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Courses offered by Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department

The Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department is responsible for teaching courses that serve the following programs:

Several Basic Electrical Engineering courses as an Electrical Discipline Requirement.
Basic Electrical Engineering course as a Mechanical Discipline Requirement.
Electronics and Communications Engineering Program
Communication Systems Engineering Program

Table 58 List of specializations at the Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department.

#	Specialization
1	Electronics
3	Microwave and Photonics
5	Communications
9	Graduation Projects

The following abbreviations are the legend for the courses table.

Lvl	Level	UR	University Requirement	SA	Student Activities
CH	Credit Hour	FR	Faculty Requirement	MT	Mid-Term Exam
ECTS	European Credit Transfer System	DR	Discipline Requirement	PE	Practical Exam
SWL	Student Work Load	PR	Program Requirement	FE	Final Exam
Lec	Lectures
Tut	Tutorials
Lab	Laboratory
TT	Total

Table 59 List of MCT courses.

#	Lvl	Code	Course Title	Credits and SWL			Contact Hours				Classification				Assessment (%)				Prerequisites
#	Lvl	Code	Course Title	CH	ECTS	SWL	Lec	Tut	Lab	TT	UR	FR	DR	PR	SA	MT	PE	FE	Prerequisites
1		ECE251	Signals and Systems Fundamentals	4	6	150	3	2	0	5					35	20	0	40	( PHM111 ) AND ( PHM113 )
1		ECE251s	Signals and Systems Fundamentals	4	6	150	3	2	0	5					20	20	0	60	( PHM111s ) AND ( PHM113s )
1		ECE252	Fundamentals of Communication Systems	3	6	150	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE251 )
1		ECE252s	Fundamentals of Communication Systems	3	6	150	2	2	0	4					20	20	0	60	( ECE251s )
1		ECE253	Signals and Systems	4	8	200	3	2	2	7					25	20	10	40	( PHM111 ) AND ( PHM213 )
1		ECE253s	Signals and Systems	4	8	200	3	2	2	7					30	20	10	40	( PHM111s ) AND ( PHM213s )
1		ECE254	Analog Communications	3	5	125	2	2	1	5					25	20	10	40	( ECE253 )
1		ECE254s	Analog Communications	3	5	125	2	2	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE253s )
1		ECE255	Digital Signal Processing	3	6	150	2	2	2	6					25	20	10	40	( ECE253 )
1		ECE255s	Digital Signal Processing	3	6	150	2	2	2	6					30	20	10	40	( ECE253s )
1		ECE332	Waveguides	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					15	25	10	40	( ECE331 )
1		ECE332s	Waveguides	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE331s )
1		ECE333	Microwave Engineering	4	6	150	3	2	2	7					25	20	10	40	( ECE331 )
1		ECE333s	Microwave Engineering	4	6	150	3	2	2	7					30	20	10	40	( ECE331s )
1		ECE334	Optical Fiber Communications	4	6	150	3	2	2	7					25	20	10	40	( ECE254 ) AND ( ECE333 )
1		ECE334s	Optical Fiber Communications	4	6	150	3	2	2	7					20	20	10	50	( ECE254s ) AND ( ECE333s )
1		ECE335	Microwave Measurements	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					25	20	10	40	( ECE333 )
1		ECE335s	Microwave Measurements	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					30	20	10	40	( ECE333s )
1		ECE336	Integrated Optics and Optical MEMS	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE331 )
1		ECE336s	Integrated Optics and Optical MEMS	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE331s )
1		ECE337	Microwave Circuits	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE333 )
1		ECE337s	Microwave Circuits	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE333s )
1		ECE338	Optical Sensing and Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					25	20	10	40	( ECE334 )
1		ECE338s	Optical Sensing and Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					30	20	10	40	( ECE334s )
1		ECE351	Analog and Digital Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE252 )
1		ECE351s	Analog and Digital Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					20	20	0	60	( ECE252s )
1		ECE352	Telecommunication Networks	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE252 )
1		ECE352s	Telecommunication Networks	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					20	20	0	60	( ECE252s )
1		ECE353	Wireless Communication Networks	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					15	25	10	40	( ECE351 )
1		ECE353s	Wireless Communication Networks	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE351s )
1		ECE354	Digital Communications	3	5	125	3	1	1	5					25	20	10	40	( ECE254 )
1		ECE354s	Digital Communications	3	5	125	3	1	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE254s )
1		ECE355	Communication Networks (1)	3	6	150	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE254 )
1		ECE355s	Communication Networks (1)	3	6	150	2	2	0	4					20	20	0	60	( ECE254s )
1		ECE356	Electro-Acoustical Engineering	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE333 )
1		ECE356s	Electro-Acoustical Engineering	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE333s )
1		ECE357	Statistical Signal Processing	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					25	20	10	40	( ECE255 )
1		ECE357s	Statistical Signal Processing	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					30	20	10	40	( ECE255s )
1		ECE358	Wireless Communications	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE354 )
1		ECE358s	Wireless Communications	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE354s )
1		ECE359	Signal Processing for Multimedia	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					25	20	10	40	( ECE255 )
1		ECE359s	Signal Processing for Multimedia	3	5	125	2	2	2	6					30	20	10	40	( ECE255s )
1		ECE431	Optoelectronics	3	5	125	2	2	1	5					15	25	10	40	( ECE311 ) AND ( ECE332 )
1		ECE431s	Optoelectronics	3	5	125	2	2	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE311s ) AND ( ECE332s )
1		ECE432	Antenna Engineering and propagation	2	4	100	2	1	0	3					35	20	0	40	( ECE332 OR ECE333 )
1		ECE432s	Antenna Engineering and propagation	2	4	100	2	1	0	3					20	20	0	60	( ECE332s OR ECE333s )
1		ECE433	Microwave Circuits and Systems	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					15	25	10	40	( ECE332 )
1		ECE433s	Microwave Circuits and Systems	3	6	150	2	2	1	5					30	20	10	40	( ECE332s )
1		ECE434	Optical Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE332 ) AND ( ECE351 )
1		ECE434s	Optical Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE332s ) AND ( ECE351s )
1		ECE435	Fundamentals of Photonics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE431 )
1		ECE435s	Fundamentals of Photonics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE431s )
1		ECE436	Micro Photonic Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE431 )
1		ECE436s	Micro Photonic Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE431s )
1		ECE437	Selected Topics in Electromagnetics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE332 )
1		ECE437s	Selected Topics in Electromagnetics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE332s )
1		ECE438	Microwave Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE337 )
1		ECE438s	Microwave Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE337s )
1		ECE439	Optoelectronic Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE213 ) AND ( ECE334 )
1		ECE439s	Optoelectronic Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE213s ) AND ( ECE334s )
1		ECE440	RF and Microwave Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE438 )
1		ECE440s	RF and Microwave Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE438s )
1		ECE441	Selected Topics in Physical and Wave Electronics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40
