Degree Course: Electronic engineering for industry and innovation Syllabus for A.Y. 2017/2018

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FIRST YEAR

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20801707 - CHEMISTRY OF TECHNOLOGY (objectives) The course has the task of increasing the knowledge in chemical process technology related to electronics, both well-established industrially but also more innovative ones. - SOTGIU GIOVANNI (syllabus) 1. Atomic structure and chemical bonds: Review of general chemistry: atoms, chemical bonding, molecular geometry (VB valence bond, molecular orbitals MO) 2. organic chemistry 3. LED and OLED 4. Traditional and organic solar cells 5. Liquid crystals; LCD 6. Solids: crystals and crystal structures: metallic solids, ionic solids, covalent solids, molecular solids. crystal systems; morphology of the crystals, the Miller indices; Packing of spheres in a plane: hcp, fcc, bcc, density of a crystal. crystal lattice; 32 crystallographic point groups; unified and reduced cell, the 14 Bravais lattices. crystal classes and properties. 7. Structure and energy of the surfaces to. surface structures of metals: fcc {100} {110} {111}; hcp {0001}; bcc {100} {110} {111}; energy surfaces, relaxation and reconstruction 8. Structural defects: point defects, linear defects or dislocations; planar defects or interfacial or grain boundaries; volume defects 9. Techniques of surface survey 11. Silicon Technology 12. The electronic balance :, electrochemical cells, electrode processes, Nerst equation; electrolysis; corrosion, galvanic corrosion and differential, methods of protection. Commercial batteries. Fuel cells	6	CHIM/07	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802050 - CIRCUITS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS (objectives) The course aims at providing students of the master degree the basic concepts of analysis methods of systems for the generation, the conversion and the transmission of electrical energy. The guiding principles of the design of systems and equipment for power electrical distribution and for hv and lv electrical installations are also treated. - SALVINI ALESSANDRO (syllabus) THEORY OF THREE PHASE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS. MAIN PROPERTIES OF SYMMETRIC AND BALANCED THREE PHASE NETWORKS. FORTESQUE's THEOREM . CIRCUIT MODEL OF POWER TRANSFORMER, CURRENT TRANSFORMERS AND VOLTAGE TRANSFORMERS. PRINCIPLES OF ENERGY CONVERSION. Electrodynamics: ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD. BASICS OF MAIN ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINES. DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS. FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS HV, MV AND LV. PRIMARY POWER LINES PARAMETERS. MODELLING OF LINE THROUGH DISTRIBUTED PARAMETERS AND / OR DELTA OR EYE TWO- PORTS. NUMERICAL METHODS FOR THE CALCULATION OF POWER FLOWS. THE STATE OF NEUTRAL IN THE THREE-PHASE SYSTEMS. FAULT ANALYSIS. MODELS EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT FOR THE CALCULATION OF CURRENT AND SHORT CIRCUIT IN AT BT. SURGE PROTECTION. BREAKERS AND FUSES. COORDINATION OF PROTECTION. HARMONIC FILTERING IN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. BASIC DESIGN OF LV POWER SYSTEMS. (reference books) Dispense del docente e slide delle lezioni G. Conte, Impianti Elettrici – Ed. Hoepli F. Iliceto, Impianti Elettrici – Ed. Patron F.Iliceto, Lezioni di Elettrotecnica, Vol.II “Elementi ed applicazioni delle macchine elettriche – Ed. Patron	9	ING-IND/31	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20810065 - OPTICS AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS (objectives) - to make the student familiar with the principal experimental results who led to the reformulation of physics needed in order for atomic phenomena to be adequately described; - to introduce students to the concept wave function and to Schroedinger's equation; - to provide those mathematical tools needed to solve some problems concerning simple quantum systems (potential well, harmonic oscillator); - to provide a quantum interpretation about the behaviour of some complex systems (like for instance hydrogen-like atoms, spin, field quantization, band theory, effective mass)
20810065-1 - QUANTUM ELECTRONICS (objectives) ‪- to make the student familiar with the principal experimental results who led to the ‪reformulation of physics needed in order for atomic phenomena to be adequately described‪- to introduce students to the concept wave function and to Schroedinger's equation‪- to provide those mathematical tools needed to solve some problems concerning simple ‪quantum systems (potential well, harmonic oscillator)‪- to provide a quantum interpretation about the behaviour of some complex systems (like for instance ‪hydrogen-like atoms, spin, field quantization, band theory, effective mass) - BORGHI RICCARDO (syllabus) Probability theory Random variables Averages and expected values Examples of probability distributions Boltzmann's statistics Black body radiation Planck's law Photoelectric effect Compton's effect Rutherford's model Bohr's quantum theory de Broglie's waves Schroedinger's equation for free particles The superposition principle The uncertainty principle On the probabilistic meaning of the wavefunction Physical observables and operators Schroedinger's equation with forces Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions Stationary states Potential step Potential barriere: tunnelling Quantum theory of alpha radioactive decay Infinite potential well 2D rigid rotator: selection rules Harmonic oscillator Vibrations of diatomic molecules Electron in a crystal: Bloch's theorem Effective mass (reference books) Notes provided by the teacher	6	FIS/03	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20810065-2 - OPTICS (objectives) - to make the student familiar with the principal experimental results who led to the reformulation of physics needed in order for atomic phenomena to be adequately described; - to introduce students to the concept wave function and to Schroedinger's equation; - to provide those mathematical tools needed to solve some problems concerning simple quantum systems (potential well, harmonic oscillator); - to provide a quantum interpretation about the behaviour of some complex systems (like for instance hydrogen-like atoms, spin, field quantization, band theory, effective mass) - Derived from 20801697 OTTICA in INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE LM-27 SANTARSIERO MASSIMO (syllabus) Wave propagation, diffraction and interference. Fresnel and Fraunhofer approximations. Classical theory of coherence. Optical systems. Detailed program: http://webusers.fis.uniroma3.it/~ottica/sant/ottica/main.html (reference books) - P. Mazzoldi, M. Nigro, C. Voci, “Elementi di Fisica – Elettromagnetismo e Onde”, II edizione, EdiSES (2008) - F. Gori, Elementi di Ottica, ed. Accademica - Notes provided by the teacher	6	FIS/03	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

