The University of Southampton

COMP6235 Foundations of Data Science

Module Overview

To introduce the fundamentals of data science, including basic terminology and concepts, core models and algorithms, current technology landscape, and application scenarios.
To give an overview of key technologies used in data collection, curation, processing, integration, analysis, and visualization, applied to different kinds of data
To introduce a basic data scientist toolkit that can be applied to build data-driven applications, and develop more advanced data-science techniques.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Aim

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Become a proficient data scientist and practitioner

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Key concepts in data science, including tools, approaches, and application scenarios
Topics in data collection, sampling, quality assessment and repair
Topics in statistical analysis and machine learning
Topics in data processing at scale, including large-scale data management and stream processing
State-of-the-art tools to build data-science applications for different types of data, including text and CSV data

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Understand and apply the fundamental concepts and techniques in data science

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Solve real-world data-science problems and build applications in this space

Syllabus

The course will introduce students to the data scientist toolkit and the underlying core concepts. It will cover the full technical pipeline from data collection (sampling methods, crawling) to processing and basic notions of statistical analysis and visualization. The module will also include advanced topics in high-performance computing, including non-relational databases, stream processing, and MapReduce. By taking this course the students will be provided with the basic toolkit to work with data (CSV, R, Google Refine, Linked Data, D3). To support these learning objectives, the coursework will include exercises and a group project in which students will use existing open data sets and build their own application.

The course will cover the following concepts:

Fundamentals and core terminology
Technology pipeline and methods
Application scenarios and state of the art
Data collection (sampling, crawling)
Data quality and curation methods (assessment framework, statistical analysis, manual and crowdsourcing techniques)
Data analytics (statistical modeling, basic concepts, experiment design, pitfalls, R)
Data interpretation and use (visualization techniques, pitfalls, D3)
High-performance computing (parallel databases, MapReduce, Hadoop, NoSQL, stream processing)
Cloud computing (principles, architectures, existing technologies such as Microsoft Azure)

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lectures, invited talks, tutorials as well as coursework (group project, exercises).

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture	Lectures and demonstrations of material, invited talks	12
Tutorial	Guided walkthroughs	21
Tutorial	Optional tutorials based on feedback from students	3

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Data collection, processing and management (MongoDB)	-	15%
Statistics with R	-	15%
Group project: Build your own data science app	-	70%%

Referral Method: By set coursework assignment(s)

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ELEC2222 Circuits and Transmission

Module Overview

The module aims to provide a detailed understanding of more advanced topics in circuit theory, in particular developing a good understanding of the fundamental theory of power, three phase circuits and transmission lines for both high and low frequency applications.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Three phase systems for power systems
Transmission line theory for both high and low frequency applications

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Gain experience of analytical and numerical modelling at appropriate detail for application.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Gain practical experience of three phase systems
Gain practical experience of transmission lines

Syllabus

Network Topology: Definitions: trees, links, loops, cuts etc; conversion of circuits to branches and loops etc and the possible variations for any given circuit; expansion of Kirchhoffs laws in cuts and loops; formation of current branch matrices and the relationships I = C.i and V = A.B; determination of admittance and impedance matrices; methods of solutions (including revision of matrix algebra).

Three-phase: Unbalanced mesh and four-wire star circuits; unbalanced three-wire star circuits; solution by Millman's theorem, star-delta transform and graphical methods; symmetrical components and use in solving unbalanced systems; positive, negative and zero sequence networks; use of two-wattmeter method on balanced and unbalanced systems for kW and kVAr measurement.

