CONTENTS Unit 1 Microelectronics and Electronic Circuits 1 1-1 Introduction to Microelectronics 1 1-2 How does a logic gate in a microchip work? 5 1-3 General Electronics Circuits 12 Reading Material: Nanotechnology—Getting Us Over the Brick Wall 18 Unit 2 Modern Electronic Design 22 2-1 Introduction to Configurable Computing 22 2-2 Cutting Critical Hardware 27 2-3 The Future of Configurable Computing 30 Reading Material: FPGAs 34 Unit 3 Computer Architecture and Microprocessors 38 3-1 Computer Architecture 38 3-2 CPU Design Strategies: RISC vs. CISC 44 3-3 VLIW Microprocessors 49 Reading Material: Embedded System 52 Unit 4 Information Network, Protocols and Applications 56 4-1 Computer Networks 56 4-2 TCP/IP 59 4-3 Internet of Things 65 Reading Material: Technology Roadmap of the IoT 70 Unit 5 Information Security and Biometrics Technology 75 5-1 Introduction to Computer Security 75 5-2 Encryption Methods 81 5-3 An Overview of Biometrics 85 Unit 6 Digital Signal Processing and Applications 90 6-1 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (DSP) 90 6-2 Typical DSP Applications 96 6-3 DSP System Implementation Solution 103 Unit 7 Speech Signal Processing 107 7-1 Speech Sampling and Processing 107 7-2 Speech Coding and Text-to-Speech (TTS) Synthesis 115 7-3 Speech Recognition and Other Speech Applications 122 Unit 8 Digital Images Processing 127 8-1 Representation of Images 127 8-2 Introduction to Digital Image Processing 133 8-3 Fingerprint Identification, Hand Geometry and Face Retrial 138 Reading Material: Digital Image Histogram Adjustment 143 Unit 9 Modern TV Technology 145 9-1 Television Video Signals 145 9-2 Related Technologies 150 9-3 HDTV 159 Unit 10 Telecommunication Network 165 10-1 Introduction to “Communication Systems” 165 10-2 Satellite Communications 171 10-3 What is CTI? 175 Unit 11 Mobile Communications 181 11-1 The Mobile Telephone System 181 11-2 3G Mobile Phones: Digital Voice and Data 188 11-3 Global Positioning System (GPS) 193 Unit 12 Optical Fiber Communications 198 12-1 The General Optical Fiber Communication System 198 12-2 Advantages of Optical Fiber Communication 203 12-3 Historical Development 209 Unit 13 Electronic Instrument and Measurement 214 13-1 Oscilloscopes 214 13-2 Understanding Waveforms 220 13-3 Virtual Instruments 225 Unit 14 Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Applications 229 14-1 Artificial Intelligence Techniques 229 14-2 Expert Systems and Robotics 234 14-3 Development of AI 239 Unit 15 Pattern Recognition Technology 245 15-1 Principle of Pattern Recognition 245 15-2 Exemplary Applications 251 15-3 Smart Room 256 附录1 英文科技论文写作概要 265 附录2 科技英语常用符号及数学公式表达 277 参考文献 279 IV 电子信息科学专业英语导读教程(第2版)