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ECE 312
Electronic Circuits
Analysis and design of amplifier circuits.
Frequency response of transistor
amplifiers. Feedback amplifiers.
Operational amplifiers: internal
structure, characteristics and applications.
Stability and compensation.
Laboratory experiments reinforce
concepts. Prerequisite: ECE 311.
(3-3-4) (C)
ECE 319
Fundamentals of Power Engineering
Principles of electromechanical energy
conversion. Fundamentals of the
operation of transformers, synchronous
machines, induction machines,
and fractional horsepower machines.
Introduction to power network models
and per-unit calculations. Gauss-
Siedel load flow. Lossless economic
dispatch. Symmetrical three-phase
faults. Laboratory considers operation,
analysis and performance of motors
and generators. The laboratory experiments
also involve use of PC-based
interactive graphical software for load
flow, economic dispatch, and fault
analysis. Prerequisites: ECE 213, ECE
214. (3-3-4) (C)
ECE 401
Communication Electronics
Radio frequency AM, FM and PM
transmitter and receiver principles.
Design of mixers, oscillators, impedance
matching networks, filters,
phase-locked loops, tuned amplifiers,
power amplifiers, and crystal circuits.
Nonlinear effects, intermodulation
distortion and noise. Transmitter and
receiver design specification. Credit
will be given for either ECE 401 or
ECE 409, but not for both.
Prerequisites: ECE 307, ECE 312.
Corequisite: ECE 403. (3-0-3) (P)
ECE 403
Communication Systems
Power spectral density. Analysis and
design of amplitude and frequency
modulation systems. Signal-to-noise
ratio analysis. Frequency division
multiplexing: spectral design considerations.
The sampling theorem.
Analog and digital pulse modulation
systems. Time division multiplexing.
Design for spectral efficiency and
crosstalk control. Introduction to
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information theory. Prerequisite:
ECE 308. (3-0-3) (P)
ECE 404
Digital and Data Communications
Channel capacity, entropy; digital
source encoding considering bit-rate
reduction, quantization, waveshaping
and intersymbol interference.
Analysis and design of digital modulators
and detectors. Matched filters.
Probability of error analysis. Credit
will be given for either ECE 404 or
ECE 406, but not for both.
Prerequisites: ECE 308 and MATH
474 or MATH 475 or ECE 475.
(3-0-3) (P)
ECE 406
Digital and Data Communications
with Laboratory
Channel capacity, entropy, digital
source encoding considering bit-rate
reduction, quantization, waveshaping,
and intersymbol interference.
Analysis and design of digital modulators
and detectors. Matched filters.
Probability of error analysis.
Laboratory covers modulation, detection,
sampling, analog-to-digital conversion,
error detection, and an openended
project. Credit will be given
for either ECE 404 or ECE 406, but
not for both. Prerequisites: ECE 308
and MATH 474 or MATH 475 or ECE
475. (3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 407
Computer Communications Systems
The ISO-OSI layered architecture,
packet switching and circuit switching,
error detection and recovery
(ARQ) protocols, bridges and routers,
basic queueing theory, telephone
switches, Erlang-B and Erlang-C
blocking formulae, TCP/IP, X.25, signaling
(Signaling System 7), Personal
Communication Services (PCS) networks,
Broadband Networks.
Prerequisite: MATH 474 or MATH
475 or ECE 475. (3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 409
Communication Electronics
with Laboratory
Radio frequency AM, FM and PM
transmitter and receiver principles.
Design of mixers, oscillators, impedance
matching networks, filters,
phase-locked loops, tuned amplifiers,
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Course Descriptions
power amplifiers, and crystal circuits.
Nonlinear effects, intermodulation
distortion and noise. Transmitter
and receiver design specifications.
Laboratory experiments reinforce
concepts and include an open-ended
design problem. Credit will be given
for either ECE 401 or ECE 409, but
not for both. Prerequisites: ECE 307,
ECE 312. Corequisite: ECE 403.
(3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 411
Power Electronics
Power electronic circuits and switching
devices such as power transistors,
MOSFETs, SCRs, GTOs, IGBTs and
UJTs are studied. Their applications
in AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC
converters as well as switching power
supplies are studied. Simulation miniprojects
and lab experiments emphasize
power electronic circuit analysis,
design and control. Prerequisite: ECE
311. (3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 412
Electric Motor Drives
Fundamentals of electric motor
drives are studied. Applications of
semiconductor switching circuits to
adjustable speed drives, robotic and
traction are explored. Selection of
motors and drives, calculating the
ratings, speed control, position control,
starting and braking are also
covered. Simulation mini-projects
and lab experiments are based on the
lectures given. Prerequisites: ECE
311, ECE 319. (3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 414
Audio and Electroacoustics
Analysis and design of audio preamplifiers,
power amplifiers, passive
and active filters. Acoustic principles.
Basics of magnetic recording. Project
laboratory: the design, construction,
trouble shooting and testing of components
of an audio system.
Prerequisite: ECE 312. (3-3-4) (P) (C)
ECE 415
Solid-State Electronics
Comprehensive introduction to the
basic concepts of Solid State Physics
as applied to electonic devices,
including heat and charge transport
and electron spin effects in materials
such as Silicon, Gallium Arsenide,
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