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EE562 Computer Electronics
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisites: EE459 Electrical Design
Instruction: lecturesltutorialsllaboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A final-year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).
Subject aims
To provide a grounding in digital systems design with
programmable logic, and CMOS VLSI design at the system
level.
Subject description
Digital systems design with programmable logic: algorithmic
state machines, map-entered variables method, synthesis of
ASM-based designs, ROM; PAL, PLA and synthesis by
programmable devices using PLDs and FPGAs.
CMOS VLSl design: MOS transistor theory, basic CMOS
circuit blocks, the CMOS process and layout design rules,
circuit characterisation and performance estimation, and
system design and design methods.
TextlReferences
Bolton, M. Digital Systems Design with Programmable Logic. Addison-
Wesley, 1990
Green, D. Modern Logic Design. Addison-Wesley, 1986
Kecwn, J. PSPICE and Cimit Analysis. Maxwell MacMillan, 1991
Tuinenga, W. SPICE - A Guide to Circuit Simulation & Analysis
Using PSPICE. 2nd d, Prentice-Hall. 1992
Weste, N. and Eshragian, K. Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: A
Systems Perspective. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1985
EE563 Advanced Computer Techniques
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE467 Computer Communications
Instruction: lectures/laboratory
Assessment: assignment/computer laboratory
A final-year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).
Subject aims
To introduce advanced computer engineering concepts and
techniques in the areas of computer software, hardware and
computer applications.
$ Subject description
Material presented in this subject reflects the current
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research interests of computer systems engineering lecturers.
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Students choose three units, examples of which include:
parallel computer systems
database systems
hardware description languages
comparative languages
image processing
compilation techniques
digital signal processing architectures
Each unit is allocated one hour per week. Availability of
units will depend on student demand and staff.
TextslReferences
IEEE and ACM transactions and magazines
Other references as advised by unit lecturel~
EE576 Electronics
No, of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: EE476 Electronics
Instruction: lecturesAutoriaIs1laboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A final-year subject in the electrical power and control
engineering stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical).
Subject aims
To extend the principles learned in earlier years of
microcontroller power electronics and opto-electronics, with
applications in the power areas.
Subject description
Part A - Microcontrollers
The application of single chip microcontrollers to electrical
engineering. AID and DIA conversion. Data communications
and interfacing.
Part B - Power electronics
Protection of semiconductor devices. Current protection over
voltage protection high speed fuses. Series and parallel
operation. Design of base and gate driver circuits with
isolation.
TextslReferences
lntel Embedded Controller Handbook 1987 (Santa Clara, CA). lntel
Corporations
Krutz, R.L. Interfacing Techniques in Digital Design with Emphasis on
Micmpmcezson New York: Wiley, 1988
Peatman, J.B. Design with Microcontro//ers. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1988
Williams, BW hwer Electronics. 2nd ed, New York: John Wiley, 1992
Halsall. F. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open
Systems. 3rd ed, Wokingham: Addison-Wesley, 1992
EE597 Electrical Power Systems
No. of hours per week: five hours
Prerequisites: EE475 Electrical Power and
Machines
Instruction: lecturesAutorials1laboratory
Assessment: examinationlassignment
A final-year subject in the electrical power and control
engineering stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical).
Subject aims
To introduce the principles of the major areas of modern
electrical power systems engineering, covering stability,
protection, circuit interruption and high voltage engineering.
Subject description
Power system stability and control: dynamic and transient
stability. Simplified models for the synchronous machine.
Cylindrical and salient rotors. Direct and quadrature axes
components. Transient stability. Rotor dynamics - the swing
equation. Pre-fault and post-fault network configurations.
Equal area criterion for stability. Dynamic stability. Linearisation
of system equations. State space representation.
Eigenanalysis. Automatic voltage regulator and governor
functions. Digital computer techniques.
Protection systems: definitions. Current transformers. Voltage
transformers. Overcurrent protection. Instantaneous and
inverse time. Distance protection. Directional features.
Transformer protection. Winding and oil temperature.
Dissolved gas analysis. Motor protection. Generator
protection.
Circuit interruption and circuit breakers: arc characteristics.
Vacuum arcs. Principles of circuit interruption. Effects of
power factor. Inductive circuit interruption. Single and double
frequency transients. Short line faults. Capacitive circuit
interruption. Circuit breaker types. Standard specifications.
Circuit breaker testing.
Power systems analysis
Node elimination using matrix partitioning. Load flows: load
characteristics, uses of load flow studies. Gauss-Siedel and
Newton Raphson methods. Economic operation of a system.
Unsymmetrical faults: symmetrical components, and
sequence networks. High voltage insulation systems,
principles of insulation co-ordination.