300
Study of ethical and professional responsibilities in the area of electrical engineering. The impact of solutions related to electrical engineering in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. Students are expected to develop a career plan and gain awareness regarding the importance of lifelong learning skills.
1
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: junior standing
Credits
1
Lumped vs. distributed electrical circuits. Transient response of lossless transmission lines. Sinusoidal steady-state waves on lossless transmission lines. Smith chart and impedance matching techniques and networks. Review of vector calculus. Maxwell's equations and solution of wave equations. Uniform plane electromagnetic waves in a simple unbounded lossless medium.
3
Prerequisites
EE 261,
MTH 301,
PHY 205
Credits
3
Introduction to digital systems. TTL and CMOS 74-series logic families. Register-transfer level (RTL) combinational and sequential circuit design principles and practices using 74-series devices. Overview of programmable logic device (PLD) architectures. Combinational and sequential circuit designs using a hardware description language. Fee: $75
3
Prerequisites
EE 231
Corequisites
EE 373
Credits
3
Introduction to microcontrollers and assembly language programming. Topics include integrated development environment (IDE), instruction set architecture, general purpose input/output (GPIO) ports, interfacing to external devices, timers, and interrupts. Implementation of a microcontroller-based embedded system.
3
Prerequisites
EE 332 or
CS 333
Credits
3
Basic concepts of electronic circuit analysis and design. Topics include 1) advanced analog circuit theory, analysis, and simulation using PSPICE, 2) frequency response, 3) opamp circuits and active filters, 4) Diode circuits, and, 5) BJT and MOS transistor amplifiers. Small-signal analysis of electronic circuits. Amplifier biasing and bias-point stability. EE 361 provides the theoretical foundation for the companion Microelectronic Circuits Laboratory course, EE 372.
3
Prerequisites
EE 261
Corequisites
EE 372
Credits
3
Introduction to electronic circuits with op amps, diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJT), and MOSFETs. Electrical measurements such as input and output impedance, IV curve, gain, and frequency response. Designated as a Writing in the Discipline course. Fee: $50
1
Corequisites
EE 361
Credits
1
Familiarization with the laboratory equipment. Basic gate operations. Combinational logic design using SSI, MSI, and LSI logic devices. Logic design with programmable logic devices. Sequential logic circuits. MSI counters. Designated as a Writing in the Discipline course. Fee: $75
1
Corequisites
EE 332
Credits
1