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Course Descriptions
and load tests of induction machines and synchronous
machines, and speed control of induction machines.
Corequisite: ELEG 3303.
ELEG3703 Electromagnetics I (FA, SP) Analysis of
transmission lines with sinusoidal and transient excitation.
Development and use of the Smith Chart and methods of
impedance matching. Vector analysis, static form of Maxwell’s
equations, electrostatics, magnetostatics. Pre- or Corequisite:
PHYS 2074 and MATH 2574.
ELEG388V Special Problems (1-18) (FA, SP, SU)
One to 3 hours of credit. Individual study and research on a
topics mutually agreeable to the student and a faculty member.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
ELEG3903 Electric Circuits and Machines (FA,
SP, SU) Basic electrical principles and circuits, some application
to electromechanical systems. For engineering students
other than those in electrical engineering. Prerequisite:
MATH 2564 and PHYS 2074.
ELEG3913 Engineering Electronics (FA, SP, SU)
Basic theory and applications of electronic devices and circuits.
For engineering students other than those in electrical
engineering. Prerequisite: ELEG 3903.
ELEG3923 Microprocessor Systems Design (FA,
SP, SU) Introduction to 16-bit microprocessors and their
application. Microprocessor architecture and program language;
interface devices; system design using microprocessors.
Laboratory application. Corequisite: ELEG 3920L.
Prerequisite: ELEG 2903 or ELEG 3913.
ELEG3921L Microprocessor Systems Design
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Experiments and demonstrations
of microprocessor instruction, exception and interrupt
handling, peripheral interfacing and timers. Corequisite:
ELEG 3923.
ELEG3920L Microprocessor Systems Design
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU)
ELEG3933 Circuits & Electronics (SP, SU) Basic
principles of electric and electronic circuits and devices.
Prerequisite: MATH 3404 and PHYS 2074.
ELEG400V Senior Thesis (1-3) (FA, SP, SU)
Prerequisite: senior standing.
ELEG400VH Honors Senior Thesis (1-3) (FA, SP,
SU) Prerequisite: senior standing.
ELEG4062L Electrical Engineering Design
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Design and application in electrical
engineering. Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours per
week. Prerequisite: ELEG 3223 and ELEG 3923.
ELEG4061 Electrical Engineering Design I (FA,
SP) Design and application in electrical engineering.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3223 and ELEG 3923.
ELEG4061H Honors Electrical Engineering
Design I (FA, SP) Design and application in electrical
engineering. Prerequisite: ELEG 3223 and ELEG 3923.
ELEG4071 Electrical Engineering Design II (FA,
SP) Design and application in electrical engineering.
Prerequisite: ELEG 4061.
ELEG4071H Honors Electrical Engineering
Design II (FA, SP) Design and application in electrical
engineering. Prerequisite: ELEG 4061.
ELEG4203 Semiconductor Devices (FA, SP, SU)
Crystal properties and growth of semiconductors, energy
bands and charge carriers in semiconductors, excess carriers
in semiconductors, analysis and design of p/n junctions,
analysis and design of bipolar junction transistors, analysis
and design of field-effect transistors. Prerequisite: MATH
3404.
ELEG4223 Design and Fabrication of Solar Cells
(FA, SP, SU) Solar insolation and its spectral distribution;
p-n junction solar cells in dark and under illumination; solar
cell parameters efficiency limits and losses; standard cell
technology; energy accounting; design of silicon solar cells
using simulation; fabrication of designed devices in the lab
and their measurements.
ELEG4233 Introduction to Integrated Circuit
Design (FA, SP, SU) Design and layout of large scale
digital integrated circuits using NMOS and CMOS technology.
Topics include MOS devices and basic circuits, integrated circuit
layout and fabrication, dynamic logic, circuit design, and
layout strategies for large scale NMOS and CMOS circuits.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3213.
ELEG4243 Analog Integrated Circuits (FA, SP,
SU) Theory and design techniques for linear and analog
integrated circuits. Current mirrors, voltage to base emitter
matching, active loads, compensation, level shifting, amplifier
design techniques, circuit simulation using computer-assisted
design programs. Prerequisite: ELEG 3223 and ELEG 4203.
