ECE 250 Electronic Device Modeling 3R-3L-4C F,S Pre: ECE 200, MA
222
Modeling, analysis, and simulation of electronic circuits that
contain two-terminal and three-terminal semiconductor devices.
Large-signal, biasing, and small-signal analysis models.
Introduction to wave shaping circuits, switching circuits, and
amplifiers. Integral laboratory.
ECE 300 Signals & Systems 3R-3L-4C F,W,S Pre: MA 222, ECE 200
System and signal modeling. Convolution. Fourier series and
Fourier transforms. Filters. Sampling. Use of numerical analysis
software. Integral laboratory.
ECE 310 Communication Systems 3R-3L-4C F,S Pre: ECE 300
Transmission of information over bandlimited, noisy communication
channels. Line codes, probability of error, intersymbol
interference. Modulation techniques, synchronization and frequency
conversion. Discussion of a current ethical issue. Integral
laboratory.
ECE 320 Linear Control Systems 3R-3L-4C F,S Pre: ES 205, ECE 200
Analysis of linear control systems using classical and modern
control theories. Plant representation, closed loop system
representation, time response, frequency response, concept of
stability, and root locus method. Computer modeling and simulation
of feedback systems. Integral laboratory.
ECE 331 Embedded System Design 3R-3L-4C F,S Pre: CSSE 232, ECE 333
Microcontroller system design. Assembly language and architecture,
I/O peripheral programming and interfacing, handshaking and
interrupts, real-time programming, high-level programming, bus
protocols, and embedded system timing analysis. Integral
laboratory. Credit cannot be obtained for both ECE 331 and ECE
430.
ECE 332 Computer Architecture II 4R-0L-4C F,S Pre: CSSE 232
Pipelining, memory hierarchy, busses, instruction level
parallelism, cost-performance tradeoffs, and review of new topics
in areas of computer architecture or parallel processing. Team
research project. Complements CS 332.
ECE 333 Digital Systems 3R-3L-4C F,W,S Pre: ECE 130, ECE 250
Capabilities, limitations, and design of digital (TTL/CMOS) logic
devices. Design and evaluation of combinational and sequential
logic circuits using programmable logic devices. Personal computer
tools for design entry, timing simulation, and mapping to target
devices. Troubleshooting using laboratory instrumentation.
Laboratory notebooks. Informal reports. Integral laboratory.
ECE 340 Electromagnetic Fields 4R-0L-4C F,W Pre: ES 203, MA 222
Behavior of resistors, capacitors, inductors, magnetic circuits,
and relays in terms of electromagnetic fields; field intensities,
potential gradients, line integrals, flux densities, surface
integrals; constituent properties; incremental elements; numeric
and analytic solution techniques; energy and power; technical
reports that extend basic concepts of the course.
ECE 341 Electromagnetic Waves 4R-0L-4C F,S Pre: ECE 340
Distributed parameters; Maxwell’s equations; quasistatic analysis,
TEM plane waves in space, power flow, lossy materials,
reflections; steady-state reflection coefficients, impedance, VSWR,
Smith chart, transmission line matching techniques.
ECE 342 Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility 3R-3L-4C F,S
Pre: ECE 200 and Computer Engineering Major
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations and measurement.
Frequency behaviors of passive components. Electromagnetic
field and wave. Dipole and monopole Antennas. Four
coupling mechanisms: electrical and magnetic fields common
impedance, and electromagnetic wave. Transmission lines.
Conducted emission. Radiated emission. Electromagnetic
shielding and grounding. Electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ECE 351 Analog Electronics 3R-3L-4C F,W,S Pre: ECE 250
Amplifier design and analysis including discrete and integrated
circuit topologies. Cascaded amplifier, input and output stages,
frequency response. Linear and non-linear op-amp circuits.
Introduction to the non-ideal properties of op-amps. Integral
laboratory.
ECE 361 Engineering Practice 1R-3L-2C F,W Pre: ECE 200
Creativity, project design specifications, team roles, effective
conduct of team meetings, written and oral communication skills,
ethics and professionalism, completion of team project(s).
ECE 362 Principles of Design 4R-0L-4C W,S Pre: ECE 361, RH330
System engineering, team project involving conception, design
specifications, conceptual design, scheduling, project management,
business plan, market survey, and budgeting that culminates in a
written proposal and oral presentation requesting funds for
development of a product.
ECE 370 Machines & Power 3R-3L-4C W,S Pre: ECE 300, ECE 340
Applications of single-phase and three-phase systems. Power factor
correction. Non-ideal transformer modeling and determination of
the equivalent circuit. Principles and types of DC machines and
induction motors. Integral laboratory.