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20801696 - MICROWAVES (objectives)

- BILOTTI FILIBERTO (syllabus) (reference books)

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20801888 - POWER ELECTRONICS (objectives)

- CRESCIMBINI FABIO (syllabus)

Construction features and operating characteristics of the semiconductor components (power diodes, thyristors, power MOSFETs, GTOs, IGBTs) and the passive components (inductors and capacitors) that are being used in power electronic converters; conduction losses and switching losses in the semiconductor components, cooling systems of the power electronic converters.
Structure and operating characteristics of diode rectifiers and thyristors power converters for application in either single-phase or three-phase power grids. Switching power converters: configuration and operating characteristics of different types of DC /DC power converters such as Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost and Full-bridge converters with either bipolar or unipolar PWM; DC/AC voltage source power converters: structure and operating characteristics of switching power converters for use as either inverter or rectifier mode of operation in either single-phase or three-phase power circuits; discussion of sinusoidal PWM techniques and Space-Vector PWM and their application in the regulation of DC / AC converters; current-controlled power converters: modulation techniques with control the output current by means of either hysteresis band or predetermined switching time.
Power switching supplies: conceptual structure and main components, including high-frequency transformers. Operating characteristics of power converter topologies used in power switching supplies such as Flyback, Forward, Push-Pull and Full-Bridge. Overview of resonant power converters: converters with resonant load; ZVS and ZCS converters; DC converters with resonant link.
Use of power electronic converters in the main application fields such as electric drives used in industry or in the fields of biomedical equipment, assistive technology and rehabilitation; the UPS or emergency systems for the power supply of either ICT systems or electro-medical equipment; distributed generation of electrical power from renewable sources and the optimized management of energy storage systems.

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20802093 - PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (objectives)

- SAVOIA ALESSANDRO STUART (syllabus) (reference books)

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20810069 - SOLID STATE MEASURING DEVICES (objectives)

- SILVA ENRICO (syllabus) (reference books)

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20801923 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY (objectives)

- SALVINI ALESSANDRO (syllabus) (reference books)

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SECOND YEAR

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20801862 - ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (objectives)

- Derived from 20801862 ANTENNE E PROPAGAZIONE in INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE LM-27 N0 SCHETTINI GIUSEPPE (syllabus) (reference books)