1		ECE441s	Selected Topics in Physical and Wave Electronics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40
1		ECE451	Digital Signal Processing Basics	2	4	100	2	1	1	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE251 )
1		ECE451s	Digital Signal Processing Basics	2	4	100	2	1	1	4					30	20	10	40	( ECE251s )
1		ECE452	Information Theory and Coding	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE351 OR ECE354 )
1		ECE452s	Information Theory and Coding	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE351s OR ECE354s )
1		ECE453	Modern Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE351 )
1		ECE453s	Modern Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE351s )
1		ECE454	Satellite Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE351 OR ECE432 )
1		ECE454s	Satellite Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE351s OR ECE432s )
1		ECE455	Selected Topics in Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE351 )
1		ECE455s	Selected Topics in Communication Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE351s )
1		ECE456	Selected Topics in Signal Processing	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE451 )
1		ECE456s	Selected Topics in Signal Processing	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE451s )
1		ECE457	Selected Topics in Telecommunication Networks	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					15	25	10	40	( ECE352 )
1		ECE457s	Selected Topics in Telecommunication Networks	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE352s )
1		ECE458	Communication Networks (2)	3	7	175	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE355 )
1		ECE458s	Communication Networks (2)	3	7	175	2	2	0	4					20	20	0	60	( ECE355s )
1		ECE459	Mobile Communications	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE354 ) AND ( ECE432 )
1		ECE459s	Mobile Communications	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE354s ) AND ( ECE432s )
1		ECE460	Machine Learning for Multimedia	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40	( ECE359 )
1		ECE460s	Machine Learning for Multimedia	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					40	20	0	40	( ECE359s )
1		ECE461	Selected Topics in Signals & Communication Sys.	3	5	125	2	2	0	4					35	20	0	40
1		ECE491	Graduation Project (1)	3	7	175	1	0	6	7					60	0	40	0
1		ECE491s	Graduation Project (1)	3	7	175	1	0	6	7					60	0	0	40
1		ECE492	Graduation Project (2)	3	8	200	1	0	6	7					60	0	40	0	( ECE491 )
1		ECE492s	Graduation Project (2)	3	8	200	1	0	6	7					60	0	40	0	( ECE491s )
1. Electronics
1	1	ECE111	Electronic Materials	3	5	125	3	1	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( PHM121 )
1	1	ECE111s	Electronic Materials	3	5	125	3	1	0	4				x	20	20	0	60	( PHM121s )
1	2	ECE211	Electronics	3	5	125	3	1	1	5			x		15	25	10	40	( PHM122 )
1	2	ECE211s	Electronics	3	5	125	3	1	1	5			x		30	20	10	40	( PHM122s )
1	2	ECE212	Digital Circuits	3	6	150	2	2	0	4			x		15	25	10	40	( CSE111 )
1	2	ECE212s	Digital Circuits	3	6	150	2	2	0	4			x		20	20	0	60	( CSE111s )
1	2	ECE213	Solid State Electronic Devices	3	7	175	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( PHM123 ) AND ( ECE111 )
1	2	ECE213s	Solid State Electronic Devices	3	7	175	2	2	0	4				x	20	20	0	60	( PHM123s ) AND ( ECE111s )
1	2	ECE214	Electronic Circuits (1)	4	7	175	3	2	2	7				x	25	20	10	40	( ECE213 ) AND ( EPM114 )
1	2	ECE214s	Electronic Circuits (1)	4	7	175	3	2	2	7				x	30	20	10	40	( ECE213s ) AND ( EPM114s )
1	2	ECE215	Introduction to Electronics	2	4	100	2	1	1	4			x		35	20	0	40	( PHM022 AND EPM116 )
1	2	ECE215s	Introduction to Electronics	2	4	100	2	1	1	4			x		20	20	0	60	( PHM022s AND EPM116s )
1	3	ECE311	Advanced Semiconductor Devices	2	4	100	2	1	0	3				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE211 )
1	3	ECE311s	Advanced Semiconductor Devices	2	4	100	2	1	0	3				x	20	20	0	60	( ECE211s )
1	3	ECE312	Analog Circuits (1)	3	5	125	2	2	1	5				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE211 )
1	3	ECE312s	Analog Circuits (1)	3	5	125	2	2	1	5				x	30	20	10	40	( ECE211s )
1	3	ECE313	Analog Circuits (2)	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE312 )
1	3	ECE313s	Analog Circuits (2)	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	30	20	10	40	( ECE312s )
1	3	ECE314	VLSI Design	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE212 )
1	3	ECE314s	VLSI Design	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	30	20	10	40	( ECE212s )
1	3	ECE315	Electronic Circuits (2)	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE214 )
1	3	ECE315s	Electronic Circuits (2)	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	20	20	0	60	( ECE214s )
1	3	ECE316	Digital Circuit Design	3	7	175	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( CSE111 ) AND ( ECE214 )
1	3	ECE316s	Digital Circuit Design	3	7	175	2	2	0	4				x	20	20	0	60	( CSE111s ) AND ( ECE214s )
1	3	ECE317	Modern VLSI Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE213 ) AND ( PHM121 )
1	3	ECE317s	Modern VLSI Devices	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE213s ) AND ( PHM121s )
1	3	ECE318	Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	2	6				x	25	20	10	40	( ECE315 )
1	3	ECE318s	Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	2	6				x	30	20	10	40	( ECE315s )
1	4	ECE411	Integrated Circuits Technology	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE311 OR ECE317 )
1	4	ECE411s	Integrated Circuits Technology	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE311s OR ECE317s )
1	4	ECE412	Analog Integrated Circuit Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE313 OR ECE315 )
1	4	ECE412s	Analog Integrated Circuit Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE313s OR ECE315s )
1	4	ECE413	ASIC Design and Automation	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE314 OR ECE316 )
1	4	ECE413s	ASIC Design and Automation	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE314s OR ECE316s )
1	4	ECE414	RF Circuit Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( ECE412 )
1	4	ECE414s	RF Circuit Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE412s )
1	4	ECE415	Electronic Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE313 )
1	4	ECE415s	Electronic Instrumentation	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE313s )
1	4	ECE416	MEMS Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE411 )
1	4	ECE416s	MEMS Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE411s )
1	4	ECE417	Low Power Digital Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40	( ECE314 )
1	4	ECE417s	Low Power Digital Design	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40	( ECE314s )
1	4	ECE418	Selected Topics in Electronics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	15	25	10	40
1	4	ECE418s	Selected Topics in Electronics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
1	4	ECE419	Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40
1	4	ECE419s	Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	40	20	0	40
3. Waves and Photonics
1	1	ECE131	Electrostatics and Magnetostatics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	35	20	0	40	( PHM013 ) AND ( PHM022 )
1	1	ECE131s	Electrostatics and Magnetostatics	3	5	125	2	2	0	4				x	20	20	0	60	( PHM013s ) AND ( PHM022s )
1	1	ECE331	Electromagnetic Waves	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	25	20	10	40	( PHM213 ) AND ( ECE213 )
1	1	ECE331s	Electromagnetic Waves	3	6	150	2	2	1	5				x	30	20	10	40	( PHM212s OR PHM213s ) AND ( EPM112s )


