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	More courses in Electronics & Communication ! ECE 432 Selected Topics in Electronics _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Selected topics related to recent development in micro- and nano-electronics, Mems and mems technologies, Integrated circuit design, Computer aided design techniques and design automation. References: Selected References, Manuals, Software, Packages. ECE 451 Communication Systems (2) _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (1st Term).Hrs/Week: [(4+2) + (0+0)] Marks:[(110+40+0) + (0+0+0)] = 150} Course Contents Sampling Process, Pulse amplitude Modulation. Quantization Process: Quantization noise, Conditions for optimality of scalar quantizers. Pulse Code modulation, time division Multiplexing. Digital multiplexers, Random Processes: Stationary process, Mean, covariance and correlation functions, Ergodic process, Transmission of Random Process through Linear time invariant filter: Power spectral Density. Noise: Gaussian process and central limit theorem, white noise, Narrow band noise. Noise effect on CW modulation Systems: DSB-SC, AM envelope, FM. Baseband Pulse. Transmission: Line Codes, Equalizers, Filter, probability of Errors in baseband, Intersymbol Interference, Nyquist criterion for distortionless baseband transmission, Raised Cosine spectrum. M-Ary Probability of error, Regenerative repeaters, Eye Pattern, Power spectrum of pulse amplitude modulation. Signal space analysis, correlation receiver. Passband data transmission, BPSK, QPSK, QPSK, Pe, Spectrum, generation. M-ary PSK, Hybrid Amplitude-phase modulation, Coherent Frequency shift keying, M-Ary FSK, Noncoherent binary FSK. Differential phase shift Keying. Comparison of digital modulation schemes using a single carrier. Application: Modems. References: Simon Hykin, Communication Systems, John Wiley and Sons, 2001. Laboratory: Communication Lab Line coding Digital signal processing Digital communication systems Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) Computer simulation of MODEMS ECE 452 Telecommunication Networks _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (2nd Term) Hrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+2)] Marks:[(0+0+0) + (90+35+0)] = 125} Course Contents Introduction to telecommunications, Telegraph and telephone, Switching: Telegraph, Telephone, Telex, Data, Signalling, ISDN, Broad band, Private switching. Management network multiplexing: Analog, Digital, Wavelength division. Data transmission interface equipment: Modems, Digital data interface equipment. Codecs: Audio, Video. Copper lines: Open wire, Twisted pair cable, Coaxial cable. Optical fibber technology: Types of optical fibbers, Cables, Applications, Radio relay technology, Systems. Mobile radio: Service mode technology. Satellites: Services, Technology, Digital subscriber lines. References: Halsall, F., Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Addison Wesley, 1996. Elahi Ata, Network Communications Technology, Delmar, 2001. ECE 453 Satellite Communications _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(3+1) + (0+0)] Marks: [(70+30+0) + (0+0+0)] = 100} Course Contents Communication satellite system, Orbiting satellites, The satellite channel, Llink calculation, Satellite electronics, Frequency division multiple access, Time division multiple access and code division multiple access, On board processing. References: Gagliardi, Robert M., Satellite Communication, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 2000. Roddy, D., Satellite Communications, McGraw Hill, 2001. ECE 454 Optical Communication Systems _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(3+1) + (0+0)] Marks: [(70+30+0) + (0+0+0)] = 100} Course Contents Overview of optical fibber communications, Optical fibber power launching and coupling, Optical receiver operation, Digital and analog detectors and preamplifires, Digital transmission systems, Point to point links, Systems considerations, Power and rise time budgets, Analog systems, Carrier to noise ratio, Multichannel transmission techniques, Coherent optical fibber communication, WDM multiplexing, Optical amplifiers. References: Gerd Keiser, Optical Fibber Communications, McGraw Hill, 2000. Laboratory: Laser Lab Fiber optics M-lines Simulation of optical communication system ECE 455 Mobile Communications _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Basic concepts of mobile communications: Cell site planning: Traffic engineering, Principles of base station provisioning, Cell site configurations RF propagation characteristics: Fading phenomena, Path loss phenomena, Free space propagation, Two path model, RF