Two Port Networks: ABCD parameters; Simple transmission networks: series impedance, shunt admittance, half T and half Pi network, T and Pi networks, ideal and actual transformer, pure mutual inductance; ABCD relation for a passive network; Output in terms of input; Evaluation of ABCD parameters from short circuit and open circuit tests; ABCD parameters for symmetrical lattice; Networks in parallel; The loaded two port network; Image impedances and matching a resistive load to a generator; Image impedance in terms of Z_sc and Z_oc; Insertion loss ratio; Propagation coefficient; Per-unit system;

Transmission line theory as applied to power transmission and communications: Definition of short, medium and long lines and their simulation with discrete elements; solution of T and Pi networks, with appropriate phasor diagrams, ABCD constants. Lossy and lossless line models. Telegraphist's equations, relation to the wave equation. Voltage standing waves on a lossless line; Standing waves of current on a lossless line. Impedance, Admittance and Smith Chart. Stub matching and stub filters; Voltage surges; Reflection coefficient; Pulses on transmission lines, signal transfer. Distortion free conditions. Special cases: quarter and half wave length lines, matched impedances, short and open terminations.

Electromagentic background. Field analysis of transmission lines; Telegraphers Equation derived from Field Analysis for the coaxial line.

Rigorous solution for uniformly distributed constants (in both the time and frequency domains); reflected and incident values, propagation constant, attenuation and phase constants, surge/characteristic impedance; algebraic and hyperbolic equations with ABCD comparison of the latter with Pi networks. Stepped transmission lines. Impact of transposition. Application of sequence networks.

Examples: Coaxial cable, stripline, microstrip; balanced lines: twisted pairs, star quad and waveguides.

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		36
Tutorial		12
Specialist Lab		9

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Labs on 3 phase, transmission lines and fibre amplifiers	-	15%
Numerical and analytical project on co-axial cable transmission line	-	20%
Exam	2 hours	65%

Referral Method: By examination

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ELEC2221 Digital Systems and Signal Processing

Module Overview

To introduce techniques of designing robust, testable sequential digital systems, writing and debugging synthesisable modules in a hardware description language (SystemVerilog) and verifying the functionality of those modules by simulation. To provide practical experience in the design and diagnosis of sequential digital systems. To introduce concepts of stochastic signals, and to develop understanding of sampling, quantisation and coding in a signal processing setting oriented towards communications.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Sequential digital system design for implementation in CPLDs and FPGAs,
The principles of Design for Test and apply them in practice
Stochastic signals and their signal processing in communication systems, including sampling, quantisation and coding.

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Describe state machines of moderate complexity in SystemVerilog, simulate and synthesise into hardware
Design testbenches to verify your design
Build and debug a digital circuit
Develop CPLD and FPGA implementations of combinational and sequential digital systems
Develop working knowledge of state-of-the-art commercial software tools for digital system design
Understand the the characteristics of stochastic signals and the ideas of sampling, quantisation and coding within the context of communications signals
Create a digital representation of an analogue signal, which is suitable for use in communication systems.
Compress the digital representation of an analogue signal and protect it from transmission errors.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Present results of design work in a formal report.
Address novel design challenges by choosing appropriate analysis and design methods.

Syllabus

Communications part (14 lectures):

Characterisation of Stochastic Signals

Probability and cumulative density functions (PDF / CDF), auto- and cross-correlation, power spectral density, stochastic quantities and filtering

Sampling and Quantisation:

Analogue-to-digital conversion
Sampling: Nyquist criterion, frequency domain
Aliasing
Baseband and bandpass sampling
Quantisation and signal-to-noise ratio
Digital-to-analogue conversion
Reconstruction filtering

Source and channel coding

Digits (22 lectures):

Analysis and Design of Synchronous State Machines
RTL synthesis of standard Combinational and Sequential Building Blocks
Introduction to SystemVerilog assertion-based verification
Software tools for CPLD and FPGA synthesis
Implementation of Basic Microprocessor-Core Blocks:

Registers, ALU, SRAM, IO ports, Instruction Decoder
Synthesis of a simplified MIPS microprocessor on FPGA

Design for Testability

Testing combinational and sequential digital systems
Boundary Scan
Build-in self-test

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture	Standard lectures	36
Tutorial	Feedback sessions and tutorials.	12
Specialist Lab	Structured and open ended design exercises in digits and comms.	18

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Coursework - design exercise.	-	15%
Specialist labs	-	15%
Exam	2 hours	70%

Referral Method: By examination

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ELEC2217 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design

Module Overview

This module aims to introduce students to a range of electrical and electronic devices and from this to provide an opportunity for then to explore the design process, to make mistakes and learn from them in a benign environment.

