techni-cal communications. Multidisciplinary student teams will be introduced to a major electrical engineering project, ideally supplied by an indus-trial client working in health-related technologies, optoelectronics or renewable energy engineering.
The first term will culminate in a formal written proposal. Student teams will perform engineering design work as defined in the proposal during the second and third terms. The final design and recommendations will be presented orally and in a comprehensive final report. Entire sequence must be completed in three consecutive terms.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in EE.
Corequisites: WRI 321, WRI 322, WRI 323.
EE 419 Power Electronics (3-3-4)
Power electronic device characteristics. Converter circuits: AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC. Converter design, modeling and control. Drive and snubber circuits. Thermal and magnetic effects.
Prerequisite: EE 321 with grade “C” or better.
EE 421 Analog Integrated – Circuit Design
(4-3-5)
Models of IC active devices. Review single-transistor and multiple-single-transistor amplifiers. Cur-rent mirrors, active loads, and references. Output stages. Operational amplifiers with single-ended outputs. Frequency response of ICs, noise in ICs, bipolar, MOS and BiCMOS IC technology.
Prerequisites: EE 325 and EE 343, both with grade “C” or better.
EE 423 CMOS Digital Integrated-Circuit Design
(4-3-5)
MOSFETs, threshold voltage, body effect, chan-nel length, CMOS, inverter characteristics, trans-mission gates, performance (latch-up, parameter estimation, capacitance), domino logic, registers, scan test, layout.
Prerequisites: CST 133 or EE 133, EE 321 both with grade “C” or better.
EE 425 Wireless Communication (3-3-4)
Baseband digital systems, messages, characters and symbols, sampling theorems. Noise sources, M-ary signals, baseband formatting including PCM waveforms, digital filters including FIR and IIR. Matched filters, band-pass modulation and demodulation techniques, and an introduction to spread spectrum transmission.
Prerequisites: EE/CST 133 and EE 223, both with grade “C” or better.
EE 430 Linear Systems and Digital Signal Processing
(4-3-5)
Introduction to signals and systems. Spectral analysis techniques. Fourier Series and the continuous-time Fourier transform (CTFT).
Discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT) and digital Fourier transform (DFT). Computational spectral analysis using the FFT. FIR and IIR filters. Z-transform. Practical implementation of digital filters and computational spectral analysis using MATLAB.
Prerequisite: EE 320.
EE 431 Digital Signal Processing (3-0-3)
Discrete systems and signals, linear time invariant systems, difference equations, frequency response, Z-transforms, analysis software, discrete Fourier transforms.
Prerequisites: EE 311, EE 335, both with grade
“C” or better.
EE 432 Advanced Digital System Design with HDL
(3-3-4)
Advanced digital signal design with hardware description languages such as VHDL and Verilog.
Practical application of principles of digital design to system design using FPGAs. Completion of a FPGA-based system design project.
Prerequisite: EE 331.
EE 441 Biomedical I – Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
(3-3-4)
Introduction to biomedical engineering, anat-omy and physiology for engineers, bioelectric phenomena, biomedical sensors, biomedical instrumentation, biosignal processing, cardiovas-cular mechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biomedical imaging and clinical engineering.
Prerequisite: EE 311 with grade “C” or better.
EE 443 Biomedical II – Signal Processing (3-3-4)
Fundamental problems of biomedical signal processing; signal analysis; signal modeling, sources and types of biomedical signals. Arterial and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP/ABPM);
intracranial pressures (ICP); pulse oximetry (SpO2); electrocardiogram (ECG). Stochastic, harmonic models, spectrum analysis and time-frequency analysis.
Prerequisite: EE 311 with grade “C” or better.
EE 445 Biomedical III – Instrumentation (3-3-4)
Review of biological systems (human), signals, measurements and transducers; bio-electrical signals and amplifiers; electrocardiograph (ECG);
blood pressure; ultrasonography; x-ray; radiology and nuclear medicine equipment; power sources;
electro-magnetic interference (EMI) effects; and electrical safety.
Prerequisite: EE 311 with grade “C” or better EE 456 Control System Design
(3-3-4)
Continuous-domain systems and Laplace trans-form review. System modeling, identification and linearization. System response and stability analysis. Classical tracking and regulating control-ler design using computers. PID tuning. Lab ex-ercises in modeling, design and implementation.
Prerequisites: EE 225 and EE 321, both with grade “C” or better.
(EET) Electronics Engineering
Technology
EET 101 Introduction to Circuit Analysis (3-0-3)
International system of units; engineering nota-tion and prefixes; defininota-tions of current, voltage, resistance, power, work and efficiency; Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws; series and parallel circuit prin-ciples; series-parallel DC resistive networks.
