Reading list for the Breadth Examinations

Ph.D. Qualifying Examination

 

Questions 2, 3, and 4: Subjects in electrical and computer engineering

The student needs to answer any three from the following 16 problems, without exceeding two from the same concentration area. The topics and recommended reading lists for the 16 problems are:

 

Problem No.

Concentration area

Topics/Course name

Reading list

1

Communications and Signal Processing

ECGR-3111: Signals and Systems

 

Sample problem

Signals and Systems, 2nd Edition, Simon Haykin and Barry Van Veen, Wiley, 2003, Chapters 1-5, 8.

 

2

Communications and Signal Processing

ECGR-4123 : Analog and Digital Communications

 

Sample problem

Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B.P. Lathi, Oxford Univ. Press, 3rd Ed., 1998, ISBN 0-19-511009-9. Chapters 1-8, 10

 

3

Communications and Signal Processing

ECGR-4124: Digital Signal Processing

 

Sample problem

Discrete-Time Signal Processing: A.V. Oppenheim, R.W. Schaffer, and J.R. Buck, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1998, ISBN 0-13-754920-2. Chapters 1-10.

 

4

Communications and Signal Processing (extra problem)

ECGR-4187: Data Communications

 

 

Samples problem

Data and Computer Communications, 8th Edition, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 0-13-243310-9, Chapter 12, 15-16, 18-20, 22

5

Controls Systems

ECGR-3111/3112: Linear Systems

 

Sample problem

 

6

Controls Systems

ECGR-4111: Control Systems

 

Sample problem

 

7

Computer Engineering

ECGR-3181: Logic Systems Design

 

Sample problem

Wakerly, John F., “Digital Design: Prinicples and Practices”, 4th edition. Chapters 7 & 8.

8

Computer Engineering

ECGR-4101: Embedded Systems

 

Sample problem

Course notes:

www.coe.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/classes.htm

9

Computer Engineering

ECGR-3183/ITCS3182: Computer Architecture

 

Sample problem

David Patterson and John Hennessy, Computer Organization & Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 3rd edition, Morgan Kaufmann, Ch. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, Appx C

10

Analog, Mixed signal, and RF Electronics

ECGR-2111: Network Theory-I

 

 

Sample problem

J. W. Nilsson and S. A. Riedel, Electric Circuits, Seventh Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN 0-13-146592-9. Chapters 1 – 4, 6 – 8. Circuit elements, circuit variables, resistive circuits, nodal and mesh analysis, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, source transformation, linear superposition, inductor/capacitor I-V responses and combinations, response of first-order RL, RC circuits, response of second-order RLC circuits.

11

Analog, Mixed signal, and RF Electronics

ECGR-2112: Network Theory-II

 

 

Sample problem

J. D. Irwin and R. M. Nelms, "Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis", 8th edition, Wiley. Chapter 8 (AC steady state), chapter 9 (steady state power), chapter 10 (transformers), chapter 12 ( frequency response), chapters 13 and 14 (both Laplace analysis), chapter 15 (Fourier series and transforms)

12

Analog, Mixed signal, and RF Electronics

ECGR-3131: Electronics-I

 

Sample problem

Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press.

13

Analog, Mixed signal, and RF Electronics

ECGR-3132: Electronics-II

 

Sample problem

Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press.

14

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics

ECGR-3121/3122: Electromagnetic Fields

 

Sample problem

 

15

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics

ECGR-4125: Optical Engineering

 

Sample problem

 

16

Optoelectronics and Microelectronics

ECGR-3133: Solid State Microelectronics

 

Sample problem

 

17

Power Systems

ECGR-4141: Power Systems Analysis

 

Sample problem