Conventional laboratory experiments are useful mainly to assist understanding or analysis: because they are of necessity stereotyped; they are of limited usefulness when a circuit or system must be designed to meet a given specification. The majority of engineering tasks fall into this latter category, and therefore require design or synthesis skills that are distinct from the understanding of underlying engineering principles. This is additional to the analysis skills emphasized in the course so far. This module includes design assignments that have been devised to provide a bridge between 'conventional' experiments and the project work in the third and fourth years, (which in turn provide a bridge to 'real' projects in industry). The exercises have real deadlines and concrete deliverables and students are encouraged to be creative, develop imaginative solutions and to make mistakes.

The assignments have a common format:

• Customer orientated rather than proscriptive specifications are given

• Design work carried out, bringing academic knowledge to bear on practical problems

• Laboratory sessions are used for construction and verification of designs

• Allow students to demonstrate their communication skills in writing individual and group reports.

The differences between the assignments are in:

• Complexity

• Size of team

• Assessment credit

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Defining the specification of an artifact that needs to be designed, tested and commissioned
The design process and the processes involved in project management.
The problems associated with designing practical circuits and systems.

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Develop a plan for the implementation of the design and the undertake those activities
Analyse the design as it evolves, and deduce problems with the subsequent rectification
Undertake an evaluation of the complete design and prepare a critical pr�cis
Appreciate the problems in dealing with uncertain and possibly ambiguous specifications.
Synthesise simple circuits and systems, including the design of simple digital IC’s.

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Write formal reports in a clear, technical style.
Address problems associated with personal and group time management in a problem solving environment.
Demonstrate an awareness of team structure and dynamics, together with an appreciation of individual responsibilities working both as a pair and in a larger grouping.

Subject Specific Practical

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Undertake small scale mechanical and electronic construction
Undertake realtime programming
Undertake detailed faultfinding of the developed circuits if required
Demonstrate familiarity with the advanced use of function generators, oscilloscopes and complex devices such as logic analysers and spectrum analysers.
Understand and interpret technical literature and data sheets.

Syllabus

The development of individual practical skills through completion of a simple build and test exercise, incorporating soldering, circuit construction and the manufacture of a container.
Groups of students are required to undertake a design, build and test project against a predefined specification. The project assessment includes a competitive trial, individual log books, group reports and quality assessment of the designed system.
The groups will have seminars on project management and principles of design to support the activities.
The specific design exercises will include:
- An IC design exercise incoporating design and test.
- A power engineering design exercise.

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Specialist Lab	D2 and D5	63
Lecture	Supporting seminars and briefing lectures.	10

Assessment

Assessment methods

70% - EEE group design Project. Frequency: 1
30% - Group IC design project. Frequency: 1

Assessed by report and by demonstration.

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
EEE group design exercise	-	70%
Group IC design exercise	-	30%

Referral Method: There is no referral opportunity for this syllabus in same academic year

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ELEC2201 Devices

Module Overview

Semiconductor device technology has evolved beyond computation applications and is now increasingly being used in quantum electronics, lighting, lasers, high speed communications, photovoltaic energy harvesters, smart electronics for the Internet of Things and sensing for healthcare and the environment. Semiconductor devices are not solely confined to silicon technology but include Group III-V compounds, such as gallium arsenide and indium gallium arsenide as well as other materials such silicon-germanium alloys, zinc oxide, molybdenum selenide and graphene. The next generation of semiconductor technologies will demand the knowledge and understanding to explore device platforms for new integrated circuit concepts and fabrication methods.