ECE251	Signals and Systems Fundamentals						4 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM111 ) AND ( PHM113 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Classification of signals. Basic operations on signals. Systems and their properties. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) systems. Impulse response of LTI systems. Relation between impulse response and system properties. Convolution integral and convolution sum. Differential and difference equation representation of LTI systems. Block diagram representation of LTI systems. Continuous-time Fourier series (CTFS), continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT), sampling theory, discrete-time Fourier series (DTFS), discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT). Laplace transform. Applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Computer Engineering and Software Systems				3		5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE251s	Signals and Systems Fundamentals						4 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM111s ) AND ( PHM113s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Classification of signals. Basic operations on signals. Systems and their properties. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) systems. Impulse response of LTI systems. Relation between impulse response and system properties. Convolution integral and convolution sum. Differential and difference equation representation of LTI systems. Block diagram representation of LTI systems. Continuous-time Fourier series (CTFS), continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT), sampling theory, discrete-time Fourier series (DTFS), discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT). Laplace transform. Applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
General Electrical Engineering				3		5
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering				3		5
Computer and Systems Engineering				3		5
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE252	Fundamentals of Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE251 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Basic concepts of communications. Communication system elements. Channel bandwidth. Analog modulation: AM, FM, and PM. FDM. Superheterodyne receiver. Pulse modulation: PAM, PCM, PTM. Nyquist theorem. Line coding. Eye pattern. Generative/non-regenerative repeaters, Passband digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE252s	Fundamentals of Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE251s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Basic concepts of communications. Communication system elements. Channel bandwidth. Analog modulation: AM, FM, and PM. FDM. Superheterodyne receiver. Pulse modulation: PAM, PCM, PTM. Nyquist theorem. Line coding. Eye pattern. Generative/non-regenerative repeaters, Passband digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
General Electrical Engineering				3
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering						6
Electronics and Communications Engineering						6
Computer and Systems Engineering						6
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE253	Signals and Systems						4 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM111 ) AND ( PHM213 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		200		Equivalent ECTS		8
Course Content
Continuous-time and discrete-time signals, The unit Impulse and unit step functions, Basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems: Discrete-Time LTI systems: The convolution sum. Continuous-time LTI systems. System properties and description, Fourier series representation of periodic discrete signals, Filters described by differential equations and filters described by difference equations. The continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT) and its properties. Discrete time Fourier transform (DTFT) and its properties.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				2		5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE253s	Signals and Systems						4 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM111s ) AND ( PHM213s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		200		Equivalent ECTS		8
Course Content
Continuous-time and discrete-time signals, The unit Impulse and unit step functions, Basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems: Discrete-Time LTI systems: The convolution sum. Continuous-time LTI systems. System properties and description, Fourier series representation of periodic discrete signals, Filters described by differential equations and filters described by difference equations. The continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT) and its properties. Discrete time Fourier transform (DTFT) and its properties.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE254	Analog Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE253 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to communication systems, Analysis of amplitude modulation, Frequency modulation, Phase modulation, Pulse modulation systems, Heterodyne Radio Transmitters and receivers, AGC and AFC, TV broadcasting system, 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.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				2		6
Communication Systems Engineering				1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE254s	Analog Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE253s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to communication systems, Analysis of amplitude modulation, Frequency modulation, Phase modulation, Pulse modulation systems, Heterodyne Radio Transmitters and receivers, AGC and AFC, TV broadcasting system, 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.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE255	Digital Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE253 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Review on CTFT and DTFT. Z-transform, Region of convergence, Inverse Z-transform, Properties of Z-transform, Analysis and characterization of LTI systems using Z-transform. Discrete Fourier transform. Fast Fourier transform (FFT). Structures of digital filters. FIR filter design techniques: windowing and frequency sampling. IIR filter design techniques: S-to-Z domain transformation. Introduction to Multi-rate DSP systems, Introduction to adaptive filters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				2		6
Communication Systems Engineering				1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE255s	Digital Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE253s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Review on CTFT and DTFT. Z-transform, Region of convergence, Inverse Z-transform, Properties of Z-transform, Analysis and characterization of LTI systems using Z-transform. Discrete Fourier transform. Fast Fourier transform (FFT). Structures of digital filters. FIR filter design techniques: windowing and frequency sampling. IIR filter design techniques: S-to-Z domain transformation. Introduction to Multi-rate DSP systems, Introduction to adaptive filters.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE332	Waveguides						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Parallel-plate waveguide, Rectangular waveguide, Circular waveguide, Grounded dielectric slab, Planar transmission lines, Microstrip line, Symmetric and asymmetric dielectric slab waveguide, multilayer waveguides, Optical fibers, Plasmonic waveguides, Mode orthogonality and completeness, guided and radiation modes, mode propagation analysis, ray picture, modal picture, Goos-Haenchen shift, Transverse resonance condition, multimode dispersion and chromatic dispersion.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE332s	Waveguides						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Parallel-plate waveguide, Rectangular waveguide, Circular waveguide, Grounded dielectric slab, Planar transmission lines, Microstrip line, Symmetric and asymmetric dielectric slab waveguide, multilayer waveguides, Optical fibers, Plasmonic waveguides, Mode orthogonality and completeness, guided and radiation modes, mode propagation analysis, ray picture, modal picture, Goos-Haenchen shift, Transverse resonance condition, multimode dispersion and chromatic dispersion.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE333	Microwave Engineering						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Guided waves between two conducting parallel plates, TE and TM waves and their characteristics, Velocities of propagation, Attenuation and quality factor, Wave impedance, Basic closed waveguides, TE and TM waves and their characteristics in rectangular wave guides, Waves solution in cylindrical coordinates, Microstrip transmission line, Attenuation and quality factor of a waveguide, Symmetric and asymmetric dielectric planar waveguide, effective index and normalized parameters, Propagation in multimode waveguide. Equivalent circuit of waveguides, N-port circuit, Circuit description, Scattering parameters, Passive devices: Terminations, Attenuators, Phase shifters, Directional couplers, Hybrid junctions, non-reciprocal devices resonators.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE333s	Microwave Engineering						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Guided waves between two conducting parallel plates, TE and TM waves and their characteristics, Velocities of propagation, Attenuation and quality factor, Wave impedance, Basic closed waveguides, TE and TM waves and their characteristics in rectangular wave guides, Waves solution in cylindrical coordinates, Microstrip transmission line, Attenuation and quality factor of a waveguide, Symmetric and asymmetric dielectric planar waveguide, effective index and normalized parameters, Propagation in multimode waveguide. Equivalent circuit of waveguides, N-port circuit, Circuit description, Scattering parameters, Passive devices: Terminations, Attenuators, Phase shifters, Directional couplers, Hybrid junctions, non-reciprocal devices resonators.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE334	Optical Fiber Communications						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254 ) AND ( ECE333 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Overview of optical fiber communication, Optical fibers, Ray and modal analysis, Dispersion relation of TE, TM, and hybrid modes, Weakly-guiding condition, LP modes, Modal and chromatic dispersion, Attenuation in optical fibers, Coherent and incoherent light sources, Principle of operation of FP, DFB, and DBR semiconductor laser sources, Simplified rate equations, Static, pulsed, and sinusoidal laser response, Direct and external modulation, Photon noise, Relative intensity noise, Quantum efficiency and responsivity of PIN and APD detectors, Photoelectron noise, gain noise, Optical receiver circuits noise, Signal-to-noise ratio, Receiver sensitivity, Bit-error rate, Quantum limited performance of OOK, FSK, and PSK, Optical amplifiers spontaneous emission noise, Power and rise time budgets, design of Point to point optical fiber links, Multichannel transmission systems.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE334s	Optical Fiber Communications						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254s ) AND ( ECE333s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Overview of optical fiber communication, Optical fibers, Ray and modal analysis, Dispersion relation of TE, TM, and hybrid modes, Weakly-guiding condition, LP modes, Modal and chromatic dispersion, Attenuation in optical fibers, Coherent and incoherent light sources, Principle of operation of FP, DFB, and DBR semiconductor laser sources, Simplified rate equations, Static, pulsed, and sinusoidal laser response, Direct and external modulation, Photon noise, Relative intensity noise, Quantum efficiency and responsivity of PIN and APD detectors, Photoelectron noise, gain noise, Optical receiver circuits noise, Signal-to-noise ratio, Receiver sensitivity, Bit-error rate, Quantum limited performance of OOK, FSK, and PSK, Optical amplifiers spontaneous emission noise, Power and rise time budgets, design of Point to point optical fiber links, Multichannel transmission systems.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		10%		50%