ECE 380 Discrete Time & Continuous Systems 4R-0L-4C W,S Pre: ECE
300
System properties: linearity and time-invariance. Sampling and
reconstruction. Convolution in continuous and discrete-time
systems. Z-transform, FIR and IIR filters. Discrete-time filter
design. Discrete Fourier transform. Literature search. Credit
cannot be obtained for both ECE 280 and ECE 380.
ECE 398 Undergraduate Projects 1-4C Arranged Pre: Consent of
instructor
Special design or research projects.
ECE 410 Communication Networks 4R-0L-4C Pre: Senior standing or
consent of instructor
Layered architectures. Circuit and packet switching. ISO Reference
Model. Point-to-point protocols, error control, framing. Accessing
shared media, local area networks. Virtual circuits, datagrams,
routing, congestion control. Reliable message transport,
internetworking.
ECE 414 Wireless Systems 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 310
Introduction to mobile radio communications with application to
cellular telephone systems, wireless networks, and personal
communication systems. System design, propagation, modulation,
spread spectrum, coding, and multiple-access techniques.
ECE 415 Wireless Electronics 2R-6L-4C Pre: Consent of instructor
Design, fabrication, and testing of a high frequency
transmitter-receiver system including but not limited to
oscillators, mixers, filters, amplifiers, and matching networks.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 416 Introduction to MEMS: Fabrication and Applications
3R-3L-4C S Pre: JR or SR standing
Properties of silicon wafers; wafer-level processes, surface and
bulk micromachining, thin-film deposition, dry and wet etching,
photolithography, process integration, simple actuators.
Introduction to microfluidic systems. MEMS applications:
capacitive accelerometer, cantilever and pressure sensor.
ECE 418 Fiber Optic Systems
4R-0L-4C W Pre: ECE 310 or consent of instructor
Analysis and design of common photonic systems such as fiber optic
communication links, optical sensing systems, and optical s8ignal
processors. Topics include component overview, basic system
design, and expected degradations along with mitigation
techniques. An oral presentation of a research project is
required.
ECE 419 Advanced MEMS: Modeling and Packaging 3R-3L-4C F Pre:
PH410 or equivalent course
Design process, modeling; analytical and numerical. Actuators;
dynamics and thermal issues. Use of software for layout and
simulation. Characterization and reliability of MEMS devices.
Electrical interfacing and packaging of MEMS. Microsensors,
microfluidic systems, applications in engineering, biology,
chemistry, and physics.
ECE 420 Nonlinear Control Systems 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 320
Modeling nonlinear systems. Use of modeling software to design
nonlinear control systems. Intuitive control strategies. Fuzzy
control, computer and hardware implementation of fuzzy
controllers, adaptive fuzzy control. Integral laboratory.
ECE 430 Microcomputers 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 130
Basic computer organization. Computer-aided microprocessor system
development. Assembly language programming. Instruction types and
addressing modes. Subroutines. Assembler usage. Programming
techniques. Design of interfacing. Microprocessor-based system.
Formal final report and oral presentation. CAD tools. Integral
laboratory. Credit cannot be obtained for both ECE 331 and ECE
430.
ECE 442 High-Speed Digital Design 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 200
Distributed-circuit effects in high-speed switching circuits.
Transient behavior of transmission lines is introduced, leading to
such topics as interfacing reactive and nonlinear elements, design
of circuit-board transmission lines, electromagnetic coupling, and
signal integrity. Integral laboratory.
ECE 451 Nonlinear Electronics 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 351
Analysis and design of Class C and D amplifiers, high-power
switching amplifiers, negative-resistance oscillators, low-noise
transistor and operational amplifier circuits, and parametric
amplifiers. Emphasis on nonlinear and time-varying circuit
analysis and design techniques. Integral laboratory.
ECE 452 Power Electronics 3R-3L-4C Co: ECE 351
Analysis and design of networks that use electronic devices as
power switches. Silicon-controlled rectifiers, power transistors,
and power MOSFETS are used to form phase-controlled rectifiers, AC
voltage controllers, choppers, and inverters. Integral laboratory.
ECE 454 System
Level Analog Electronics 3R-3L-4C W Pre: ECE 351
Analysis and design of Op-Amp
circuits: wave shaping circuits, Schmitt triggers, power
amplifiers, high power buffers, controlled current sources, peak
detectors, sample and hold circuits. Precision Op-Amp
Circuits. Non-ideal properties of Op-Amps. Integral
laboratory.
ECE 460 Engineering Design I 2R-6L-4C F,W Pre: ECE 362, senior
standing and completion of at least seven of the EE or CPE core
courses.
The third in a sequence of formal design courses that emphasizes
completion of a client-driven project using the design process.
Student teams carry a project from inception to completion to
satisfy the need of a client. Integral laboratory.
