Electronic engineering

BH-120	Applied Physics	3 + 1
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Natural Sciences / Physics
Objective: Teach the fundamentals of classical physics including the electrostatics, electrodynamics, solid-state physics, optics, and thermodynamics in relation to the cooling of electronics.
Course Outline: Electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, electric field and potential, capacitance, dielectrics. Electrodynamics: Magnetic field and force, sources of magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, inductance. Solid-state physics: Crystal lattices, unit cells, energy bands, allowed and forbidden states, conductors, semiconductors, insulators. Semiconductors: Composition, purity, n- and p-type materials, carrier properties and distribution. Carrier action: Diffusion, drift, generation, recom­bination. Conductivity, mobility, p-n junction diode, diode curve, forward-biased diode, reverse-biased diode, bipolar junction transistor and its biasing, MOSFET and its biasing, Hall effect. Optics: Optical absorption, photo-luminescence, photoconductivity, photoelectric effect, lasers, superconductivity. Heat and Thermodynamics in relation to cooling of electronics.
Lab Outline: Electric fields, Gauss' law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, current and resistance, magnetic fields, sources of magnetic field, Faraday's law, inductance, direct current circuits, alternating current circuits, diode characteristics, transistor characteristics, nature of light, geometric optics, laws of geometric optics, interference of light waves, diffraction, polarization.
Recommended Books: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker, “Fundamentals of Physics,” 7^th Edition, 2005, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471465097. Arthur Beiser, “Schaum's Outline of Applied Physics,” 4^th Edition, 2004, McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0071426116.

CS-100	Computer Fundamentals and Programming	2 + 1
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Computing / Fundamentals
Objective: Teach the structure, operation, programming, and applications of computers.
Course Outline: History, classification, basic components, CPU, memory, peripheral devices, storage media and devices, physical and logical storage, data organization, file storage, programs and software, system software, application software, operating systems, programming languages, compilation and interpretation, problem specification, algorithms, flow chart, pseudo code, basic programming techniques, data types and declaration, header file and linkage, variables and constants, arrays, input/output, termination, remark, control structures, branching, conditional structures, repetition and loops, basic library functions, social impact of computer age, computers in office, industry and education.
Lab Outline: Computation of number system, implementation of Boolean functions, basic machines organization including motherboard, memory, I/O cards, networking devices, use of flow charts, introduction to office tools, overview of different browsers including open-source browsers, introduction to various operating systems, coding, executing and debugging simple programs, implementation of simple control structures, implementation of simple functions, implementation of different function styles.

Recommended Books: Deitel & Deitel, “C How to Program,” Prentice Hall; 7^th Edition, 2012, ISBN:013299044X. Robert Lafore, “Object-Oriented Programming in C++,” Prentice Hall, 4^th Edition, 2002, ISBN: 0672323087. William Stallings “Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance”, Prentice Hall; 8^th Edition, 2009, ISBN:0136073735. Ivor Horton's “Beginning ANSI C++: The Complete Language”, Apress, 3^rd Edition Publication Date: January 8, 2004, ASIN: B0042NGRS0 Reema Thareja, “Computer Fundamentals & Programming in C”, OUP, 2012, ISBN: 978-0198078883

EE-110	Linear Circuit Analysis	3 + 1
Prerequisite: Nil
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Engineering Foundation / Engineering Foundation-I
Objective: Teach the methods used in the analysis of electrical circuits.
Course Outline: Physical foundation of electric circuits; electric current; electromotive force; resistance; conventional current; Ohm’s law; work, energy, and power; conductance; efficiency; real and ideal sources; resistive networks; Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws; voltage divider rule; current divider rule; series- and parallel-connected sources; voltage and current source conversions; mesh analysis; nodal analysis; network theorems (Superposition, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer) with independent and dependent sources; capacitance and capacitors; inductance and inductors; electromagnetic induction; alternating current fundamentals; phasor representation of alternating current; AC voltage and current relationships for pure resistance; inductive and capacitive circuits; wye-delta transformations. Transient and Steady State analysis of first order RC and RL circuits with unit step forcing function followed by more complex series and parallel RLC circuits combinations.
Lab Outline: Study of DC series circuits, parallel circuits, Kirchoff’s current and voltage laws, current divider theorem, voltage divider theorem, network theorems, simple RLC circuits, and simulation of basic electrical circuits using PSPICE. Lab activity will be followed by semester project.
Recommended Books: William Hayt, Jack Kemmerly, Steven Durbin Engineering Circuit Analysis,” McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 8^th Edition, 2011, ISBN: 0073529575 J. David Irwin, Robert M. Nelms “Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis,” Wiley, 10^th Edition, 2010, ISBN:0470633220 Robert L. Boylestad Introductory Circuit Analysis” Prentice Hall; 12^th Edition, 2010, ISBN: 0137146663 Muhammad H. Rashid, “Introduction to PSpice Using OrCAD for Circuits and Electronics,” Prentice Hall, 3^rd Edition, 2004, ISBN: 0131019880. Allan H. Robbins, Wilhelm Mmiller, “Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice”, Cengage Learning, 5^th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 978-1133281085.