ECE335	Microwave Measurements						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Detection and measurement of microwave power, Impedance measurements, frequency and wavelength measurements. N-port microwave network analyser, Calibration techniques. Measurement techniques and instrumentation for active and passive microwave components, cavity resonators, waveguides, slotted lines, directional coupler, methods for determining scattering parameters, antenna radiation pattern and grain measurement.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE335s	Microwave Measurements						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Detection and measurement of microwave power, Impedance measurements, frequency and wavelength measurements. N-port microwave network analyser, Calibration techniques. Measurement techniques and instrumentation for active and passive microwave components, cavity resonators, waveguides, slotted lines, directional coupler, methods for determining scattering parameters, antenna radiation pattern and grain measurement.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE336	Integrated Optics and Optical MEMS						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Symmetric and asymmetric single mode dielectric waveguide, 2D waveguide and the effective index method, propagation in Multimode guide, the Multimode interference MMI structures, Integrated optics IO splitters and directional couplers, IO filters and multiplexers, MEMS technology, Micro-mirrors and micro-lenses, Optical MEMS switches, Fiber lens, Variable optical attenuators, Multilayer filter design, Tunable MEMS filters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE336s	Integrated Optics and Optical MEMS						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE331s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Symmetric and asymmetric single mode dielectric waveguide, 2D waveguide and the effective index method, propagation in Multimode guide, the Multimode interference MMI structures, Integrated optics IO splitters and directional couplers, IO filters and multiplexers, MEMS technology, Micro-mirrors and micro-lenses, Optical MEMS switches, Fiber lens, Variable optical attenuators, Multilayer filter design, Tuneable MEMS filters.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE337	Microwave Circuits						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Planar transmission lines: microstrip, slotlines, coplanar waveguide, coupled lines. Impedance matching networks, microwave filters: periodic structures, insertion loss method, Hi-Low impedance, coupled line filters. Microwave amplifiers: power gain amplifier, wide band amplifier, and low noise amplifier.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE337s	Microwave Circuits						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Planar transmission lines: microstrip, slotlines, coplanar waveguide, coupled lines. Impedance matching networks, microwave filters: periodic structures, insertion loss method, Hi-Low impedance, coupled line filters. Microwave amplifiers: power gain amplifier, wide band amplifier, and low noise amplifier.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE338	Optical Sensing and Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE334 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Geometrical optics, Lens design, Optical scanners, Interferometers, Distance measurement, Optical profilometer, Laser doppler vibrometer, Time of flight and LiDARs, Fabry-Perot cavity, Diffraction grating, Optical spectrum analyser, Refractive index sensing, Fluorescence, IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Spectrometers, Gas sensing, Polarization, Ellipsometry, Optical coherent imaging, Spectral imaging.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE338s	Optical Sensing and Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE334s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Geometrical optics, Lens design, Optical scanners, Interferometers, Distance measurement, Optical profilometer, Laser doppler vibrometer, Time of flight and LiDARs, Fabry-Perot cavity, Diffraction grating, Optical spectrum analyser, Refractive index sensing, Fluorescence, IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Spectrometers, Gas sensing, Polarization, Ellipsometry, Optical coherent imaging, Spectral imaging.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE351	Analog and Digital Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE252 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to analog and digital communication systems. Random process. Noise, Noise temperature / Noise figure / Cascaded systems. Analog modulation noise performance. Digital baseband transmission and Matched filter. ISI and bit error rate. M-ary modulation, QAM, DPSK. Digital passband system noise performance. Shannon Capacity Theorem. Colour TV.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE351s	Analog and Digital Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE252s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to analog and digital communication systems. Random process. Noise, Noise temperature / Noise figure / Cascaded systems. Analog modulation noise performance. Digital baseband transmission and Matched filter. ISI and bit error rate. M-ary modulation, QAM, DPSK. Digital passband system noise performance. Shannon Capacity Theorem. Colour TV.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE352	Telecommunication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE252 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to telecommunication networks, network topology and architecture, LAN, WAN, circuit switching, packet switching, connection oriented and connectionless. OSI and TCP/IP reference models. Physical layer: transmission media, signal encoding, transmission/propagation delay. Telephones: PSTN, SS7, and DSL. The Data link layer; local area networks, Ethernet and frame structure. Network Layer: IP protocol, protocol header, IP address, subnetting, routing. Transport Layer: TCP, UDP. Network devices: Hub, Bridge, Switch, Router.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE352s	Telecommunication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE252s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to telecommunication networks, network topology and architecture, LAN, WAN, circuit switching, packet switching, connection oriented and connectionless. OSI and TCP/IP reference models. Physical layer: transmission media, signal encoding, transmission/propagation delay. Telephones: PSTN, SS7, and DSL. The Data link layer; local area networks, Ethernet and frame structure. Network Layer: IP protocol, protocol header, IP address, subnetting, routing. Transport Layer: TCP, UDP. Network devices: Hub, Bridge, Switch, Router.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE353	Wireless Communication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Wireless channel models, multipath fading, Channel impairments, time and frequency dispersion. Propagation modelling and path loss analysis. Multiple Access Techniques on Wireless channels. Cellular communications: frequency reuse, Handover, Mobile network planning, Diversity, Multiplexing techniques. Diversity – Multiplexing trade-offs, 2G, 3G mobile Communication Systems. OFDM-MIMO techniques in Wireless Communications. 4G cellular system. Experiments in the field of communication to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE353s	Wireless Communication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Wireless channel models, multipath fading, Channel impairments, time and frequency dispersion. Propagation modelling and path loss analysis. Multiple Access Techniques on Wireless channels. Cellular communications: frequency reuse, Handover, Mobile network planning, Diversity, Multiplexing techniques. Diversity – Multiplexing trade-offs, 2G, 3G mobile Communication Systems. OFDM-MIMO techniques in Wireless Communications. 4G cellular system. Experiments in the field of communication to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE354	Digital Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Sampling Process, Pulse amplitude Modulation, Quantization Process, Quantization noise, Pulse Code modulation, time division Multiplexing. Digital multiplexers, 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, probability of symbol error. M-ary PSK, Hybrid Amplitude-phase modulation, Coherent Frequency shift keying, M-ary FSK, Noncoherent binary FSK. Differential phase shift Keying.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE354s	Digital Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Sampling Process, Pulse amplitude Modulation, Quantization Process, Quantization noise, Pulse Code modulation, time division Multiplexing. Digital multiplexers, 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, probability of symbol error. M-ary PSK, Hybrid Amplitude-phase modulation, Coherent Frequency shift keying, M-ary FSK, Noncoherent binary FSK. Differential phase shift Keying.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE355	Communication Networks (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Introduction to communication networks, network topology and architecture, LAN, WAN, circuit switching, packet switching, connection oriented and connectionless. OSI reference model and mapping to TCP/IP model. Physical layer: transmission media, signal encoding, transmission/propagation delay, E/T carrier digital hierarchy, SDH/SONET networks. Telephone networks: telephone set, PSTN, SS7, DSL, ADSL. Datalink layer: Medium access control, local area network protocols, Ethernet and its frame structures. Network devices: hubs, repeaters, bridges, switches, routers, gateways. Case studies: Broadband networks, Satellite, Mobile networks.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE355s	Communication Networks (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE254s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Introduction to communication networks, network topology and architecture, LAN, WAN, circuit switching, packet switching, connection oriented and connectionless. OSI reference model and mapping to TCP/IP model. Physical layer: transmission media, signal encoding, transmission/propagation delay, E/T carrier digital hierarchy, SDH/SONET networks. Telephone networks: telephone set, PSTN, SS7, DSL, ADSL. Datalink layer: Medium access control, local area network protocols, Ethernet and its frame structures. Network devices: hubs, repeaters, bridges, switches, routers, gateways. Case studies: Broadband networks, Satellite, Mobile networks.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE356	Electro-Acoustical Engineering						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic information of Acoustics, Acoustic measurements and types of waves, Acoustic wave propagation in free space, Environmental noise and wave acoustics, Reverberation time, rooms and ear characteristics, Room Acoustic and sound absorption, Noise control and calibration of microphones, Acoustic transmitters and receivers, Speech analysis, Biomedical Applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE356s	Electro-Acoustical Engineering						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE333s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic information of Acoustics, Acoustic measurements and types of waves, Acoustic wave propagation in free space, Environmental noise and wave acoustics, Reverberation time, rooms and ear characteristics, Room Acoustic and sound absorption, Noise control and calibration of microphones, Acoustic transmitters and receivers, Speech analysis, Biomedical Applications.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE357	Statistical Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE255 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Discrete Random Process: Difference with Random Variable, Random Process Properties, Independent, uncorrelated, orthogonal, WSP, WS cyclo-stationary, Stationary Process, Auto-Correlation and its Properties, PSD and its Properties. Linear Algebra: Introduction to vectors and Matrices, Singularity and Non-singularity, Error bounds, Solving Linear Systems, Solving LS problems. Adaptive Filters: Wiener Filter, Steepest Descent, LMS, NLMS, Linear Prediction. Signal Estimation: Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator, Maximum Likelihood, Bayesian Estimators, Linear Model Estimators. Introduction to detection: Signal Detection and Classification, Hypothesis, Testing, Detection of Signals in Noise.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE357s	Statistical Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE255s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Discrete Random Process: Difference with Random Variable, Random Process Properties, Independent, uncorrelated, orthogonal, WSP, WS cyclo-stationary, Stationary Process, Auto-Correlation and its Properties, PSD and its Properties. Linear Algebra: Introduction to vectors and Matrices, Singularity and Non-singularity, Error bounds, Solving Linear Systems, Solving LS problems. Adaptive Filters: Wiener Filter, Steepest Descent, LMS, NLMS, Linear Prediction. Signal Estimation: Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator, Maximum Likelihood, Bayesian Estimators, Linear Model Estimators. Introduction to detection: Signal Detection and Classification, Hypothesis, Testing, Detection of Signals in Noise.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE358	Wireless Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE354 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to radio communication, Radio frequency spectrum, Path loss, Multipath fading, Shadowing. Large scale propagation: Outdoor Propagation Models, Indoor Propagation Models. Small-scale propagation: Factors affecting the small-scale fading, Impulse response model of multipath channels, Various statistical distributions for multipath channel, Parameters of multipath channels, Types of small-scale fading channels. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) basics, Design parameters, block diagram. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO): Space time block coding, Spatial multiplexing.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE358s	Wireless Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE354s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to radio communication, Radio frequency spectrum, Path loss, Multipath fading, Shadowing. Large scale propagation: Outdoor Propagation Models, Indoor Propagation Models. Small-scale propagation: Factors affecting the small-scale fading, Impulse response model of multipath channels, Various statistical distributions for multipath channel, Parameters of multipath channels, Types of small-scale fading channels. