e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n gECE 1171 Electrical Engineering 1 4 QH
Introduces the basic concepts related to circuits and circuit elements; current, voltage, and power; models for resistors, capacitors, and inductors; and circuit analysis using Kirchhoff's laws. Discusses selected topics that illustrate the variety of applications of electrical engineering, such as AC circuits and electric power, the basics of semiconductor devices with application to transistor amplifier models, transients in circuits with energy storage, digital signals, logic circuits, and some basic concepts of computer operation, specifically number coding, arithmetic operations, and memory circuits. Prereq. MTH 1125; not open to electrical or computer engineering majors.ECE 1178 Circuits for Digital Electronics 4 QH
Introduces electronic digital circuits for nonŠelectrical engineering and computer engineering majors. Starts with the basics of electronic circuit analysis and continues with the principles of MOS and bipolar semiconductors and their applications to logic gate circuits. Discusses logic circuit design with emphasis on hardware considerations: gate and component count, level tolerance, and power dissipation. Introduces circuits with RC time constants to explain delays and speed limitations of logic circuits. Describes the implementation of logic functions by logic array circuits with application to ROM and PROM. Not open to electrical or computer engineering majors. Prereq. MTH 1125 or equivalent. PHY 1223 or equivalent must be taken concurrently.ECE 1188 Telecommunications 101 4 QH
The information explosion currently underway is the result of the marriage of extensive, world-wide communications and high-speed computation. Introduces the underlying concepts of how data is manipulated and transported electronically. Topics include how information is coded into electronic signals, multiplexing, networking, and voice and video transmission, integrated with laboratory work. Concludes with a discussion of future trends in telecommunications. Not open to engineering majors.ECE 1215 Circuits 1 4 QH
Introduces the basic laws and the basic signal and device models used in the study of linear circuits. Topics include basic circuit analysis with resistive networks, including node-voltage and mesh-current analysis, and the Thevenin and Norton Theorems. Introduces three-terminal and dependent source models, including the ideal operational amplifier model and related circuits. Discusses various common signal models, including step functions, exponentials and sinusoids, and the analysis of first- and second-order circuits and the solution of related differential equations. Prereq. MTH 1125 and PHY 1223 or equivalents. ECE 1240 and MTH 1225 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1226 Discrete Systems Laboratory 1 QH
Consists of four experiments that are closely integrated with the ECE 1333 course lectures. The first two experiments are concerned with A/D aliasing and quantization, the third with gain and phase-shift, and the fourth with the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform. ECE 1333 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1227 Electromagnetic Fields Laboratory 1 QH
Supports class material related to microwave transmission and radiation. Experiments include microwave transmission line measurements and the determination of the properties of dielectric materials; transmission line electrical length measurement; reflection and impedance measurements of dipole antenna; frequency characteristics of antennas and waveguides; antenna mutual coupling; and radiation pattern determination. ECE 1360 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1228 Energy Devices Laboratory 1 QH
Investigates transformers and DC machines; conducts tests to model the energy device and evaluate its load characteristics, thereby supporting the theory learned in ECE 1370. ECE 1370 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1229 Digital Systems Laboratory 1 QH
Introduces aspects of the design of digital hardware design. During the quarter students implement a digital calculator. Covers skills such as combinational logic, sequential logic, and finite-state machine design. Students use computer-aided logic design tools and field programmable logic to implement their designs. ECE 1382 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1230 VLSI System Design Laboratory 2 QH
Examines the design, layout, and simulation of digital VLSI circuits using a comprehensive set of CAD tools. Studies layouts of CMOS combinational and sequential circuits using either a layout editor or automatic layout generators. Studies functional structures including registers, adders, decoders, ROM, PLAs, counters, RAM, and ALU. Utilizes logic and circuit simulators for the logic verification and timing simulation of designed circuits. Designs can be sent to MOSIS for fabrication. ECE 1351 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1231 Power Systems Laboratory 1 QH
