Reading List for the Comprehensive/Qualifying Examination- Problems 2, 3, and 4
Problems 2, 3, and 4: Subjects in electrical and computer engineering
The student needs to answer any three from the following list of problems, without exceeding two from the same TTG area:
| TTG Area | Problem | Reading List | |
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1 | Communications, Controls and Signal Processing | ECGR-4111: Control Systems (Maity) Sample Problem | Automatic Control Systems, B.C. Kuo, 9th Edition, 2010. Chapters 5 -10 |
| ECGR-4123: Analog and Digital Communications (Arafa) Sample Problem | B. P. Lathi and Z. Ding, Modern Digital and Analog Communication, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2018. Chapters 1–6. | ||
| ECGR-4124: Digital Signal Processing (Willis) 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. | ||
| ECGR-4187: Data Communications and Networking (Xie) Sample Problem | William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications, 10th Edition” PEARSON, 2014. Chapter 14,15,19,20 and 21. | ||
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| Devices, Circuits, and Systems | ECGR-3121/3122: Electromagnetic Fields (Ebong) Sample Problem | Engineering Electromagnetics, Second Edition, Nathan Ida, Springer, Chapters 11-14. |
| ECGR-3132: Electronics-II (Ebong) Sample Problem | Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, 6th Edition, Oxford University Press. Chapters on feedback and frequency response of amplifiers. | ||
| ECGR-4134: Solid State and Semiconductor Microelectronics-I (Ebong) Sample Problem | An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices by Donald Neaman, Chapters 6 – 12. | ||
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3 | High-Performance Embedded Computing | ECGR-4101: Embedded Systems (Conrad) Sample Problem | Introduction to Embedded Systems using the Renesas RX63N Microcontroller, James Conrad, 2013, Micrium Press. Click here to access. |
| ECGR-4146: VHDL (Saqib) Sample Problem | The Designer’s Guide to VHDL, Peter J Ashenden, 3rd Edition Volume 3, Chapters 2 – 10. | ||
| ECGR-4181: Computer Architecture (Mukherjee) Sample Problem | Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, John Hennessy and David Patterson, Fourth Edition. Chapters 1 – 5. | ||
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4 | Power Systems | ECGR-4141: Power Systems Analysis-I (Kamalasadan) Sample Problem | System Analysis by Hadi Saadat, McGraw Hill. Chapters 1 – 6. |
| ECGR-4142: Power Systems Analysis-II (Kamalasadan) Sample Problem | System Analysis by Hadi Saadat, McGraw Hill. 3rd Edition. Chapters 7 – 11. | ||
| ECGR-4143: Electrical Machines (Manjrekar) Sample Problem | A.E. Fitzgerald, C. Kingsley, and S. Umans, Electrical Machinery. Chapters 1 – 6. | ||