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) basics, Design parameters, block diagram. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO): Space time block coding, Spatial multiplexing.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE359	Signal Processing for Multimedia						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE255 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to multimedia. Introduction to the theory and applications of 2D signal and image processing: 2D signals and systems analysis, 2D sampling and quantization, 2D signals and image transformation, 2D filter design. Image formation. Image enhancement. Image restoration. Morphological operations. Feature extraction. Basics of digital audio. Audio and Speech Acquisition, Representation and Storage. Digital Processing of Speech. LPC and Cepstrum Analysis. Speech Parameter Estimation.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE359s	Signal Processing for Multimedia						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE255s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to multimedia. Introduction to the theory and applications of 2D signal and image processing: 2D signals and systems analysis, 2D sampling and quantization, 2D signals and image transformation, 2D filter design. Image formation. Image enhancement. Image restoration. Morphological operations. Feature extraction. Basics of digital audio. Audio and Speech Acquisition, Representation and Storage. Digital Processing of Speech. LPC and Cepstrum Analysis. Speech Parameter Estimation.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE431	Optoelectronics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE311 ) AND ( ECE332 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Light-matter interaction, Photons in semiconductors, 3-level and 4-level lasers, Gain coefficient, Gain saturation, Heterojunctions, Fabry-Perot resonators, Double-heterostructure semiconductor lasers, Single- and multiple-quantum well lasers, DFB and DBR lasers, FP and travelling wave semiconductor optical amplifiers, Erbium doped fibre amplifiers, Light emitting diodes, Laser and LED dynamics, PIN and APD photodetectors.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE431s	Optoelectronics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE311s ) AND ( ECE332s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Light-matter interaction, Photons in semiconductors, 3-level and 4-level lasers, Gain coefficient, Gain saturation, Heterojunctions, Fabry-Perot resonators, Double-heterostructure semiconductor lasers, Single- and multiple-quantum well lasers, DFB and DBR lasers, FP and travelling wave semiconductor optical amplifiers, Erbium doped fibre amplifiers, Light emitting diodes, Laser and LED dynamics, PIN and APD photodetectors.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE432	Antenna Engineering and propagation						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332 OR ECE333 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Fundamentals and definitions, Dipoles array synthesis and antenna arrays, Line sources, Folded dipole antennas, Microstrip antennas, Broadband antennas: Traveling wave wire antennas, Helical antennas, Biconical antennas, Sleeve antennas, Rectangular and circular aperture antenna, Reflector antennas. Feeding networks for wire antennas, Arrays and reflectors, Antennas in communication systems, noise temperature, Atmospheric and ground effects.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE432s	Antenna Engineering and propagation						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332s OR ECE333s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Fundamentals and definitions, Dipoles array synthesis and antenna arrays, Line sources, Folded dipole antennas, Microstrip antennas, Broadband antennas: Traveling wave wire antennas, Helical antennas, Biconical antennas, Sleeve antennas, Rectangular and circular aperture antenna, Reflector antennas. Feeding networks for wire antennas, Arrays and reflectors, Antennas in communication systems, noise temperature, Atmospheric and ground effects.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5		9
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5		10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE433	Microwave Circuits and Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Network theory, Matching networks, Resonators, Passive components, Planar filter design, Power amplifiers, High power devices, Microwave systems.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE433s	Microwave Circuits and Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Network theory, Matching networks, Resonators, Passive components, Planar filter design, Power amplifiers, High power devices, Microwave systems.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5		10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE434	Optical Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332 ) AND ( ECE351 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Pulse propagation in dispersive medium, Noise in Photodetectors, Noise in optical amplifiers, optical amplification in point-to-point fibre links, Signal-to-noise ratio of analogue transmission systems, High-impedance and Trans-impedance optical receivers, Bit error rate of OOK, FSK, and PSK, Quantum limit, IM-DD Direct detection, Heterodyne and Homodyne detection, Attenuation-limited and dispersion-limited performance, WDM transmission systems and networks.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE434s	Optical Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332s ) AND ( ECE351s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Pulse propagation in dispersive medium, Noise in Photodetectors, Noise in optical amplifiers, optical amplification in point-to-point fibre links, Signal-to-noise ratio of analogue transmission systems, High-impedance and Trans-impedance optical receivers, Bit error rate of OOK, FSK, and PSK, Quantum limit, IM-DD Direct detection, Heterodyne and Homodyne detection, Attenuation-limited and dispersion-limited performance, WDM transmission systems and networks.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE435	Fundamentals of Photonics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE431 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Two-dimensional dielectric waveguides, Effective index method, Optical couplers, Optical switches, Multimode interference couplers, Index ellipsoid, Electro-Optics, Acousti-Optics, Second-harmonic generation, Phase and intensity modulators, Multiplexers/Demultiplexers, Optical routers, CAD simulation and design tools.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE435s	Fundamentals of Photonics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE431s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Two-dimensional dielectric waveguides, Effective index method, Optical couplers, Optical switches, Multimode interference couplers, Index ellipsoid, Electro-Optics, Acousti-Optics, Second-harmonic generation, Phase and intensity modulators, Multiplexers/Demultiplexers, Optical routers, CAD simulation and design tools.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE436	Micro Photonic Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE431 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Diffraction grating structures, Micro-optical resonators, Micro-optics technology, Optical MEMS technology, Micro-mirrors, Micro-lenses, Optical MEMS switches, Fibre lens, Variable optical attenuators, Multilayer filter design, Tuneable MEMS filters.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE436s	Micro Photonic Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE431s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Diffraction grating structures, Micro-optical resonators, Micro-optics technology, Optical MEMS technology, Micro-mirrors, Micro-lenses, Optical MEMS switches, Fibre lens, Variable optical attenuators, Multilayer filter design, Tuneable MEMS filters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE437	Selected Topics in Electromagnetics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in electromagnetics.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE437s	Selected Topics in Electromagnetics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE332s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in electromagnetics.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE438	Microwave Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE337 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Microwave tubes: Reflex klystron, Traveling wave tube amplifiers, Backward wave oscillator, Magnetron oscillators, Gyratron, Microwave solid state devices: Schottky barrier mixer diodes, Tunnel diodes, Transferred electron devices, MESFET, HEMT, HBT, IMPATT, TRAPATT, BARITT, Varactors. Parametric devices: Manley-Rowe relations, Parametric up converters, Negative resistance parametric amplifiers, Microwave transistors.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE438s	Microwave Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE337s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Microwave tubes: Reflex klystron, Traveling wave tube amplifiers, Backward wave oscillator, Magnetron oscillators, Gyratron, Microwave solid state devices: Schottky barrier mixer diodes, Tunnel diodes, Transferred electron devices, MESFET, HEMT, HBT, IMPATT, TRAPATT, BARITT, Varactors. Parametric devices: Manley-Rowe relations, Parametric up converters, Negative resistance parametric amplifiers, Microwave transistors.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE439	Optoelectronic Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213 ) AND ( ECE334 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Interaction of radiation and atomic systems, Classical electron oscillator model, Einstein model, Rate equations, 3-level and 4-level lasers, gain saturation, Homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening, Fabry-Perot resonators, Ring resonators, Erbium doped fibre lasers and amplifiers, Photons in semiconductors, Semiconductor gain and loss, Hetero-junctions, Double-Heterojunction lasers, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, FP- and TW-SOAs, Quantum-well lasers, Threshold current computations, Edge and surface emitting LEDs, PIN and APD detectors, Solar cells.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE439s	Optoelectronic Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213s ) AND ( ECE334s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Interaction of radiation and atomic systems, Classical electron oscillator model, Einstein model, Rate equations, 3-level and 4-level lasers, gain saturation, Homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening, Fabry-Perot resonators, Ring resonators, Erbium doped fibre lasers and amplifiers, Photons in semiconductors, Semiconductor gain and loss, Hetero-junctions, Double-Heterojunction lasers, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, FP- and TW-SOAs, Quantum-well lasers, Threshold current computations, Edge and surface emitting LEDs, PIN and APD detectors, Solar cells.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE440	RF and Microwave Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE438 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
High power microwave sources, Solid state devices, Mixers, Frequency multiplier, microwave oscillators, Detectors, PIN diode, Schottky diodes, Hybrid and Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits, Microwave Systems, link budget and link margin, radio receiver architecture, noise characterization of a receiver, Radar systems, Radar Equation, pulse radar, Doppler radar, radar cross section, theory and applications of radiometer systems, microwave communication systems, Microwave heating, biological effects.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE440s	RF and Microwave Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE438s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
High power microwave sources, Solid state devices, Mixers, Frequency multiplier, microwave oscillators, Detectors, PIN diode, Schottky diodes, Hybrid and Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits, Microwave Systems, link budget and link margin, radio receiver architecture, noise characterization of a receiver, Radar systems, Radar Equation, pulse radar, Doppler radar, radar cross section, theory and applications of radiometer systems, microwave communication systems, Microwave heating, biological effects.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE441	Selected Topics in Physical and Wave Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in physical and wave electronics will be presented in this course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE441s	Selected Topics in Physical and Wave Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in physical and wave electronics will be presented in this course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE451	Digital Signal Processing Basics						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE251 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Introduction to digital signal processing, the Z-transform, the sampling theory, circular convolution, block convolution, fast Fourier transform (FFT), structures for discrete-time systems, digital filters, FIR filter design, IIR filter design. Multi-Rate processing. Applications in communication systems and audio/image processing.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE451s	Digital Signal Processing Basics						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE251s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Introduction to digital signal processing, the Z-transform, the sampling theory, circular convolution, block convolution, fast Fourier transform (FFT), structures for discrete-time systems, digital filters, FIR filter design, IIR filter design. Multi-Rate processing. Applications in communication systems and audio/image processing.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE452	Information Theory and Coding						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351 OR ECE354 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Uncertainty, Information, Entropy and Source-Coding Theorem. Data Compaction, Discrete Memoryless Channels, Mutual Information, Channel Capacity, Channel-Coding Theorem, Differential Entropy and Mutual Information, Shannon Capacity, Linear Block Codes, Cyclic Codes, Convolutional Codes, Maximum Likelihood Decoding of Convolutional Codes, Introduction to LDPC codes and turbo coding.