PhD program
Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications

Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1.analyze fundamental physical laws necessary forexplaining the main phenomena in electronics andtelecommunications, as well as the principles of organizing
theoretical and experimental research, rules for thepreparation of scientific articles;
2. interpret the latest research and achievements in the field
of radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications, to
carry out research works devoted to study of individual
problems of radio engineering, electronics and
telecommunications;
3. apply high-level electronic devices and
telecommunications in the life of modern society and analyze
the principles of operation of various devices used in
electronics and telecommunications;
4. analyze results of research work and draw conclusions on results obtained and apply results of own research and scientific works of other research groups for development of radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications;
5. analyze advantages and disadvantages of various methods used in research works for studying processes in electronic systems, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of electronic devices used in radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications;
6. develop and conduct experiments in radio engineering and electronics, as well as to analyze and interpret the data obtained as a result of these experiments;
7. observe professional and ethical duties in practical work and to determine suitable research methods for electronic and telecommunication systems;
8. compare various methods of conducting scientific and applied work and to communicate in scientific field, including on the problems of studying the electrical and optical properties of nanostructured semiconductors, synchronization processes in electronic systems, neural networks on integrated circuits, broadband radio engineering generators, models of telecommunication systems routers , information-entropy methods for determining the signal-to- noise ratio, etc., to apply professional and practical skills in scientific and pedagogical activity, use modern information technologies for searching, storing, processing and transmitting the necessary new scientific and technical information;
9. systematize and classify independently scientific literature, using modern educational and information technologies to collect the necessary new knowledge when changing both socio-economic conditions and personal life circumstances (lifelong education) in order to quickly adapt to the chosen field of activity and subsequent successful professional career;
10. determine the priorities of educational and research activities, to correlate own interests with social and ethical values, as well as with the interests of the team in the communicative sphere, fluently speaking linguistic parameters of professional competence, to develop solutions and participate in their implementation, to show the conjugacy of personal interests with the needs production and society;
11. put into practice development in accordance with the latest standards of wireless communications, build mathematical models of processes in telecommunication networks and systems, analyze and forecast the development of modern technologies in the field of radio engineering, electronics and telecommunications;
12. solve problems of cryptography and cryptanalysis; to ensure information security to evaluate the results of research works and the industry of their application.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Radio Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications
Speciality Code
8D06201
Faculty
of Physics and Technology

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the application of fundamental knowledge in writing scientific publications and projects on the proposed solutions to actual problems of a certain scientific direction. The following topics will be considered: aspects of creating and editing scientific texts; official, neutral and unofficial communication registers; modern information and bibliographic culture; methods of compiling and processing scientific documentation.

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Collection, processing and analysis of information on the following topics: radio-electronic means of information-measuring systems, quantum-sized structures and devices based on them, electrical and optical characteristics of nanostructured semiconductor films, memristors based on semiconductor nanostructures, electronic sensor technologies, new methods for quantifying noise levels, intelligent big data processing systems, recognition and classification of signals, images using neural networks, multi-antenna MIMO technologies, methods for generating and amplifying microwave oscillations, multi-range fractal antennas in radio engineering. The general structure of writing scientific articles and projects, the use of modern computer-analytical methods for measuring and calculating the physical parameters of communication devices. Interpretation of modern scientific research and identification of unsolved, relevant tasks for the subsequent stages of the study.

Modern theory of information and entropy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The study of discipline is aimed at familiarization with the principles and means of communication based on the use of electricity as messages carriers, giving basic information about the current state and prospects of development of modern information theory and entropy: the lines of communication, transmission and switching systems. During the training the following issues are considered: quantitative evaluation of information; mutual information; the conditional entropy; redundancy messages; the relationship between entropy and information; efficient encoding; coding information channel interference.

New methods of separation of signals from noises
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course focuses on the development of principles, methods of new media for communication systems based on the use of digital communication. During the training the following issues are considered: Statistical analysis of noise. Noise strength behind spectral filters. Detection of a known signal. Fourier analysis of noise. Different types of noise. Detection of signals with unknown parameters. Techniques to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and information – to entropy ratio (IER). Time averaging and low-frequency filtering. Multiple time averaging. Detection by multiple observations. Correction for offset and drift. Modulation and phase-sensitive detection. Detection of signals of unknown phase. Noise optimization in parameter fitting. Analog-to-digital conversion and sampling. Reduction of spectral leakage by windowing. Noise synthesis. The z-transform.

