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EE 300 Electrical Engineering Seminar

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

EE 301 Electromagnetic Fields

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

EE 332 Digital Systems Design

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

EE 334 Embedded Systems Design

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

EE 361 Microelectronic Circuits

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

EE 372 Microelectronic Circuits Laboratory

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

EE 373 Digital Systems Design Laboratory

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