Applies techniques covered in ECE 1472, addressing topics such as transmission line constants, load flow and short-circuit studies, and transient stability. Includes upgrading the design of a small power system. ECE 1472 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1232 Electric Machines Laboratory 2 QH
Investigates topics in electromechanical energy conversion employing FaradayÕs Law Machine Bench. Studies steady-state and transient-state behavior of induction, synchronous, and DC machines. ECE 1371 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1234 Digital Signal Processing Laboratory 2 QH
Focuses on practical aspects of DSP by programming a digital signal processing chip in its native assembly language. Topics include, but are not limited to, input/output operations via A/D and D/A converters, digital frequency synthesis, computation of discrete time convolution, and design and implementation of both FIR and IIR digital filters. ECE 1456 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1235 Control Systems Laboratory 1 QH
Familiarizes the student with the practical aspects of control systems design through lab experiments. Topics include analog computer simulation, digital computer control, and use of CAD packages such at MATLAB for analysis and design of control systems. Experiments with PID control emphasize classical methods of feedback compensation, and an experiment with modern techniques of state variable feedback considers digital speed control of a DC motor. ECE 1420 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1238 Microprocessor Laboratory 2 QH
Provides students with the opportunity to practice the theory being learned concurrently in ECE 1383. Consists of four laboratory exercises and a small project executed by groups of three students using a modern single-board computer and associated test and development equipment. Exercises cover topics including memory expansion, memory testing, I/O hardware and I/O drivers, and interrupt driver control. Requires students to integrate software and hardware to make the system perform some complete task. ECE 1383 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1240 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Laboratory 1 QH
Provides a hands-on introduction to electronic circuits, devices, measurement techniques, and simulation studies. Emphasis is on active learning-by-doing. Students will design, assemble, and test a working electronic system and perform simulations to study electrical engineering concepts related to this system. Prereq. GE 1102 and PHY 1223 or equivalent.ECE 1241 Circuits Laboratory 1 QH
Covers experiments reinforcing basic circuit theory topics such as equivalent circuits, voltage/current divider applications, potentiometers or the Wheatstone bridge, experimental verification of network theorems, operational amplifier behavior, and/or response of RL, RC, and RLC circuits. Prereq. ECE 1215. ECE 1246 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1242 Introduction to Electronics Laboratory 1 QH
Includes experiments such as characterization of diodes, BJTs, and mosfets. Allows students to design such circuits as multistage amplifiers and photoswitches. ECE 1341 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1243 Analog Electronics Laboratory 1 QH
Includes experiments using integrated circuit current mirrors, differential amplifiers, frequency response, and feedback. ECE 1342 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1244 Digital Electronics Laboratory 1 QH
Includes experiments on CMOS and bipolar devices in logic circuits, latches, flip-flops, Schmitt triggers, and clock generators. ECE 1343 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1246 Circuits 2 4 QH
Presents the unilateral Laplace transform as a technique for solving differential equations with initial conditions that model linear circuit behavior, followed by the introduction of Laplace transform equivalent circuit models. Uses s-domain analysis for the solution of linear circuit problems, including node-voltage and mesh-current methods. Covers several topics connected to the use of network functions including pole/zero plots, frequency response, and a brief treatment of the synthesis of circuits to match given transfer functions. Considers circuits in the sinusoidal steady-state, first introducing phasor representations, then applying phasors to analyze resonance, ideal and linear transformers, and complex power and three-phase systems. Prereq. ECE 1215, ECE 1171, or ECE 1178. ECE 1241 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1308 Semiconductor Device Theory 4 QH
