2006–2007 - Florida Institute of Technology

ECE 2111 CIRCUIT THEORY 1 (4 credits). Includes concepts of transient
and steady-state behavior of passive electrical circuits; techniques for circuit analysis
including mesh and nodal analysis and equivalent circuits; first- and secondorder
circuits, superposition, Laplace transform techniques; and lab projects.
Prerequisites: PHY 1001. Corequisites: MTH 2201.
ECE 2112 CIRCUIT THEORY 2 (4 credits). Continues ECE 2111. Includes
phasors and steady-state response; AC power and two-port equivalent circuits and
transfer functions; Fourier analysis transforms analysis, Laplace transforms; and
lab projects. Prerequisites: ECE 2111.
ECE 2551 SOFTWARE/HARDWARE DESIGN (3 credits). Studies
software and hardware aspects of computer design and corresponding interdependencies.
Includes use of C++ and current graphical software development
environments. Lab includes the application of high-level language concepts to
manipulate microcomputers, graphical-user interfaces and communication ports.
(CL) Prerequisites: ECE 1552.
ECE 2552 SOFTWARE/HARDWARE INTEGRATION (3 credits).
Progresses from developing software/hardware modules to the vertical system of
hardware device drivers, operating systems and application user interfaces. Applies
current software engineering techniques including data structures to integrate
software and hardware using modern programming languages (e.g., C++). (CL)
Prerequisites: ECE 2551.
ECE 3111 ELECTRONICS (4 credits). Introduces diodes, bipolar and
field-effect transistors; analysis and design of semiconductor circuits; single and
multistage amplifiers; design algorithms; operational amplifiers and oscillators.
Includes lab projects. Prerequisites: ECE 2111.
ECE 3222 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS (3 credits). Covers properties
and applications of Fourier, Laplace and z-transforms to linear continuous and
discrete systems, and introduces state-space description of systems. Prerequisites:
ECE 2112.
ECE 3240 JUNIOR DESIGN (1 credit). Introduces the concepts, principles
and methodology of collaborative electrical or computer engineering design
through seminars, discussions and interaction with seniors completing their
capstone design projects. Students form teams and study the feasibility of potential
senior project selections. (Requirement: Junior standing.)
ECE 3331 ELECTRON DEVICES (3 credits). Studies semiconductor materials
and physics, electrons and holes, semiconductor diodes, bipolar transistors and
field effect devices. Prerequisites: MTH 2201, PHY 2003.
ECE 3441 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (3 credits). Covers vector calculus,
solutions of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, electromagnetic boundary
conditions, time-changing electric and magnetic fields, and Maxwell’s equations.
Prerequisites: MTH 2001, PHY 2002.
ECE 3442 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (3 credits). Addresses validity
of circuit principles at high frequencies, electromagnetic wave on lines, impedance
measurements using Smith chart, impedance matching techniques, waveguides
and fiber-optical transmission systems, antennas and radiation waves, satellite data
links and radar systems. Prerequisites: ECE 2112.
ECE 3541 DIGITAL STATE MACHINES (3 credits). Includes set theory,
order and equivalence relations, partitions, lattices, generating functions, cardinality,
elementary number theory, graph theory, planar graphs, directed graphs, finite
state machines, finite automata. Prerequisites: ECE 1552, MTH 1002.
ECE 3551 MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS 1 (4 credits). Introduces
applications of microprocessors, microprocessor architecture, assembly programming,
hardware configuration, memory section design, input/output and exception
processing. Includes lab projects. Prerequisites: ECE 1552, ECE 2111.
ECE 3552 MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS 2 (4 credits). Covers design
of microcomputer systems interfacing and their peripherals; interrupts, exception
processing and hardware/software integration; small-system controller design using
microcontrollers. Includes lab projects. Prerequisites: ECE 3111, ECE 3551.
ECE 3553 MULTIFARIOUS SYSTEMS 1 (4 credits). Studies vertical
integration of many dissimilar systems at the hardware and software level. Includes
digital logic, microcontroller structure and design; machine code and advanced
C++. Covers design and integration of dissimilar systems that use differing hardware,
software languages and operating environments. Also includes case studies
and several common programming languages. Prerequisites: ECE 2552.
ECE 4001 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER
ENGINEERING (1 credit). Offers lab or lecture in selected fields of computer
and electrical engineering. May be repeated as needed.
ECE 4112 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (3 credits). Includes relevant physics,
electronics and transmission line theory important to modern computers.
Important device-level concepts used to build digital systems are introduced and
used to design integrated circuits with primary focus on interface requirements.
Transmission line theory relevant to system-level interconnect and network
requirements. Prerequisites: ECE 3111, PHY 2003.
