{"id":14642,"date":"2022-09-26T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/?page_id=14642"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:11:08","slug":"specialisation-in-advanced-electronics-ae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/electrical-engineering\/specialisations-and-minor\/specialisation-in-advanced-electronics-ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialisation in Advanced Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-undergraduate\"><li id=\"menu-item-13642\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/what-is-ece\/\">What is ECE?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19516\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/second-major-in-computing-design-and-engineering\/\">Second Major \/ Minor in Computing (D&amp;E)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-21694\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/minor-in-artificial-intelligence\/\">Minor in Artificial Intelligence (D&amp;E)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13643\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/new-curriculum-structure\/\">New Curriculum Structure<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13653\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/new-curriculum-structure\/build-your-own-degree\/\">Build Your Own Degree<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13644\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/electrical-engineering\/\">Electrical Engineering<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13654\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/electrical-engineering\/ee-curriculum\/\">EE &#8211; 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Financial Aid<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13861\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/admission-requirements\/special-programmes\/\">Special Programmes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13862\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/undergraduate\/admission-requirements\/enhancement-programmes\/\">Enhancement Programmes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-13863\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/oam\/apply-to-nus\/\">Apply Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13652\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nusu.sharepoint.com\/sites\/e-Station-Students\">e-Station (Students)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tSpecialisation in Advanced Electronics (AE)\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Electronic devices and integrated circuits pervade our everyday lives from smart gadgets, flexible screens, IoT sensors, artificial intelligence, data storage and clean energy, which are designed and manufactured in Singapore. Today, Singapore has one of the most diverse semiconductor industries in the Asia Pacific. Semiconductor technologies form the bedrock of Singapore&#8217;s electronics sector, contributing to about 31 % of the total manufacturing output and 17 % of the manufacturing workforce.<\/p>\nThis specialisation in Advanced Electronics (AE) will introduce students to industry practices related to semiconductor fabrication, chip manufacturing, IC design and prototyping. This is especially relevant to students who aspire for a career in our nation&#8217;s semiconductor industry, which forms a vital node in global electronics network, and is underpinned by industry leaders. Students interested in embedded system and prototyping, could also explore start-up opportunities which are seeking talents specialised in firmware.\n<h3><strong>Requirement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Students in the AE Specialisation are required to complete a minimum of 20 Units consisting of AE core (2 mandatory courses) and AE electives.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>AE Core Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Recommended AE Elective Courses (Choose any three courses, or totalling at least 12 Units, from the list below)*<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE3408C\/integrated-analog-design\"><strong>EE3408C<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Integrated Analog Design\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE3431C\/microelectronics-materials-and-devices\"><strong>EE3431C<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Microelectronic Materials and Devices<\/td>\n<td><strong>[Circuits and Systems]<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/courses\/EE4101\/rf-communications\"><strong>EE4101<\/strong><\/a> RF Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4218\/embedded-hardware-system-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4218<\/strong><\/a> Embedded Hardware System Design<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4407\/analog-electronics\"><strong>EE4407<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Analog Electronics<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4415\/integrated-digital-design\"><strong>EE4415<\/strong><\/a> Integrated Digital Design<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/courses\/EE5507\/analog-integrated-circuits-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE5507<\/strong><\/a> Analog IC Design<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/courses\/CG3207\/computer-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>CG3207<\/b><\/a> Computer Architecture\n<p><strong>[Devices and Technology]<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4409\/modern-microelectronic-devices-sensors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4409<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Modern Microelectronic Devices &amp; Sensors<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4435\/modern-transistors-and-memory-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4435<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>Modern Transistors and Memory Devices<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4436\/fabrication-process-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4436<\/strong><\/a> Fabrication Process Technology<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4437\/photonics-principles-and-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4437<\/strong><\/a> Photonics &#8211; Principles and Applications<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4438\/solar-cells-and-modules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EE4438<\/strong><\/a> Solar Cells and Modules<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>AE Core Courses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE3408C\/integrated-analog-design\"><strong>EE3408C<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0teaches fundamental operational amplifier or operational transconductance amplifier design.