DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
B.SC. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
SECOND YEAR COURSES
EE 261 ASYNCHRONOUS & DC MACHINES (3 0 3)
Armature Winding, Emf and Mmf Developed:
Commutator Windings. A.C. Windings. Winding Factors. Emfs Produced by Armature
Windings. Mmfs Produced By Armature Windings.
D.C. Machines:
Basic Theory. Construction. Emf. And Torque Equations. Steady State characteristics of Shunt,
Series and Compound Machines. Efficiency. Starters and their Industrial control circuits.
Polyphase Induction Machines:
Basic Theory. Construction. Phasor Diagrams. Equivalent circuits. Circle Diagram. Testing And
Efficiency. Torque equations. Power factor correction. Starting methods and their industrial
control circuits. High torque cage motors. Induction Generator.
EE 262 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES (3 0 3)
Basic Theory. Construction Phasor Diagram and Equivalent Circuit of Non-Salient_pole
Machine. Machine characteristics. Two Axis Theory. Phasor Diagram of salient-Pole Machine.
Assessment of Reactance. Determination of Voltage Regulation. Parallel operation:
Synchronizing, effects of changing excitation and Mechanical Torque, Load sharing of two
machines, Hunting, performance equations, Circle Diagrams. V-Curve of Synchronous Motor.
Starting of Synchronous Motor and its industrial control circuit. Synchronous induction Motor.
Single-phase synchronous generator.
EE 271 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (2 0 2)
PN Junction: Junction diodes and their static and dynamic properties at high frequencies,
switching.
Metal-Semiconductor junctions: Energy band diagram of the Schottky barrier, MIS Schottky
diode, ohmic contact, applications of Schottky-Barrier diodes, heterojunctions. Solar Cell and
light-emitting diode: optical absorption in a Semiconductor, Photovoltaic effect, Schottky-barrier
and MIS solar cells, LEDs, eye snsitivity and brightness, Quantum efficiency.
MOS Devices: MOS capacitor, MOS transistor (DC characteristics, depletion - MOST and
JFET). Polysilicon gate technology, Metal gate technology, comparison. Control of threshold
voltage through iron implantation. Frequency and small signal properties of MOST, special MOS
devices (CMOS, VMOS, DMOS, CCD). Examples of CCD in electro-optical applications and
signal processing.
B.SC. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING-COURSE
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Bipolar Junction Devices: The BJT transistor action, Ebers-Molls model, Hybrid-pi and h
equivalent circuit, the BJT as a switch, breakdown voltages, lateral PNP transistor, PNPN
devices, Noise source in BJT.
EE 272 DIGITAL SYSTEMS (3 0 3)
Digital Devices and Circuits: Logic gates based on the MOS transistor: Switching times of
basic inverters in NMOS and CMOS, logic gates, transmission gates, dynamic circuits. Logic
gates based on the Bipolar Junction Transistor: Switching times of the basic inverter, logic gates
of TTL, ECL and I2L types.
Latches, flip-flops of types D, SR, JK and master slave, NMOS, CMOS, and I2L
implementations.
Regernerative circuits: Schmitt, uni-stable multivibratiors.
Logic Theory: Logical operations, Boolean algebra, combinations and their various realizations.
Minimization techniques. Various codes. Synchronous and asynchronous sequential logic, state
assignment and minimization finite state machines.
Reliability, fault diagnosis and threshold logic. Limitations of sequential circuits. Design
examples of Digital Systems.
TE 262 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (2 0 2)
Electrostatics and electromagnetism: the electric fields, conductors, insulators, capacitance, the
magnetic field in free space, magnetic effects of iron. Calculation of inductance, field plotting,
electromagnetic induction Maxwell’s equations differential plus integral form. Electromagnetic
waves theory: EM waves in a homogeneous medium uniform plane wave propagation,
conductors, dielectric, skin effect reflection, reflection of plane waves. Poynting Vector
EE 287 CIRCUIT THEORY (2 0 2)
Review and application of Network theorems to AC Networks:
Superposition, substitution, Thevenin, Duality; Norton; Reciprocity.
Network Topology:
Graph or network: Trees; Node voltages and current equation. Use of nodal voltage method and
mesh current method in network analysis.
Two prot Networks: Relationship between terminal quantities; choice of parameters; network
models; interconnection of networks; validity tests. Application of interconnection rules; Loaded
two ports; Reciprocity and symmetry.
Multiport Networks : Network equations; effect of dependent and independent internal sources.
n-terminal networks. The indefinite admittance matrix; connection of a terminal to earth;
connection of two terminals together; suppression of terminal; connection of networks in
parallel.