Develops elements of solid-state theory including crystal structure, quantum theory, and carrier (electron and hole) transport theory. Uses this knowledge to model devices commonly used in modern electronic circuits, including p-n junction diodes, MOS transistors, and bipolar junction transistors. Provides preparation for advanced study in the areas of integrated circuit fabrication, VLSI design, and electronic design. Prereq. ECE 1341.ECE 1320 Optimization Methods 4 QH
Covers optimization techniques with applications to problems that arise in electrical and computer engineering. Bridges the gap between theoretical study of algorithms and their application to the solution of applied optimization problems. Students learn how to model an applied engineering problem as an abstract optimization problem and to use powerful optimization techniques to solve it. Techniques covered include divide and conquer, backtracking, local optimization, dynamic programming, branch-and-bound, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms, and greedy algorithms. Emphasizes the use of existing tools and optimization packages to solve these problems. Prereq. COM 1101 or equivalent.ECE 1330 Noise and Stochastic Processes 4 QH
Discusses the physical origins of white noise, thermal noise, shot noise, and 1/f noise. Develops noise models for electronic devices, analog and digital circuits, and transmission links. Introduces probability and random variables to characterize signals in the presence of noise. Topics covered include PDF, CDF, and PMF functions, discrete and continuous variables, Markov and Chebyshev inequalities, multiple random variables, correlation and covariance. Presents applications to communication channels and digital networks. Prereq. ECE 1341 and MTH 1225.ECE 1332 Continuous Systems 4 QH
Discusses continuous systems from both time domain and frequency domain viewpoints. Presents linear time-variant system theory in detail including topics such as convolution, causality, stability, and system interconnections. Begins the frequency domain concepts with sinusoidal response and follows with the development of the Fourier transform and bilateral LaPlace transform. Prereq. ECE 1246 and MTH 1225.ECE 1333 Discrete Systems 4 QH
Begins with a discussion of A/D and D/A conversion, including aliasing and quantization. Discusses the analysis and realization of linear shift-invariant systems. Presentation includes such topics as convolution, causality, stability, DF-1 and DF-2 realization, system interconnections, and the system sinusoidal response. Presents Discrete-Time Fourier Series, the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform, and the Z-Transform. Lastly, the z-plane view is used to analyze system gain and phase-shift, causality, and stability. Prereq. ECE 1246 and MTH 1223. ECE 1226 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1341 Introduction to Electronics 4 QH
Introduces the methods of design and analysis of modern electronic circuits. Develops the operation of the principal semiconductor devices: diodes, field-effect, and bipolar junction transistors. Focuses on using large- and small-signal models to understand the behavior of transistors as amplifiers and switches. Prereq. ECE 1171, ECE 1178, or ECE 1215. ECE 1242 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1342 Analog Electronics 4 QH
Develops the analysis techniques required to design analog circuit functions, primarily amplifiers. Addresses topics such as biasing, single and compound amplifier stages, feedback amplifiers including impedance, NyquistÕs stability criterion, and compensation of feedback amplifiers. Prereq. ECE 1246 and ECE 1341. ECE 1243 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1343 Digital Electronics 4 QH
Develops the techniques needed to design digital and mixed-signal circuits at the transistor level. Examines CMOS and ECL logic families, flip-flops, latches, Schmitt triggers, multivibrators, and clock generation circuits. Introduces A/D and D/A topologies. Prereq. ECE 1341. ECE 1244 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1344 Electronic Design 4 QH
Treats the methodologies needed to design a variety of electronic circuits used in signal progressing and communications. Requires students to do at least three major design projects, which may include but are not restricted to the following: active filters, analog multipliers, phase-locked loops, oscillators, time-base generators, switching regulators, and electronic sensors. Prereq. ECE 1333, ECE 1342, and ECE 1382.ECE 1351 Special Topics in IC Design 4 QH
Offers a structured digital MOS design course in designing, verifying, and fabricating CMOS VLSI integrated circuits. Introduces required design rules and relates them to the fabrication process. Begins design exercises and tutorials with basic inverters and proceeds to the design, verification, and performance of large complex digital logic networks. Develops a simple RC delay model in conjunction with the theory of delays in VLSI systems. Other topics include program logic arrays and automatic design tools, shift registers, arithmetic logic units, and memory systems. Prereq. ECE 1341 and ECE 1382. ECE 1230 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1355 Communication Systems 1 4 QH
