TTG Area

Problem

Reading List

1

Communications, Controls and Signal Processing

ECGR-4111: Control Systems

(Sample Problem)

Automatic Control Systems, B. C. Kuo, 8th Edition, 2002. Chapters 9 and 10.

ECGR-4123: Analog and Digital Communications

(Sample Problem)

Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B.P. Lathi, Oxford Univ. Press, 3rd Ed., 1998, ISBN 0-19-511009-9. Chapters 1-8, 10

ECGR-4124: Digital Signal Processing

(Sample Problem)

Discrete-Time Signal Processing: A.V. Oppenheim, R.W. Schaffer, and J.R. Buck, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1998, ISBN 0-13-754920-2. Chapters 1-10.

2

Devices, Circuits, and Systems

ECGR-3121/3122: Electromagnetic Fields

(Sample Problem)

Fundamentals of Electromagnetics for Electrical and Computer Engineering, N. N. Rao, Pearson Education, Inc., Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

ECGR-3132: Electronics-II

(Sample Problem)

Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edition, Oxford University Press. Chapters on feedback and frequency response of amplifiers.

ECGR-4261: Microwave Circuit Design-I

Microwave Engineering, 3rd Edition, David M. Pozar, Wiley, Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8.

3

Energy and Sustainability

ECGR-3133: Solid State Electronics

(Sample Problem)

“An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices”, Donald Neamen, 4^th edition. Chapters 1-7.

ECGR-4125: Foundations of Optical Engineering

(Sample Problem)

Photonics, Amnon Yariv, 6th Ed. Oxford press. Nature of light; classical and wave optics; Optical waveguide and integrated optics; Couple mode theory, fiber interconnect, optical modulation, and transmissions; Optical materials; Polarization and passive optical devices; Active optical devices; WDM; Optical Communication systems; Fourier Optics and optical signal processing; Optical Images; Optical Detection.

ECGR-4134: Solid State and Semiconductor Microelectronics-I

(Sample Problem)

“An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices”, Donald Neamen, 4^th edition. Chapters 8-14.

4

High Performance Embedded Computing

ECGR-4101: Embedded Systems

(Sample Problem)

Course notes: www.coe.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/classes.htm

ECGR-4146: VHDL

The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Peter J Ashenden, 3rd Edition Volume 3, Chapters 2 – 10.

ECGR-4181: Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, John Hennessy and David Patterson, Fourth Edition. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

5

Power Systems

ECGR-4141: Power Systems Analysis-I

(Sample Problem)

System Analysis by Hadi Saadat, McGraw Hill. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

ECGR-4142: Power Systems Analysis-II

System Analysis by Hadi Saadat, McGraw Hill. Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

ECGR-4143: Electrical Machines

A.E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingsley, and S. Umans, Electrical Machinery. Chapters 1 – 6.