M.Sc.

Abstract: This study presents an electronic circuit design system based on Genetic Algorithm that uses SPICE to evaluate the circuit performance and compare it to the requirements. A Parallel Genetic Algorithm is used to reduce the running time as the simulator takes very long time to process a circuit. The Genetic Algorithm was implemented using the C++ programming language, to have an efficient and reliable program and to allow the use of low level functionality of the operating system. The implementation was targeted in the Windows operating system.

Abstract: With the development of life and the need for more resources (electricity, gas, water and etc.) is increased, some companies began to provide these resources to each household, school, and office. These companies install meters in each consuming place and assign someone to get the reading of that meter. With the increase of buildings, households, offices that use this meter, it’s inappropriate to assign one or even hundred of people to check measured values. To solve these problems, various remote meter reading systems have been proposed.

Abstract: The microstrip patch in its pure form cannot satisfy the bandwidth requirements for most wireless communication systems. The general philosophy of most of the bandwidth enhancement techniques is to add one or more resonant structures to the microstrip patch configuration. These additional elements may be in the form of slots or other patches. This thesis introduces the design and analysis of bandwidth enhancements for a microstrip patch antenna using different slot configurations.