Introduces basic concepts of digital communication in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels. Reviews Fourier transform and Fourier Series representation of signals and introduces random processes. Examines power spectrum density, geometric representation of signals and signal spaces, concepts of information sources and source coding algorithms, principles of optimum receiver design for AWGN channels, correlation and matched filter receivers, and probability of error analysis for binary and M-ary signaling through AWGN channels, digital PAM transmission through band-limited AWGN channels, zero ISI condition, system design in the presence of channel distortion, design of optimum transmitting and receiving filters, channel equalization, introduction to digital transmission via carrier modulation. Prereq. MTH 1384 or ECE 1330 and ECE 1333.ECE 1360 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 4 QH
Introduces electromagnetics and high frequency applications. Topics covered include: 1) transmission lines: transmission line model with distributed circuit elements, transmission line equations and solutions, one dimensional traveling and standing waves, and applications; 2) electromagnetic field theory: Lorentz force equation, MaxwellÕs equations, Poynting theorem and application to the transmission lineÕs TEM waves. Also, uniform plane wave propagation along a coordinate axis and along an arbitrary direction; equivalent transmission lines for TEM, TE, and TM waves; reflection and refraction of uniform plane waves by conducting and dielectric surfaces. Discusses applications to waveguides, resonators, and optical fibers; and radiation and elementary antennas. Introduces modern techniques (computational methods) and applications (optics, bioelectromagnetics, electromagnetic effects in high-speed digital systems). Prereq. MTH 1223 and PHY 1223 or equivalents. ECE 1227 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1366 Computational Electromagnetics 4 QH
Presents numerical and computational approaches to electromagnetic field problems, as well as engineering applications. Gives students the opportunity to use software environments such as Matlab to implement the various algorithms for solution and to present graphical results. Begins with an introduction to computation methods and linear algebra. Uses the finite difference method approach for solving the major partial differential equations of electromagnetics: PoissonÕs equation, the diffusion equation, and the wave equation. Also uses the FDTD approach to solve the wave equation. Presents the Rayleigh-Ritz method and the method of weighted residuals. Introduces integral equations as foundation for solving problems with the method of moments. Makes applications to the transmission lines, waveguides, resonators, antennas, and to antenna arrays. Prereq. ECE 1360 or 1364.ECE 1370 Electric Energy Devices 4 QH
Reviews phasor diagrams and three-phase circuits, and presents magnetic aspects including magnetic circuits, energy storage, and permanent magnets. Includes other topics such as elements of transformers, principles of electromechanical energy conversion, and steady-state theory of induction, synchronous, and DC machines. Prereq. ECE 1246 and ECE 1360 or ECE 1364. ECE 1228 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1371 Electric Drives and Motion Systems 4 QH
Continues ECE 1370. Presents steady-state theory and performance of induction, synchronous, and DC machines. Investigates transients and dynamics of AC and DC machines. Introduces power semiconductor controlled drives. Prereq. ECE 1370; ECE 1232 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1381 Introduction to Computer Organization and Structure 4 QH
Provides an introduction to the compound logic elements present in a computer system. Reviews the interaction of hardware and software. Covers a simple assembly language as an example of how high-level language abstract data types are mapped to the underlying hardware structures. Presents implementations of pointer arithmetic and I/O at the assembly code level. Discusses IEEE floating-point formats. Emphasizes the hardware implementation of the datapath and memory system. Makes use of assembly language simulators and design tools. Prereq. ECE 1382 and GE 1101 or C programming ability.ECE 1382 Digital Logic Design 4 QH
Discusses the implementation of digital systems at the logic gate level. Covers Boolean logic, logic minimization, combinational design, sequential circuits, state machines, datapath design, and finite state machine design. Students use commercial CAD logic tools to design and simulate circuits, building up to the design of a simple calculator. Prereq. GE 1101 or C programming ability. ECE 1229 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1383 Microprocessor-Based Design 4 QH