Nonlinear signal processing
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course focuses on the development of principles, methods of new media for communication systems based on the use of digital communication. During the training, the following issues are considered: nonlinear signal processing methods; nonlinear systems; system models; numerical solution; system rescaling; Kramer rate; conditions for stochastic resonance; transient noise pulses; hidden Markov models; Wiener-Kolmogorov filters; multiple input and multiple output systems (MIMO); independent components analysis; adaptive filters: Kalman, RLS, LMS.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: mastering the stages and methods of research in accordance with the tasks set for the scientific direction of the educational program. The following will be considered: modern models and methods necessary for in-depth analysis of scientific calculations and optimization of existing processes using advanced technologies; main methods of literary and comparative analysis for the preparation and forecasting of scientific plans and research results

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Advanced technologies for ultra-wideband communications
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to provide knowledge and understanding of doctoral physical processes and phenomena taking place in the production and operation of modern high-sensitivity sensors and building simple physical and mathematical models of nanosensor devices for various functional purposes. During the training, issues like the current state of telecommunication and information technologies development and theoretical bases of modern technical design, etc. are considered.

Contemporary technologies of highly sensitive sensors
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The study discipline provides knowledge and understanding of doctoral physical processes and phenomena taking place in the production and operation of modern high-sensitivity sensors and building simple physical and mathematical models of nanosensor devices for various functional purposes. Content of discipline: modern trend of miniaturization of elements of integrated circuits; development trends of nanoelectronics; electrons in a quantum well; theory of quantum limitation.

Electrical and optical properties of nanostrucures
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of this course is to study the physical foundations of electrical and optical processes in semiconductor nanostructures, as well as the principles of operation of nanoelectronic devices based on these processes. Content of discipline: Introduction. Modern problems and prospects of development of the physics of nanostructures. Quantum-size effects in nanostructures. Quantum nanowires. Quantum dots. Quantum wells. Band structure of semiconductors. Levels of energy. Electric transport in semiconductors. Semi classical consideration of electric transport. Electrical transport in strong fields. Negative differential equation. Electric transport in magnetic fields. The Hall effect. Quantum electrical conductivity. Multi-barrier tunnel effects in nanowires. Optical properties of nanostructured semiconductor films. Description of optical absorption by use of fluctuation-dissipative theorem. Exciton and biexciton absorption. Rabi oscillations. Luminescence from semiconductors. Types of luminescence. Photoluminescence spectra. Optical transmittance. Reflection of photons. antireflection coating. Metamaterials. Negative refractive index. Electrical and optical properties of nanotubes and fullerenes.

Intelligent Communication Technologies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at designing and optimizing intelligent and mobile networks, applying the principles of machine learning in the development of some physical layer methods in communication systems. During the study of the discipline, the following topics will be considered: digital modulation methods, architecture of communication layers; machine learning for channel estimation and prediction; automatic classification of modulation; channel coding and decoding; modeling and analysis of communication networks (mobility models, channel models, topology models); deep architectures for modulation recognition.

Modeling antenna devices for wireless networks
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of this discipline is a theoretical and experimental study of the electrodynamic and radio technical characteristics of antennas, and the comparison of the effectiveness of applications in telecommunications. The following issues are considered during training: Antenna radiation pattern and resonant frequency, Directional coefficient of action, Modeling fractal antennas in HFSS, Measuring and comparing S11 parameters, standing wave coefficient and radiation patterns of various antennas, Multiband antennas, passive and active transceivers , Radar with a new generation of active phased antenna array, VLBA ultra-long antenna array.

Modern technology of highly sensitive sensors
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The study discipline provides knowledge and understanding of doctoral physical processes and phenomena taking place in the production and operation of modern high-sensitivity sensors and building simple physical and mathematical models of nanosensor devices for various functional purposes. Content of discipline: modern trend of miniaturization of elements of integrated circuits; development trends of nanoelectronics; electrons in a quantum well; theory of quantum limitation.

Nanoelectronic devices
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Familiarization with new technologies, development trends and promising areas of nanoscale electronic devices and creation of physical and mathematical theories of phenomena and processes occurring in nanoelectronic devices. The following topics will be considered: modern problems and prospects for the development of the physics of nanostructures; semiconductor quantum-dimensional structures; quantum size effects in nanostructures; distribution of charge carriers and impurities in nanostructures; fluctuation-dissipation connection. nanotransistor structures; nanoelectronic storage devices.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years