Università Roma Tre

1) indoor/outdoor electromagnetic field evaluation;2) antenna characterization (far-field, near-field);3) electromagnetic field mesaurement;4) use of electromagnetic cad;5) normatives.

The course aims at providing students of the master degree the basic concepts of electrical safety and the related guiding principles of design, testing and maintenance of systems and equipment for power electrical distribution systems.

THE COURSE PROVIDES THE STUDENTS WITH TOOLS FOR DEALING WITH DIFFRACTION AND PROPAGATION OF OPTICAL FIELDS, WHICH ARE AT THE BASIS OF OPTO-ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS. IN SUCH A CONTEXT, IT INTRODUCES AND DEVELOPS THE CONCEPT OF OPTICAL COHERENCE AND PRESENTS SUITABLE TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING PROPAGATION PROBLEMS IN VACUO AND INSIDE MATTER.

THE STUDENT WILL LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND PROPERTIES AND DESIGN OF VARIOUS MICROWAVE COMPONENTS (BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE), CIRCUITS, USED IN BASIC RF/MICROWAVE FRONTEND FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS AND LEARN HOW TO APPLY THESE PROPERTIES FOR PARTICULAR DESIGNS. THE STUDENT WILL LEARN HOW TO DESIGN BASIC RF/MICROWAVE FRONTEND FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS USING BOTH ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN TOOLS. THE STUDENT WILL, THROUGH THE LAB SESSIONS, DEVELOP AN INTUITION AND PHYSICAL FEELING FOR MICROWAVE PHENOMENON AND TO GET FIRST HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH MICROWAVES COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE OPERATION OF MAJOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BASED ON HOMO AND HETEROJUNCTIONS; THEIR CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THE FORMATION OF OHMIC AND SCHOTTKY CONTACTS USED IN MICRO AND NANOELECTRONICS. THE STUDENT WILL STUDY THE CHARACTERISTICS AT LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCY OF MESFET, MOSFET, BJT, HBT, AND THOSE MOST ADVANCED STRUCTURES USING QUANTUM CONFINEMENT OF CHARGE CARRIERS AS HEMT, PHEMT AND MODFET BASED ON GAAS / ALGAAS E GAN / ALGAN. .

The aim of the course is to describe the principles of operation of the main ultrasonic sensors and
transducers. They will be provided to students the basic knowledge of the acousto-electronic, in
order to give the tools for the analysis and simulation of transduction systems. Particular emphasis
will be given to the capacitive micromachined transducers on silicon, which represent the state of
the art of the microsensors integrated technology. They will be also examined the piezoelectric
sensors and transducers, with particular attention to biomedical sensors that involve the use of
ultrasound. The exercises include the design and the realization of a complete acoustic system for
gestural detecting in the space (touchless interface for PC).

AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO OFFER AN EXHAUSTIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ADVANCED MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES (MATERIAL TREATMENT AND DEVICE REALIZATION). AFTER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THE INDUSTRIAL NEED FOR INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS, THE COURSE WILL COVER 5 MAIN SUBJECTS: 1) MATERIALS FOR MICROELECTRONICS: IT’S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SEMICONDUCTORS USED IN VLSI-ULSI TECHNOLOGY, AND TO THE REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE TO MEET DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION; 2) GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICON CRYSTALS: THIS PART DEALS WITH THE GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES OF SILICON CRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATES (WAFERS) USED IN MODERN PLANAR TECHNOLOGY; 3) THIN FILMS: THIS SECTION WILL COVER THE MAIN THIN FILM DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES, FROM METALS (PVD, ELECTRON-BEAM, SPUTTERING) TO DIELECTRICS (CVD, THERMAL OXIDATION), FROM III-V COMPOUNDS (MBE, MOCVD), TO MONO-, POLY- AND NANOSILICON, DIAMOND, AND OTHER RELEVANT SEMICONDUCTORS. 4) BASIC TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES: THIS SECTION WILL DEAL WITH SUB-MICROMETRIC PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY (VUV, IONIC AND ELECTRON-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY), DOPING (DIFFUSION, ION IMPLANTATION) AND ETCHING (DRY, WET) TECHNIQUES; 5) VLSI-ULSI TECHNOLOGY: IN THIS SECTION A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF BJT, CMOS, BICMOS AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS VLSI-ULSI TECHNOLOGY WILL BE MADE, SHOWING THE WHOLE FABRICATION PROCESS FROM THE CIRCUIT SCHEMATICS TO THE INDUSTRIAL REALIZATION.

The purpose of the course is to describe the principles of operation of key ultrasonic sensors and transducers. In particular, it will be treated the silicon microsensors, representing the state of the art both for the small size, that is well matched with the microelectronics, and for the low cost. It will also treated in depth transducers, sensors and piezoelectric actuators and cmut. The methodological part of the course is dedicated to the study of the most important aspects of the devices operation, using simplified analytical models. The practice is dedicated to the development of numerical exercises with the use of commercial fea (finite element analysis) software, ansys, to allow to the students, the design and the simulation of real devices.

The aim of the course is to give students the ability to recognize and quantify the environmental impacts resulting from human activities with particular reference to industrial, to identify the best technology available for both the prevention and for environmental remediation.