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20801862 - ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (objectives) The course aims to complete training on antennas received in previous courses, particularly in relation to the study and design of aperture antennas, planar antennas and arrays of antennas. It also introduces the problem of electromagnetic scattering from structures present in the air or in the soil. Areas of application: biomedical industry, electrical, electronics and telecommunications. - Derived from 20801862 ANTENNE E PROPAGAZIONE in INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE LM-27 N0 SCHETTINI GIUSEPPE (syllabus) Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and antenna parameters. Radiation from a short current filament. Radiation from a small current loop. Radiation from arbitrary current distribution. Half-wave dipole antennas. Antenna impedance. Folded dipole, short dipole, and monopole antennas. Receiving antennas. Reciprocity theorem and effective area. Polarization mismatch. Friis transmission formula. Noise in communication systems. Noise temperature of an antenna. Introduction to antenna arrays. Uniform one-dimensional arrays. End-fire and broadside arrays. Uniform two-dimensional arrays. Array design. Binomial and polynomial arrays, Chebyshev method. Feeding networks, Butler Matrices. Parasitic and log-periodic arrays. Aperture antennas. Analysis and synthesis. Radiation from a planar aperture: the Fourier transform method. Radiation from rectangular and circular aperture. Application of field-equivalence principles to aperture radiation. Open waveguides and horn antennas. Ray optics. Microwave lens. Paraboloidal reflector antennas: efficiency, directivity, cross-polarization. Induced current method. Feeds with low cross-polarization. Dual reflector systems. Radiation from slots. Microstrip antennas. Scattering of the radiation: general environment and canonical cases. Plane-wave scattering by a conducting cylinder, E- and H- polarization. Dielectric cylinder. Propagation between fixed points. Diffraction by knife-edge obstacles. Constitutive relations of a ionized medium. Propagation in a ionospheric plasma. (reference books) A. Paraboni, M. D’Amico, “Radiopropagazione” Mc Graw-Hill Libri Italia. A. Paraboni, "Antenne", Mc Graw-Hill Libri Italia. C. Balanis, "Antenna theory, analysis and design", 3rd edition, Wiley, Robert E. Collin, "Antennas and Radiowave propagation", McGraw-Hill Book Company.	9	ING-INF/02	72	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20802122 - Sensors and transducers (objectives) 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. During the course there is a part of practice in the laboratory. - CALIANO GIOSUE' (syllabus) The course will cover the following topics: • Introduction • Elements of Acoustics • Equation of the plane wave, spherical wave • Reflection and refraction of the wave • Concept of acoustic impedance • Impedance of radiation • Main applications of ultrasound (distance measuring, echographic systems, acoustic microscope, etc.). • Piezoelectric transducers: theory and technology • CMUT transducers: theory of operation • CMUT transducers: technology • Characterization and measurements of ultrasonic transducers (reference books) • Notes and lecture notes from lessons • Kino, “Acoustic waves: devices, imaging and analog signal processing” • Kinsler, Frey, Coppers, Sanders “Fundamentals of acoustics” • Morse, Ingard, “Theoretical acoustics” • Beranek, “Acoustics measurements” • J. W. Gardner: “Microsensors: Principles and applications”, J. Wiley & Sons. • Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Applications, edited by Ahmad Safari, E. Koray Akdogan - ISBN 978-0-387-76538-9 , 2008 Springer Science	6	ING-INF/01	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20810026 - MICROWAVE COMPONENTS (objectives) 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. - Derived from 20810026 COMPONENTI A MICROONDE in INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE LM-27 RAMACCIA DAVIDE (syllabus) PART 1 - Transmission lines, Matching, Smith chart, Narrowband microwave networks, Small reflection theory, Wideband microwave networks, Binomial impedance transformer and Chebyshev impedance transformer, Matrix representation of microwave networks, Matrix ABCD, Impedance