Objective & Syllabus
This course starts with a review of semiconductor fundamentals such as electron and hole, Fermi energy, carrier generation and recombination, p-n junction, metal-semiconductor Schottky diodes, carrier mobility, effective mass. The course content covers conventional semiconductor properties, namely electronic structures, optical and electrical properties, metal-oxide capacitors, junction field effect transistors (JFET), metal-oxide-semiconductor field transistors (MOSFET), NMOS technology, basic CMOS technology, charge coupled devices and sensors, MOS transistor modeling, simulation, and design, advanced MOS transistors. Fabrication methods for MOSFETs, including sputtering, CVD, VPD, oxidation, ion implantation, etching, photolithography, metallization, silicon wafer fabrication technology, transistor on-wafer test, etc. will be introduced. The course also covers the basic principles of deep submicron devices: down-scaling benefits and rules, current issues and trends, FinFETs; memory devices; RAM and ROM; SOI technology, BiCMOS technology, thin film transistor (TFT), non-volatile memory devices, device characterization. Other topics may include neuromorphic transistors, system on chips (SoCs), electronic packaging technology, fabrication systems, reliability, life-cycle analysis, markets and policies. Students will learn not only the conventional device physics and fabrication technologies, but also the state-of-the-art device technologies.

Learning Outcome
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Gain fundamental knowledge about the operation principles of commonly used MOSFET devices, their derivatives, and other advanced variations
2. Note the scope and limitation of CMOS technology and Moore's Law
3. Learn the main-stream fabrication technologies for mass manufacturing of semiconductor devices to realize functionalized circuits and/or systems on silicon
4. Apply the learned knowledge and skills to the analysis of field-effect transistors
5. State the technological impact of MOS transistors to the society
6. Explain basic physical principles and the engineering know-how of MOS technology
7. Establish a general view of MOS transistors and fabrication technologies in the past, present and future

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Objective

Syllabus
The course is designed for students to learn advanced image processing techniques and video technology. The topics cover characteristics of human visual system, imaging systems and color representation, image restoration, image enhancement, image and video segmentation, image and video understanding, motion analysis and relevant applications. Background knowledge on random processes and digital signal processing is required.

Learning Outcome
By the end of the course, students will be able to

• Understand the characteristics of human visual system the principle of imaging systems.
• Design and implement algorithms for image analysis.
• Design and implement algorithms for image restoration.
• Design and implement algorithms for image enhancement.

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Objective

Syllabus
Background review. Transmission of digital baseband signals, PCM, ▲M, ▲PCM, ISI, pulse shaping, partial response. Least square optimal and adaptive filtering, LMS and RLS algorithms, adaptive equalizer and echo canceller. Bandpass data transmission, binary and M-ary ASK, FSK, PSK, DPSK. Statistical detection theory, the matched filter. Multiplexing and multiple access.

(Original Course Code: ELE7100)

Learning Outcome

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Objective & Syllabus
Rapid evolution of renewable energy has led to the deployment of more power converters. These converters must strictly meet grid standards, before they can connect and channel renewable energy to the grids. They sometimes also have to perform certain grid-friendly functions, such as fault ride-through and power-quality enhancement. It is thus essential to understand a usable power converter and the grid standards governing it. For the former, topics proposed for the course include its modulation and control, in addition to a discussion of some classical and modern topologies. In terms of modulation, the targets are to minimize harmonics, common-mode voltages and others, and for control, the challenges are to ensure precise tracking, stability, and fast dynamics. An appropriately modulated and controlled power converter can then be fine-tuned to meet grid standards for various grid-related applications. These applications may additionally require components like phase-locked loops and high-order filters, which are hence also discussed in the course. Some example applications, ranged from a low-power single-phase photovoltaic converter to a high-power microgrid converter, are then analysed before concluding the course. The course therefore encompasses every part of a power converter and its grid connection.

Learning Outcome
The course aims to teach every part of an operating power converter and its grid applications in accordance to established grid standards. Therefore, at the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Identify key requirements established in grid standards.
• Identify different parts of a grid-connected power converter.
• Choose or develop their converter topologies based on their own unique design requirements.
• Modulate their chosen topologies to maximize their obtainable operating characteristics.
• Control their converters to perform various grid-related functions, like channelling renewable power to the grid, without losing long-term stabilities.
• Optimize their combinations of high-order filters and topologies to realize compact and low-cost power converters.
• Run simulations to test electrical and thermal characteristics of their designed grid-connected power converters using the PLEC software.

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