ELEC2201 Devices will cover 3 main parts; (i) physical principles of the operation of semiconductor devices; (ii) semiconductor electronics and (iii) semiconductor optoelectronics. The module builds on ELEC1205 Solid States Devices, some parts of which will be revisited and so students should re-acquaint themselves with the theory of semiconductor materials including band energy diagrams, carrier concentrations and the concepts of doping and p-n junction formation. Throughout the course, undergraduates are encouraged to read beyond the lecture materials provided and the core text books.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

A1. The basic operation of the most important semiconductor devices (e.g. p-n diode)

A2. How to design features that determine semiconductor device characteristics

A3. How semiconductor properties limitations influence device operation

A4. The improvement of semiconductor device performances by fabrication process

Intellectual Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

B1. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the many and diverse aspects that relate to the operation and exploitation of semiconductor devices

B2. Appreciate semiconductor device technology that revolutionise the electronic industry

B3. Differentiate the semiconductor devices for different electronic and photonic applications

Subject Specific Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

C1. Investigate the characteristics and performance of different semiconductor devices

C2. Design, model and analyse a number of semiconductor device types

Employability/Transferable/Key Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

D1. Demonstrate the basic skills in semiconductor device engineering for integrated electronic or photonic circuit application

D2. Understand the issues with semiconductor devices and the challenges for future electronic components

Syllabus

Review of Semiconductor Device and Technology

P-N Junction to Device Technology

MOSFETs and CMOS

Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor and Metal-Semiconductor Interface
MOS and MOSFET characteristics: Capacitance, Output Current and Threshold
Enhancement and Depletion mode operation
MOSFET scaling issues
CMOS technology
Future of MOS and MOSFETs
MOS related devices – Thin Film Transistor, Nanowire FETs
Fabrication of MOSFETs

Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors

Review of BJTs
BJT characteristics
n-p-n and p-n-p BJT operation
Gain and frequency response
BJT technologies
HBTs

Solar Cells (Lectures, Lab and coursework)

Review of solar cells
Solar cell characteristics
Quantum efficiency
Thin film photovoltaics
Solar cell fabrication

Optoelectronic Devices

Optical properties of semiconductor
Optical p-n junction devices
Radiative transition in semiconductor
Light Emitting Devices
Spectral response and emission efficiency
LASER
Gain charcateristics and laser modes
Photodetectors
Integrated photonic device applications

Quantum- and Nano- technologies

Schrödinger and quantum wells
Quantum electronic and photonic devices

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Lectures

Tutorials: Class quizzes, Revisions and Worked examples

Lab experience: Solar cell research exercise

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		30
Tutorial		6
Specialist Lab		3

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Coursework Write a report on the solar cell lab experiment	-	10%
Solar cell lab exercise	-	5%
Exam	2 hours	85%

Referral Method: By examination

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ELEC6222 Power and Distribution

Module Overview

This module builds upon the material covered in power systems courses (ELEC3213 or ELEC3214 for UG students, ELEC6220 for MSc students). There is a particular focus on understanding how to specify T&D equipment, including through the use of power flow modelling tools such as ERACS and PowerWorld.

The module is assessed 50% by courseworks and 50% by exam. Throughout the assessment there is an emphasis on the provision of engineering justification for design decisions, using the results obtained from simulations and calculations. These are key transferrable skills which will be valuable throughout your career.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Identify major components of power transmission and distribution systems and substations
Know and appreciate the key factors in equipment specification and network design

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Describe the principle of operation of transmission and distribution equipment
Design protection schemes for common distribution network scenarios.
Demonstrate awareness of the drivers of change in how networks are designed and operated

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Utilise the results of engineering calculations to justify design approaches

Syllabus

Transmission and distribution (T&D) network design

Overview of common network structures
Position and function of key components

Cables & Overhead Lines

Key design principles
Ratings & limitations
Accessories
Economics

Distribution substation/network design

Radial and Ring configurations
Power flow analysis
Substation equipment layout
Remote monitoring & operation
Asset ratings

Protection Schemes

Switchgear & breakers
Fuse protection
Overcurrent protection
Directional protection
Distance protection
Differential protection

Distribution reliability

Faults
Automation of Protection
Post fault restoration

New trends in T&D

Impact of automation
Condition Monitoring
Future challenges

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

The theory is covered through a range of lecture activities, along with drop in sessions to provide assistance with the coursework elements.