ELEG4273 Electronics Manufacturing Processes
272
(FA, SP, SU) Introduction to manufacturing processes and
concurrent engineering in the electronics industry. Survey of
electronics components and products and the processes of
fabrication and assembly. Principles of design, productivity,
quality, and economics. Emphasis on manufacturability.
Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours per week. (Same as
INEG 4513) Corequisite: ELEG 4270L. Prerequisite: ELEG
3903 or ELEG 2103.
ELEG4270L Electronics Manufacturing
Processes Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Corequisite:
ELEG 4273.
ELEG4283 Mixed Signal Test Engineering I (FA,
Even years) Overview of mixed signal testing, the test
specification process, DC and parametric measurements,
measurement accuracy, tester hardware, sampling theory,
DSP-based testing, analog channel testing, digital channel
testing. Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing.
ELEG4293 Mixed-Signal Modeling & Simulation
(SP) Study of basic analog, digital & mixed signal simulation
solution methods. Modeling with hardware description
languages. Use of state-of-the-art simulators and HDLs.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3223
ELEG4323 Switch Mode Power Conversion (FA,
SP, SU) Basic switching converter topologies: buck, boost,
buck-boost, Cuk, flyback, resonant; pulse-width modulation;
integrated circuit controllers; switching converter design case
studies; SPICE analyses of switching converters; state-space
averaging and linearization; switching converter transfer functions.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3223 and ELEG 3123.
ELEG4403 Control Systems (FA, SP, SU)
Mathematical models of control systems. Performance criteria
and stability. Zigler-Niclos, root-locus, and frequencyresponse
design techniques. Special topics. Credit may be
for only one of CSEG 4403 and ELEG 4403 or MEEG 4213.
(Same as CENG 4403, CSEG 4403, MEEG 4213)
Prerequisite: ELEG 3123.
ELEG4463L Control Systems Laboratory (FA, SP,
SU) Experimental study of various control systems and
components. The use of programmable logic controllers in
the measurement of systems parameters, ladder-logic applications,
process-control applications, and electromechanical
systems. Prerequisite: ELEG 4403.
ELEG4503 Electric Power Distribution Systems
(FA, SP, SU) Design considerations of electric power distribution
systems, including distribution substations, primary
and secondary circuits. Distribution transformer and capacitor
applications, voltage regulation, and distribution system protection.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3303.
ELEG4513 Power System Analysis (FA, SP, SU)
Equivalent circuit representation of power transmission lines.
Development of power transmission network equations
including symmetrical component method for unbalanced 3-
phase circuits. Introduction to the problems of load flow, fault
analysis, and transient stability. Prerequisite: ELEG 3123 or
ELEG 3903.
ELEG4523 Introduction to Power Electronics (FA,
SP, SU) Power electronic systems, power semiconductor
switches, Generic power electronic converters: line-frequency
diode rectifiers, line-frequency phase-controlled rectifiers and
inverters, switch-mode inverters, and zero-voltage and zerocurrent
switching resonant inverters (e.g., resonant and
actively-clamped resonant dc-link inverters). Prerequisite:
ELEG 3123 and ELEG 3223.
ELEG4533 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic
Compatibility in Power Electronics (IR) EMI, EMC
basics, EMI sources, differential- and common-mode EMI,
EMI/EMC Standards, EMI Measurements, EMI/EMC
Solutions. Pre- or Corequisite: ELEG 3303. Prerequisite:
ELEG 3223.
ELEG4603 Deterministic Digital Signal
Processing System Design (FA) Design of Digital
Signal Processing systems with deterministic inputs.
Sampling, quantisizing, oversampling, ADC trade-offs, distortion,
equalizers, anti-aliasing, coherency, frequency domain
design, audio and video compression. Prerequisite: ELEG
3133.
ELEG4623 Communication Systems (FA, SP, SU)
Various modulation systems used in communications. AM
and FM fundamentals, pulse modulation, signal to noise
ratio, threshold in FM, the phase locked loop, matched filter
detection, probability of error in PSK, FKS, DPSK. The effects
of quantization and thermal noise in digital systems.
Information theory and coding. Prerequisite: ELEG 4133.
ELEG4683 Introduction to Image Processing (FA,
SP, SU) Introduction to the basic concepts of image processing;
theory and applications. Covers digital methods of
image restoration; reformation, extraction and analysis.
