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

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

2

 

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.

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.

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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.

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.