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture	Taught lecture	24
Demonstration or Examples Session		6

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Design Project 1	-	25%
Design Project 2	-	25%
Exam	2 hours	50%

Referral Method: By examination

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ELEC6221 Power Generation: Technology and Impact on Society

Module Overview

The aims of the module are:

To introduce the conventional technologies used for generating electricity
To develop awareness of the technical problems associated with operation of different types of power plants
To gain understanding of the complex systems involved in generation of electricity
To challenge the conventional views towards power generation industry
To get novel ideas supporting the sustainability of power generation

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

To understand concepts about the production of electric power through different technologies
To become familiar with economical, ecological, political and management aspects of power generation
To appreciate environmental impact of power generation

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

To make a comprehensive comparison of possible solutions of power generation in particular circumstances
To predict efficiencies of gas turbine and steam plants
To suggest optimal emission control measures for gas turbine and coal-fired plants
To design cost-effective solutions based on combine heat and power (CHP) technology

Syllabus

Introduction to electricity generation, some environmental and political considerations

Short history of power generation industry
Politics of electricity
Size of the industry
Overview of energy generation technologies
Environmental effects of power generation

Thermodynamics for power plant cycle analysis

Review of thermodynamics basic concepts
Work and heat, internal energy and enthalpy, specific heats
Review of first and second law of thermodynamics, control mass and control volume
Thermodynamic availability analysis
Simple compressible substances and heating process of water at constant pressure
Ideal gas, mixture of ideal gases, real gases and incompressible liquids
2T Heat engine and Carnot cycle

Coal fired power plants

Coal burning power plant technology
Steam power plant - Rankine cycle - energy analysis, irreversibilities, efficiency analysis and improvements (reheat and regeneration)
Boiler technology
Steam turbine technology
Generators
Emission control
Advanced coal burning power plant technology
Environmental effects of coal combustion
Cost of coal-fired electricity generation

Gas turbines and combined cycle power plants

Gas turbine power plant - Brayton cycle - energy analysis, irreversibilities, efficiency analysis and improvements (intercooling, reheat and regeneration)
Gas turbine technology
Advanced gas turbine technology
Combine cycle power plants
Gas-vapour power cycle - energy analysis
Environmental impact of gas turbines power generation
Cost of gas-fired electricity generation

Combine heat and power

Combine heat and power (CHP) technology
Environmental consideration of CHP
Cost of CHP

Nuclear power plants

Fundamentals of nuclear power technology
Nuclear reactors
Fusion vs Fision
Environmental implication of nuclear power
Cost of nuclear power

Renewable Energy Generation

Hydropower plants

Hydropower technology
Hydro sites
Dams and barrages
Turbines
Environmental consideration for hydropower technology
Cost of hydropower
Hydropower for peak load (energy storage)

Wind Power

Wind turbine technology
Predictability and reliability
Environmental aspects
Power quality
Cost of wind powe

Solar Energy

Solar energy conversion: photosythesis, thermal electrical conversion, photochemical conversion, photoelectrical conversion
Concentrating solar power
Photovoltaics
Environmental considerations
Cost of solar energy

Biomass

Biomass sources
Conversion processes (thermal, chemical, biochemical)
Environmental impact
Cost of biomass

Geothermal

Geothermal power plant types
Environmental impact
Cost of geothermal power

Tidal power

Conversion methods from tidal to electrical energy
Ecological impact and reliability
Cost of tidal power

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture	3 lectures per week	36
Tutorial	example classes, 1 per week	12
Project supervision	Group seminars on energy stratergies (3 seminars)	4
Fieldwork	2 tours to Marchwood Power Station (8 hours per tour)	8

Assessment

Assessment methods

Depending on the cohort, coaches are needed to take students to Marchwood and to bring them back. The maximum group size for the tour is 22-24 students.