Provides an introduction to both hardware and software issues in interfacing microprocessors to their local and outside worlds. Includes lab and lecture components to develop both analytical understanding and design skills. Examines the following hardware items: bus characteristics, timing and protocols; memory organization; memory-mapped I/O; and interrupts. Studies complementary software topics including polling versus interrupt driven I/O and exception processing. Prereq. ECE 1382. ECE 1238 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1384 Computer Architecture 4 QH
Provides an in-depth look at the current state of computer architecture. Presents a number of commercial instruction-sets architecture and instruction-set design tradeoffs. Emphasizes the cost/performance decisions that drive todayÕs microprocessor implementations; covers the design of full systems, including the memory hierarchy; and the supporting bussing and I/O subsystems. Topics include performance analysis, pipelining, control and data prediction, compiler organization, superscalar and VLIW execution, virtual memory, bus protocols, and parallel processing. Emphasizes how compilers and computer architectures work in tandem to produce high-performance execution. Prereq. ECE 1381.ECE 1385 Introduction to Robotics 4 QH
Teams two students together to design and implement a small mobile robot system to complete a specific task. Students compete their robots against robots built by other teams at the end of the course. Develops studentsÕ design capabilities of microprocessor-controlled systems with input from sensory devices and output actuators. Topics include actuators, sensors, and system modeling. Prereq. ECE 1342 and ECE 1383.ECE 1386 Engineering Programming Models and Structures 4 QH
Presents a survey of many common data structures and algorithms. Includes lists, trees, queues, stacks, and graphs. Covers searching, sorting and matching, and an overview of software engineering issues, including specification, design, and testing. Presents object-oriented design and programming as the underlying theme of all programming assignments in the course. Requires C, C++, and Java languages in homework assignments. Prereq. GE 1101 or C programming ability.ECE 1390 Senior Project Laboratory 1 2 QH
Allows students to work with a faculty adviser on a term project, either experimental or theoretical. Prereq. Permission of department.ECE 1391 Senior Project Laboratory 2 2 QH
Continues the project started in ECE 1390 or it may be a new project. Prereq. Permission of department.ECE 1400 Special Topics 4 QH
Covers various topics from term to term, depending on the interests of the department and the students. Prereq. Permission of department.ECE 1406 Integrated Circuit Fabrication 4 QH
Provides an overview of integrated circuit fabrication from the viewpoint of the process engineer. Focuses on the physics, chemistry, and technology of integrated circuit fabrication in the lecture portion of the course, while students fabricate and test MOS integrated circuits in the lab portion. Compares process and device models with experimental results during lab sessions. Tests diodes, MOS capacitors, transistors, and logic gates. Students use the industry-standard process simulator SUPREM-IV to supplement analytical process models. Concentrates on silicon IC technology, but also discusses other material systems and microstructures, including GaAs and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Prereq. ECE 1341.ECE 1420 Control Systems 4 QH
Introduces the analysis and design of classical control systems and comprises closely coupled lectures and laboratory experiments. Examines control system concepts, basic components and goals, modeling and mathematical description, transfer function and state variable representations, feedback control system characteristics, system responses, and stability of feedback systems. Also addresses analysis of graphical tools such as root-locus and Nyquist diagram, compensator design based on root-locus and frequency response, and modern control system design. Prereq. ECE 1332 and ECE 1341. ECE 1235 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1440 Real-time Systems 4 QH
Covers real-time (RT) system characteristics, both hardware and software. Topics include RT system specifications, deadlines, RT task scheduling and switching, multitasking and synchronization mechanisms such as semaphores and monitors, and RT O/S kernels. Also includes embedded RT systems, distributed RT systems, and reliability and fault tolerance. Applications considered include communications and signal/image processing. Prereq. COM 1330 or MTH 1384.ECE 1441 Hardware Description Languages and Synthesis 4 QH
