ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE CONTENTS FOR 2001-2002 ACADEMIC YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year


Senior Year


Digital Signal Processing (3-0-0)
Review of discrete-time signal and systems, the Discrete-Time Fourier transform, Sampling of Continuous Time Signals, The Z-Transform, Discrete Fourier Series and Discerete Fourier Transform, The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Design of Digital Filters.

Telecommunications II (3-0-0)
Probability, joint and conditional probabilities, random variable, probability function, probability distribution function. Expected value, variance, standard deviation, covariance, correlation coefficient. Binomial, Poisson, uniform and Gaussian distributions. Quantiztion noise in PCM. Definition and statistical properties of random processes. White noise, random processes and linear systems. Narrowband noise. Performance analysis of digital (AK, FSK, PSK) and analog (AM, DSB, SSB, FM) CW modulation methods, statistical decision rule. 

Prerequisite: Telecommunications 1.

Communications Labrotuary (0-0-2) 
Filters. Amplutude modulation and demodulation, Double sideband (DSB) and single sideband (SSB) modulation and demodulation. Automatic gain control circuits. Frecuency modulation and demodulation. Sampling and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM). Digital modulation methods: PAM, PPM, PWM, PCM. 

Prerequisite: Telecommunications I.

Graduation Project (0-4-0)
The aim is to improve the ability of students in making research, development, application, report writing and presentation in professional subjects. Students, under the control of supervisors, complete specific works assigned by the department among the subjects offered by the Graduation Project Superviors, write their graduation projects, receive supervisor’s approval and present the subject infont of a jury.

Prerequisite: Conditions stated in the Graduation Project Regulation must be satisfied.

Microwave Techniques (3-0-0)
Waveguiding sructures: Rectangular and circular waveguides. Propagation of TEM, TE and TM models in guiding structures. Impedance concepts attenuation factor and Transmission- line analogy of propagation modes in waveguides. Cavity resonators. S-parameters. Passive reciprocal devices, ferrites and non-reciprocal devices. Microwave tubes and solid state devices.

Antennas (3-0-0)
Antenna parameters. Small and finite size dipoles. Radiation from a quarter-wave monopole and a half-wave dipole. Influence of earth on antenna radiation pattern and impedance. Loop and Helix antennas. Analysis and synthesis of linear, planar and circular arrays. Aperture antennas. Microstrip antennas. Receiving antennas theory. Antenna coupling to transmitters and receivers.

Communication Electronics (3-0-0)
Nonlinear controlled sources: Piecwise linear, square-law, exponential and differantial pair characteristics. Low level amplitude modulation nad analog multiplication. Narrowband transformer like coupling networks. Nonlinear loading of tuned circuits. Tuned large signal transistor amplifiers and frequency multipliers. Sinusoidal oscilators. Frequency mixers and converters.

Prerequisite:Electronic Cuircuits I and II

Microprocessors II (3-0-0)
Selection of microprocessors, microcontroller and DSP, Parallel and serials I/O, Address decoder, Bus driver, 7-segment display and hex keyboard connection to the parallel port. Detailed study on an example microcontroller, programming model, programming, instructions, a microcontroller based application example.

Prerequisite: Microprocessors I

Optimization Methods (3 0 0) 
Mathematical Preliminaries. Descent methods for Unconstrained Minimization: Fibonacci and Golden section search. Stepest descent and Newton-Raphson methods. Conjugate gradient and variable metric methods. Minimization with Constraint: Lagrange multipliers, Steepest descent and Newton’s method for equality constraint minimization. Linear programming. Fundamental theorem of lþinear programming. The simplex method. Nonlinear programming: Kuhn-Tucker method.

Electromagnetic Compatibility (3-0-0)
EMI and EMC concepts and pratical problems. Frequency spectrum utilization. Sources and modeling of EMI. EMI from apparatus and circuits. Test and measurement methods for interference. Grounding, shielding and bounding. EMC standarts. Frequency assignment and convervation. Pulsed interference immunity.

Prerequisite:Electromagnetic Wave Thory, Antennas

Computer Networks I (3-0-0)
Definition, uses and classification of computer networks. Multiple access methods. Layered network structure. OSI and TCP/IP Reference models. Example networks. Data communication services (SMDS, X.25, FR, ISDN, ATM, BISDN). Network standardization. Physical layer, basic definitions related to digital data transmission, RS-232 C interface Functions of data link layer, framing, flow control, error control; HDLC, SLIP and PPP protocols. MAC sublayer. Repeaters, bridges, routers, gateways. Routing Algorithms.

Power Electronics (3-0-0)
Power semiconductor diodos. Diode circuits and rectifiers. Thyristors and controlled rectifiers AC voltage controllers. Thyristor commutation techniques. Power transistors and DC choppers. Pulse width modulated inverters. Resonant pulse converters. Stafic switches and power supplies DC and AC drives.