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Business plan for energy generation	-	30%
Steam plant analysis	-	20%
Exam	2 hours	50%

Referral Method: By examination, with the original coursework mark being carried forward

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ELEC6220 Power Systems Analysis

Module Overview

Overview

To introduce fundamental concepts relating to the design, analysis, economics and management of modern electrical power systems.
To develop awareness of the technical problems associated with operation of such systems.
To gain analytical and numerical modelling skills for handling particular problems.
To introduce classification of grid users, load control and tariffs.

Aims and Objectives

Advanced concepts of operation of electrical power systems.
Elements of control of power systems
Economic and management aspect.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Advanced concepts of operation of electrical power systems.
Elements of control of power systems.
Economic and management aspect.

Intellectual Skills
- Appreciation of the complexity of power systems.
- Ability to analyse the performance of power systems.
Practical Skills
- A range of analytical and numerical methods of analysis of power systems.
- Ability to use commercial software for simulation.
General Transferable (key) Skills
- Application of modern modelling techniques.
- Ability to tackle problems of interdisciplinary nature.

Syllabus

Introduction

The evolution of electricity generation technologies
The evolution of environmental awareness
The size of the industry
The politics of electricity
Hierarchy of energy within the national economy

The utilization of electric power

Types of loads
Classification of grid users
Measurement of load
Load loss factor
Load control
Load forecasting
Tariffs

Power System Economics

Basic pricing principles
Supply-side and demand-side options
Load management and spot pricing
Electricity pricing
Charging for transmission and distribution services
Cost of generating electrical energy
Methods of determining depreciation
Importance of high load factor

Electricity markets

Electricity market structure
Market clearing
Social welfare
Market coupling

Power factor improvement

Causes and disadvantages of low power factor
Calculation of power factor correction
The most economical power factor
Power factor improvement equipment

Economics of power transmission

Economic choice of conductor size
Economic choice of transmission voltage
Most economical conductor size in a cable

Energy management system

Load-flow or power-flow computation
DC load-flow
Optimal power flow
State estimator

Control of transported and distributed power

Control of real power flows
Control of reactive power flows
Unified Power-Flow Controller
FACTS controllers in the distribution system

Future power systems

Renewable Energy
Decentralized or Distributed Generation
Power-Electronic Interfaces
Energy Storage
Blackouts and Chaotic Phenomena

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		12

Assessment

Assessment methods

N/A

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Coursework using ERACS software	-	50%
Exam	2 hours	50%

Referral Method: By examination, with the original coursework mark being carried forward

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ELEC2220 Control and Communications

Module Overview

To develop knowledge of the analysis of linear continuous-time systems. To introduce the basic analysis and design tools for electronic system control and communications engineering. To provide a comprehensive foundation for Part III/IV signal processing, communications and control courses.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

The principles of communications and control theory
Analogue and digital modulation
The techniques used to design and analyse the performance of control systems.

Subject Specific Intellectual

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Apply time and frequency domain techniques for the analysis of linear systems of any order.
Analyse and design simple linear control and modulation systems.
Use MATLAB as a design and simulation tool.
Program control system design and analysis problems in MATLAB
Engage proficiently with the more advanced signal processing, communications and control courses
Understand the relevance of the frequency-domain analysis in engineering

Transferable and Generic

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Use the control and communications point of view to analyse problems arising in other disciplines

Syllabus

Control (26 lectures):

Recap of the Laplace Transform and its properties, including initial and final value theorem
Differential equations and transfer functions
Characteristic equation
Block diagram notation
Use of Matlab and other CAD tools.
Feedback Control Systems
Open loop v closed loop
Stability
Sensitivity
Disturbance rejection
Transient response
Steady state error
Root Locus Analysis
Bode Plots
Gain and Phase Margin, Bandwidth
Estimation of system transfer functions
Stability in the Frequency Domain
Nyquist Stability Criterion
Gain and Phase Margin
Controller Design
Common control methodologies
PI, PD and PID, Pole placement, Pole-zero cancellation
Compensators, Phase Lead and Lead-Lag
Benefits and Disadvantages - the need for other control strategies