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				5		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE452s	Information Theory and Coding						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351s OR ECE354s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Uncertainty, Information, Entropy and Source-Coding Theorem. Data Compaction, Discrete Memoryless Channels, Mutual Information, Channel Capacity, Channel-Coding Theorem, Differential Entropy and Mutual Information, Shannon Capacity, Linear Block Codes, Cyclic Codes, Convolutional Codes, Maximum Likelihood Decoding of Convolutional Codes, Introduction to LDPC codes and turbo coding.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE453	Modern Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Modern communication systems as LTE-A Systems, D2D communications, Spectrum sharing, Cognitive Radio networks, Spectrum sensing, Dynamic spectrum allocation, Resources optimization, Digital Video Broadcasting systems.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE453s	Modern Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Modern communication systems as LTE-A Systems, D2D communications, Spectrum sharing, Cognitive Radio networks, Spectrum sensing, Dynamic spectrum allocation, Resources optimization, Digital Video Broadcasting systems.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE454	Satellite Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351 OR ECE432 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Course contents: - Introduction and history of satellite communication systems including the advantages and services offered by the satellite communications, the assigned satellite frequency bands and a brief knowledge about the main organizations and the recent famous projects in the satellite communications field. - Orbital mechanics including the space laws that control the satellite orbits (Kepler and Newton laws). Orbital parameters that define the satellite orbit, including the Keplerian elements and the true/eccentric/mean anomalies. Types of satellite orbits and their applications. Orbital perturbations and their effects on the satellite orbits. Calendars for the satellite events and the Julian date/Local Sidereal time calculations of the satellite at any epoch. - Orbital Maneuvers including the different coplanar techniques (Standard, Bi-elliptic and general transfer strategies), the simple plane change technique as well as the different methodologies of the combined speed and plane change maneuvers. Different strategies that are used for satellite launch and the mass of the satellite propellant consumption. The Rendezvous orbital maneuvers between two spacecrafts, including both coplanar and phasing rendezvous strategies. Launchers and the criteria of the satellite launch site. - Geostationary orbits including the calculations of the antenna look angles and the polarization angle of the earth stations towards the geostationary satellites. Limits of visibility of the earth station for the geostationary orbit. The earth eclipse of satellite as well as the sun transit outage. - The construction of the satellite subsystems including Power supply subsystem, Thermal control subsystem, Orbital control and station keeping subsystem, Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) subsystem, Payload communication subsystem and Attitude control subsystem as well as the architecture of the satellite control stations. - The antenna types that are widely used in manufacturing satellites and earth stations, including horn antennas, parabolic reflectors, offset-fed reflectors, and double reflector antennas like Cassegrain antenna and Gregorian antenna. - Radiowave Propagation and Space Link Budget including the different types of transmission losses, the different sources of the thermal noise in the satellite link. The calculation of the overall system noise temperature and the thermal noise power. The derivations and calculations for the uplink, the downlink and the overall carrier to noise power ratios. The effect of the rainfall on the satellite link performance, including the uplink rain fading, the downlink rain fading and the calculation of the total rain attenuation factor. Course topics and detailed description of the student's learning outcomes: i. Basic Concepts: 1. Students understand the advantages and services offered by the satellite communications. 2. Students have a knowledge about the main organizations and the recent famous projects in the satellite communications field in addition to the frequency bands, designated for the satellite communication services. ii. Satellite Orbits: 1. Students understand the laws that control the satellite orbits. 2. Students understand the orbital elements that define the satellite orbits. 3. Students can identify the different types of satellite orbits. 4. Students understand the different perturbations that affect the satellite orbits. 5. Students can apply the time calendars on the satellite events. iii. Orbital Maneuvers: 1. Students understand the different strategies to transfer the satellite form an orbit to another coplanar orbit. 2. Students can calculate the required maneuvers and the time of flight for the standard Hohmann transfer technique, the Bi-elliptic Hohmann transfer technique in addition to the general co-planar transfer methodology. 3. Students understand and apply the calculations for the Rendezvous orbital maneuvers between two spacecrafts, including both coplanar and phasing rendezvous maneuvers. 4. Students understand and apply the calculations of the simple plane change maneuvers as well as the different methodologies of the combined speed and plane change maneuvers. 5. Students can calculate the mass of the satellite propellant consumption for executing the orbital maneuvers. 6. Students understand the criteria of the satellite launch site. 7. Students take an idea about the launchers, the methodology of injecting the satellites in space and the rocket engine architecture. iv. Geostationary Orbit: 1. Students can calculate the antenna look angles of an earth station towards the geostationary satellite. 2. Students can distinguish three types of polarizations: Linear, circular, and elliptical and can apply an analytical methodology to calculate the optimum polarization angle of an earth station towards the geostationary satellite. 3. Students can perform calculations to compute the earth station limit of visibility. 4. Students understand the concepts of the earth and lunar eclipses of satellite as well as the sun transit outage. v. The Space Segment: 1. Students understand the design and the construction of the satellite subsystems, including the following: a. Power supply subsystem. b. Thermal control subsystem. c. Orbital control and station keeping subsystem. d. Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) subsystem. e. Payload communication subsystem. f. Attitude control subsystem. 2. Students understand the design and the architecture of the satellite control stations. vi. Antennas for Satellites and Earth Stations: 1. Students understand the principles of antenna radiation pattern, power flux density, antenna gain, directivity, and effective aperture. 2. Students understand and focus on the antenna types that are widely used in manufacturing satellites and earth stations, including horn antennas, parabolic reflectors, offset-fed reflectors, and double reflector antennas like Cassegrain antenna and Gregorian antenna. vii. Radiowave Propagation and Space Link Budget: 1. Students can identify the different types of transmission losses and the different sources of the thermal noise in the satellite link. 2. Students can calculate the overall system noise temperature, the noise figure and the thermal noise power. 3. Students can perform derivations and calculations for the uplink and the downlink carrier to noise power ratios. 4. Students can solve problems to calculate the overall carrier to noise power ratio that combine the uplink, downlink, and intermodulation carrier to noise power ratios. 5. Students can perform calculations to compute the total rain attenuation factor. 6. Students understand the effect of the rainfall, including the uplink rain fading and the downlink rain fading, on the satellite link performance.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE454s	Satellite Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351s OR ECE432s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction and history of satellite communication systems. Satellite frequency bands and radio regulations. Types of satellite orbits. Choosing satellite orbits. Orbital mechanics, Kepler’s laws, Keplerian element set, true, eccentric and mean anomalies, Earth-satellite geometry, acquiring the desired orbit. Geostationary orbits, antenna look angles. Satellite channel and influence of the atmosphere. The satellite link power budget, noise in satellite communication systems. Inter-satellite links. Multiple access techniques in satellite communication systems. Satellite networks. Satellite electronics, on-board processing.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE455	Selected Topics in Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in communication systems.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE455s	Selected Topics in Communication Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE351s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in communication systems.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE456	Selected Topics in Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE451 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in signal processing.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE456s	Selected Topics in Signal Processing						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE451s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in signal processing.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE457	Selected Topics in Telecommunication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE352 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in telecommunication networks.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE457s	Selected Topics in Telecommunication Networks						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE352s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions and advances in telecommunication networks.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE458	Communication Networks (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE355 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Overview on the communication networks fundamentals. Network Layer: IP protocol, IP header, IP address and subnetting, routing protocols, Ipv6. Transport Layer: UDP protocol, TCP protocol, addressing, Congestion control. Error Detection and Error Correction codes. Wireless LAN protocols and standards. Case studies: VoIP, ATM networks, MPLS, NGN.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4		10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE458s	Communication Networks (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE355s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Overview on the communication networks fundamentals. Network Layer: IP protocol, IP header, IP address and subnetting, routing protocols, Ipv6. Transport Layer: UDP protocol, TCP protocol, addressing, Congestion control. Error Detection and Error Correction codes. Wireless LAN protocols and standards. Case studies: VoIP, ATM networks, MPLS, NGN.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE459	Mobile Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE354 ) AND ( ECE432 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic concepts of mobile communications, Cell site planning, Traffic engineering, RF propagation characteristics, Fading and Path loss phenomena, Frequency planning, Frequency reuse, Types of interference. GSM system, Multiple access techniques, CDMA spread spectrum systems, Frequency hopping, Power control, Third Generation (3G), Fourth Generations (4G), architecture, frame structure, logical channels and physical channels, interleaving, Modulation, Carrier and burst synchronization. Introduction to Fifth Generation (5G). IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS , VoIP in Mobile Networks , 4G EPS System, VoLTE and IMS Applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE459s	Mobile Communications						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE354s ) AND ( ECE432s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic concepts of mobile communications, Cell site planning, Traffic engineering, RF propagation characteristics, Fading and Path loss phenomena, Frequency planning, Frequency reuse, Types of interference. GSM system, Multiple access techniques, CDMA spread spectrum systems, Frequency hopping, Power control, Third Generation (3G), Fourth Generations (4G), architecture, frame structure, logical channels and physical channels, interleaving, Modulation, Carrier and burst synchronization. Introduction to Fifth Generation (5G).
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE460	Machine Learning for Multimedia						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE359 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to machine learning, taxonomy of machine learning, Bayesian theory of decision, Bayes classifier, loss functions, discriminant functions, discriminant functions for Gaussian likelihood, clustering (batch k-means, online k-means, self-organizing maps), Gaussian mixture models, expectation maximization algorithm, hidden Markov models (likelihood problem, decoding problem, learning problem), artificial neural networks, single layer and multilayer neural networks, neural network training.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE460s	Machine Learning for Multimedia						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE359s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to machine learning, taxonomy of machine learning, Bayesian theory of decision, Bayes classifier, loss functions, discriminant functions, discriminant functions for Gaussian likelihood, clustering (batch k-means, online k-means, self-organizing maps), Gaussian mixture models, expectation maximization algorithm, hidden Markov models (likelihood problem, decoding problem, learning problem), artificial neural networks, single layer and multilayer neural networks, neural network training.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE461	Selected Topics in Signals & Communication Sys.						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in signals and communication systems will be presented in this course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE491	Graduation Project (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
1 Hour			0 Hours		6 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
A single or group project performed under the supervision of a faculty member.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
60%		0%		40%		0%