Corequisites: EET 102, MATH 100.
EET 102 Introduction to Circuit Analysis Laboratory
(0-3-1)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 101 will be verified using available components and instrumentation.
Corequisite: EET 101.
EET 107, EET 207, EET 307, EET 407 Seminar
(Hours to be arranged each term.)
Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements:
C – Communication H – Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS – Social Science. For more information see page 38.
EET 115 Network Theorems and Transient Analysis
(3-0-3)
Current sources; source conversion; Thevenin, Norton and superposition theorems; capacitance;
magnetics; inductance; transient analysis of RC and RL circuits.
Prerequisite: EET 101 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisites: EET 116, MATH 111.
EET 116 Network Theorems and Transient Analysis Laboratory
(0-3-1)
Theoretical concepts covered in EET 115 verified using available components and instrumenta-tion.
Prerequisite: EET 102.
Corequisite: EET 115.
EET 125 AC Circuit Analysis (4-0-4)
Sinusoidal AC voltage, phasors, average and effec-tive values, impedance, AC series parallel circuits, AC power, AC network analysis, AC network theorems, dependent sources, transformers.
Prerequisite: EET 115 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisite: MATH 112.
EET 126 AC Circuit Analysis Laboratory (0-6-2)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 125 veri-fied using available components, instrumentation, and computer simulations using PSPICE.
Prerequisite: EET 116 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisite: EET 125.
EET 143 DC and AC Circuit Fundamentals (5-0-5)
Network theorems applied to DC circuits: source conversions, Thevenin, Norton, superposition;
capacitance; magnetic circuits; inductance; tran-sient analysis of RC and RL circuits; sinusoidal waveforms; phasors; reactance and impedance;
series, parallel, and series-parallel AC circuits.
Prerequisite: EET 101 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisites: EET 144 or EET 146; MATH 112.
EET 144 DC and AC Circuit Fundamentals Laboratory for LOET
(0-3-1)
Laboratory companion to EET 143 for LOET majors only. This course will not count for EET or CSET majors. Theoretical concepts covered in lecture will be verified using available components and instruments. This course must be taken the same term as EET 143. Written laboratory reports are required.
Prerequisite: EET 102 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisite: EET 143.
EET 209 Introduction to Amplifiers and Semiconductor Devices
(4-0-4)
Voltage, current, transresistance, transconduc-tance, and differential amplifiers. Offset voltage, bias current, offset current. Two-port models.
Frequency response, transfer characteristics, nonlinear distortion. Ideal operational amplifiers.
Diodes, FETs and BJTs. I vs V characteristics, DC large-signal models, biasing, load-line analysis.
Prerequisite: EET 125 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisite: EET 210.
EET 210 Introduction to Amplifiers and Semiconductor Devices Laboratory
(0-6-2)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 209 veri-fied using available components and instrumenta-tion. Computer simulation using PSPICE.
Prerequisite: EET 126 with grade “C” or better.
Corequisite: EET 209.
EET 215 Digital Circuits I (3-3-4)
Introduction to combinational logic, gates, boolean algebra, Karnaugh mapping, number systems/codes, arithmetic circuits, encoders/
decoders, multiplexers/demultiplexers, com-parators, parity, code conversions, introduction to HDL, PLD HW implementation.
Prerequisite: MATH 111.
EET 216 Digital Circuits II (3-3-4)
Introduction to sequential logic, latches, flip-flops, timers, counters, registers, finite state machines, logic testing. DC parameters and timing analysis.
Prerequisite: EET 215.
EET 217 Electric Circuits I (3-3-4)
DC Analysis and First-Order Transients. Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff ’s laws, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformations, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, maximum power transfer, superposition, introduction to op-amps, induc-tance and capaciinduc-tance, transient response of RC and RL circuits.
Prerequisite: MATH 251.
EET 218 Electric Circuits II (3-3-4)
AC Analysis, Second-Order Transients, intro-duction to electric power. Transient response of second-order circuits, sinusoids and phasors, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformations, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, sinusoidal steady-state power calculations, balanced three-phase circuits, mutual inductance, transformers.
Prerequisites: EET 217, MATH 252.
EET 219 Semiconductor Devices and Amplifiers
(3-3-4)
Introduction to semiconductor devices, charac-teristics and biasing of diodes and transistors, analysis and design of circuits using diodes, bipo-lar junction transistors and field-effect transistors.
Applications of transistors as diodes and switches.
Prerequisite: EET 218.
EET 235 Transistor Amplifiers (4-0-4)
Linear small-signal equivalent circuit models.
