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:

  1. Several Basic Electrical Engineering courses as an Electrical Discipline Requirement.
  2. Basic Electrical Engineering course as a Mechanical Discipline Requirement.
  3. Electronics and Communications Engineering Program
  4. 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
CH ECTS SWL Lec Tut Lab TT UR FR DR PR SA MT PE FE
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 ( ECE131 )
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 
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 
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering 
Computer and Systems Engineering 
Electronics and Communications Engineering 
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 
 
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering 
 
Electronics and Communications Engineering 
 
Computer and Systems Engineering 
 
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 
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 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
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 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
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 
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 
 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
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 
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 
Electronics and Communications Engineering 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
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 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
Electronics and Communications Engineering 
10 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
 
Electrical Power and Machines Engineering 
 
Electronics and Communications Engineering 
 
Computer and Systems Engineering 
 
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 
Computer and Systems Engineering 
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 
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 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
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 
Manufacturing Engineering 
 
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 
 
Design and Production Engineering 
 
Mechanical Power Engineering 
 
Automotive Engineering 
 
Mechatronics Engineering 
 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
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 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 
 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
Communication Systems Engineering 
 
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 
Materials Engineering 
 
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 ( ECE131 ) 
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 
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 
Assessment Criteria
Student Activities Mid-Term Exam Oral/Practical Final Exam
30% 20% 10% 40%