Marketing is the business function that deals with customers' unfulfilled needs and wants. The role of the engineers today is to deliver new products that are in line with market expectations. To identify and measure these needs, the modern engineer need to understand and determine which targets the business can serve, decide the appropriate products and services, and determine the optimal methods of pricing, promoting and distributing the products or services. This course is designed for students with little or no marketing experience.

To acquire a scientific background in the field of superconductivity, with emphasis on experiments, basic theoretical models, and applications. To be able to link some fundamental experiments and theoretical aspects. To be able to identify the peculiar features of superconductors that are exploited in typical applications.

THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT METHODS MAINLY RELATED TO THE THERMAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COOLING SYSTEM.

In order to approach problems in several contexts of Sciences and Engineering, it is necessary to know and apply particular methods of Mathematics.
In this course we present some of the most important classical mathematical methods.
These are based on the use of integral transforms, power series, differential equations and special functions.

THE COURSE IS FOCUSED ON THE RESEARCH OF TECHNIQUES THAT PERMIT THE REPLACEMENT OF HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOSSIL FUELS WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GUARANTEE THE SAME ENERGY RESULT, COMPARABLE ECONOMIC COSTS BUT LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
ARE PRESENTED METHODS TO REACH MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY, PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO ENSURE THEIR PROPER TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
IN PARTICULAR FOR RENEWABLES ARE REVIEWED SOLAR ENERGY, BOTH PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMAL APPLICATIONS, WIND ENERGY, ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE.

The course provides to supply the students the basic knowledge of the energy technologies related to electric energy generation taking into account the energy needs in the industrial and civil sector.
Basic instruments and information will be supplied to better understand problems related the distributed energy generation particulary concerning electricity produced by renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, wind, fuelcell – hydrogen, etc.) including energy storage systems.

For the above mentioned energy systems will be analyzed and discussed the problems related to the grid connection and all active components and systems to assure the best quality of the energy distributed.

THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TO THE MASTER STUDENTS ALL THE BASIC METHODS SUITABLE TO THE ANALYSIS OF NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC CIRCUITS. THE MAIN NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DEALING WITH THE STUDY OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF DETERMINISTIC CHAOS, ARE PRESENTED. FINALLY, THE MAIN FILTERING METHODS TO REDUCE THE DISTORTION DUE TO NON-LINEARITY AND THE MAIN MODERN TECHNIQUES DESIGNED FOR THE NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION ARE ALSO SHOWN.

THE LESSONS WILL PRESENT DYNAMIC MODELING AND METHODOLOGIES FOR POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS DESIGN. THE STUDENTS WILL FACE DESIGN PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCE TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED PERFORMANCES.

The course objective is to provide at students suitable lectures about deterministic and stochastic optimization methods regarding, in particular, Evolutionary Computation and Softcomputing at large. During the course several applications on circuits and power systems are described for inverse proble as well.

The aim of the course is to explore the variety of instrumentation used for the restoration of cultural heritage and the management of their conservation. The student will be given the classification of instruments in relation to the physical field of belonging.

THE COURSE COMPLETE THE KNOWLEDGE ON ANTENNAS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS GIVEN IN PREVIOUS COURSES

The course aim at giving the student the tools for the analysis and the design of innovative micro- and nano-electronics devices based on the employment of metamaterials.

AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE OPERATION PRINCIPLE AND CHARACTERISTIC OF NANOMETER SCALE DEVICES. EXAMPLES OF ANALYZED DEVICES ARE HETEROJUNCTION TRANSISTOR, SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTOR AND MESOSCOPIC DEVICES.

ELEMENTS ON BASIC EFFECTS/DEVICES FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, FROM GENERATION TO CONFINEMENT, TRANSMISSION, MODULATION, DETECTION AND NOVEL PHENOMENA OF CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE

The course provides basic understanding of physics and technology of photovoltaic devices, from first generation silicon solar cells (crystalline, polycrystalline, amorphous) to second (thin-films technology) and third generation (multi-junction) solar cells. The course deals with devices, modules and systems and includes an introduction to storage and distribution of solar energy. The objective is to provide the specific knowledge for the design, analysis and characterization of solar cells and systems. The course includes a number of laboratory experiments on solar cells and SPICE simulations

Advanced study of specific problems/topics in nonlinear optics

The purpose of course is to provide students with the skills necessary to basic design of measurement systems even remotely complex and articulated. Methods are cited for the acquisition, the registration and organization of data acquired. Between the objectives of the study are priority hardware architecture in measuring devices and their connectivity

In Renewable Energy and Cultural Heritage, it is necessary to study the suitable strategies for the rational exploitation of the first in relation to environmental impact and vice versa, considering all those steps that must be taken to prevent environmental deterioration in the findings

THE COURSE PROVIDES THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF BOTH ELECTRICITY AND GAS WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ISSUES CONNECTED WITH THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, CONVERSION AND STORAGE. THE COURSE ALSO PROVIDES EVIDENCE ON CONTRACTING, ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES , ON POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION AND ON STANDARDS IN FORCE.