Course List - Fall 2007

The scope and nature of professional activities of electrical and computer engineers, including problem-solving techniques, analysis, and design methods; using computers for communication and problem-solving tasks; engineering professional ethics; analysis of analog resistive circuits, including Thevenin/Norton equivalent, mesh analysis, and nodal analysis; representation of signals and systems; information processing; state machines. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 302 and 302H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Mathematics 408C or 408K.

Restricted to students in the Engineering Honors Program. The scope and nature of professional activities of electrical and computer engineers, including problem-solving techniques, analysis, and design methods; using computers for communication and problem-solving tasks; engineering professional ethics; analysis of analog resistive circuits, including Thevenin/Norton equivalent, mesh analysis, and nodal analysis. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 302 and 302H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Mathematics 408C or 408K.

Bottom-up introduction to computing; bits and operations on bits; number formats; arithmetic and logic operations; digital logic; the Von Neumann model of processing, including memory, arithmetic logic unit, registers, and instruction decoding and execution; introduction to structured programming and debugging; machine and assembly language programming; the structure of an assembler; physical input/output through device registers; subroutine call/return; trap instruction; stacks and applications of stacks. Three lecture hours and one recitation hour a week for one semester. Electrical Engineering 306 and 379K (Topic: Introduction to Computing) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Mathematics 408C or 408K.

May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Linear circuit elements; nodal and mesh analysis; operational amplifiers; capacitance and inductance; simple transient response; sinusoidal steady state analysis; Bode plots; three-phase circuits; transformers; two-port networks (Z-parameters and Y-parameters); computer-aided analysis and design. Three lecture hours and two recitation hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 302 or 302H with a grade of at least C; credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Mathematics 427K; and credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Physics 303L and 103N.

Programming skills for problem solving; programming in C; elementary data structures; asymptotic analysis. Three lecture hours and one recitation hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 306 or Biomedical Engineering 303 with a grade of at least C.

Representation of signals and systems; system properties; sampling; Laplace and z-transforms; transfer functions and frequency response; convolution; stability; Fourier series; Fourier transform; AM/FM modulation; applications. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 411, 331, or Biomedical Engineering 311 with a grade of at least C; and Mathematics 427K with a grade of at least C.

Boolean algebra; analysis and synthesis of combinational and sequential switching networks; applications to computer design. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 306 or Computer Sciences 307 with a grade of at least C; and credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Electrical Engineering 312 or Computer Sciences 310.

Basic computer structure; instruction set; addressing modes; assembly language programming; subroutines; arithmetic operations; programming in C; C functions; basic data structures; input/output; and survey of several microcontrollers. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 306 or Biomedical Engineering 303 with a grade of at least C, and Electrical Engineering 312 with a grade of at least C.

Digital and analog parametric testing of mixed-signal circuits and systems, including frequency response, harmonic and intermodulation, and noise behavior; use of system-level test equipment, including network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and probe stations; coherent v. noncoherent measurements; design for testability. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 438 (or 338) with a grade of at least C; and credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T.

Programming with abstractions; data structures; algorithm analysis. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 312 with a grade of at least C.

Introduction to electrostatics and magnetostatics; properties of conductive, dielectric, and magnetic materials; solutions of Maxwell's equations; uniform plane wave applications; frequency- and time-domain analyses of transmission lines. Prerequisite: Physics 303L and 103N and Mathematics 427K with a grade of at least C in each.

Solutions of time-varying Maxwell's equations with applications to antennas and wireless propagation; antenna theory and design, array synthesis; electromagnetic wave propagation, scattering, and diffraction; numerical methods for solving Maxwell's equations. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 325 with a grade of at least C.

This course covers the work period of electrical and computer engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program. Forty laboratory hours a week for three semesters. The student must complete Electrical Engineering 325LX, 325LY, and 325LZ before a grade and degree credit are awarded. Prerequisite: For 325LX, application to become a member of the Cooperative Engineering Program, approval of the dean, and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LY, Electrical Engineering 325LX and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LZ, Electrical Engineering 325LY and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour.