Digital Communication (3-0-0)
Introduction to digital communications. Representations of bandpass signals and systems. Signal space representations. Linear memoryless modulation. Multicarrier modulation. Receiver design correlation receiver, mathood filter receiver, probabilistic receiver. Performance analysis in white Gaussian noise Channel coding. Spread spectrum techniques.
Communication Systems (3-0-0)
Noise and distortion in communication systems. Communication systems models. Carrier transmission, transmission media and antennas, carrier reception. Link analysis. Frequency shifting and intermediate frequency processing. CNR and SNR calculations. Satellite communication.

Communication Systems (3-0-0)
Noise and distortion in communication systems. Communication systems models. Carrier transmission, transmission media and antennas, carrier reception. Link analysis. Frequency shifting and intermediate frequency processing. CNR and SNR calculations. Satellite communication.

Communications Systems Labrotuary (0-0-3)
AM transmitters and Recivers. FM transmitters and Recievers. Introduction to digital modulation systems. Sampling and reconstraction. PCM . time Division Multiplexing. Frequency division multiplexing. Intersymbol interference Bandwidth requirements. Eye diagram. ASK, FSK, PSK. Performance measurement of radio-link systems. 

Prerequisite: Telecommunication I, Telecommunication Laboratory.

Signal Processing Applications (3-0-0) 
Computer implementation of some signal processing methods. Discrete-Time Signals. Discrete Systems. Frequency Analysis. System Analysis and Implementation. Digital Filter, and Real-Time Filtering Applications.

Prerequisite: Digital Signal Processing

Fiber Optic Communication Techniques (3-0-0)
Introduction to geometric optics. Ray theory and electromagnetic wave theory of optical propagation in fibers. Optical fibers and their transmission characteristics. Cables, connectors and couplers. Optical fiber measurements. Optical sources: Lasers, considerations and performance analysis, design.

VLSI Design (3-0-0)
Design techniques of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits. MOS technology and logic. Structured design. Design rules, layout procedures. Design aids: Layout, design rule checking, logic, and circuit simulation. Timing. Testability. Projects to develop and lay out circuits.

Prerequisite: Electronic Circuits I and II 

Computer Architecture (3 0 0) 
Digital logic circuits, digital components. Data representative. Register Transfer and microperation. Basic computer organization and design programming basic computer. Machine Language Micro-programmed control. Control Processing Unit.

Neural Networks (3-0-0)
Models of artificial neural networks and biologycal information processing. Feedforwad Neural Networks. Feedback Neural Networks. Learning methods. Classification methods. Assocaitive memories. Optimization problems. Cellular Neural Networks. Stability and instability analysis of Neural Networks.

Mobile Communications Systems (3-0-0)
Introduction to mobile communication systems; basic planning of a cellular system, elements of cellular radio design system; propagation characteristics of mobile radio channels; frequency management, channel allocation and handoff mechanisms; specifications of mobile communication systems in USA and Europe; wireless networks.

Digital Speech Processing (3-0-0) 
Speech modeling, Analysis of speech signals. Digital coding of speech signals. Linear predictive coding, Text-to- speech conversion. Speech recognition. Speaker recognition and verification.

Prerequisite: Digital Signal Pracessing.

Image Processing (3-0-0) 
Introduction to 2D signals. 2D discrete-time Fourier transform. 2D discrete Fourier transform. 2D Z-transform. 2D FIR filter design. 2D IIR filter design. Edge detection. Image enhancement. Image coding. Image compression.

Adaptive Filters (3-0-0) 
Sationary processes. inear optimum filtering. Linear prediction. Wiener filter. Kalman filter. Linear adaptive filtering. Steepest descent, LMS and RLS algorithms. Nonlinear adaptive filtering.

Satellite Communication Systems(3-0-0)
Basics of satellite communication. Multiple access techniques: TDMA, FDMA and CDMA. Channel modeling. Multipath fading. Fading channel models. Up-to-date modulation techniques: TCM etc. 

Computer Networks II (3-0-0)
The Network Layer: Services provided, congestion control algorithms, traffic shaping, internetworking, firewall, network layer in the Internet and ATM. Transport Layer: Services provided, Quality of Service, elements of transport protocols, TCP congestion control. The Application Layer: Network security, Domain Name System. Performance problems and performance analysis in computer networks. Traffic-arrival models, Poisson distribution, queuing models. Performance calculations in LANs. Statistical multiplexing . Prerequisite: Computer Networks I

Microprocessor Programming (1-2-0)
Microprocessor programming techniques, Access to parallel port, softwave delay, example programs for microprocessor 6800. Keyboard. Connection and programming Keyboard and 7-segment display 6800 example for access to 7-bit display. Programming model of 80286 microprocessor. Data structures used in 80286. Summary of the commands used in 80286. Adressing methods in 80286 and examples.