ECE 4221 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (3 credits). Includes review of
signals in electrical communication; Fourier transform, noise and signal-to-noise
ratio, power spectral density and autocorrelation function, linear (amplitude)
modulation; exponential (angle) modulation; generation and detection of amplitude
and angle modulated waves; sampling theory. Prerequisites: ECE 3222.
ECE 4224 COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS LABORA-
TORY (3 credits). Includes experiments on VCOs, tuned circuits, amplifiers,
filters, balanced modulator, AM and FM generation and detection, sampling
aliasing. Control theory experiments (OP-AMP stability, cardiac pacemaker
control, single axis lunar excursion module, magnetic levitation system) using
MATLAB. Corequisites: ECE 4221.
ECE 4226 PATTERN RECOGNITION AND DETECTION (3 credits).
Introduces Bayesian adaptive and nonadaptive decision and its application to the
design, analysis and evaluation of optimal systems for detection, pattern recognition
and feature extraction. Includes applications to communications, failure
detection and target detection and recognition.
ECE 4231 CONTROL SYSTEMS (3 credits). Covers analysis and design
of linear time-invariant control systems. Includes electrical, mechanical, thermal,
fluid and information handling elements encountered in control systems; modeling
of systems of interconnected elements; transfer function (classical) and state
space (modern) descriptions of control systems; signal flow graphs. Prerequisites:
ECE 3222.
ECE 4241 SYSTEM DESIGN 1 (3 credits). Applies engineering design fundamentals
to student design projects. Includes the study of the design process and
related topics such as optimization techniques, reliability prediction, engineering
economics, safety, aesthetics, ethics and social impact. Students carry out a project
from conception through design, fabrication, testing and delivery. (Requirement:
Senior standing.)
ECE 4242 SYSTEM DESIGN 2 (3 credits). Applies engineering design fundamentals
to student design projects. Includes the study of the design process and
related topics such as optimization techniques, reliability prediction, engineering
economics, safety, aesthetics, ethics and social impact. Students carry out a project
from conception through design, fabrication, testing and delivery. (Requirement:
Senior standing.) Prerequisites: ECE 4241.
ECE 4311 MICROELECTRONICS FABRICATION LABORATORY
(3 credits). Students fabricate silicon p-channel transistors. Includes lectures
on transistor processing and fabrication in the clean room. (Requirement: Senior
standing or instructor approval.)
ECE 4330 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND LAYOUT
LABORATORY (3 credits). Introduces the design and layout of integrated
circuits at the transistor level. Integrated circuits are designed using standard
engineering techniques. Stresses the understanding and use of IC development
tools. Prerequisites: ECE 3111.
ECE 4332 ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS (3 credits).
Discusses the theory of operation of key photonic/fiber-optic devices used in a
wide variety of electronic systems. Devices include lasers, light emitting diodes,
photodetectors, CCD arrays, liquid crystal displays, optical fibers, etc. Explains
the basic operation of various electrooptic systems. Prerequisites: ECE 3331,
ECE 3442.
ECE 4333 LIGHTWAVE LABORATORY (3 credits). Lectures and introductory
experiments in fiber-optics. Emphasizes typical components, and communication
and sensor systems. (Requirement: Senior standing in ECE or instructor
approval.) Prerequisites: PHY 2003.
ECE 4342 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION LAB (3 credits). Lectures and
experiments in programming, data acquisition and analysis of virtual instruments
using state-of-the-art and industry standard virtual instrumentation software and
hardware tools. (Requirement: Senior standing in ECE or instructor approval.)
ECE 4551 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (3 credits). Covers instruction
set design, processor and control unit design, handling of exceptions, ALU arithmetic
and implementation, pipelining, pipeline hazards, memory hierarchy, cache
memory types and I/O interface design. Prerequisites: CSE 3101 or ECE 3551.
ECE 4561 COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (3 credits). Theory, design
and analysis of computer communication systems. Includes TCP/IP, Internet, the
World Wide Web, ISO-OSI network architecture, LANs, wireless communications,
satellite networks, UNIX network programming, network modeling and
simulation. Prerequisites: ECE 2552.
ECE 4681 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
(3 credits). Comprehensively studies power system modeling and analysis.
Includes power system representation, transmission lines, transformers, machines,
the power-flow problem, operation and control, fault analysis and protection.
Prerequisites: ECE 2112 or ECE 4991.
ECE 4800 INDEPENDENT STUDY (3 credits). Special projects are undertaken
on a cooperative basis between a student and a member of the faculty. May
include such work as a literature search in a given area of design and fabrication of
equipment as a laboratory project.
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