methods: windowing, frequency sampling, S-to-Z methods, frequencytransformation methods. Multi-rate sampling. Discrete random signals through systems.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Description :

Introduction and Historical background; number systems, binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra; Combinational logic circuits: basic gates, realization of functions, 2-level networks, multi-level networks, physical properties of gates, elimination of timing hazards and glitches; Modular design of combinational circuits: medium scale design, primitive modules, ALU, hierarchical design using modules; Memory elements: latches/flip flops, level/edge and master/slave devices, asynchronous flip flop inputs, timing constraints, data registers, RAM. Sequential logic circuits: FSM, Mealy/Moore models, modelling behavior, analysis of synchronous/asynchronous circuits, sequential functional units.

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

School : Electronics and Communications Engineering

Course Description :

Introduction to information theory, review of noise, probability of error, entropy, Shannon's channel capacity, compression theory and examples of compression algorithms. Introduction to channel coding theory and error correcting codes: block codes and convolutional codes. Exposure to advanced error control coding techniques. Examples of applications of error correcting codes in communication systems.