本书围绕电子信息科学、通信及计算机等前沿领域的相关知识，按知识结构体系组织编排，由浅入深，内容涉及电子信息类专业的电子电路、EDA设计、信号处理与系统开发、计算机网路、多媒体技术、现代电视技术、移动通信、光纤通信等知识，还包括模式识别与人工智慧、DSP技术、嵌入式系统、生物特徵识别、信息安全、GPS、3G通信等热点内容。书中所选资料突出技术内容的正确性、完整性，并配合适当练习以考察读者对知识点的掌握。本书可使学生熟悉和掌握一定量的专业辞彙和术语，了解科技英语写作和专业交流中的翻译和写作技巧，提高阅读和理解专业英语文献的能力和速度，培养英语写作和翻译技巧，开阔专业视野。

CONTENTS

Unit1MicroelectronicsandElectronicCircuits 1

1-1IntroductiontoMicroelectronics 1

1-2Howdoesalogicgateinamicrochipwork? 5

1-3GeneralElectronicsCircuits 12

ReadingMaterial:Nanotechnology—GettingUsOvertheBrickWall 18

Unit2ModernElectronicDesign 22

2-1IntroductiontoConfigurableComputing 22

2-2CuttingCriticalHardware 27

2-3TheFutureofConfigurableComputing 30

ReadingMaterial:FPGAs 34

Unit3ComputerArchitectureandMicroprocessors 38

3-1ComputerArchitecture 38

3-2CPUDesignStrategies:RISCvs.CISC 44

3-3VLIWMicroprocessors 49

ReadingMaterial:EmbeddedSystem 52

Unit4InformationNetwork,ProtocolsandApplications 56

4-1ComputerNetworks 56

4-2TCP/IP 59

4-3InternetofThings 65

ReadingMaterial:TechnologyRoadmapoftheIoT 70

Unit5InformationSecurityandBiometricsTechnology 75

5-1IntroductiontoComputerSecurity 75

5-2EncryptionMethods 81

5-3AnOverviewofBiometrics 85

Unit6DigitalSignalProcessingandApplications 90

6-1IntroductiontoDigitalSignalProcessing(DSP) 90

6-2TypicalDSPApplications 96

6-3DSPSystemImplementationSolution 103

Unit7SpeechSignalProcessing 107

7-1SpeechSamplingandProcessing 107

7-2SpeechCodingandText-to-Speech(TTS)Synthesis 115

7-3SpeechRecognitionandOtherSpeechApplications 122

Unit8DigitalImagesProcessing 127

8-1RepresentationofImages 127

8-2IntroductiontoDigitalImageProcessing 133

8-3FingerprintIdentification,HandGeometryandFaceRetrial 138

ReadingMaterial:DigitalImageHistogramAdjustment 143

Unit9ModernTVTechnology 145

9-1TelevisionVideoSignals 145

9-2RelatedTechnologies 150

9-3HDTV 159

Unit10TelecommunicationNetwork 165

10-1Introductionto“CommunicationSystems” 165

10-2SatelliteCommunications 171

10-3WhatisCTI? 175

Unit11MobileCommunications 181

11-1TheMobileTelephoneSystem 181

11-23GMobilePhones:DigitalVoiceandData 188

11-3GlobalPositioningSystem(GPS) 193

Unit12OpticalFiberCommunications 198

12-1TheGeneralOpticalFiberCommunicationSystem 198

12-2AdvantagesofOpticalFiberCommunication 203

12-3HistoricalDevelopment 209

Unit13ElectronicInstrumentandMeasurement 214

13-1Oscilloscopes 214

13-2UnderstandingWaveforms 220

13-3VirtualInstruments 225

Unit14ArtificialIntelligenceTechniquesandApplications 229

14-1ArtificialIntelligenceTechniques 229

14-2ExpertSystemsandRobotics 234

14-3DevelopmentofAI 239

Unit15PatternRecognitionTechnology 245

15-1PrincipleofPatternRecognition 245

15-2ExemplaryApplications 251

15-3SmartRoom 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