This course covers the work period of electrical and computer engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program. Forty laboratory hours a week for three semesters. The student must complete Electrical Engineering 325LX, 325LY, and 325LZ before a grade and degree credit are awarded. Prerequisite: For 325LX, application to become a member of the Cooperative Engineering Program, approval of the dean, and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LY, Electrical Engineering 325LX and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LZ, Electrical Engineering 325LY and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour.

This course covers the work period of electrical and computer engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program. Forty laboratory hours a week for three semesters. The student must complete Electrical Engineering 325LX, 325LY, and 325LZ before a grade and degree credit are awarded. Prerequisite: For 325LX, application to become a member of the Cooperative Engineering Program, approval of the dean, and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LY, Electrical Engineering 325LX and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 325LZ, Electrical Engineering 325LY and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour.

This course covers the work period of electrical engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program. Forty laboratory hours a week for two semesters. The student must complete Electrical Engineering 225MA and 225MB before a grade and degree credit are awarded. Prerequisite: For 225MA, application to become a member of the Cooperative Engineering Program, approval of the dean, and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 225MB, Electrical Engineering 225MA and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour.

This course covers the work period of electrical engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program. Forty laboratory hours a week for two semesters. The student must complete Electrical Engineering 225MA and 225MB before a grade and degree credit are awarded. Prerequisite: For 225MA, application to become a member of the Cooperative Engineering Program, approval of the dean, and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour; for 225MB, Electrical Engineering 225MA and appointment for a full-time cooperative work tour.

Practical work experience in industry or a research lab under the supervision of an engineer or scientist. Requires a substantial final report. At least ten hours of work a week, for a total of 150 hours a semester or summer session. May be repeated for credit, but only three hours may be counted toward an electrical engineering degree. Prerequisite: Consent of the undergraduate adviser.

Not open to electrical engineering majors. Brief theory of direct and alternating current circuits; single-phase and three-phase power transmission; electronic devices and instrumentation; electromechanics. Prerequisite: Mathematics 408D, Physics 303L, and 103N with a grade of at least C in each.

Advanced engineering communication skills, with emphasis on technical documents, oral reports, and graphics; collaborative work involving online communication and research. Prerequisite: English 316K with a grade of at least C.

Electronic devices in analog and digital circuits. Device physics and modeling; two-port networks; analysis and design of power supply circuits and amplifiers; frequency response; Bode plots. Laboratory work covers generation and acquisition of test signals; current, voltage, and impedance measurements; transfer function measurement; and spectrum measurements and analysis. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Electrical Engineering 313 or Biomedical Engineering 343.

Electronic devices in analog and digital circuits. Device physics and modeling; two-port networks; analysis and design of power supply circuits and amplifiers; frequency response; Bode plots. Laboratory work covers generation and acquisition of test signals; current, voltage, and impedance measurements; transfer function measurement; and spectrum measurements and analysis. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Electrical Engineering 313 or Biomedical Engineering 343.

Feedback principles; Bode plots; analysis and design of circuits with operational amplifiers and oscillators; filters; power amplifiers. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 438 with a grade of at least C.

Analysis and design of analog integrated circuits; transistor models, integrated circuit technologies; layout techniques; mismatches; simple and advanced current mirrors, single-stage amplifiers; differential-pair amplifiers; frequency response; noise considerations; feedback; nonlinear circuits; cascode amplifiers; telescopic and folded-cascode operational amplifiers; two-stage operational amplifiers using state-of-the-art EDA/CAD tools for design simulation and layout. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 438 and 339 with a grade of at least C in each.

Quantum theory of energy levels; semiconductor materials and carrier transport; p-n junctions and Schottky barriers; bipolar and field effect transistors; light-emitting diodes, lasers, and photodetectors. Prerequisite: Mathematics 427K and Physics 303L and 103N with a grade of at least C in each.

Integrated circuit fabrication: crystal growth and wafer preparation; epitaxial growth; oxidation, diffusion, and ion implantation; thin-film deposition techniques; lithography and etching processes; integrated circuit process integration and process simulation. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 438 and 339 with a grade of at least C in each; and credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T.

Microprocessor organization and interfacing; memory interfacing; hardware-software design of microprocessor systems; applications, including communication systems. Two lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 319K, 322C, and 438 with a grade of at least C in each; and credit with a grade of at least C or registration for Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, or Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T.