Sensors (3-0-0)
Transducer characteristics. Position transducers, potansiometer, LVDT, LVT, capasitive transducer, optic endocers. Bridge and amplifier circuits. Heat transducers, expansion thermometers, resistive thermometers, thermistors, thermo-electric transducer, pyrometer. Force and pressure transducers, straingage, piezoelectric systems. Optoelectronic transducers, photodiode, photovoltaic cell, photoresistors, light emitting components. Sound transducers, electromagnetic and capasitive microphone.

Robotics (3-0-0)
Robotic manipulation. Direct kinematics and arm equation. Inverse kinematics. Workspace analysis and trajectory planning. Differantial motion and statics. Manipulator dynamics. Robot control. Robot vision and task planing.

Digital Electronic Circuits (3-0-0)
Basic notions: Characteristics of digital systems, transition curves, noise and noise margin, output spectrum, definitions of transient state characteristics, noise immunity. Usage of semiconductor components as switch. Dynamic characteristics of MOS transistor. Bipolar technique based digital gate families. ECL families. MOS inverters and gate circuits. CMOS logic gates. Semiconductor memories.

Integrated Circuit Tecnology (3-0-0)
Review on the definitions on semiconductors. Basic definitions and classifications of integrated circuits. The basic principles of production techniques of circuit elements and integrated circuits. MOS and bipolar integrated circuit technology. Model parameters of MOS and Bipolar IC design: Design rules, lay-out procedures. IC design and lay-out project.

Control System Design (3-0-0)
Analysis of time domain responses of continous time, time-invariant control systems. Steady state errors, effects of zeros and poles on system responses. Reducing high order systems to lower order systems, proximity measure. Design constraints, controller types, compansation and its types. Basic design principles. Proportion (P), proportion-differentiation (PD), proportion-integration (PI), proportion-integration-differentiation (PID) designs.

System Theory (3-0-0)
Matrix theory. Linear spaces and linear opetators. Mathematical modelling of liner systems. Linear time-invoriant systems. Linear time-variying systems. Stability analysis of linear systems. Lyapunov stability criteria. Controllability and observability of linear systems.

Microprocessor Based Circuits (3-0-0)
Selection of microprocessors, microcontroller and DSP. Parallel and serials I/O. Address decoder, bus driver, 7-segment display and hex keyboard connection to the parallel port. Detailed study on an example microcontroller, programming model, programming, instructions, a microcontroller based application example.

Prerequisite: Microprocessors I, Microprocessor Programming

Biomedical Instrumentation (3-0-0)
Basic concepts of medical instrumentation. Basic sensors and chemical biosensors. Amplifiers and signal processing. Biopotantial electrodes and amplifiers. Blood pressure and sounds. Measurement of and respiratory system. Clinical labrotary instrumentation. Medical imaging systems. Therapeutic and prosthetic devices. Electrical safety.

Adaptive Control Systems (3-0-0)
System modeling of dynamic systems. Deterministic and stochastic modeling. System identification techniques: Offline methods for system identification, online identification methods, predictive identification methods. Performance analysis.

Process Control (3-0-0)
Typical process computer problems. Physical process input and output. Signal processing. Bus systems. Operating systems and real time programing. Sequantial control. Feedback control. Digital communication. Man-machine communication. System integration

Digital Control Systems (3-0-0)
z-transform, description and analysis of discrete time and sampled-data systems. Stability, controllability and observability. Classical design methods. State-space design methods. Optimal Control, system identification and adaptive control. 

Simulation of Communication Systems (0-0-2)
Multiple accsess methods: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA systems. Performance analysis on Rician channels. Simulation techniques, Matlab and C++ applications. 

Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves (3-0-0) 
Wave attenuation and absorption. Optical properties of radio waves. Radio wave propagation. Elements of groundwave, tropospheric and ionospheric propagation.

Prerequisite: Transmission Lines, Electromagnetic Wave Theory.

Antennas and Microwaves Laboratory (0-0-3)
Radiation pattern measurements of horn, Yagi-Uda and array antennas. Antenna gain measurement. Doppler radar. Microstip antennas. LOS link calculation and loss measurement. Measurements of wavelength, frequency, reflection coefficent and VSWR in rectangular waveguide. Transmission line measurements. Measurement of microwave power. Measurement of microwave detector characteristics. Measurements of load impedance matching using single stub. Directional coupler. E and H plane T junction measurements.

Prerequisite: Microwave Techniques, Antennas

Power Generation and Transmission (3-0-0)
Structure of power systems. Basic elements of power systems. Power generation, transmission and consumption. Energy sources, types and choice of power plants. AC and DC transmission systems. Over-head lines and cables. RLC parameters, short and long line equivalent circuits of transmission lines. Loading boundaries, voltage transformation calculations and compansation

Electrical Machines Laboratory I (0-2-2)
Determination of transformer parameters by unloaded and short-circuit tests. Constructional features, operational principles and operating characteristics of synchronous and asynchronous machines. Direct current machines: Construction, operating principle and characteristics. 

