English for Specific Purposes

144 Electronic Engineering

 

WORD BUILDING

 

Copy out the main word-forming patterns of the unit and give your examples of the words, formed in this way.

 

GRAMMAR FOCUS

 

After you have looked through the GRAMMAR FILES, make up the summary to be used while doing grammar exercises.

 

 

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SPECIALIST READING (A, B)

 

Analyze the texts from the point of your professional interests and fill in the chart.

 

Facts I’ve come across	New facts for me	Facts contrasting my	Things I’d like to know
		previous knowledge	more about

 

 

WRITING

 

Here is the place for you to write down the final version of your writing using your own ideas, Supplementary reading, websites recommended and other materials.

 

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SPEAKING

 

This is your speaking worksheet where you should put down everything that can help in your speaking: role-play parts, reports, discussion ideas, questions, presentation speech, project solutions and so on.

 

NOTES

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

The authors have made use of the Internet open source materials (texts, photographs and images). While every effort has been made, it has not always been possible to trace the copyright holders. If any copyright omissions are brought to our notice, we will be happy to include the appropriate acknowledgements or replace the materials on reprinting.

 

TEXTS

 

pp. 12–13 adapted text “Electronics and Microelectronics” www.wikipedia.org; pp. 15-16 adapted text “Integrated Circuits” www.physicaltimingclosure.com, www.wikipedia.org; pp. 23-24 adapted text “Nanoelectronics” www.wikipedia.org; pp. 25-26 adapted text

 

“Nanotech: Optics & Computers” www.nanoforum.org; pp.32-33 adapted text “Optoelectronics” http://science.jrank.org; pp. 35-36 adapted text “Optical Fiber” http://www.fiber-optics.info; pp. 43-44 adapted text “Laser Working Principles” https://www.classle.net; pp. 46-47 adapted text

 

“Laser Types and Applications” http://ru.scribd.com/doc/95418411/20/Uses, http://www.indiastudychannel.com; pp. 54-55 “Biomedical Engineering” www.oocities.org/theshki/; pp. 56-57 two adapted texts “Stabilants / The Insulin Pump” http://www.stabilant.com/appnt06h.htm, www.wikipedia.org; pp. 63-64 adapted text “Instrumentation Engineering” http://www.indiaeducation.net, http://en.wikipedia.org, http://www.morldtechgossips.com; pp. 66-67 adapted text “Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants” http://www.iaea.org; pp. 74-75 adapted text “Acoustics and Acoustical Engineering” http://www.princeton.edu, http://en.wikipedia.org; pp. 77-78 adapted texts

 

“Acoustic Devices” http://www.wisegeek.com, http://www.tech-faq.com, http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov, http://en.wikipedia.org/; pp. 84-85 adapted text “Digital Signal Processing” http://www.princeton.edu; pp. 87 adapted text “DSP Research Activities” http://www.iss.uni-stuttgart.de; pp. 93-94 adapted text “Microcontroller Matter” http://www.pictutorials.com; p. 96 adapted text “Robotics” http://www.bforge.com/robotics.php; pp. 103-104 adapted text “Transistor Jubilee” http://www.pc-control.co.uk/; pp. 105-106 adapted text “The Junction Transistor” http://www.ele.uva.es; p. 115 adapted text “Manufacturing the Microchip” http://www.bsu.edu; p. 116 adapted text “Carbon Nanotubes - the Miracle Material of the 21st Century?” www.nano.org.uk; p. 117 adapted texts “Optical Metamaterials” http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/26482/, http://en.wikipedia.org; p. 118 adapted text “Laser Weapons” http://www.fas.org; pp. 119-120 adapted text “Future Challenges in Biomedical Engineering” http://www.caets.org/?ID=7349; p. 121 adapted text “SMART Home Systems” http://articles.castelarhost.com; p. 122 adapted text “New Acoustic Camera Captures Picture of Fish Passages” http://www.eurekalert.org; p. 123 adapted text “Audio and Image Processing” http://www.dspguide.com; p. 130 adapted text “Atmel AVR microcontroller” http://www.atmel.com/Technologies/lowpower/picopower.aspx; p. 131 - adapted texts “Transistor Promises” http://blog.gsmarena.com, http://www.sciencemag.org, http://cacm.acm.org.

 

PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES

 

p. 8 - http://www.electronics-lab.com/blog/?p=3187, http://www.inet.hr/~infolab/eng.htm, http://www.phaseiv.com/facilities_micro.html; p. 11 - www.multi.stanford.eduinteraction0207 imagesnano_product.jpg, http://www.fabtech.org/news/_a/rohm_and_haas_opens_doors_to_new_60_million_immersion_lithography_facility/;

 

pp. 12-13 - http://www.privateline.com/mt_dailynotes/2003/11/the_triode_does_not_amplify_it.html, http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0030289.html, http://www.flickr.com/photos/usblsb/3728838616/sizes/z/in/photostream/;

 

pp. 15-16 - http://newscenter.ti.com/media/p/2884.aspx, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hobby_frequency_counter.jpg, http://www.tu-harburg.de/ti6/lehre/soc/ws02/, http://www-05.ibm.com/se/news/archive/images/chips/;

 

p. 18 – http://www.2.bp.blogspot.com_MFFW6SGaaGwSn4heG7t44IAAAAAAAAALYOTL2Ya-na8As400nanobot2.jpg, http://www.spraygraphic.com/ViewProject/2264/normal.html, http://www.nano.org.uk/articles/22/;

 

p. 20 - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091223133343.htm,

 

p. 22 - http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_9703_nanotechnology.html, http://www.nano.psu.edu/images.html; pp. 23-24 - http://ahmadladhani.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/optical-transistor-made-from-single-molecule/, http://thehottestgadgets.com/2009/06/11-amazing-gadgets-and-inventions-by-students-and-amateurs-003068, http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/06/atom-pinhole-camera-nanolithography.html, http://www.topnews.in/usa/studies-say-carbon-nanotubes-could-be-dangerous-asbestos-2438;

 

p. 25 - https://y2mzuw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1mG1zm9KKfoF-jnEYXUxxe-6tGRcT__7LI5v6lTP14EJ-N0FZlNGNKYWFDmvxPMqWzCS98zXu0eTuTReGaUylbiOSbt3PdB0AAptEunbTVwYN89H1rVRWgVw1OcjcUhnRtgKdLfHTTXA0/ye8_tech_flexible_disp lay_630px.jpg, http://domakomp.ru/apple-i-samsung-sotrudnichayut-v-oblasti-oled-texnologij/, http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-04/nanodot-tech-crams-billions-pages-information-single-tiny-chip;

 

p. 28 - http://ecee.colorado.edu/research/Optics_Lasers.html, http://pard.technion.ac.il/mediaarc/medialist.asp?category=Researchers, http://www.howtvwork.ru/node/17;

 

p. 31 - http://www.moulicohen.com/2010/06/24/dark-pulse-better-than-light-pulse-fiber-optics/;

 

p. 32-33 - http://hal.physast.uga.edu/~rls/astro1020/ch5/ovhd.html, http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/led3.htm;

 

pp. 35-36 - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Файл:Optical_fiber_cable.jpg, http://wallpaper-s.org/90__Fiber_Optical_Cables_Dual-Screen.htm; p.39 - http://www.glppro.ru/catalog/impression_laser_650.php, http://texaspetawatt.ph.utexas.edu/overview.php, http://www.ingenerov.net/sdelay-sam/119--.html;