Two port devices: Impedance converter, Generalized impedance converter, Negative impedance
converter, impedance inverter, the Gyrator.
EE 288 ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT & INSTRUMENTATION (3 0 3)
Operational principles and dynamic analysis of measuring instruments: moving coil instruments,
moving iron instruments. Electrostatic, electrodynamics, industrial instruments. Instrument
Transformers. Measurement of current, voltage, power energy, phase, power factor, frequency.
B.SC. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING-COURSE
DESCRIPTION 2009/10
Measurement of resistance, capacitance and inductance, bridge methods; resonance methods,
sensors, and transducers. Methods of measuring non-electric quantities: heat, light, sound,
pressure, strain. stress. mechanical displacement, flow, liquid level, humidity, speed, velocity
and time. The C.R.O. and its application. Electronic measuring instruments such as logic
analysers, spectrum analysers and computer controlled automatic measuring instruments.
SCADA systems and remote metering .
EE 291 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB. I (0 5 1)
Laboratory work in the following areas Transducers, single-phase and polyphase transformers,
measuring instruments, characteristics of semiconductor devices and amplifiers design and
construction. At least 6 experiments to be performed.
EE 292 ELECTRICAL ENG. LAB. II (0 9 2)
Laboratory work related to the following:
EE 262, EE 271, EE 278, EE 288. At least 3 assignments to be performed.
MATH 251 MATHEMATICS III (4 0 4)
Analysis III: (Pre-requisites:- Algebra I and II, Analysis II) Differentiation under the integral
sign; Multiple integrals; line; surface; volume integrals; Triple scale and vector products;
differentiation of vectors; Vector fields; Differential equations: (Pre-requisites: Analysis II)
Ordinary Differential equations; First order differential equations; Second order linear
differential equations; Systems of linear equations with constant coefficients; Laplace
transforms.
MATH 252 MATHEMATICS IV (4 0 4)
Analysis IV: (Pre-requisites : - Algebra I and II, Analysis II) Differentiation of implicit
functions; Extrema; Gamma and beta functions; Functions of complex variables; Conformal
mapping; Contour integration; Differential equations II: (Pre-requisites:- Differential equations I)
Solutions in series Fourier series; Classification of second order linear partial differential
equations and reduction to canonical forms; Solutions of simple boundary problems by
separation of variables.
COE 251 C Programming (2 3 3)
Introduction: About C, C and unix, Dialects of C, Common C, ANSI C; Using C with UNIX:
writing the program, compiling the program, the C compiler (cc), Make, a Program Builer,
Improved Type Checking Using Lint, Running the Program, Constant and Variable Types:
Global Variables, External Variables, Static Variables; Constants and Arrays, Expressions and
Operators: Assignment Statement, Arithemtic Operators, Type Conversion, Comparison, Logical
Connectors, Control Statements: The if else Statement, The switch Statement, Loops, The
Standard Input Output File, Character Input/Output, Formatted Input/Output; Handling Files in
C. Structures in C, The C Preprocessor, Programs with Several Files, UNIX Library Functions,
Precedence of C Operators, Special Characters, Formatted Input and Output Function Types
ENGL 263
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I (1 0 1)
B.SC. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING-COURSE
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Literature as Poetry: What is a poem, and its characteristics? Difference between a poem and a
song. The figure of speech and the literary device. Practical appreciation. Literature as Drama:
What is a play, and its characteristics? Drama as Theatre. Shakespeare. The modern Play.
Texts to be studied: Selected African and English poems. One Shatespeare play and one Modern
African play.
ENGL 264 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II (1 0 1)
See detailed description for first semester segment ENGL 263.
FREN 181 FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION I (2 0 2)
This course is aimed at equipping students with basic French communication skills. The course
is specially tailored for students from various departments who have little or no knowledge in
French. French techniques of expression, drawn from short dialogues, are exploited to help
students have the ability to communicate freely. Attention will be paid to the correct intonation
and pronunciation.
FREN 182 FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES II (2 0 2)
This course is aimed at helping students to grasp basic French vocabulary to be able to function
in everyday situation. Spoken French and oral comprehension are emphasized. This will be
supplemented with exercises aimed at giving students ample opportunity to maximize their use
of the language. The communicative approach is used to enable students express themselves in
different situations.
ECON 151 INTRODUCTORY ECONOMICS I (2 0 2)
The nature and scope of economics. Consumer choice. Determination of prices. Different market
conditions. Production theory, and theory of distribution.
ECON 152 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS II (2 0 2)
A survey of national income – its measurement and determinants. Fluctuations in economic
activity and trends in Ghana’s national income. Index number. International trade and national
economy, role of government.
B.SC. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING-COURSE
DESCRIPTION 2009/10