and admittance matrices, Scattering matrix and relationships with other matix representations PART 2 - Scattering matrix [S] of a N-port network, Properties of a component from [S]: Reciprocity, Matching and Lossless, Unitary matrix condition, Analysis of a microwave network from its scattering matrix, Analysis of a microwave component with not-matched ports, Signal flow representation of the scattering matrix PART 3 - 3-port networks, Analysis of e 3-port network, Microwave circulators, [S] matrices of a circulator, Operation of a circulator, Analysis and Design of a Circulator, Power dividers, [S] matrix of a power divider, Proprieties of a power divider, Junction dividers, Lossy dividers, Wilkinson dividers, Mode analysis of a Wilkinson divider, Balanced and Unbalanced power dividers, 2-port power dividers, N-port power dividers, Design of a power divider for microwave applications PART 4 - 4-port networks, Analysis of a 4-port network, Directional Couplers (DC), Types of Directional couplers (Symmetric, Antisymmetric, Hybrid), Proprieties and parameters of a DC, Waveguide Directional Couplers: Bethe Hole Coupler, Double Bethe Hole Coupler, Multi hole Bethe Coupler, Coupled Lines Directional Couplers, Theory of coupled lines, Hybrid Directional couplers, Quadrature Hybrid Couplers: Mode analysis and design, Rat-race Hybrid: Mode analysis and Design PART 5 - Analysis and design of microwave filters, Matching networks for microwave amplifiers, Introduction to the analysis and design of metamaterial-based microwave components (reference books) David Pozar, Microwave engineering 4th Edition S.J. Orfanidis, Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas I Bahl and P. Bhartia, Microwave solid state circuit design	6	ING-INF/02	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20810064 - ELECTRONICS OF SOLID STATE DEVICES (objectives) 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. . - CONTE GENNARO (syllabus) 1. Physics of Semiconductors. Materials for electronics. Band structure and general properties. Group IV semiconductors, III-V and II-VI. Alloys. Amorphous and polycrystalline semiconductors. Intrinsic carriers. Conductivity. Doping. Mobility and factors affecting it. Phenomena of non-equilibrium. Fick's equation: diffusion. Diffusion/Drift of the charge carriers. Recombination and generation. Theory SHR with a single trap level. - The equation of continuity of electrons and holes. Boundary conditions. Poisson equation. Einstein relationship. Quasi-Fermi levels. Mathematical model of a semiconductor. - Ramo Theorem. Photoconductivity. Photoresistors. Photoconductive gain. 2. Bipolar devices. The pn junction. Static characteristics. Forward and reverse bias. Excess carriers profile. Drift and diffusion current. The Shockley ideal diode. Electrostatic p+n junction. Potential and electric field. Dynamic characteristics. Transition capacity. A mathematical model for the diode. Quality factor. Temperature coefficient. - The pn junction in the light. The pin and avalanche photodiode. Spectral response. - Electroluminescence. Radiative and non-radiative transitions. Luminescence efficiency. Device architectures. LED for IR and UV-VIS. - Heterojunction: the junction GaAs-Ge. Bands alignment. Anderson Theory. The ideal transistor. HBT Npn-heterojunction. Thermionic-Diffusive model. 3. Unipolar Devices. The metal-semiconductor barrier. The Schottky diode. Work function and electron affinity. I-V characteristic. Ohmic contact. Surface charge and the Debye length. M-S Junction electrostatics. Thermionic current. Drift-diffusion current. Barrier lowering: Schottky effect. Non-uniform doping. - JFET and MESFET. Channel resistance. Input characteristics: IDS vs VGS. Trans-characteristic. Trans-conductance, Channel conductance. The JFET as a signal amplifier. Dynamic behavior. Small signal model. Frequency behavior and fT. - Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor structures. The MIS diode. MOS system capacitance. Interface states. - MOSFET: gradual channel approssimation. NMOS, PMOS and CMOS. Depletion and enrichment devices. Subthreshold current. Geometric effects. Scaling laws. (reference books) R.S Muller, T.I. Kamins - Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, 3rd Ed., John Wiley, 2009	6	ING-INF/01	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA

