The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to carry out, under the supervision of an academic staff, an independent project with research elements in engineering

Basics of signals and systems; continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems; Fourier series and Fourier transform for analysis of signals and systems; characterization of systems; linear time-invariant systems and their characteristics; sampling; Laplace transform; z transform. (Not for students who have taken IERG2051 or ESTR2206.)

Review of linear system theory and probability. Overview of communication systems.  Amplitude modulation and angle modulation.  Sampling and quantization.  Pulse modulation and transmission.  Digital modulation and detection.  Modulators and demodulators.  Effect of noise in communication.  Introduction to information theory and error control coding. Case studies of communication systems.(Not for students who have taken ESTR2300.)

Fundamental semiconductor physics: electrons and holes, energy band diagram, Fermi energy, intrinsic and doped semiconductors, drift and diffusion currents. Physics of P-N junctions, bipolar and MOS transistors. Device performance measures: current efficiency, transit frequency and intrinsic gain. Frequency response of transistor amplifiers. Filters. Feedback principles, stability and frequency compensation. Oscillators. (Not for students who have taken ELEG2110 or ESTR3200; Prerequisite: ELEG2202 or BMEG2300 or with the consent of the instructor.)