Focuses on modeling of digital systems in a hardware description language. Topics covered include textual versus graphical modeling of digital systems, syntax and semantics of the VHDL language, modeling for simulation, and modeling for synthesis. Students will use a commercially available CAD tool to simulate and synthesize digital system descriptions. Prereq. ECE 1382.ECE 1442 Parallel and Distributed Processing 4 QH
Covers parallel and distributed processing concepts, including concurrency and its management, models of parallel computation, synchronous and asynchronous parallelism. Additional topics include simple parallel algorithm formulation, parallelization techniques, interconnection networks, arrays, trees, hypercubes, message routing mechanisms, shared address space and message-passing multiprocessor systems, communication cost and latency-hiding techniques, scalability of parallel systems, and parallel programming concepts and application case studies. Prereq. ECE 1381.ECE 1443 Introduction to Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 4 QH
Provides an introduction to pattern recognition methods through simple classification problems that arise in computer image processing. Topics include digital images and their properties, classification principles (Bayes Rules, class boundaries), and pattern recognition methods. Studies techniques including image preprocessing, segmentation, feature extraction, object recognition, and image analysis and understanding. Discusses applications in computer vision. Prereq. MTH 1384 or ECE 1330 and ECE 1333.ECE 1444 CAD for Design and Test 4 QH
Introduces the basic algorithmic principles of computer-aided design (CAD) for VLSI circuits and systems. Design topics include placement and routing with particular emphasis on partitioning, floorplanning, global and detailed routing techniques. Emphasizes performance issues as well as tool design and use. Testing topics include fault modeling, automatic test generation for combinational and sequential circuits, functional approaches, design-for-testability, and built-in self test. Prereq. ECE 1351 and COM 1101.ECE 1445 Software Design and Architecture 4 QH
Covers the principles, methods, and techniques for describing how a software product will be implemented so that its requirements are satisfied. Examines the fundamental building blocks and patterns for constructing software systems in the context of a sound design process. Topics include reference models, APIs components (e.g., COBRA), frameworks, structuring computation, patterns of design, principles of modularity, architectural design, component design, data design, algorithm design, graphical user interfaces, documentation, and case studies and standards. Prereq. ECE 1386.ECE 1446 High-Speed Digital Design 4 QH
Examines the effect of very high-speed switching and signal transmission on the design of digital circuits. Topics include transmission line effects for digital circuits, inductive and capacitate effects of high-speed circuits, high-speed properties of logic gates, clock distribution issues, and power dissipation in high-speed circuits. Prereq. ECE 1382 and ECE 1360 or ECE 1364.ECE 1455 Communication Systems 2 4 QH
Presents the state-of-the-art theory and techniques used in digital communication systems. Covers data compression techniques and rate-distortion theory, digital communication and system performance analysis in a variety of channel models, channel capacity, and coding for reliable communication, block and convolutional coding and decoding, trellis-coded modulation, direct sequence, and frequency hopped spread spectrum systems. Prereq. ECE 1355.ECE 1456 Digital Signal Processing 4 QH
Introduces concepts in modern signal processing. Topics include review of discrete time signals and systems, discrete Fourier transform, realizations structures for digital filters, FIR filter design, IIR filter design, fast Fourier transforms, and applications to fast convolution. Prereq. ECE 1332 and ECE 1333. ECE 1234 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1458 Communication Networks 4 QH
Presents an overview of modern communication networks and basic principles of network design. Discusses types of traffic, multiplexing, and switching techniques. Uses layered network architectures, such as OSI (Open System Interconnection), and Internet and LAN (Local Area Network) architectures to explain the hierarchy of network functions. Studies data-link layer protocols including the commonly used Stop and Go, Go Back N, and Selective repeat protocols. Propagation characteristics in optical cables are used for physical layer study, including packet framing, synchronization, and error control. Discusses medium-access control (MAC) methods including the Aloha protocol used in packet radio networks, Carrier Sense Multiple Access, Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, Token Ring and Token Bus protocols, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface), and DQDB (Dual Queue Data Bus) protocols used in high-speed networks for local and metropolitan area networks. Addresses network layer functions of routing and congestion control. Analyzes routing algorithms based on flooding, shortest-path, and optimal routing. Introduces emerging techniques such as ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) for use in the future Broadband ISDN (Integrated Service Data Network). Prereq. ECE 1355 and MTH 1384 or ECE 1330.ECE 1463 Antennas 4 QH