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20802094 - SUPERCONDUCTIVITY WITH APPLICATIONS (objectives) 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. - SILVA ENRICO (syllabus) 1 Introduction to Superconductivity. Zero resistance, persistent currents. Persistent Current Switch. Meissner effect. Type-II and type-II superconductors. Critical fields. Fluxoid quantization. London equations. 2 Superconducting materials. Elements. Alloys and binary compounds. Cuprates. Other superconductors. 3 Basics of the microscopic theory. Cooper pairs, BCS coherence length, BCS fundamental state. Quasiparticles. Effects of nonzero temperature. Experimental evidences: isotopic effect, gap in the electromagnetic absorption. Depairing current. 4 Josephson effect. Feynmann derivation. RCSJ model. dc Josephson effect. Shapiro steps. Voltage standard. SQUID; effect of a magnetic field, critical current and quantum interference. Weak screening. Applications. 5 Transport. Two-fluid model. ac conductivity. Surface impedance. Applications: delay lines; filters; accelerating cavities. 6 Thermodynamics of the superconducting state. Gibbs free energy. Condensation energy. Ginzburg-Landau theory. Characteristic lengths. Surface energy: type-II superconductivity. 7 Type-II superconductivity.. Fluxons or vortices. Abrikosov lattice. Lower and upper critical fields. Fluxon motion. Pinning. Irreversibility. Bean model. Flux-flow, flux-creep, TAFF. 8 Further topics. Anisotropic superconductors. Magnetic levitation. Power applications, cables, magnets for the nuclear fusion plants. (reference books) SONO ELENCATI I TESTI DA CUI SONO TRATTI GLI ARGOMENTI. SUL SITO SONO INDICATI I CAPITOLI E PARAGRAFI. LUCIDI E DISPENSE VENGONO DISTRIBUITI DURANTE IL CORSO ATTRAVERSO IL SITO WEB. SITO WEB (AL MOMENTO DELLA REDAZIONE DI QUESTA NOTA): http://www.sea.uniroma3.it/eldem/ [BK] W. Buckel, R. Kleiner, "Superconductivity - Fundamentals and Applications", Wiley [EH] C. Enss, S. Hunklinger, "Low-Temperature Physics", Springer [FS] K. Fossheim, A. Sudbø, "Superconductivity - Physics and applications", John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. [IW] Iwasa, "Case Studies in Superconducting Magnets", 2nd Edition, Springer [OD] T.P. Orlando, K.A. Delin, "Foundations of Applied Superconductivity", Addison Wesley si vedano anche le slide del corso "Applied Superconductivity" del MIT (Open CourseWare) [OPe] F. J. Owens, Ch. P. Poole, Jr., "Electromagnetic Absorption in the Copper Oxide Superconductors", Springer	6	FIS/03	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20810070 - SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (objectives) To provide students with knowledge on environmental impacts of human activities, to classify the impacts, to illustrate the concept of sustainability, to describe the evaluation procedures of environmental impact and environmental certification protocols . Illustrate , through significant case studies, examples of environmental impact assessment and of impacts mitigation. - ASDRUBALI FRANCESCO (syllabus) Interdisciplinary characters of energy problems. Definition of the quantities and energy indices. Consumption, reserves and forecasts: the world's energy market, the Italian energy situation. Sustainable Development The international conference on climate and the environment: the Kyoto Protocol, the post-Kyoto, COP 21. The EU directives on energy, environment and climate. Sustainable development: definition, tools and methods. The Aalborg Chart, the Agenda 21 processes, the Covenant of Mayors. Environmental pollution environmental impact of energy systems, production and transport infrastructure. Air pollution: sources, pollutants, legislation, techniques for emissions control. The global pollution: acid rains, ozone depletion, greenhouse effect. Other forms of pollution: thermal pollution, noise, electromagnetic pollution environmental impact assessments The environmental impact assessment: legislation, procedures, methodologies, content and stages., Strategic Environmental Assessment. environmental footprint environmental footprint assessment procedures: Life Cycle Assessment; Social Life Cycle Assessment. Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint. environmental certification protocols environmental certification of productions: ISO 14000, EMAS, ecolabel. environmental sustainability protocols of buildings: LEED; BREEAM; ITHACA. Protocols of sustainability of University certification: Green Metric The Green Economy Definitions, areas of intervention, the Green Economy Manifesto. Outlines of incentive mechanisms in the Green Economy. Costs / benefits analysis. Applications and case studies Examples of environmental impact assessments and good sustainability practices. (reference books) Power point presentations will be made available in the Rome Tre Moodle system, as well as a list of suggested books	6	ING-IND/11	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

