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<strong>Sirindhorn</strong> International Institute of Technology<br />

<strong>Undergraduate</strong> <strong>Catalog</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

Waveguides and resonators. Basic microwave networks.<br />

Scattering. Radiation. Basic antenna theory.<br />

ECS 462 Antennas 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 233 or consent of Head of School<br />

Problem-based learning; Basic definitions and theorems,<br />

formulation of the radiation problems, isotropic point<br />

source, power and field patterns, directivity and gain,<br />

radiation impedance, wave polarization, radiation from<br />

current elements. Analysis and design of linear wire<br />

antenna, linear array antenna, Uda-Yagi antenna, logperiodic<br />

antenna, aperture antenna. Antenna<br />

measurement techniques.<br />

ECS 464 Computer Interfacing and 3(3-0-6)<br />

Instrumentation<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 382 or consent of Head of School<br />

Overviews of general-purpose microprocessor, digital<br />

signal processor (DSP), and specialized processor<br />

architectures. Tradeoff analysis: algorithm complexity,<br />

software-hardware tradeoffs, etc. Basic hardware and<br />

software computing elements: basic components such as<br />

functions, buses, interconnections, buffers, etc.<br />

Interrupts, DMA, and I/O. Instruction sets and<br />

programming. Interfacing Techniques. System design<br />

method and tools: hardware design, software design,<br />

example of system design, etc.<br />

ECS 465 Biomedical Instrumentation 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 261 or ECS 362 or<br />

consent of Head of School<br />

Overviews of human body. Electrodes and<br />

biotransducers. Bioelectric amplifiers. Instrumentation<br />

for heart and brain parameters. Magnetic resonance<br />

imaging. Medical laboratory instrumentation. Medical<br />

ultrasound. Bioelectric and biomagnetic measurement.<br />

Biochemical measurement. Chemical transducers:<br />

electrochemical, optical, and biosensor based chemical<br />

transducers, etc. Continuous measurement of chemical<br />

qualities. Computers in biomedical equipment. Optical<br />

based chemical equipment for environment monitoring.<br />

ECS 466 Optical Metrology 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 261 or ECS 362 or<br />

consent of Head of School<br />

Optic Reviews: light sources, photodetectors, and fiber<br />

optics. Principles and applications of optical sensors,<br />

transducers, and equipment in industrial and biomedical<br />

areas. Example of sensor system design. Optical based<br />

chemical analysis equipment for environmental<br />

monitoring: air and water pollution. Continuous<br />

Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMs) Optical<br />

instrumentation: spectrophotometer, spectroscopy, nondispersive<br />

infrared (NDIR), etc.<br />

ECS 467 Introduction to Industry 3(3-0-6)<br />

Automation<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 381 or consent of Head of School<br />

Introduction to computer controlled system in industry.<br />

Hardware and software tools for measurement and<br />

controlling systems: LabView, Real-time Workshop<br />

(RTW), etc. Data transmission and network protocols<br />

used in industry. Process control terminology and<br />

definitions (refer to ISA standards). State control. State<br />

diagrams. Logic control. LADDER programming.<br />

PETRINET. Distributed control systems (DCS). Automated<br />

measuring systems: IEEE488 standard bus. Automated<br />

inspection systems. Their functional characteristics and<br />

computerized controls are covered. Automated visual<br />

inspection: machine visions and color sensors, etc.<br />

Current topics of interest from the literature.<br />

ECS 471 Switching Theory 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 371 or consent of Head of School<br />

Models for sequential circuits: state tables and state<br />

diagrams, clock and pulse modes, and Mealy and Moore<br />

models. Analysis of synchronous sequential circuits (SSC):<br />

completely and incompletely specified circuits, state<br />

assignment, equivalent states, state reduction, circuit<br />

realization, and synthesis of SSC. Analysis of<br />

asynchronous sequential circuits (ASC): races, cycles,<br />

hazards, and synthesis of ASC. Introduction to fault<br />

diagnosis, Sequential circuits and regular expressions.<br />

ECS 472 Digital Signal Processing 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 281 or consent of Head of School<br />

Discrete-time signals and systems. Linear time-invariant<br />

systems and their properties. Sampling of continuoustime<br />

signals and convolution. IIR and FIR filter designs.<br />

Effects of finite word length. The discrete Fourier<br />

transform. Fast Fourier transform algorithms. Relations<br />

between Fourier Transform (FT), Discrete-frequency FT<br />

(DFFT) or Fourier series, Discrete-time FT (DTFT), and<br />

Discrete FT (DFT: Discrete both time & frequency).<br />

ECS 473 Digital Filter Design 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 281 or consent of Head of School<br />

Analog filter fundamentals for the study of digital filters.<br />

Common analog filters: Butterworth, Chebyshev,<br />

elliptical, and Bessel filters. Fundamentals and design<br />

techniques of FIR and IIR filters. Finite word length<br />

effects and sensitivity analysis.<br />

ECS 474 Digital Speech Processing 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 281 or consent of Head of School<br />

Speech Quality & Intelligibility. Speech coding standards,<br />

Linear Predictive coding techniques, Frequency domain<br />

codes. Speech enhancement and noise reduction. Speech<br />

recognition.<br />

ECS 475 Digital Image Processing 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 281 or consent of Head of School<br />

Digital image fundamentals. Image transformations.<br />

Image enhancement. Image restoration. Image<br />

compression. Image segmentation. Representation<br />

schemes and descriptors.<br />

ECS 476 Adaptive Filtering 3(3-0-6)<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 281 or consent of Head of School<br />

Fundamental concepts of adaptive filtering. Introduction<br />

to design and implementation of digital adaptive filters.<br />

Analysis and practical considerations of filtering<br />

algorithms and structures.<br />

ECS 477 Signal Processing for 3(3-0-6)<br />

Communication Systems<br />

Prerequisite: ECS 472 or consent of Head of School<br />

Problem-based learning; Speech coding and decoding,<br />

image coding and decoding, transmultiplexers, filter<br />

banks, channel estimation, channel equalization,<br />

synchronization, array processing, power spectral<br />

estimation, adaptive filtering, ADC and DAC algorithms.<br />

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