PinoyBIX Engineering Problem Solving and Reference

Course Name

• PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATIONS

Course Description

• Bandwidth; filters; linear modulation; angle modulation; phase locked loop; pulse modulation; multiplexing techniques; noise analysis; radio transmitters and receivers.

Prerequisites:

• Electronic Circuits Analysis and Design
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Conceptualize and analyze a communication system.
• 2. design communication circuits and subsystems

Principles of Communications Course Outline

• 1. Introduction to Communications Systems
• 2. Amplitude Modulation
• 3. Single-Sideband Techniques
• 4. Frequency Modulation
• 5. Radio Receivers
• 6. Noise
• 7. Pulse Modulation
• 8. Digital Modulation
• 9. Radiation and Propagation of Waves
• 10. Broadband Communication System

Lectures

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• Amplitude Modulation
• Frequency Modulation
• Noise

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Course Name

• ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS / ELECTRONICS 1

Course Description

• Introduction to quantum mechanics of solid state electronics; diode and transistor characteristics and models (BJT and FET); diode circuit analysis and applications; transistor biasing; small signal analysis; large signal analysis; transistor amplifiers; Boolean logic; transistor switch.

Prerequisites:

• Applied Physics/Physics 2
• Integral Calculus

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Acquire a strong foundation on semiconductor physics; diode and diode circuit analysis; MOS and BJT (small and large signal) circuit analysis.

Electronic Devices and Circuits Course Outline

• 1. Orientation: Review of Course
• 2. Assessment of the Different Types of Learners
• 3. Fundamentals of tubes and other devices
• 4. Introduction of Semiconductors
• 5. Diode Equivalent Circuits
• 6. Wave Shaping Circuits
• 7. Special Diode Application
• 8. Power Supply And Voltage Regulation
• 9. Bipolar Junction Transistor
• 10. Small- Signal Analysis (BJT)
• 11. Field Effect Transistor
• 12. Small-Signal Analysis (FET)
• 13. Large-Signal Analysis

Lectures

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• Semiconductor Theory
• Diode
• Bipolar Junction Transistor

Suggested References

Robert L. Boylestad, Thomas L. Floyd

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Course Name

• TRANSMISSION MEDIA AND ANTENNA SYSTEMS

Course Description

• Transmission media; radiowave propagation wire and cable transmission systems; fiber-optic transmission system; transmission lines and antenna systems.

Prerequisites:

• Digital Communications
• Electromagnetics

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to conceptualize,analyze and design transmission lines and antenna systems.

• 1. Describe the types of transmission lines and calculate the line constants.
• 2. Differentiate the types of radio wave propagation and be familiar with their applications.
• 3. Understand the principle and characteristics of antennas , the different types as well as the methodology in the design of each.
• 4. Be able to design and construct a wideband antenna ( VHF and UHF).

Transmission Media and Antenna Systems Outline

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Course Name

• FEEDBACK AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

Course Description

• This course deals with time and frequency response of feedback control systems. The topics covered include, time response of first order and second order systems, modeling, transfer functions, pole-zero map, stability analysis, root locus, bode plots, compensators, PID controllers, and introduction to state-space techniques.

Prerequisites:

• Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Familiar with various systems exhibiting control mechanisms and understand their operation.
• 2. Able to develop the value of being analytic and able to apply learned concepts to improve systems.
• 3. Able to understand and appreciate feedback control.
• 4. Able to apply system-level thinking
• 5. Able to demonstrate knowledge of concepts in dealing with feedback and control systems

Feedback and Control Systems Outline

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Course Name

• SIGNALS SPECTRA, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

Course Description

• Fourier transform; z transform; convolution; FIR filters; IIR filters; random signal analysis; correlation functions; DFT; FFT; spectral analysis; applications of signal processing to speech, image, etc.

Prerequisites:

• Probability and Statistics
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to conceptualize, analyze and design signals, spectra and signal processing system.

Signals Spectra, and Signal Processing Course Outline

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Course Name

• ENERGY CONVERSION

Course Description

• Principles of energy conversion and transducers: electromechanical, photoelectric, photovoltaic, thermoelectric, piezzoelectric; hall effect; reed switch; electrochemical, etc; generators, transformers; dynamic analysis, and fuel cells.

Prerequisites:

• Circuits 2
• Electromagnetics

Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to introduce the concepts of energy conversion using transducers and be able to familiarize the students with the several applications of these devices.

Energy Conversion Course Outline

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Course Name

• DATA COMMUNICATIONS

Course Description

• Data communication systems; terminals, modems; terminal control units; multiplexers; concentrators; front-end processors; common carrier services; data communication system design; computer network models; TCP/IP principles; LAN; WAN; sample case studies

Prerequisites:

• Digital Communications

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to conceptualize, analyze and design a data communication system.

• 1. Introduction to Data Communications
• 2. Category of Data Communication
• 3. Configurations and Network Topology
• 4. Transmission Modes
• 5. Two-wire vs. Four Wire Circuits
• 6. Types of Synchronization
• 7. Network Components (Terminal, multiplexer, concentrators)
• 8. Network Components (LCU,FEP,Serial Interface)
• 9. Security
• 10. Cryptography
• 11. Open System Interconnection
• 12. System Network Architecture
• 13. TCP/IP Architecture
• 14. Character-Oriented Protocols
• 15. Bit-Oriented Protocols
• 16. LAN/MAN/WAN/GAN
• 17. ISDN/B-ISDN

Data Communications Course Outline

Suggested References

Data Communications and Networking, Behrouz A. Forouzan

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Course Name

• PHYSICS 2 / APPLIED PHYSICS

Course Description

• Fluids; thermal expansion, thermal stress; heat transfer; calorimetry; waves; electrostatics; electricity; magnetism; optics; image formation by plane and curved mirrors; and image formation by thin lenses.