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20810068 - ELECTRONIC DESIGN (objectives)

- ROSSI MARIA CRISTINA (syllabus) (reference books)

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20801912 - METAMATERIALS (objectives) 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. - Derived from 20801912 METAMATERIALI in INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE LM-27 N0 VEGNI LUCIO (syllabus) Theory and applications of Metamaterials 1. General concepts on Metamaterials (hystorical notes; metamaterial parameters and electromagnetic energy in reciprocal composite media; symmetry properties and tensor description of complex media; differentiali forms and electromagnetic materials). 2. Modelling of Metamaterials (governing equations describing electromagnetic behaviour of materials; the Method of Moments for artificial materials; numerical methods for periodic structures; mixing rules). 3. Nanostructured Metamaterials (risonances in permittivity and permeability; Lorentz model for dielectrics; Drude model for metals; Debye model for dielectric fluids; examples of metamaterial geometries; artificial dielectrics, wire media, artificial bi-anisotropic media 4. European Projects on nanostructured Metamaterials (MAGNONICS, METACHEM, NANOGOLD, NIM_NIL). 5. Applications of Metamaterials (biosensors, superlens, cloaking, tags to store and process information. Meta-circuits and meta-antennas at microwave, millimeter, TeraHertz and optical frequencies). 6. Manufacturing technologies of Metamaterials at TeraHertz and optical frequencies. 7. Meta-component design at student’s free choice. (reference books) ➢ References [1] Weng Cho Chew, Waves and fields in inhomogeneous media, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990. [2] The Handbook of nanotechnology, Nanometer structures, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Editor, SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004 [3] Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Russel Messier, Sculptured thin films, SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2005	9	ING-INF/02	54	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20802052 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (objectives) 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 - COLACE LORENZO (syllabus) Introduction: History of photovoltaics. PV costs, markets and forecasts. Goals of today’s PV research and manufacturing. Global trends in performance and applications. Progress and challenges. Concentration PV systems. Future of emerging PV technologies. Physics of the Solar Cell: Solar radiation. Fundamentals of semiconductors. Light absorption. Recombination. Carrier transport. Solar cell fundamentals. I–V characteristics. Efficient solar cells. Surface recombination. Efficiency and band gap. Spectral response. Parasitic resistance. Temperature effects. Concentrator solar cells. High-level injection. Limitation on energy conversion. Concepts for improving the efficiency. Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules: Crystalline Silicon. Crystalline Si solar cells. Manufacturing. Crystalline Si photovoltaic modules. Electrical and optical performance of modules. Field performance. Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells: Review of current thin-film Si cells. Design concepts of TF-Si solar cells. Future trends. High-Efficiency III-V Multijunction Solar Cells: Physics of III-V multijunction solar cells. Cell configuration. Computation of device performance. Materials issues. Future-generation solar cells. Photovoltaic Concentrators: Basic types of concentrators. Historical overview. Optics of concentrators. Current concentrators. Amorphous Silicon–based Solar Cells: Atomic and electronic structure of hydrogenated amorphous Silicon. Depositing amorphous Si. Understanding a-Si cells. Multijunctions. Continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing on flexible substrates. Cu(InGa)Se2 Solar Cells: Material properties. Deposition. Junction and device formation. Device operation. Manufacturing. Device performance. Measurement and Characterization of Solar Cells and Modules: Rating PV performance. I-V Measurements. Spectral responsivity. Module qualification and certification. Photovoltaic Systems: Introduction to PV systems and applications. Components for PV systems. Future developments in photovoltaic system technology. Electrochemical storage. Power conditioning. Energy collected and delivered by PV modules. Economic analysis and environmental aspects of photovoltaics. PC1D simulation of solar cells. Laboratory experiments: I-V characterization, extraction of relevant parameters. (reference books) M.A. Green "Solar Cells: Operating Principles, Technology, and System Applications" (Prentice-Hall) J. Nelson "Physics of Solar Cells" Imperial College Press 1st (first) Edition	6	ING-INF/01	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20802051 - Electromagnetic sensing of the environment (objectives) 1) indoor/outdoor electromagnetic field evaluation; 2) antenna characterization (far-field, near-field); 3) electromagnetic field mesaurement; 4) use of electromagnetic cad; 5) normatives. - TOSCANO