Introduces the fundamental principles of antenna theory. Applies these principles to the design and analysis of practical antennas for radar, broadcast, and wireless communication systems. Covers fundamental antenna parameters, radiation integrals and auxiliary potential functions, linear and loop antennas, antenna arrays, broadband dipoles and impedance matching techniques, traveling wave and broadband antennas, and frequency-independent, aperture, and reflector antennas. Prereq. ECE 1364 or ECE 1360.ECE 1464 Microwave Networks 4 QH
Focuses on advanced analytical, graphical, and matrix analyses of transmission lines and microwave networks. Covers analyses of lossy and lossless transmission lines, electrical scattering S-parameters, ferrite networks, microwave absorbers, and matrix representation of multiple connected networks. Prereq. ECE 1360 or ECE 1364.ECE 1466 Modern Optics 4 QH
Presents the basic optical concepts necessary for an understanding of current and future optical communication, remote sensing, industrial and biomedical systems. Topics include geometric optics, polarized light, diffraction, and interference. Studies lasers and other light sources, optical fibers, detectors, CDD cameras, modulators, and other components of optical systems. Presents applications to specific systems such as medical imaging systems, fiber-optic sensors, laser radars, and communication systems, depending upon the interests of the class. Prereq. ECE 1360 or ECE 1364.ECE 1471 Elements of Power Systems 4 QH
Introduces electric power systems. Examines steady-state balanced three-phase systems, transmission line constants and system modeling, transmission line equations and line power limitations, and three-phase transformers. Introduces symmetrical components. Prereq. ECE 1246 and ECE 1360 or ECE 1364.ECE 1472 Power System Analysis 4 QH
Presents basic methods for the analysis of power systems, including load flow, symmetrical short circuits, symmetrical component theory and unsymmetrical faults, and elements of power system protection, control, and transient stability. Uses power system software for some system studies. Prereq. ECE 1471. ECE 1231 must be taken concurrently.ECE 1474 Power Electronics 4 QH
Presents the application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Studies phase-controlled rectifier circuits, DC-DC converters, high frequency inverters, and resonant converters. Illustrates modeling, analysis, and control techniques on numerous application examples. Covers design problems including analysis and sizing of passive components (inductors and capacitors) in high-frequency DC/DC switching converters. Prereq. ECE 1333 and ECE 1341.ECE 1486 Numerical Methods and Computer Applications 4 QH
Presents numerical techniques used in solving scientific and engineering problems with the aid of digital computers. Topics include modeling and simulating of deterministic and probabilistic systems; theory of interpolation; least squares; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations using a programming environment such as MATLAB. Chooses representative problems for solution on a computer. Prereq. MTH 1225 and GE 1102.ECE 1503 Capstone Design 1 4 QH
Requires students to select a project requiring design and implementation of an electrical, electronic, and/or software system, form a team to carry out the project, and submit and present a detailed proposal for the work. Students must specify the materials needed for their project, provide cost analysis, and make arrangements with their capstone adviser to purchase and/or secure donation of equipment. Requires student to perform a feasibility study by extensive simulation or prototype design of subsystems to facilitate the second phase of the capstone design. Prereq. ENG 1125 and senior standing.ECE 1504 Capstone Design 2 4 QH
Requires students to design and implement the project proposed in ECE 1503. Expects students to evaluate progress with interim milestone reports and to present the final design project with written and oral reports. Prereq. ECE 1503 taken in previous quarter.ECE 1703 Capstone Design 1 (Honors) 4 QH
Honors equivalent of ECE 1503.ECE 1704 Capstone Design 2 (Honors) 4 QH
Honors equivalent of ECE 1504.ECE 1777, ECE 1778, ECE 1779 Honors Adjunct 1 QH each
An honors adjunct associated with a 4-QH ECE course.
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