Prerequisite: Electric Machines I

Electrical Machines II (3-0-0)
Fundamental equations of rotating electrical machines. Torque equations. Linear transformations on electrical machines. Static reference axis and rotating reference axis transformations. Physical interpretations of reference axes. Steady state and transient state behaviours of DC and AC machines. Special electric machines.

Prerequisite: Electric Machines I

High Voltage Technique I (3-0-0)
High voltage insulation material. Discharge phenomena in solid insulators, dielectric losses, breakdown types. Electrical discharges in liquid insulation, factors affecting the breakdown strength, breakdown types in liquid insulators. Electrical discharges in gases, molecular structure, ionization types, Townsend and channel breakdown theories, corona and lightning discharges. Static electrical field equations, basic electrode systems, maximum electrical field calculations.

Power Distribution Systems (3-0-0)
Distribution system notion and elements of power distribution systems. Power distribution system planning and automation. Load characteristics. Distribution transformer applications. Power distribution centers and lines. Primary and secondary applications and design principles. Voltage drop and power loss calculations. Security notions. Studying the applications and example systems.

Transients in Power Systems (3-0-0)
Short circuits in power systems. Per Unit (p.u.) values system. Calculation of three-phase short circuit currents. Calculation of asymmetrical short circuit currents. Symmetrical components method. Positive, negative and zero sequence components of the electric circuit parameters. Limiting short circuit currents. Equivalence law of positive sequence component. Choice of high voltage protection devices.

Illumunation and Indoor Installation (2-2-0)
Basic physical notions of illumunation: Light intensity, ligt flux, lambencity. Basic principles of illumunation, standards and illumination calculations. Components used in illumunation: Incandescent lamps, discharge tubes, fluorescent lamps, mercury vapour, sodium vapour lamps. Basic principles of indoor installation, instructions and specifications. Cable cross-section and voltage drop calculations. Compansation in indoor installations.

Mechanics of Energy Transmission Lines (3-0-0)
Excessive loads, conductive materials, ice load, wind load, stretch and strain calculations for symmetrical and asymmetrical pole openings, effect of environmental factors on the conducting materials, variable state equations, critical temperature, pole design, determination of the pole length, grounding the poles, accessories for transmission lines.

Electric Machines Laboratory II (0-2-4)
Computer based analysis of electrical machines. Simulation and analysis of two-winding transformer, open-circuit and short-circuit tests. Analysis of three-phase induction machines, operating characteristics, starting methods. Analysis of synchronous machines: Operating characteristics and parameter variations. Analsis of a short-circuited synchronous machine. 

Prerequisite: Electric Machines II

High Voltage Technique II (3-0-0)
Basic definitions. Internal and external overvoltages. Reflection, transmission and attenuation of travelling waves. Bewley & Bergoron methods. Protection systems for overvoltages. High voltage insulators. Generation of high voltages. Measurement of high voltages. Testing of materials and electrical apparatus (cable, insulator, etc.) used in high voltage systems.

Prerequisite: High Voltage Technique I

Power System Protection (3-0-0)
Abnormal conditions in power systems. Fuses: Basic principles, characteristics and applications. Power system protection apparatus (relays): Design of electromechanic, analog and digital electronic protective circuits. Characteristics of different relays. Over-current, over-voltage and over-load protection. Differential protection. Impedance protection principles and apparatus. Grounding. Protection equipments of generators, transformers, motors, transmission lines and power electronic circuits.

Insulators of High Voltage Techniques (3-0-0)
Polarization of solid, liquid and gasesous insulation, dielectric properties of vacuum, partial discharge, wet treeing and electrical treeing, electrical aging, dielectric loss, electrical insulation materials, their classification and electrical, physical, chemical thermal, mechanical properties, application areas, measurements for electrical properties of insulators.

Stability in Power Systems (3-0-0)
General method of static stability analysis. Stability analysis of small pertubation equation. Hurwit criterion. Rout criterion. Mickhaylof criterion. D-division method. Practical criteria of static stability. General method of dynamic stability analysis. Equal-area criterian. Step-by-step method static and dynamic stability of bus load.

Electrical Applications in Industry
Necessary standards and criteria that should be satisfied by the projects for applications of electricity in industry. Industrial fields in which direct current is used. Applications of alternating current in industry. Electrical applications in low-current, medium voltage and high voltage industrial fields. Prelimenary studies and projects for use of electricity in houses, apartment houses, in hotels and apartment complexes. Use of electricity in small-scale, medium scale and large scale utilities.



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