\u00a0 Students will be exposed to various fundamental building blocks, such as current mirror, active load, bandwidth analysis, and etc.\u00a0 In addition, students will be exposed to commercial EDA software (Cadence).<\/p>\nElectronic devices are the building blocks of electronic systems, and through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE3431C\/microelectronics-materials-and-devices\">EE3431C<\/a>, students will learn how semiconductor devices work at a fundamental level. We begin with physical foundations, device concepts are then introduced, and the operational principles of key semiconductor devices are explained.\u00a0 This is the module to take for students who want to understand how transistors work, or who want to understand the foundations of all modern electronics. Topics covered include: structure of solids; dielectric materials; physics of semiconductors; metal-semiconductor contacts; PN junction, bipolar transistors, and field-effect transistors.\n<h3><strong>AE Elective Courses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4218\/embedded-hardware-system-design\"><strong>EE4218<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0enables students to understand and be able to design complex embedded system.\u00a0 Embedded system has played an important role in modern electronics, provide programmability and functionalities to many electronic systems.\u00a0 After completing the module, students would be able to map the system specifications into executable computational model employing hardware description language (HDL) and implement it on field programmable gate array (FPGA) using commercial EDA tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4415\/integrated-digital-design\"><strong>EE4415<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0introduces students to modern digital integrated circuit design.\u00a0 It covers different logic families and explains the modern digital design flow, covering from Verilog HDL to logic synthesis, employing commercial EDA tools, such as Synopsys.\u00a0 Modern challenge in ASIC design will also be discussed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4407\/analog-electronics\"><strong>EE4407<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0introduces various fundamental circuit building blocks, ranging from oscillators, mixers, filters, power regulators, power amplifier and etc.\u00a0 These building blocks allow students to build complicated electronic sub-systems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE5507\/analog-integrated-circuits-design\"><strong>EE5507<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0built upon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE3408C\/integrated-analog-design\"><strong>EE3408C<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and covered more advanced topics on analog integrated circuit design.\u00a0 It consists of two main parts.\u00a0 The first part covers supply independent biasing, high swing cascode, opamp compensation, and various high performance OTA architectures.\u00a0 For the second part, circuit applications such as oscillator, sample-and-hold, comparators, and analog-to-digital converters are discussed, showing their architecture and key performance parameters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4409\/modern-microelectronic-devices-sensors\"><strong>EE4409<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0covers the physical side of IoT. Major IoT related topics include IoT and Microelectronics, Laser Radar &amp; Driverless Car, MEMS, Sensors (pressure, temperature, flow, strain), and Wearable Energy and Power Sources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4435\/modern-transistors-and-memory-devices\"><strong>EE4435<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0equips students with the physical foundation of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) devices and the background for understanding end applications making use of transistors and memory devices (e.g., flash memory, phase change random access memory, etc.)\u00a0 Students will gain an understanding of the principles of operation of of such devices, which will be useful for careers in wafer fabrication, foundries, design houses and in the microelectronics industry generally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4436\/fabrication-process-technology\"><strong>EE4436<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0lays the foundation of the hardware platform to enable internet of things (IoTs).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4436\/fabrication-process-technology\"><strong>EE4436<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0teaches students the knowledge of how to make nano-electronic and photonic devices and systems, such as CPUs, memories, sensors, etc. Fundamentals for various key process modules are covered, including materials growth, dopant incorporation, etching, lithography, interconnect formation, etc.\u00a0 Students would be trained in theories, simulation projects, as well as some simple hands-on experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4437\/photonics-principles-and-applications\"><strong>EE4437<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Photonics technology is everywhere around us and advances in photonics have impacted our everyday lives, e.g., LED lighting, flexible OLED displays in mobile phones, ultra-thin and curved TV. More recently, it has emerged as a key enabling technology in the Internet of Things (IOT). Photonic elements such as lasers, detectors, modulators, imaging sensors and displays allow devices to sense and analyze information about their surroundings, as well as communicate with one another.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4437\/photonics-principles-and-applications\"><strong>EE4437<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0covers the basic principles and operations of various photonic devices (LED, lasers, modulators, detectors) which play an important role in IOT technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nusmods.com\/modules\/EE4438\/solar-cells-and-modules\"><strong>EE4438<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0covers the theory, operating principles, and function of solar cells and photovoltaic modules. 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