ECE491s	Graduation Project (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
1 Hour			0 Hours		6 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
A single or group project performed under the supervision of a faculty member.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		9
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
60%		0%		0%		40%


ECE492	Graduation Project (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE491 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
1 Hour			0 Hours		6 Hours
Required SWL		200		Equivalent ECTS		8
Course Content
A single or group project performed under the supervision of a faculty member. This project must be a continuation of graduation project (1).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4		10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
60%		0%		40%		0%


ECE492s	Graduation Project (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE491s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
1 Hour			0 Hours		6 Hours
Required SWL		200		Equivalent ECTS		8
Course Content
A single or group project performed under the supervision of a faculty member. This project must be a continuation of graduation project (1).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		10
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
60%		0%		40%		0%


ECE111	Electronic Materials						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM121 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Crystals, Bonding, Basic elements of material science, electronic conduction in metals, electron in a periodic potential, energy bands and energy gaps in solids, Semiconductors, the Fermi level, electrons and holes, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, n-type and p-type, Diffusion and Drift Current, Excess carriers in semiconductors, Optical generation and recombination, the continuity equation, non-homogenous doping, PN-junction: I-V characteristics, Reverse saturation current depletion layer capacitance, Diffusion capacitance, Zener diodes.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				1		4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE111s	Electronic Materials						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM121s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Crystals, Bonding, Basic elements of material science, electronic conduction in metals, electron in a periodic potential, energy bands and energy gaps in solids, Semiconductors, the Fermi level, electrons and holes, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, n-type and p-type, Diffusion and Drift Current, Excess carriers in semiconductors, Optical generation and recombination, the continuity equation, non-homogenous doping, PN-junction: I-V characteristics, Reverse saturation current depletion layer capacitance, Diffusion capacitance, Zener diodes.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE211	Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM122 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Diode models. Diode applications and special-purpose diodes. BJT operation and models. MOSFET operation and models. Single-stage amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and their applications. Integrated circuit timers. Digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. Experiments in the field of analog electronics to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE211s	Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM122s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Diode models. Diode applications and special-purpose diodes. BJT operation and models. MOSFET operation and models. Single-stage amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and their applications. Integrated circuit timers. Digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. Experiments in the field of analog electronics to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
General Electrical Engineering				3
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering						5
Electronics and Communications Engineering						5
Computer and Systems Engineering						5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE212	Digital Circuits						3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE111 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
MOSFET Transistor. The MOSFET as a switch. CMOS Inverter. Logic circuit characterization (Noise Margins, Propagation delay, Power dissipation). CMOS combinational circuits (Static design, logical effort, Pass transistors and transmission gates, Dynamic design). CMOS sequential circuits (Latches and Flip-Flops, synchronous design, timing constraints). Experiments in the field of digital circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE212s	Digital Circuits						3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE111s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
MOSFET Transistor. The MOSFET as a switch. CMOS Inverter. Logic circuit characterization (Noise Margins, Propagation delay, Power dissipation). CMOS combinational circuits (Static design, logical effort, Pass transistors and transmission gates, Dynamic design). CMOS sequential circuits (Latches and Flip-Flops, synchronous design, timing constraints).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				2		6
Computer and Systems Engineering				2		6
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE213	Solid State Electronic Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM123 ) AND ( ECE111 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Semiconductors Review, Theory of junctions and interfaces: p-n and metal-semiconductor junctions, Oxide-semiconductor and heterojunction interfaces, Principles of bipolar transistor operation, Field effect devices: MESFET and MOSFET, Downscaling principles and Submicron devices, Light Emitting Diodes (LED), Laser Diode (LD), Power devices, Device simulators.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE213s	Solid State Electronic Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM123s ) AND ( ECE111s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Semiconductors Review, Theory of junctions and interfaces: p-n and metal-semiconductor junctions, Oxide-semiconductor and heterojunction interfaces, Principles of bipolar transistor operation, Field effect devices: MESFET and MOSFET, Downscaling principles and Submicron devices, Light Emitting Diodes (LED), Laser Diode (LD), Power devices, Device simulators.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE214	Electronic Circuits (1)						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213 ) AND ( EPM114 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Introduction to electronic circuits. Review of physics and operation of diodes and bipolar and MOS transistors. Diode Applications. Small signal models of semiconductor transistors (BJT and MOSFET models). DC biasing circuits. Analysis and design of single-stage and multi-stages amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Operational amplifier circuits. Introduction to active filters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				2		6
Communication Systems Engineering				1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE214s	Electronic Circuits (1)						4 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213s ) AND ( EPM114s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
3 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
Introduction to electronic circuits. Review of physics and operation of diodes and bipolar and MOS transistors. Diode Applications. Small signal models of semiconductor transistors (BJT and MOSFET models). DC biasing circuits. Analysis and design of single-stage and multi-stages amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Operational amplifier circuits. Introduction to active filters.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE215	Introduction to Electronics						2 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM022 AND EPM116 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Diode and Zener models, diode applications: clamping, voltage doupler, clipping, rectification. Op-Amp model, Op-Amp applications: Inverting, non-inverting, buffer, summing, filters, Schmitt trigger, oscillators. Analog and Digital signals. A/D and D/A converters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Mechatronics Engineering and Automation				1		4
Manufacturing Engineering				2
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE215s	Introduction to Electronics						2 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM022s AND EPM116s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		1 Hour
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Diode and Zener models, diode applications: clamping, voltage doupler, clipping, rectification. Op-Amp model, Op-Amp applications: Inverting, non-inverting, buffer, summing, filters, Schmitt trigger, oscillators. Analog and Digital signals. A/D and D/A converters.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
General Mechanical Engineering				2
Design and Production Engineering						4
Mechanical Power Engineering						4
Automotive Engineering						4
Mechatronics Engineering						4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE311	Advanced Semiconductor Devices						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE211 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Semiconductors review, Theory of junctions and interfaces: p-n and metal-semiconductor junctions, Oxide-semiconductor and heterojunction interfaces, Principles of bipolar transistor operation, Field effect devices: MESFET and MOSFET, Downscaling principles and Submicron devices, TFET transistors, SOI transistors, Vertical Transistors: FinFET and Surround gate FET.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE311s	Advanced Semiconductor Devices						2 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE211s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			1 Hour		0 Hours
Required SWL		100		Equivalent ECTS		4
Course Content
Semiconductors review, Theory of junctions and interfaces: p-n and metal-semiconductor junctions, Oxide-semiconductor and heterojunction interfaces, Principles of bipolar transistor operation, Field effect devices: MESFET and MOSFET, Downscaling principles and Submicron devices, TFET transistors, SOI transistors, Vertical Transistors: FinFET and Surround gate FET.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE312	Analog Circuits (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE211 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Analysis and design of single-stage and multi-stage amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Differential amplifiers. Current mirrors. Filters. Introduction to feedback. Experiments in the field of analog circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE312s	Analog Circuits (1)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE211s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Analysis and design of single-stage and multi-stage amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Differential amplifiers. Current mirrors. Filters. Introduction to feedback. Experiments in the field of analog circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE313	Analog Circuits (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE312 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Feedback and its properties. Feedback topologies (series-shunt, series-series, shunt-series, shunt-shunt). Feedback circuits. Stability issues and frequency compensation. Oscillators and Voltage Controlled Oscillators. Power Amplifiers. Experiments in the field of analog circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE313s	Analog Circuits (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE312s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Feedback and its properties. Feedback topologies (series-shunt, series-series, shunt-series, shunt-shunt). Feedback circuits. Stability issues and frequency compensation. Oscillators and Voltage Controlled Oscillators. Power Amplifiers. Experiments in the field of analog circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE314	VLSI Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE212 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
CMOS Fabrication. CMOS scaling. IC Layout. Interconnect Capacitance and Resistance. Clock and power distribution. Datapath building blocks (Shifters, Adders, Multipliers). Semiconductor Memories. IC variability and reliability. Introduction to Input/Outputs. IC design methods. IC design economics. VHDL and FPGA design. Experiments in the field of digital circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE314s	VLSI Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE212s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
CMOS Fabrication. CMOS scaling. IC Layout. Interconnect Capacitance and Resistance. Clock and power distribution. Datapath building blocks (Shifters, Adders, Multipliers). Semiconductor Memories. IC variability and reliability. Introduction to Input/Outputs. IC design methods. IC design economics. VHDL and FPGA design. Experiments in the field of digital circuits to support the theoretical contents of the course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE315	Electronic Circuits (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE214 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Analysis and design of differential amplifiers in bipolar and CMOS technologies. Current mirrors and active loads. Negative feedback topologies ((Series–Series), (Series–Shunt), (Shunt–Series) and (Shunt–Shunt)). Stability issues and frequency compensation. Oscillators and Voltage Controlled Oscillators. Power Amplifiers (class A, class B and class AB).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		7
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE315s	Electronic Circuits (2)						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE214s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Analysis and design of differential amplifiers in bipolar and CMOS technologies. Current mirrors and active loads. Negative feedback topologies ((Series–Series), (Series–Shunt), (Shunt–Series) and (Shunt–Shunt)). Stability issues and frequency compensation. Oscillators and Voltage Controlled Oscillators. Power Amplifiers (class A, class B and class AB).
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE316	Digital Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE111 ) AND ( ECE214 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
CMOS Inverter: Noise margin, Propagation delay, Power dissipation, CMOS combinational circuits: Static design, Pass transistors and transmission gates, Dynamic design, CMOS sequential circuits: Latches, Flip-flops, Counters, Monostable Ring oscillator, Random Access Memory RAM, Read Only Memory ROM, Emitter Coupled Logic ECL, Bi CMOS circuits.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		8
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE316s	Digital Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( CSE111s ) AND ( ECE214s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		175		Equivalent ECTS		7
Course Content
CMOS Inverter: Noise margin, Propagation delay, Power dissipation, CMOS combinational circuits: Static design, Pass transistors and transmission gates, Dynamic design, CMOS sequential circuits: Latches, Flip-flops, Counters, Monostable Ring oscillator, Random Access Memory RAM, Read Only Memory ROM, Emitter Coupled Logic ECL, Bi CMOS circuits.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE317	Modern VLSI Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213 ) AND ( PHM121 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Semiconductors Review, Metal Semiconductor Contacts, MOS Capacitor, MOSFET Fundamentals, Short Channel and Nanoscale MOSFETs, High Field Effects, Partially Depleted SOI Devices, Ultra-Thin-Body Fully Depleted SOI Transistors, Multi-gate MOSFETs.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE317s	Modern VLSI Devices						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE213s ) AND ( PHM121s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Semiconductors Review, Metal Semiconductor Contacts, MOS Capacitor, MOSFET Fundamentals, Short Channel and Nanoscale MOSFETs, High Field Effects, Partially Depleted SOI Devices, Ultra-Thin-Body Fully Depleted SOI Transistors, Multi-gate MOSFETs.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE318	Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE315 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Digital multimetre and oscilloscope, electronic measurements, static and dynamic characteristics, electromagnetic interference, signal sources and acquisition, sensors, amplifiers, noise, voltage references, analog-to-digital conversion, measurement data communication, examples and experiments.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE318s	Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE315s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		2 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Digital multimetre and oscilloscope, electronic measurements, static and dynamic characteristics, electromagnetic interference, signal sources and acquisition, sensors, amplifiers, noise, voltage references, analog-to-digital conversion, measurement data communication, examples and experiments.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%


