Course Descriptions
Course code: ESE4100XX
| Course | Credits / Total Class Hours | Description | Type |
| ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Code: 02 |
3 / 45 | Automation process: measurement, performance and control. Automation and control with microcontrollers and programmable logic devices. Interfacing with external devices. Communication protocols. Energy management in electronic systems. Low and medium power devices: semiconductors and energy converters. Stability and performance of feedback systems. | Required |
| SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
Code: 19 |
3 / 45 | Science, ethics and society. Research on Graduate level. Research documentation. Research topic: problem formulation and research hypotheses, objectives, theoretical references. Methodological procedures: collection, validation, analysis and discussion of data and results. The research project. Planning and structure of the final paper. Preparation of articles and theses. | Required |
| TEACHING PRACTICUM
Code: 16 to 18 |
up to 3 / 45 | Higher education teaching practice with the support of a supervisor. Required for scholarship holders only. | Required for scholarship holders |
| SIGNALS AND DYNAMIC SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Code: 10 |
3 / 45 | Signals and systems theory review . Random signals: random variables and random variable functions. Stochastic processes. Discrete and continuous-time signal processing: filtering, sampling and reconstruction. Mathematical analysis of linear systems: linear space, controllability, observability and stability. Nonlinear systems: dynamic behavior, phase plane analysis and stability. Linearization. | Elective |
| ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
Code: 04 |
3 / 45 | Advanced aspects of electromagnetic compatibility. Conducted and radiated emissions. Conducted and radiated susceptibility. Electromagnetic interference. Control of electromagnetic interference. Radiation and Coupling. Nonlinearity of electronic components. Signals spectrum. Parasitic elements of components. Crosstalk, filters and shielding. Standards. Projects for electromagnetic compatibility (printed circuit boards, signal integrity, earthing system, filters and logic disposition). | Elective |
| APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS
Code: 07 |
3 / 45 | Sustainable and renewable energy. High-efficiency, high step-up DC-DC converters. Grid-connected DC – AC converters. Maximum power point tracking techniques. Reversibility in electric current and tension. Power factor correction in PMW rectifiers. PMW modulation techniques applied to converters. | Elective |
| INSTRUMENTATION FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Code: 09 |
3 / 45 | Structure of electronic measurement and performance systems. Electronic measurement signal processing circuits. Analog and digital signal processing techniques in hardware. Analog-digital and digital-analog converters for precision instrumentation. Techniques and circuits for logic level compatibility. Virtual instrumentation. Data acquisition and processing by virtual instrumentation software. | Elective |
| MODELING AND CONTROL OF STATIC CONVERTERS
Code: 08 |
3 / 45 | Acquisition of dynamic static converter models. Average-value modeling. Small-signal analysis. The PWM switch model. Canonical circuit models. Modeling of Space-state models. State feedback. Nonlinear control systems. | Elective |
| PROGRAMMING OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Code: 05 |
3 / 45 | Architecture and programming of current microcontrollers and microprocessors. Review of input/output principles and practices. Concurrent Computing. Software design and development for critical systems. Development of reliable software(testing and debugging of complex systems). | Elective |
| INDUSTRIAL AND VEHICULAR NETWORKS
Code: 11 |
3 / 45 | Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs). Industrial and vehicular automation protocols: Industrial Ethernet, Profinet, DeviceNet, FieldBus, Controller Area Network (CAN), FlexRay, HART. Wireless networks: bluetooh, ZigBee, Wi-Fi. Applications in electronic systems. | Elective |
| CYBER-PHYSICS SYSTEMS
Code: 06 |
3 / 45 | Introduction, motivation and examples of cyber-physical systems. Modeling of continuous, discrete and hybrid systems, state machines, composition and concurrency. Design of cyber-physical systems with intelligent sensors and actuators: distributed systems perspective, processing, storage, communication, synchronization, scheduling, concurrency and parallelism. Design of cyber-physical systems for verification: contract-based design with temporal logic and separation logic. | Elective |
| CONTROL SYSTEMS
Code: 03 |
3 / 45 | Fundamentals of classical control theory. Feedforward, cascade and prefiltering control. Performance and sensibility specifications of control systems.. Design of state-space control systems: pole allocation, observers, and linear quadratic optimal control. Robustness and robust control fundamentals. On-off and sliding mode controllers. | Elective |
| SPECIAL TOPICS I – VI
Codes: 20 to 25 |
3 / 45 | Course with variable content according to the availability and/or needs of the program. | Elective |