Communications (10 lectures):

Analogue modulation:

AM, DSBSC and SSB with tone modulation; transmission band width
FM; defining equations and simple waveforms, modulation index, bandwidth, capture ratio
Noise and distortion

Digital Modulation:

ASK, PSK, QPSK; constellation diagram
Pulse shaping, eye diagram
Demodulation and detection
Symbol and bit error probabilities
Comparison of analogue and digital modulation,
Software defined radio outlook

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		36
Tutorial		12
Specialist Lab		9

Assessment

Assessment methods

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Specialist control and comms labs	-	15%
Tutorial questions similar in form to those set in examinations	-	10%
Exam	2 hours	75%

Referral Method: By examination

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ELEC2212 Electromagnetism for Communications

Module Overview

The course presents the principles and applications of electromagnetic theory with examples in high-speed electronics, communications and electromagnetic compatibility, and provides an introduction to photonic engineering.

It covers the underlying mathematics of vector fields and Electromagentics required for communications. Course participants will become familiar with the most common methods of data transmission including short and long distance electronic interconnect, fibre optic interconnect and wireless interconnect.

Aims & Objectives

Aims

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following:

A1 Vector differential calculus

A2 Maxwell's equations, their application and context

A3 Electromagnetic boundary conditions

A4 Interaction between electromagnetic waves, materials and interfaces.

A5 Electromagnetic wave propagation in free space and materials.

A6 Data transmission lines

A7 Waveguides and optical fibres.

A8. Antennas for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves

Intellectual Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

B1. Understand use of vector calculus to represent fields and waves

B2. Interactions between EM waves and matter and its application to communications (optical and wireless)

Subject Specific Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will understand:

C1 Electromagnetic theory

C2 Electromagnetic and electrostatic fields

C3 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

C4 Basic Coherent and non-coherent optics

C5 Electromagnetic propagation and antennas

Employability/Transferable/Key Skills

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to:

D1. Select and use appropriate interconnect for short and long distance communications.

Syllabus

Electromagnetism in industrial electronics: electromagnetic compatibility, the mobile phone and optical fibre communications

1. Vectors, Vector fields, and Vector calculus

2. Div, Grad, Curl,

3. Divergence theorem, Stokes theorem.

4. Maxwell's equations

5. Coulomb's law and Gauss' Law

6. Energy and momentum in electromagnetic fields

7. Electrostatic dipoles and dielectrics

8. Electromagnetic wave propagation in air, metal conductors, and dielectric materials.

9. Electromagnetic spectrum.

10.Frequency dependent properties of metal transmission lines.

11.Skin-depth and impedance.

12.Reflection and refraction of light.

13.Use of total internal reflection for data transmission in optical waveguides, and fibres.

14.Frequency dependent properties of optical waveguides.

15.Convergence of electronic and optical data transmission for semiconductor devices.

16.Introduction to planar lightwave circuits, and silicon photonic devices.

17.Radiation and antennas for wireless communications.

Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching methods

Activity	Description	Hours
Lecture		36
Specialist Lab		3
Tutorial		12

Assessment

Assessment methods

Students will receive feedback in-class during lectures and laboratory sessions. Feedback will be given after the courseworks are marked.

Demonstrators will help and advise students, as well as grading their work.

Students may contact the teaching team via email for advice and academic support.

Method	Hours	Percentage contribution
Introduction to Fibre Amplifiers	-	5%
The first coursework for enhancing student understanding on general electromagnetism.	-	5%
The second coursework for enhancing student understanding on general electromagnetism.	-	5%
Exam	2 hours	85%

Referral Method: By examination, with the original coursework mark being carried forward

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