EE-1XX	Electronics Workbench	0 + 1
Prerequisite: Nil
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Engineering Foundation / Engineering Foundation-II
Objective: To introduce students with the basic electronics tools and PCB soldering
Course Outline: Introduction to technical facilities in a workshop including mechanical and electrical equipment. Concepts in electrical safety, safety regulations, earthing concepts, electric shocks and treatment. Use of tools used by electricians, wiring regulations, types of cables and electrical accessories including switches, plugs, circuit breakers and fuses etc. UPS/ invertors and battery charging Industrial, domestic and auto wiring. Symbols for electrical wiring schematics. Wiring schemes of two-way, three-way and ringing circuits. Electric soldering/ de-soldering. PCB design, transferring a circuit to PCB, etching, drilling and soldering components on PCB.
Lab Outline:
Recommended Books: W.A.J. Chapman, “Workshop Technology”, Fourth Edition, Elsevier Butter-worth Heinemann, ISBN-13: 978-0713132724. Choudhruy H. S. K., Elements of Workshop Technology”, Vol-1, Media Promoters, ISBN-13: 978-8185099149. R.P. Sing, “Electrical Workshop: A Textbook”, Second Edition, International Publishing House, ISBN-13: 978-8189866716

Semester II

BH-101	Communication Skills	3 + 0
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Humanities / English
Course Outline: Annex “A”

BH-130	Pakistan Studies	2 + 0
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Humanities / Culture
Course Outline: Annex “B”
BH-111	Linear Algebra	3 + 0
Prerequisite: BH-110 Calculus and Analytical Geometry
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Natural Sciences / Math
Objective: Introduce the matrix theory and the use of matrices in the solution of engineering problems.
Course Outline: Algebra of matrices; inverse of a matrix; Gauss-Jordan method for the solution of a system of linear algebraic equations; vectors in the plane and in three dimensions; vector spaces; subspaces; span and linear independence; basis and dimension; homogeneous systems; coordinates and isomorphism; rank of a matrix; determinant; inverse of a matrix; applications of determinants; determinants from a computational point of view; properties of determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; systems of linear differential equations; diagonalization; Hermitian matrices; singular value decomposition; quadratic forms; positive definite matrices; non-negative matrices; floating-point numbers; Gaussian elimination; pivoting strategies; matrix norms and condition numbers; orthogonal transformations; eigenvalue problem; least square problems.
Recommended Books: Bernard Kolman and David Hill, “Elementary Linear Algebra,” Prentice Hall, 9^th Edition, 2007, ISBN: 0132296543. Kenneth Hardy, “Linear Algebra for Engineers and Scientists Using Matlab,” Prentice Hall, 1^st Edition, 2005, ISBN: 0139067280. Stephen Goode, “Differential Equations and Linear Algebra,” Prentice Hall, 3^rd Edition, 2007, ISBN: 0130457949. Gilbert Strang, “Introduction to Linear Algebra”, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 4^th Edition, 2009, ISBN: 978-0980232714.

EE-1XX	Solid State Electronics	2 + 0
Prerequisite: Nil
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Engineering Foundation / Engineering Foundation-III
Objective: Teach students with the basic concepts and working of semiconductor devices
Course Outline: Introduction to semiconductor materials, basic structure and properties, carrier transport in semiconductor, pn junction, metal-semiconductor contacts, mathematical models of junction field-effect-transistors, metal oxide semiconductor FET and bipolar transistors, microelectronics.
Recommended Books: Ben Streetman, Sanjay Banerjee “Solid State Electronic Devices”, Prentice Hall, 7^th Edition, 2014, ASIN: B00LT83RSE. Donald A. Neamen “Semiconductor Physics And Devices: Basic Principles”, McGraw-Hill, 4^th Edition, 2011, ISBN:0073529583