ECE 461 Engineering Design II 4R-6L-6C W,S Pre: ECE 460
Continuation of the design project from ECE 460. Offered over two
terms; no credit will be granted for the first term alone. Six
credits will be granted after completion of the second term.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 466 Consulting Engineering Seminar 2R-0L-2C Pre: Junior class
standing
Discussion problems in the field of consulting engineering;
seminars presented by practicing consulting engineers.
ECE 470 Power Systems I 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 370
Per-unit concepts. Modeling and analysis of synchronous machines.
Configuration of transmission and distribution lines. Modeling of
power system components. Formulation of power flow equations.
Computer solutions of the load-flow problem. Fault-level
evaluation by symmetrical components. Principles of grounding.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 471 Industrial Power Systems 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 370
Design and analysis techniques for low and medium voltage power
distribution systems. Harmonics, transients, system coordination,
reliability and economics. A design project is carried throughout
the course.
ECE 472 Power Systems II 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 470
Power system protection and stability. Design and application of
relaying schemes for protection of transformers, buses,
distribution lines, transmission lines, generators, motors,
capacitors, and reactors. Power system stability and generator
rotor dynamics phenomenon with use of the equal-area criterion.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 480/PH 437 Introduction to Image Processing 3R-3L-4C Pre: MA
222 and Junior standing
Basic techniques of image processing. Discrete and continuous
two-dimensional transforms such as Fourier and Hotelling. Image
enhancement through filtering and histogram modification. Image
restoration through inverse filtering. Image segmentation
including edge detection and thresholding. Introduction to image
encoding. Integral laboratory. Same as PH 437.
ECE 481 Electronic Music Synthesis 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 280 or ECE
380
Analog synthesis techniques. Instrument control using MIDI. FM,
additive and subtractive synthesis. Physical modeling, and sound
spatialization. Course project.
ECE 497 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 1-4C arranged
Pre: Consent of instructor and department head
Topics of current interest to undergraduate students.
ECE 498 Engineering Projects and Design 2R-6L-4C Pre: Senior
standing
Aspects of design and design presentations. Development of
preliminary design and proposal for hardware project. Formal
proposal and component selection. Construction, testing, and
performance demonstration of previously designed project. Formal
final report and oral presentation.
UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE COURSES
ECE 510 Error Correcting Codes 4R-0L-4C Pre: Senior standing or
consent of instructor
Coding for reliable digital communication. Topics to be chosen
from: Hamming and BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes, convolutional
codes, Viterbi decoding, turbo codes, and recent developments,
depending on interests of class and instructor. Mathematical
background will be developed as needed.
ECE 511 Data Communications 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 310, MA 223 or MA
381
Design of digital communication systems. Topics to be chosen from:
Channel characterization, data compression and source coding,
baseband data transmission, noise modeling, probability of error,
optimal receiver structures, modulation methods, synchronization.
ECE 516 Introduction to MEMS: Fabrication and Applications
3R-3L-4C S Pre: JR or SR standing
Properties of silicon wafers; wafer-level processes, surface and
bulk micromachining, thin-film deposition, dry and wet etching,
photolithography, process integration, simple actuators.
Introduction to microfluidic systems. MEMS applications:
capacitive accelerometer, cantilever and pressure sensor.
Students enrolled in PH510, ME516, ECE516, CHE505, BE516 must do project
work on a topic selected by the instructor.
ECE 519 Advanced MEMS: Modeling and Packaging 3R-3L-4C F Pre:
PH410 or equivalent course
Design process, modeling; analytical and numerical. Actuators;
dynamics and thermal issues. Use of software for layout and
simulation. Characterization and reliability of MEMS devices.
Electrical interfacing and packaging of MEMS. Microsensors,
microfluidic systems, applications in engineering, biology,
chemistry, and physics.
Students enrolled in PH511, ME519, ECE519, CHE519, BE519 must do project
work on a topic selected by the instructor.
ECE 520 Control Systems I 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 320
Digital control. Z-transform, sampling systems, sampled data
control systems. Digital compensator (filter) design. Compensator
sign pre- and post-conditioning. Discrete state-variable model.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 521 Control Systems II 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 320
State variable modeling of physical systems. Lagrangian
formulations, applications of linear algebra, controllability,
observability, state feedback design, design of observers.
Laboratory projects emphasize control system design using state
variable methods. Integral laboratory.
ECE 530 Advanced Microcomputers 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 430
Design of a microcomputer using a big honkin’ microprocessor.
Architecture and assembly programming. Integral laboratory.
ECE 531 Microprogrammable Microcomputers 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 430
Architecture and application of microprogrammed CPU’s.
Microprogrammed control, hardwired control. Students will be
required to develop their own microprogrammed CPU. Integral
laboratory.
ECE 532 Advanced Computer Architecture 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 332 or
both ECE 530 and ECE 531
Selected topics in computer architecture depending on interests of
class and instructor. Projects investigating current issues in
computer architecture.
