1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
VHDL and High Level Synthesis: High level systhesis,
functional models, HDL, VHDL, design entity declarations,
architectural body, behavioural modelling, transport and
inertial delays, signal assignments, drivers, data structures,
block statements, guarded assignments, structural
description, overloading, chip level and finite state machine
modelling, system synthesis from behavioural models,
algorithmic level design, data flow design, algorithmic
synthesis.
VLSI: overview of processes used in IC fabrication, theory
of MOS technologies, models of MOS transistors, MOS
logic structures and device sizing, pass transistor logic,
layout and desi n rules, extraction of parameters from
layout, circuit c 'i aracterisation and performance estimation,
clockin schemes and vanous design rules, system design,
the IC fesign flow.
Recommended reading
Bhasker, J., A WDL Primer, Prentice Hdl, 1992
Douglas, P,, VHDL, McGraw-Hill
Gajski, D., & Dutt, N., High Level Synthesis Introduction to Chip
and System Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers
IEEE Design and Test of Computer Magazine
IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design
Cr Schoel, J., Pdonnance and Fault Modelng with WDL, Prentice Hall
H Tuinenga, P. W., Spice -A guide to Circuit Simulation &Analysis
p Using PSPICE, 2nd edn, Englewood, Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall,
1992
t; Weste, N & Eshraglan, K., Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: A
Systems Perspective, Reading, Mass, Addison-Wesley, 1985
EE563 Advanced Computer Techniques
7 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: EE467 Corequisite: nil Assessment:
assignment/computer laboratory
A final year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
EE576 Electronics
7 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: EE476 Corequisite: nil Assessment:
examination/assignmenr
A final year subject in the power and control engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
Objectives
To extend the principles learned in earlier years of
microcontroller power electronics and opto-electronics,
with applications in the power areas.
Content
Part A - Microcontrollers
The application of single chip microcontrollers to electrical
engineering. A/D and D/A conversion. Data
communications and interfacing.
Part B - Power electronics
Protection of sem.iconductor devices. Current protection
over voltage protection high speed fuses. Series and parallel
operation. Design of base and gate driver circuits with
isolation.
Recommended reading
Ayala, K.J., The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming
and Applications. West Publishing Co., 1991
Halsall, F., Data Communications, Computer Networks and OSI.
2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1988
Intel Imbedded Microcontrollers and Processors, Intel
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, 1993
Krutz, R.L., Interfacing Techniques in Digital Design with
Emphasis on Microprocessors. Wiley, 1988
Lander, Power Electronics, London, McGraw-Hill, 1981
McKenzie, IS., The 8051 Microcontroller. Macrnillan, 1992
Mohan, Undeland & Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters,
Applications and Design. Wiley, 1989
Peatrnan, J.B., Design with Microconrollm. McGraw-Hill, 1988
Phillips IC20, 80C51 Based 8-bit Microcontrollers.
Williams, B.W., Power Electronics. Macrnillan, 1987
EE597 Electrical Power Systems
11 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthom
Prerequisites: EE471i Corequisite: nil Assessment:
examination/assignment
A final year subject in the power and control engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
Objectives
To continue the study of power systems and in particular
the topics of stability, protection and circuit interruption.
Content
Power Systems
Symmetrical components, unsymmetrical fault calculations,
travelling waves and surges, high voltage direct current
systems, transmission line economics.
Power Systems Stability
Cylindrical and salient rotors, direct and quadrature axes
components. Transient Stability: Rotor dynamics - the
swing equation, network configurations, equal area
criterion. Dynamic Stability: Linearisation of system
equations, state space representation.
Power System Control
Automatic voltage regulator and governor functions, digital
computer techniques
Protection Systems
Overcurrent protection. Instantaneous and inverse time.
Distance protection. Directional features. Machine
protection.
Circuit Interruption and Circuit Breakers: Arc
characteristics. Principles of circuit interruption. Circuit
breaker types. Standard specifications. Circuit breaker
testing.
Recommended reading
Electricity Council. Power System Protection. 2nd edn, Stevena~e,
U.K., Pe;egrinus, 1981
Flurscheim. C.H. Power Circuit Breaker 77~eorv and Desia.
Stevenage, Hens Peregrinus for the ~nstitutioi of ~lectrh
Engineers, 1975
Greenwood, A. Electrical Transients in Power Systems. New York,
Wiley-Interscience, 1971
Stevenson, W.D. Elements of Power System Analysis. 4th edn, New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1982