Design and analysis of transistor amplifiers, n-channel, p-channel, JFET, MOSFET, npn, pnp common source, source follower, common-emitter, emitter follower, differential. Input impedance, output impedance, gain. Simple BJT and FET current mirrors. Midband frequency operation.
Prerequisite: EET 209.
Corequisite: EET 236.
EET 236 Transistor Amplifiers Laboratory (0-6-2)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 235 veri-fied using available components and instrumenta-tion. Computer simulation using PSPICE.
Prerequisite: EET 210.
Corequisite: EET 235.
EET 237 AC Circuits, Filters and Signals (3-0-3)
RC transient analysis, sinusoidal AC voltage, phasors, average and effective value, the decibel, simple RC transfer functions, low-pass, high-pass and band-pass filters, periodic and aperiodic signals in time and frequency, bandwidth. For non-EET majors.
Prerequisites: EET 115 with grade “C” or better, Math 252.
Corequisite: EET 238.
Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements:
C – Communication H – Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS – Social Science. For more information see page 38.
EET 238 AC Circuits, Filters and Signals Laboratory
(0-3-1)
Lab to accompany EET 237. For non-EET majors.
Prerequisites: EET 115 with grade “C” or better, Math 252.
Corequisite: EET 237.
EET 243 Introduction to Digital Concepts (3-0-3)
Digital concepts covering Boolean algebra, algebraic simplification, number systems, and various combinational circuit elements (AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR gates). Combinational circuit implementation using NAND gates, NOR gates, decoders, encoders, multiplexers, and demultiplexers. Karnaugh Maps are used in the synthesis of combinational circuits.
Prerequisite: EET 125.
Corequisite: EET 244.
EET 244 Introduction to Digital Concepts Laboratory
(0-3-1)
Circuits will be built using integrated circuits to reinforce the theoretical concepts discussed in EET 243. Computer simulation.
Prerequisite: EET 126.
Corequisite: EET 243.
EET 245 Digital Logic (3-0-3)
Combinational logic design using multiplexers, decoders, ROMs, and PLAs. Sequential circuit elements (flip-flops) presented along with ap-plications such as counters and registers. Basic TTL and CMOS circuits analyzed.
Prerequisite: EET 243.
Corequisite: EET 246.
EET 246 Digital Logic Laboratory (0-6-2)
Combinational and sequential designs built using SSI, MSI, and LSI integrated circuits. Circuits tested and simulated.
Prerequisite: EET 244.
Corequisite: EET 245.
EET 249 Digital Logic Laboratory for LOET (0-3-1)
Laboratory companion to EET 245 for LOET majors only. This course will not count for EET or CSET majors. Theoretical concepts covered in lecture will be verified using available components and instruments. This course must be taken the same term as EET 245. Written laboratory reports are required.
Prerequisite: EET 244.
Corequisite: EET 245.
EET 265 Amplifier Frequency Response (4-0-4)
Bode Plots, effects of coupling and bypass capaci-tors, design of BJT and FET amplifiers, design of wideband amplifiers, tuned-circuit techniques, series and parallel resonance, tuned amplifiers, crystal-controlled oscillators.
Prerequisite: EET 235.
Corequisite: EET 266.
EET 266 Amplifier Frequency Response Laboratory
(0-6-2)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 265 veri-fied using available components and instrumenta-tion. Computer simulation using PSPICE.
Prerequisite: EET 236.
Corequisite: EET 265.
EET 275 Power Amplifiers and Special Devices
(3-0-3)
Thermal modeling, power devices, class A am-plifiers, transformer-coupled amam-plifiers, class B push-pull amplifiers, power supplies, rectifier circuits, zener diodes, voltage regulators, switch-ing regulators, thyristors, SCRs, DIACs, TRIACs, optoelectronics, LEDs, photodiodes, phototran-sistors, optocouplers, selected devices.
Prerequisite: EET 235.
Corequisite: EET 276.
EET 276 Power Amplifiers and Special Devices Laboratory
(0-6-2)
Theoretical concepts discussed in EET 275 veri-fied using available components and instrumenta-tion. Computer simulation using PSPICE.
Prerequisite: EET 236.
Corequisite: EET 275.
EET 281 Topics in Network Analysis (3-0-3)
Network theorems and techniques for direct and alternating currents. Transient response of circuits. Transfer function analysis. Frequency response of circuits. Designed for communi ty college transfer students.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
Corequisite: MATH 251.
EET 283 Topics in Digital Circuits (2-3-3)
Combinational logic analysis and synthesis.