ECE 533 Programmable Logic System Design 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 330 or
ECE 333 or consent of instructor
Digital system-on-chip design techniques, including an advanced
hardware description language, test-benches and verification, area
and timing optimization, embedded microprocessors, and design for
testing. Integral laboratory using contemporary CAD tools and FPGA
devices.
ECE 540 Antenna Engineering 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 341
Electromagnetic radiation, antenna terminology and
characteristics, dipole antennas, arrays, aperture antennas,
measurements, computer-aided analysis, design projects and
reports.
ECE 541 Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Engineering 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE
341
Wave-guide structures, scattering parameters, passive components,
active components, computer-aided design of amplifiers,
oscillators and mixers, microwave/millimeter-wave systems,
microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits.
ECE 542 Advanced Electromagnetics 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 341
Maxwell’s equations, power and energy, material properties, waves,
reflections, radiation, EM field theorems, boundary value
problems, skin effect.
ECE 543 Mathematical Methods of Electromagnetics 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE
341
Perturbational and variational techniques, moment methods,
integral equation and Wiener-Hopf techniques, development of
computer programs.
ECE 550 Linear Active Networks 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 351
Indefinite admittance matrix and expansion of the two-port methods
of linear network analysis and design. Brune’s tests. Llewellyn’s
stability criteria for two-port networks. Optimum terminations and
mismatch design. Neutralization and unilateralization of
amplifiers. Oscillators. Computer-aided design and analysis are
emphasized. Integral laboratory.
ECE 551 VLSI I: Design and Testing 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 333 or ECE
330, and ECE 350 or ECE 351
Design, performance analysis, and physical layout of CMOS logic.
Custom and standard cell methodologies. Use of commercial CAD
tools. Design issues in VLSI such as interconnect, timing, and
testing methods. Integral laboratory and project.
ECE 552 VLSI II: Mixed-Signal IC Design 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 551
Design, performance analysis, and physical layout of basic analog
building blocks. Mixed-signal circuit design. Discussion of issues
related to placing both analog and digital circuits on a single
substrate. Integral laboratory and design project.
ECE 553 Advanced Topics in VLSI 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 551
Advanced topics in integrated circuit design. Discussion of
leading-edge technologies. Topics could include memory design,
sense amps, I/O pad design, MEMS, low- and high-power circuit
design, and low-voltage circuit designs. Classroom presentations,
informal reports. Integral laboratory.
ECE 554 Instrumentation 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 351
Transducers and their applications. Instrumentation amplifiers.
A/D and D/A converters. Shock protection. Generation, recording
and analysis of biological potentials (ECG, EMG, EEG). Ultrasound
techniques and instrumentation. X-ray CAT techniques. Project
involving the design of a significant instrument will run
throughout the course. No laboratory, but emphasis on computer
simulation of the circuits studied.
ECE 556 Power Electronics: DC
Power Supplies 3R-3L-4C W Pre: ECE 351
Analysis and design of AC-DC and DC-DC converters. Linear, basic
switching, charge-pump, and fly-back topologies.
Introduction to devices used in a power switching supplies.
Thermal management. Integral laboratory.
ECE 571 Control of Power Systems 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 470
Principles of interconnected operation of power systems. Optimum
scheduling of generation using economic dispatch and unit
commitment. Primary and secondary load-frequency control. Voltage
and reactive-power flow control. Principles of state estimation.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 580 Digital Signal Processing 4R-0L-4C Pre: ECE 380 or consent
of instructor. MA 367 recommended
Digital filters. Fundamental concepts of digital signal
processing. Analysis of discrete-time systems. Sampling and
reconstruction. Theory and application of z-transforms. Design of
recursive and nonrecursive digital filters. Window functions.
Discrete Fourier transforms and FFT algorithm. Quantization
effects. Design examples.
ECE 581 Digital Signal Processing Projects 2R-2L-2 or 4C Pre: ECE
580 or concurrent registration
Computer-aided design of digital filters and other DSP modules.
Software and hardware realization using modern DSP chips. DSP chip
architectures, assembly and C-language programming, and
interfacing techniques. Optional advanced project may be done to
earn four credit hours; otherwise two credit hours are given.
Integral laboratory.
ECE 582/PH 537 Advanced Image Processing 3R-3L-4C Pre: ECE 480 or
PH 437
Introduction to color image processing and image recognition.
Morphological methods, feature extraction, advanced segmentation,
detection and registration, recognition and interpretation.
Integral laboratory. Same as PH 537.
ECE 597 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 4C Pre: Consent
of instructor
Special topics of current interest to graduate students and senior
undergraduates.
ECE 598 Thesis Research 1-4C arranged
Thesis topic selected in consultation with adviser. Graduate
students only.