coverage for mobile station inside buildings, RF propagation in highways and city streets, Shadowing effects, Practical measurements and prediction model, Noise in cellular systems. Frequency planning: Omni frequency plan, Cell sectorization, Tricellular plan, Directional frequency reuse, Microcells, Types of interference. GSM cellular system: Features, Multiple access techniques, GSM architecture, TDMA frame structure, Types of bursts, Mapping of logical channels on physical channels, Speech coding, Channel coding, Bit interleaving, Modulation, Frequency hopping, Power control, Carrier and burst synchronization, Hand over processing, Authentication encryption, CDMA spread spectrum systems, Direct sequence SSS, The performance of DS-SSS, CDMA air links: The forward pilot channel, Sync channel, Paging channel, Traffic channel, Access channel, Traffic channel. Types of codes used in CDMA, Power control in CDMA, Hand-off process in CDMA References: Raymond Steele, Mobile Radio Communications, Penteh Press and IEEE Press, 1994. Lee, W. C. Y., Mobile Cellular Telecommunications, Analog and Digital Systems, McGraw Hill, 1995. Saleh Farouque, Cellular Mobile Systems Engineering, Artech House Publishers, 1996. ECE 456 Selected Topics in Communication Systems _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Selected topics related to current development in communication systems. Radar systems data, Communications and signal processing. References: Selected References, Manuals, Software, Packages. ECE 457 Information Theory _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Introduction: Uncertainty, Information, Entropy and its properties. Source coding: Shannon codin Prefix coding, Kraft-Mcmillan inequality, First shannon theorem, Huffman coding, Lempel Ziv coding. Discrete memoryless channels: Transition probability, Binary symmetric channel, Mutual information and its properties. Channel capacity: Definition, Binary symmetric channel. Channel coding theorem: Second shannon theorem differential entropy and mutual information for continuous ensemples: Differential entropy, Mutual information. Channel capacity theorem: Implications on different communication systems. Rate distortion theory. Compression of information. Linear block codes: Syndrome decoding, Minimum distance considerations. Cyclic codes: Generator polynomial, Parity check polynomial, Encoder for cyclic, Hamming codes, Bose Chaudhuri- Hocquenghem (BCH) codes, Reed-Solomon codes. Convolutional codes: Code tree, Trellis and state diagram Maximum likelihood decoding of convolutional codes. References: Simon Hykin, Communication Systems, John Wiley and Sons, 2001. ECE 461 Antennas _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (2nd Term) Hrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+2)] Marks:[(0+0+0) + (90+35+0)] = 125} Course Contents Fundamentals and definitions for transmitting and receiving antennas and antenna arrays. Dipoles array synthesis and antenna arrays, Line sources. Resonant antennas wires and patches: Folded dipole antennas, Yagi Uda antennas, Microstrip antennas. Broadband antennas: Travelling wave wire antennas, Helical antennas, Biconical antennas, Sleeve antennas. Aperture antennas: Rectangular and circular apertures, Reflector antennas. Feeding networks for wire antennas, Arrays and reflectors. Antennas in communication systems: Friis transmission formula, Antenna noise temperature. Microwave propagation: Atmospheric effects, Ground effects and plasma effects. References: Balanis, C. A., Antenna Theory and Analysis, Wiley, New York, 1997. Stutzman, W. L. and Thiele, G. A., Antenna Theory and Design, Wiley, New York, 1998. Slide screw tuner Directional coupler and reflectometer measurements Antenna The simulation of microstrip antenna ECE 462 Selected Topics in Microwave Engineering _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Selected topics related to current development in microwave electronics, Microwave communication systems and antennas. References: Stutzman, W. L. and Thiele, G. A., Antenna Theory and Design, Wiley, New York, 1998. Pozar, D. M., Microwave Engineering, Wiley, 1998. Scoot, A. W., Understanding Microwaves, Wiley, 1998. ECE 471 Electronic Measurements & Testing _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (Cont.) Hrs/Week: [(0+3) + (0+3)] Marks:[(0+25+0) + (75+25+25)] = 150} Course Contents The student performs testing measurements in two domains: Communication systems: Study of PLL characteristics, Study of digital communication techniques: PCM, Delta modulation, Optical communication systems, TV characterization, Satellite receiver systems, Telephone system, Electromagnetic waves: Propagation