Imple mentation of logic circuits with TTL and CMOS devic es. Minimization tech niques. Use of programmable logic arrays. Sequential circuits:
flip-flop, counters, registers. Register-to-register transfer. Designed for community college transfer students.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
EET 285 Topics in Analog Devices and Circuits
(3-0-3)
Analysis of AC small and large signal conditions for bipolar junction field-effect transistors and MOS field effect devices. Frequency effect of single stage amplifi ers. Multistage amplifi er cir-cuits. Designed for com munity college transfer students.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
Corequisites: MATH 251, EET 286.
EET 286 Topics in Analog Devices and Circuits Labo ratory
(0-3-1)
Laboratory companion to EET 285. Theoretical con cepts discussed in lecture will be verified us-ing avail able components and instrumentation.
Must be taken during the same term with EET 285. Designed for community college transfer students.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
Corequisite: EET 285.
EET 298 Reading and Conference (Hours to be arranged each term.) EET 299 Laboratory Practice (Hours to be arranged each term.) EET 308 Introduction to MOS Microelectronics
(3-0-3)
Introduction to microelectronics, semiconduc-tor physics, integrated circuit (IC) technology, pn junction and MOS (Metal-Oxide-Semicon-ductor) electrostatics, MOS FETs (Field-Effect Transistors), selected digital circuits using CMOS (Complimentary MOS) FETs, PSPICE modeling of IC MOSFETs.
Prerequisites: EET 245 or EET 237 and CST 262 or instructor consent.
Corequisite: EET 309.
EET 309 Introduction to MOS Microelectronics Laboratory
(0-3-1)
Laboratory companion to EET 308. Theoreti-cal concepts discussed in lecture verified using available components and instrumentation.
Computer simulation using PSPICE. Written and oral laboratory reports required.
Prerequisites: EET 246 or EET 238 and CST 262 or instructor consent.
Corequisite: EET 308.
Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements:
C – Communication H – Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS – Social Science. For more information see page 38.
EET 319 Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Technology
(3-0-3)
Introductory topics in the field of microwaves.
Transmission lines (wave propagation, losses, re-flected waves, and standing waves), Smith Charts, waveguides, microstrip circuits, and s-parameters are covered. Problem solving will use tools such as Smith Charts and software packages.
Prerequisite: EET 373.
Corequisite: EET 472.
EET 340 Optics (3-3-4)
A course in geometrical and wave optics. Topics in reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces; imaging properties of lenses; paraxial ray tracing of optical systems; superposition; interfer-ence; interferometers; diffraction; polarization;
scattering.
Prerequisites: PHY 223, MATH 252.
EET 358 Senior Project: Individual Project Proposal
(1-3-2)
Selection, definition, and analysis of a problem suit able for senior project prior to actual project develop ment. Includes consideration of project parameters and implications, proposal of alternate solutions, and justification of selected solution.
Culminates in writ ing of project proposal.
Prerequisites: EET 363, EET 373.
Corequisites: WRI 321, EET Department ap-proval.
EET 361 Digital Systems I (4-3-5)
State machine design including state reduction and state assignment. Sequential circuit analysis.
Digital system implementation using MSI devices such as ROMs and PLDs. Asynchronous state machines analyzed and designed. Computer circuits and memory elements used.
EET 362 Digital Systems II (4-3-5)
Design digital systems using programmable devices as well as conventional building blocks.
System controllers designed using state tables, ASM charts and VHDL. Laboratory explorations and projects of theoretical concepts.
EET 363 Introduction to Microcontrollers (4-3-5)
A study of Motorola 68HC12 microcontroller.
Internal structure, registers, busses, control unit.
Clock, machine and instruction cycle timing, in-terrupts and DMA. Instruction set, mnemonics, functions and assembly language programming.
Interfacing to external memory and I/O on chip peripherals. Laboratory explorations and projects of theoretical concepts.
EET 364 Microcontroller Systems (4-3-5)
Advanced features of Motorola 68HC12 Micro-controller System environment with the external memory and peripheral devices. Advanced nu-merical routines. Digital control systems, displays, tranducers. Laboratory explorations and projects of theoretical concepts.
EET 371 LaPlace Transforms and Applications
(4-3-5)
Applications of LaPlace in first and second order networks; poles, zeros and stability in S-plane; ac-tive filters and oscillators. Laboratory explorations and projects of theoretical concepts.
EET 373 Operational Amplifiers and Applications
(4-3-5)
Properties, modeling and analysis of feedback systems using the operational amplifier. Stability and frequency compensation of operational am-plifiers. Oscillators, nonlinear circuit applications, Schmitt trigger, analog switches, peak detectors and sample and hold. A/D and D/A conversion techniques. Laboratory explorations and projects of theoretical concepts.