ECE411	Integrated Circuits Technology						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE311 OR ECE317 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
IC Processing, Clean Rooms and Clean Room Technology, Bulk Crystal growth, Epitaxial growth, Photolithography, Etching, Oxidation process, Diffusion process, Chemical vapour deposition CVD, Evaporation and multilayer coating, Ionic exchange process, Fabrication of passive and active components, Process integration and standard technologies, Layout design rules, Layout parasitics, Layout techniques, Interconnect modelling.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE411s	Integrated Circuits Technology						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE311s OR ECE317s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
IC Processing, Clean Rooms and Clean Room Technology, Bulk Crystal growth, Epitaxial growth, Photolithography, Etching, Oxidation process, Diffusion process, Chemical vapour deposition CVD, Evaporation and multilayer coating, Ionic exchange process, Fabrication of passive and active components, Process integration and standard technologies, Layout design rules, Layout parasitics, Layout techniques, Interconnect modelling.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE412	Analog Integrated Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE313 OR ECE315 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Advanced current mirrors. Operational amplifiers (basic, two-stage, Miller, symmetrical, telescopic, folded, fully differential). Stability and frequency compensation. Common-mode feedback circuits. Voltage and current references. Noise. Non-linearity. Mismatches.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE412s	Analog Integrated Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE313s OR ECE315s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Advanced current mirrors. Operational amplifiers (basic, two-stage, Miller, symmetrical, telescopic, folded, fully differential). Stability and frequency compensation. Common-mode feedback circuits. Voltage and current references. Noise. Non-linearity. Mismatches.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE413	ASIC Design and Automation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE314 OR ECE316 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Fundamentals of design automation of VLSI circuits and systems, HDL languages (VHDL/Verilog), high-level design, high-level synthesis, logic synthesis and technology mapping; Design for test; Layout of complex gates, physical design, placement and routing, chip integration, physical verification.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE413s	ASIC Design and Automation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE314s OR ECE316s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Fundamentals of design automation of VLSI circuits and systems, HDL languages (VHDL/Verilog), high-level design, high-level synthesis, logic synthesis and technology mapping; Design for test; Layout of complex gates, physical design, placement and routing, chip integration, physical verification.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE414	RF Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE412 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic concepts of radio frequency circuits and systems, RF transceivers architectures, Noise and non-linearity analysis, harmonic distortion, Impedance matching and smith chart, Basic theory of different building blocks existing in RF systems and Frequency Synthesizers: Low Noise Amplifiers, Mixers, Oscillators, phase noise, RF frequency synthesis, RF Power Amplifiers (class A, class B, class C, class AB).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE414s	RF Circuit Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE412s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic concepts of radio frequency circuits and systems, RF transceivers architectures, Noise and non-linearity analysis, harmonic distortion, Impedance matching and smith chart, Basic theory of different building blocks existing in RF systems and Frequency Synthesizers: Low Noise Amplifiers, Mixers, Oscillators, phase noise, RF frequency synthesis, RF Power Amplifiers (class A, class B, class C, class AB).
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE415	Electronic Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE313 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic architecture. Sensor categories and characterization. Linear and nonlinear analog interface signal conditioning. Noise and interference reduction techniques and lock-in detection. Smart sensors and embedded instrumentation systems. Examples of instrumentation systems in industrial, automotive, biomedical and avionic applications.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE415s	Electronic Instrumentation						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE313s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Basic architecture. Sensor categories and characterization. Linear and nonlinear analog interface signal conditioning. Noise and interference reduction techniques and lock-in detection. Smart sensors and embedded instrumentation systems. Examples of instrumentation systems in industrial, automotive, biomedical and avionic applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE416	MEMS Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE411 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to MEMS, Review of basic fabrication processes, example of fabrication flows, System modelling, MEMS mechanical design, damping mechanisms, Actuation methods, Sensing elements, some selected applications.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE416s	MEMS Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE411s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Introduction to MEMS, Review of basic fabrication processes, example of fabrication flows, System modelling, MEMS mechanical design, damping mechanisms, Actuation methods, Sensing elements, some selected applications.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE417	Low Power Digital Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE314 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Importance of low power design. Review of nanometre MOSFET models. CMOS power consumption. Energy vs power. Effect of scaling on power consumption. Energy-delay trade-off. Optimizing dynamic power at design time (multiple supplies, sizing, technology mapping). Optimizing static power at design time (sizing, multiple thresholds, stacking). Optimizing power at the architecture and system level (concurrency, pipelining, hardware accelerators). Optimizing interconnects and clock power. Optimizing power at standby (clock gating, power gating, sizing, body biasing). Optimizing power at runtime (dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, adaptive techniques). Optimizing power in memory circuits. Subthreshold circuit design. Power analysis and estimation. Using low-power techniques in standard cell flow. Unified power format (UPF). Low power verification. Futuristic low power design techniques.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE417s	Low Power Digital Design						3 CH
Prerequisites	( ECE314s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Importance of low power design. Review of nanometre MOSFET models. CMOS power consumption. Energy vs power. Effect of scaling on power consumption. Energy-delay trade-off. Optimizing dynamic power at design time (multiple supplies, sizing, technology mapping). Optimizing static power at design time (sizing, multiple thresholds, stacking). Optimizing power at the architecture and system level (concurrency, pipelining, hardware accelerators). Optimizing interconnects and clock power. Optimizing power at standby (clock gating, power gating, sizing, body biasing). Optimizing power at runtime (dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, adaptive techniques). Optimizing power in memory circuits. Subthreshold circuit design. Power analysis and estimation. Using low-power techniques in standard cell flow. Unified power format (UPF). Low power verification. Futuristic low power design techniques.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE418	Selected Topics in Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in electronics to be presented in this course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
15%		25%		10%		40%


ECE418s	Selected Topics in Electronics						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in electronics to be presented in this course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE419	Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in circuits and systems be presented in this course.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				4
Communication Systems Engineering				5
Communication Systems Engineering				5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE419s	Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems						3 CH
Prerequisites
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Selected topics in recent directions in circuits and systems be presented in this course.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
40%		20%		0%		40%


ECE131	Electrostatics and Magnetostatics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM013 ) AND ( PHM022 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Coulomb’s law, Electric field intensity, Field of point charge, line charge, surface charge, and continuous volume charge, Electric flux, Gauss’s law, Divergence, Electric energy and potential, Electric conductors, Principle of images, Electrical capacitance, Dielectric materials, Dipoles, Dielectric permittivity, Poisson’s equation, Laplace’s equation. Steady magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Magnetic forces, Magnetic materials, Magnetic circuits, Inductance, time varying fields, Maxwell’s equations, Wave equations, Propagation in free space.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				1		4
Materials Engineering				1
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
35%		20%		0%		40%


ECE131s	Electrostatics and Magnetostatics						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM013s ) AND ( PHM022s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		0 Hours
Required SWL		125		Equivalent ECTS		5
Course Content
Coulomb’s law, Electric field intensity, Field of point charge, line charge, surface charge, and continuous volume charge, Electric flux, Gauss’s law, Divergence, Electric energy and potential, Electric conductors, Principle of images, Electrical capacitance, Dielectric materials, Dipoles, Dielectric permittivity, Poisson’s equation, Laplace’s equation. Steady magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Magnetic forces, Magnetic materials, Magnetic circuits, Inductance, time varying fields, Maxwell’s equations, Wave equations, Propagation in free space.
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
20%		20%		0%		60%


ECE331	Electromagnetic Waves						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM213 ) AND ( ECE213 )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Maxwell’s equations of time varying fields, Boundary conditions, Wave propagation equation, Electromagnetic waves in dielectric and conducting media, Skin depth, Surface impedance, Polarization, Phasor notation, Reflection and refraction of plane waves at dielectric-conductor and dielectric-dielectric interface. Normal and oblique incidence, Total internal reflection, Critical angle, Brewster angle, Multiple reflections from a dielectric slab, Energy and momentum in electromagnetic fields, Poynting theorem, Power loss in conductors and dielectrics, Material dispersion, Phase and group velocities, Transmission line theory, Impedance matching, Parallel and series stub matching, Smith chart.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Communication Systems Engineering				3		5
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
25%		20%		10%		40%


ECE331s	Electromagnetic Waves						3 CH
Prerequisites	( PHM212s OR PHM213s ) AND ( EPM112s )
Number of weekly Contact Hours
Lecture			Tutorial		Laboratory
2 Hours			2 Hours		1 Hour
Required SWL		150		Equivalent ECTS		6
Course Content
Maxwell’s equations of time varying fields, Boundary conditions, Wave propagation equation, Electromagnetic waves in dielectric and conducting media, Skin depth, Surface impedance, Polarization, Phasor notation, Reflection and refraction of plane waves at dielectric-conductor and dielectric-dielectric interface. Normal and oblique incidence, Total internal reflection, Critical angle, Brewster angle, Multiple reflections from a dielectric slab, Energy and momentum in electromagnetic fields, Poynting theorem, Power loss in conductors and dielectrics, Material dispersion, Phase and group velocities, Transmission line theory, Impedance matching, Parallel and series stub matching, Smith chart.
Used in Program / Level
Program Name or requirement				Study Level		Semester
Electronics and Communications Engineering				4		7
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities		Mid-Term Exam		Oral/Practical		Final Exam
30%		20%		10%		40%

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