ALESSANDRO (syllabus) Analysis of human exposure to electromagnetic fields. Low and high frequency electromagnetic characteristics. Electromagnetic sources. Dosimetry. Mesaurements. Probes for mesaurements. (reference books) Normativa CEI 211-6 e 211-7	6	ING-INF/02	48	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20810063 - IMAGE PROCESSING (objectives) This course aims at providing the students with the fundamentals techniques of representation, processing and communications of digital images. - PALMA CLAUDIO (syllabus) Ch.3-Image enhancement in the spatial domain. Ch.4-Image enhancement in the frequency domain Ch.5-Image restoration Ch.6-Color image processing Ch.7-Wavelets and Multiresolution processing Ch9-Morphological image processing Ch.10- Image segmentation. Processing training with MATLAB in class will be provided Details on the chapters are available on the text: Gonzalez-Woods Digital image processing- 3a Ed. Ed. Pearson-Prentice Hall © 2008 (reference books) Gonzalez-Woods Digital image processing- 3a Ed. Ed. Pearson-Prentice Hall © 2008	6	ING-INF/01	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20810067 - ELECTRONICS LABORATORY (objectives) Electronics Laboratory is an experimental lab course that provides the fundamentals of electronic design, simulation, construction, test and debugging of analog and digital electronic circuits. Lectures will be devoted to design strategies and methods. The intensive use of PSpice simulation will allow fast circuit verification before its fabrication. The course will include several measurement techniques to perform the experimental tests. Expected results are the ability to design electronic circuits for both analog and digital signal processing, the knowledge of the characteristics of the major electronic components and skills in the use of PSpice simulator, combined with the ability to measure electrical quantities with laboratory instrumentation. - CALIANO GIOSUE' (syllabus) 1) Theory of circuits and electronic devices Introduction to PSpice modeling Transfer functions Butterworth and Chebychev filters. Op-AMP: amplifiers and filters 2) Analog communications Amplitude modulation: exercise Superheterodyne (AM and FM): exercise 3) Digital communications Fourier analysis: recalls Basic band transmission techniques (NRZ, RZ, Manchester): tutorial Sampling and PCM: exercise PAM and PAM-TDM signals: exercise QPSK 4) Digital Signal Processing Sampling, aliasing, transformed z: recalls FIR and IIR digital filters: recalls and exercises Design methods of digital filters (reference books) P. Tobin, “PSpice for Circuit Theory and Electronic Devices”, Morgan&Claypool Pub. P. Tobin, “PSpice for Analog Communications Engineering”, Morgan&Claypool Pub. P. Tobin, “PSpice for Digital Communications Engineering”, Morgan&Claypool Pub. P. Tobin, “PSpice for Digital Signal Processing”, Morgan&Claypool Pub.	6	ING-INF/01	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20810068 - ELECTRONIC DESIGN (objectives) The aim of this course is to provide the fundamentals of electronic design in terms of both synthesis and analysis methodologies. The course is focused on electronic system architecture for the processing of signals coming from front-end amplifiers and directed to output stages, after suitable analog to digital (A/D) and digital to analog (D/A) conversion. Special attention will be given to the definition of design specifications, including DC and AC, distortion and noise, as well as A/D and D/A conversion techniques. The course includes a detailed analysis of a set of projects with applications in consumer electronics, telecommunications, industrial and medical electronics. - Derived from 20810068 PROGETTAZIONE ELETTRONICA in INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA PER L'INDUSTRIA E L'INNOVAZIONE LM-29 ROSSI MARIA CRISTINA (syllabus) ELECTRONIC DESIGN Introduction: basic on analog and digital design. Input stages and signal amplifier: project examples: offset and bias current nulling in integrator amplifiers; current feedback amplifiers (CFA); antialiasing filter for A/D conversion and CD audio filter; switch capacitor filters; digital fiters with design elements. Noise: noise properties, dinamics and sources. Op amp noise and S/N ratio. Photodiode amplifier application. Low noise integrated circuits. Analog-digital conversion: ADC definition; oversamping and noise shaping; ΣΔ modulator, ΣΔ converters architecture; conditioning system for sensors; examples of OpAmp conditioning system; ADC practical application: ADC selection and temperature measurement, electronic scale and power measurement. Output stages and power amplifiers: large signal amplifiers. A, B, AB and C classification. Armonic distortion and power devices. Safe operating Area (SOA) protections. Efficiency. Integrated power amplifiers and devices. Design project examples in several microelectronic field (biomedical, radiofrequency and power). (reference books) M. Thompson, Intuitive Analog Circuit Design, Newnes-Elsevier, 2006. Analog-Digital Conversion, W. Kester ed., Analog Devices, www.analog.com	9	ING-INF/01	54	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA

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20802142 - Optimization and Scientific Computing (objectives) The course objective is to provide to 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 problem as well. - RIGANTI FULGINEI FRANCESCO (syllabus) FIRST PART: CALCULATION TOOLS • An introduction to the MATLAB (OCTAVE) environment • Representation of real numbers with the calculator • Calculation of zeros of a function • Mathematical models and numerical errors • Approximation of functions and data • Numerical derivative • Numerical integral • Computational methods for solving systems of linear equations (direct and inverse methods) SECOND PART: ALGORITHMS AND OPTIMIZATION MODELS • The system concept • Linear and nonlinear systems • Abstract models and optimization models • Mathematical models and models of mathematical optimization • Optimization algorithms • Multi-objective optimization • Linear optimization • Geometric aspects of the linear optimization • Nonlinear optimization • Geometric aspects of the nonlinear optimization • Local and global optimum • Main methods of nonlinear optimization • Heuristic methods for the optimization: Tabu Search, Simulating Annealing, Genetic Algorithms, Bacterial Chemotaxis Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization, Flock Of Starling Optimization • Applications: • Optimization of devices with ferromagnetic core • Load flow optimization of grids • Optimization of analog filters (reference books) QUARTERONI ALFIO; SALERI FAUSTO - CALCOLO SCIENTIFICO. ESERCIZI E PROBLEMI RISOLTI CON MATLAB E OCTAVE - ED. SPRINGER VERLAG ------ VERCELLIS CARLO - OTTIMIZZAZIONE. TEORIA, METODI, APPLICAZIONI - ED. MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES	6	ING-IND/31	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801749 - ELECTRICAL ENERGETICS (objectives) 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. - Derived from 20801749 ENERGETICA ELETTRICA in INGEGNERIA MECCANICA LM-33 N0 LIDOZZI ALESSANDRO (syllabus) 1 Users efficiency Transformers Cables Power factor correction Rotating electrical machines Electrical drives 2 Power quality Static compensators UPS 3 Distributed generation Smart grids Enery storage systems (ESS) Electrochemical ESS Ultracapacitors Superconducting magnetic energy storage Flywheel ESS Hydroges energy storage 4 Photovoltaic systems (PV) PV cell Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms Grid-tied systems Grid-tied and intentional islanding operation 5 Wind power plants Main characteristics, constant speed, variable speed, grid interface, power conversion topologies Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms 6 Mobile power generation (reference books) Bibliography available through the library or the Internet. Teaching materials in electronic form will be provided during classes.	6	ING-IND/32	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801920 - STATIC POWER CONVERTORS DESIGN (objectives) 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. - SOLERO LUCA (syllabus) Basic criteria for power electronic converters design; capacitors and inductors sizing; power losses calculation; cooling systems definition. Steady-state equivalent circuit modeling, losses and efficiency for dc-dc, dc-ac and ac-dc power electronic converters. AC equivalent circuit modeling for dc-dc dc-ac and ac-dc power electronic converters. Converter transfer functions and controller design. Input filter design. Introduction to multilevel and four-legs topologies. Power electronic converters in parallel running operation. (reference books) R.W. Erickson, D. Maksimovic: Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Kluwer Academic Publisher,2000. S. Buso, P. Mattavelli: Digital Control in Power Electronics, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2006 N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland, W.P. Robbins: Power Electronics, Converters, Applications, and Design, John Wiley & Sons	9	ING-IND/32	54	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20810066 - ELECTROTECHNICS FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS (objectives) The aim of the course is to discuss the main energy conversions to deliver, to manage and to storing electrical energy. The optimization of the different systems for enhancing efficiency and the environmental impact as weel as Renewable energies and the energy storage will be widely analyzed. - LOZITO GABRIELE MARIA (syllabus) The class aims at giving the student the required knowledge to understand distributed power generation from renewable resources. Models for performance analysis will be discussed, focusing in particular on power generation and device ageing. Control systems to extract maximum power will be presented. Techological aspects involving smart grids will be presented, among which, methods for power flow analysis, electric network optimization, prediction of power production from variable energy resources and energy storage techniques. (reference books) Class and teacher notes.	6	ING-IND/31	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

20802015 - TRAINING

Per stages e tirocini presso imprese, enti pubblici o privati, ordini professionali (art.10, comma 5, lettera e)

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20802113 - ART. 10, COMMA 5, LETTERA D

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20802091 - FINAL EXAM

Final examination and foreign language test

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20810000 - A SCELTA STUDENTE

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