Prerequisites:

• Physics 1

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Describe the characteristics of fluids at rest and in motion;
• 2. Compute the buoyant force on an object immersed in a fluid;
• 3. Compute the pressure and flow speed of a fluid at any point in a flow tube;
• 4. Determine the amount of expansion of a given material in relation to temperature change;
• 5. Determine the change in temperature of a given amount of material that loses or gains;
• 6. Solve problems about the law of heat transfer;
• 7. Describe the three methods of heat transfer;
• 8. Discuss the properties of waves;
• 9. Describe the modes of vibration of strings and air columns;
• 10. Solve problems on Doppler Effect;
• 11. Compute the electric force between electric charges;
• 12. Compute the electric field due to electric charges;
• 13. Compute the electric potential due to a charge and electric potential energy of charges;
• 14. Define electric current, electric resistance and voltage;
• 15. Solve problems on resistance and cells in series and parallel;
• 16. State Kirchhoff’s rules and apply them in a given circuit;
• 17. Compute the magnetic field of a given current-carrying conductors;
• 18. Compute the magnetic torque on a current conductor in a magnetic field; and
• 19. Describe image formation by mirrors and lenses.

Applied Physics Course Outline

Suggested References

Cutnell, J.D. and K.W. Johnsons. Physics, 4th ed. Halliday, David, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker. Fundamentals of Physics, 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996. Serway, Raymond A. and John W. Jewett Jr. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th ed. 2004. Young, Hugh D. and Roger A. Freedman. University Physics, 10th ed. Addison Wesley.

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Course Name

• INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

Course Description

• Theory and operating characteristics of electronic devices and control circuits for industrial processes; industrial control applications; electronics instrumentation; transducers; data acquisition system, power supply and voltage regulator.

Prerequisites:

• Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to understand various electronic power controls and understand how they are designed and their applications.

Industrial Electronics Course Outline

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Course Name

• ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN / ELECTRONICS 2

Course Description

• High frequency transistor models; analysis of transistor circuits; multi-stage amplifier, feedback, differential amplifiers and operational amplifiers; integrated circuit families (RTL, DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS)

Prerequisites:

• Electronics Devices and Circuits / Electronics 1

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Review the basic electronics learned in Electronics 1.
• 2. Analyze different circuits and models at high frequency.
• 3. Analyze and solve problems with regards to transistor circuits.
• 4. Define an operational amplifier.
• 5. Analyze combinational and sequential devices for logic circuits.
• 6. Familiarize with the integrated circuit families.

Electronic Circuits Analysis and Design Course Outline

Suggested References

Robert L. Boylestad, Thomas L. Floyd

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Course Name

• PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY

Course Description

• Trigonometric functions; identities and equations; solutions of triangles; law of sines; law of cosines; inverse trigonometric functions; spherical trigonometry.

Prerequisites:

• None

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Define angles and how they are measured;
• 2. Define and evaluate each of the six trigonometric functions;
• 3. Prove trigonometric functions;
• 4. Define and evaluate inverse trigonometric functions;
• 5. Solve trigonometric equations;
• 6. Solve problems involving right triangles using trigonometric function definitions for acute angles; and
• 7. Solve problems involving oblique triangles by the use of the sine and cosine laws.

Plane and Spherical Trigonometry Course Outline

Suggested References

Dilley, et al. Algebra 2 with Trigonometry. D.C. Heath & Co., 1990. Leithold, Louis. College Algebra and Trigonometry. Addison-Wesley, 1992. Sobel, Max A. and Norbert Lerner. Algebra and Trigonometry, 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1995.

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Course Name

• PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Course Description

• Basic principles of statistics; presentation and analysis of data; averages, median, mode; deviations; probability distributions; normal curves and applications; regression analysis and correlation; application to engineering problems.

Prerequisites:

• College Algebra

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Define relevant statistical terms;
• 2. Discuss competently the following concepts:
• 2.1. Frequency distribution
• 2.2. Measures of central tendency
• 2.3. Probability distribution
• 2.4. Normal distribution
• 2.5. Inferential statistics
• 3. Apply accurately statistical knowledge in solving specific engineering problem situations.

Probability and Statistics Course Outline

Suggested References

Sellers, Gene R. and Stephen A. Vardeman. Elementary Statistics, 2nd ed. Saunders College Publishing, 1982. Walpole, Ronald E., et al. Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 7th ed. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002.

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Course Name

• ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

Course Description

• Equations of lines and conic sections; curve tracing in both rectangular and polar coordinates in two-dimensional space.

Prerequisites:

• College Algebra
• Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

• 1. Set up equations given enough properties of lines and conics;
• 2. Draw the graph of the given equation of the line and the equation of the conic section; and
• 3. Analyze and trace completely the curve, given their equations in both rectangular and polar coordinates, in two-dimensional space.

Analytic Geometry Course Outline

Suggested References

Fuller, Gordon and Dalton Tarwater. Analytic Geometry, 7th ed. AddisonWesley,1993. Protter, Murray H. and Philip E. Protter. Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 4th ed. Quirino and Mijares. Plane and Analytic Geometry, 2nd ed. Riddle, Douglas F. Analytic Geometry, 6th ed. Swokowski, Earl W. and Jeffrey A. Cole. Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry, 10th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 2001. Analytic Geometry (Made Easy) Felipe L. Commandante, Jr

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