of radio waves, Microwave generators, Semiconductor devices, Characterization of microwave circuits. References: Helfrick, A. and Cooper, W., Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, Prentice Hall, 1990. Laboratory Instructions, Manuals, Catalogues, Data books. ECE 481 Integrated Circuits _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (1st Term) Hrs/Week: [(4+2) + (0+0)] Marks:[(110+40+0) + (0+0+0)] = 150} Course Contents IC Processing, Post Processing, Processing economics, Design of basic digital IC building blocks, NMOS Inverter : Noise margin propagation delay, Power dissipation, NMOS and CMOS gate circuits, GaAs digital circuits, IlL, TTL, ECL gates, BiCMOS digital circuits, Memory cores: ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash ROM, SRAM, DRAM, Memory peripheral Circuitry: Row and column decoders, Array structure: PLA, PAL, PLD. References: Sherif Embabi; Abdellatif Bellaouar and Mohamed Elmasry, Digital BiCMOS Integrated Circuit Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. Sedra, Adel S. and Smith, Kenneth C., Microelectronic Circuits, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW), 1998. Rabaey, Jan M.; Anantha Chandrakasan and Vorivoje Nikollic, Digital Integrated Circuits, 2/E Prentice Hall, 2003. ECE 482 Integrated Circuits Technology _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(3+1) + (0+0)] Marks: [(70+30+0) + (0+0+0)] = 100}_{4th Year: Mechanical Engineering - MechatronicsHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Defining terms, technology roadmap, Basic silicon processes, Fabrication of passive and active components, Process integration and standard technologies, Process simulation, Layout design rules, Layout parasitics, Typical examples, Layout techniques, Interconnect modelling, Substrate coupling issues, ESD protection techniques, Packaging. References: Campbell, The Science and Engineering of Microelectronics Fabrication, Oxford University, 1996. ECE 483 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICS) _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(3+1) + (0+0)] Marks: [(70+30+0) + (0+0+0)] = 100} Course Contents Introduction to ASICs, ASIC library design, Programmable ASICs, Programmable ASIC logic cells, Programmable ASIC I/O Cells, Programmable ASIC interconnect, Programmable ASIC design software, VHDL and verilog HDL, Logic synthesis, Simulation and verification, Floorplanning, Placement and routing. References: Smith, Michael J. S., Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Addision Wesley, 1997. ECE 484 Analog Integrated Circuit Design _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Introduction to analog VLSI, Device modelling – basic analog building blocks (current mirrors, common- source, common- drain, common- gate, cascode- differential pair) , Frequency response, Stability and frequency compensation, Operational amplifiers (basic, two-stage, miller, symmetrical, telescopic, folded, cascode), Noise, Voltage and current references. References: Behzad Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw Hill, Inc, 2000. ECE 485 Integrated Circuits Applications _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical CommunicationHrs/Week: [(3+1) + (0+0)] Marks: [(70+30+0) + (0+0+0)] = 100}_{4th Year: Mechanical Engineering - MechatronicsHrs/Week: [(0+0) + (3+1)] Marks: [(0+0+0) + (70+30+0)] = 100} Course Contents Amplifiers : RF IF and video, Oscillators: Tuned and untuned oscillators stability, VCO, Phase locked loop, Modulators: AM ,SSB balanced FM, PM, Pulse modulators, Digital modulators, Demodulators: AM, FM and PM detectors, Transmitter and receiver circuits, Circuit simulators, Digital, Analog and mixed References: Paul Young, Electronic Communication Techniques, Macmillan, 1990. ECE 499 Project _{4th Year: Electrical Engineering - Electronics & Electrical Communication (Cont.)Hrs/Week: [(0+2) + (0+6)] Marks:[(0+25+0) + (0+75+100)] = 200} Course Contents The student deals with the analysis and design of a complete engineering system using the fundamentals, Principles and skills he gained during his study. The project's report presented by the student should include the details of the analysis and design satisfying the concerned code requirements, The computer applications as well as the experimental work when necessary, In addition to the technical engineering drawing of his design. Throughout the project report and at oral the exam, The student should prove his complete understanding of the elements of the project and his capability to apply them in his future engineering References: Selected References, Scientific Papers, Research Reports, Manuals, Catalogues, Software Packages.