(Same as CSEG 4683) Corequisite: CSEG 4680D.
ELEG4680D Introduction to Image Processing
Drill (FA, SP, SU) Corequisite: ELEG 4683.
ELEG4713 Electromagnetic Transmission (FA,
SP, SU) Steady state and transient response of lossless
and dissipative transmission lines. Wave guides and resonators.
Antennas and radiation. Prerequisite: ELEG 3703.
ELEG4723 Introduction to RF and Microwave
Design (FA) An introduction to microwave design principles.
Transmission lines, passive devices, networks, impedance
matching, filters, dividers, and hybrids will be discussed
in detail. Active microwave devices will also be introduced. In
addition, the applications of this technology as it relates to
radar and communications systems will be reviewed.
Prerequisite: ELEG 3703.
ELEG487V Special Topics in Electrical
Engineering (1-3) (IR) Consideration of current electrical
engineering topics not covered in other courses. May be
repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing.
ELEG488V Special Problems (1-3) (FA, SP, SU)
Individual study and research on a topic mutually agreeable
to the student and a faculty member. Prerequisite: senior
standing.
ELEG489V Special Projects (1-3) (FA, SP, SU)
Design and construction of a project mutually agreeable to
the student and a faculty member. Prerequisite: senior standing.
ELEG4933 Minicomputer Applications (FA, SP,
SU) Structure, implementation, and application of minicomputer
systems. Microcomputer hardware. Microprogramming.
Minicomputer software technology. Design and evaluation of
minicomputer systems. (Same as CSEG 4953) Corequisite:
ELEG 4930D. Prerequisite: CENG 1123 or CSCE 1123.
ELEG4930D Minicomputer Applications Drill (FA,
SP, SU) Corequisite: ELEG 4933.
ELEG4943 Digital Systems Design (FA, SP, SU)
Number systems and codes, fundamentals of switching algebra,
analysis and design of sequential switching circuits and
memory elements. (Same as CSEG 4943) Prerequisite: junior
standing.
ELEG4963 Field Programmable Gate Array
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Implementation of digital logic
and state machine designs with field programmable gate
arrays. Emphasis is on the use of CAD tools for design and
synthesis. Corequisite: ELEG 4960L.
ELEG4960L Field Programmable Gate Array
Laboratory Lab (FA, SP, SU) Corequisite: ELEG 4963.
ELEG4983 Introduction to Computer
Architecture (FA, SP, SU) Design of a single board
computer including basic computer organization, memory
subsystem design, periphereal interfacing, DMA control,
interrupt control, and bus organization. (Same as CSEG
4983) Prerequisite: ELEG 3923.
ELEG5113 Stochastic Digital Signal Processing
System Design (SP) Design elements and trade-offs of
stochastic DSP systems. Linear prediction, adaptive filters,
parametric spectral analysis, speech applications. Design
examples, random signal basics, spectral decomposition,
noise. Prerequisite: ELEG 3133 and ELEG 4133.
ELEG5153 Real-Time Data Acquisition Systems
(FA, SP, SU) The theory and practice associated with taking
measurements of the real world for use with computers.
Sampling and data analysis techniques. (Same as CSEG
5053) Prerequisite: ELEG 3923.
ELEG5163 Advanced Microcontroller Design
Project (FA, SP, SU) Use of development systems as an
aid to microcontroller design; the student is expected to
design, build, and test a microcontroller-based system to perform
a specified task. Corequisite: ELEG 5160L. Prerequisite:
ELEG 3923.
ELEG5160L Advanced Microcontroller Design
Laboratory (FA, SP, SU) Corequisite: ELEG 5163.
ELEG5173L Digital Signal processing Laboratory
(FA, SP, SU) Use of DSP integrated circuits. Lectures,
demonstrations, and projects. DSP IC architectures and
instruction sets. Assembly language programming.
Development tools. Implementation of elementary DSP operations,
difference equations, transforms, filters. Prerequisite:
ELEG 4603.
ELEG5183L DSP Digital Communications
Laboratory (SU) Implementation of digital communication
techniques in the Texas Instruments C30 processor. AM,
FM, SSB, DSB modulation; data scramblers, bit error rate,
PAM, QAM; echo cancellation, full-duplex modems. Pre- or
Corequisite: ELEG 4623.
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