EET 405 Reading and Conference (Hours to be arranged each term.) EET 408 Workshop
(Hours to be arranged each term.) EET 413 Data Communications
(3-0-3)
Principles and techniques of analog to digital conversion; encoding digital data; fundamentals of transmission media; error detection and correc-tion; transmission protocols; multiplexing tech-niques; time, frequency and code division mul-tiplexing; switching concepts: packet switching, frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in EET.
EET 415 Telecommunications I (2-3-3)
Introduction to telecommunications. Elec-tromagnetic wave propagation in free space, antennas, line of sight transmission (directive gain, beam width, polarization, impedance), RF components (amplifiers, mixers, up-converters), receivers, and transmitters. Laboratory assign-ments and demonstrations include antenna gain and field strength.
Prerequisite: EET 319.
EET 416 Microwave and RF Amplifier Design
(3-0-3)
An introduction to the design of amplifiers in the frequency range of one half to ten gigahertz.
Impedance matching, modeling, dynamic range, unilateral design, bilateral design, stability, low noise design, and broadband design techniques.
Students will use software to perform impedance matching, Smith chart plotting, and simula-tion.
Prerequisite: EET 415.
EET 421 Active Filter Design (3-0-3)
An introduction to the design and analysis of active filters including Butterworth, Chebychev, Bessel, and Elliptic filters. Low-pass through band-pass filters are covered. The course includes one hardware and one software project.
Prerequisite: EET 371.
Corequisite: EET 373.
EET 423 ASIC Design I Senior Project (2-3-3)
An introduction to various aspects of the design of an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and to new industry trends both in digital and analog design. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments with a complete EDA (Electronics Design Automation) software package. Senior project proposal required.
Prerequisites: EET 361 and EET 373.
Pre- or corequisites: EET 464 and EET 473.
EET 425 Telecommunications II (2-3-3)
Baseband digital systems; messages, characters and symbols; review of sampling theorems and discrete vs continuous signals; noise sources in digital communications system; M-ary signals;
baseband formatting including PCM waveforms;
digital filters, including FIR and IIR, raised cosine filters, matched filters; bandpass modula-tion and demodulamodula-tion techniques; spectrum transmission.
Prerequisite: EET 415.
Courses with the following notation fulfill the appropriate general education requirements:
C – Communication H – Humanities HP - Humanities Performance SS – Social Science. For more information see page 38.
EET 433 ASIC Design II Senior Project (1-6-3)
Advanced topics in ASIC design: behavioral description languages, timing in digital design, design for testability, fault simulation. Field Programmable Logic Devices (FPGA). Simula-tion and prototyping of the senior project with FPGAs. Senior project report required.
Prerequisite: EET 423.
EET 435 Telecommunications III (0-9-3)
A capstone course in telecommunications. Stu-dents will propose, design and construct/simulate a solution to some telecommunications problem or issue. The student will research vendor data books, application notes, articles and texts to sup-port the design of a telecommunications related circuit, module, or system. A final paper will be written and presented to a faculty board.
Prerequisites: EET 415, EET 425, EET 455.
EET 436 Optoelectronic Devices (3-3-4)
An introduction to devices commonly used in opto-electronics. Devices and instruments stud-ied include photodiodes, polarizers, retarders, filters, modulators, monochromators, integrating spheres and lock-in amplifiers.
Prerequisite: EET 373.
EET 437 Optical Detection (3-3-4)
Propogation of optical radiation through opti-cal systems. UV and visible optiopti-cal detectors including photovoltaic and photoconductive detectors, pyroelectric detectors, linear and area arrays. Noise in photo detectors. Post detection electronic amplifiers and filters.
Prerequisites: EET 436, MATH 254N.
EET 443 ASIC Design III Senior Project (0-9-3)
Completion of an integrated circuit design. Cre-ation of an IC prototype in FPGA or/and a file for fabrication in silicon. Final report containing project documentation required.
Prerequisite: EET 433.
EET 445 Optical Fibers (3-3-4)
Theory and practice of light propogation in optical fibers, light sources, types of optical fiber, optical detectors. Termination, coupling and splicing of optical fibers.
Prerequisites: EET 436, MATH 254N.
EET 447 Topics in Optoelectronics (0-3-1)
A course designed to give the student additional capabilities with a variety of optics systems and instrumentation. Possible topics include large optics, optical arrays, Fresnel optics, interfer-ometers, spectrinterfer-ometers, thin films and coatings, polarization. All topics to be investigated in a lab setting.
Pre- or corequisite: EET 436
Pre- or corequisite: EET 436