CS-101	Object Oriented Programming	2 + 1
Prerequisite: CS-100 Introduction to Computers
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Computing / Programming
Objective: Teach the concepts of data structure and its use in computer programs.
Course Outline: Fundamental data structures, data types, abstract data types, user defined data types, algorithms and their complexity, time-space trade off, arrays, records and pointers, matrices, linked lists, circular lists, two way lists, sequential (array) and linked implementation of stacks and queues, polish notation, recursion, towers of Hanoi, recursive implementation of stacks and queues, priority queues, tree, binary tree, binary search tree, traversals, threaded trees, heap, general trees, graphs, depth-first/breadth first traversal, adjacency matrix, shortest distance algorithms, sorting (insertion sort, selection sort, merge sort, radix sort), hashing, searching (linear search, binary search, depth first/breadth first search).
Lab Outline: Implementation using simple programs for basic arrays, single-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays, algorithm implementations, implementation of simple data structures like array, implementation of stacks, queues and priority queues, linked list, doubly linked list, circular linked list, tree searching algorithms implementation of hash algorithms, simple sorting techniques including bubble sorting and selection sorting, advanced searching schemes including binary searching and quick searching.
Recommended Books: Robert Lafore, “Data Structures and Algorithms in Java,” Second Edition, 2003, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0672324539. Robert Lafore, “Object-Oriented Programming in C++,” Fourth Edition, 2002, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0672323087.

EE-100	Electronic Devices and Circuits	3 + 1
Prerequisite: BH-120 Applied Physics, EE-110 Linear Circuit Analysis
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Engineering Foundation / Engineering Fundamentals-IV
Objective: Introduce the basic concepts of electronics and electronic devices including diodes, transistors, transistor biasing, rectifiers, and amplifiers.
Course Outline: Introduction to electronics; Diodes: pn junction diode, forward and reverse characteristics of a diode, ideal diode, practical diode, equivalent circuit of a diode, current equation of a diode, diode as a switch. Different types of diodes. Applications of diodes: Half- and full-wave rectifiers, clipper and clamper circuits, voltage multipliers. Bipolar Junction Transistor: Operation, npn and pnp transistors, unbiased transistor, DC biasing of a transistor, static characteristics, DC circuit analysis, load line, operating point and bias stabilization. Transistor as an amplifier. Transistor biasing configurations: Common emitter, common base, common collector. Field Effect Transistor. FET biasing techniques: Common drain, common source and common gate, fixed bias and self-bias configurations, voltage divider biasing. Universal JFET bias curve. Darlington pair. Introduction to CMOS.
Lab Outline: The emphasis is first on understanding the characteristics of basic circuits that use resistors, capacitors, diodes, bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors. The students then use this understanding to design and construct more complex circuits such as rectifiers, amplifiers and power supplies.
Recommended Books: Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith “Microelectronic Circuits,” Oxford University Press, 7^th Edition, 2014, ISBN: 0199339139. Behzad Razavi “Fundamentals of Microelectronics,” Wiley, 2^nd Edition, 2013, ISBN 1118156323. Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”, Prentice Hall; 11^th Edition, 2012, ISBN-0132622262. Thomas L. Floyd “Electronic Devices (Conventional Current Version)” Prentice Hall; 9^th Edition, 2011, ISBN: 0132549867.

Semester III

BH-212	Differential Equations	3 + 0
Prerequisite: BH-110 Calculus and Analytical Geometry BH-111 Linear Algebra
Knowledge Area / Sub Area: Natural Sciences / Math
Objective: Introduce differential equations and teach methods to solve these equations.
Course Outline: Formulation, order, degree, and linearity of a differential equation; complementary and particular solutions; initial- and boundary-value problems; solution of ordinary linear differential equations of first order; Bernoulli’s differential equation; solution of ordinary differential equations of second order; origin and formulation of partial differential equations; solutions of first-, second-and higher-order partial differential equations; homogeneous partial differential equations of order one; Lagrange’s method of solution. Linear equations of second order, such as wave equation and heat equation, used in engineering and physical sciences; solution of such equations using Fourier series; review of power series; series solutions near ordinary points; Legendre equation; types of singular points – Euler’s Equation; series solutions near regular singular points; series solutions near regular singular points – the general case. Bessel’s Equation and Bessel Functions.
Recommended Books: Erwin Kreyszig, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics,” John Wiley & Sons, 10^th Edition, 2011, ISBN: 0470458364. John Polking, Al Boggess, and David Arnold “Differential Equations,” Prentice Hall, 2^nd Edition, 2006, ISBN: 0131437380. Stephen Goode, “Differential Equations and Linear Algebra,” Prentice Hall, 3^rd Edition, 2007, ISBN: 0130457949.