With discussions and lab. Use of nonlinear devices such as diodes, field effect transistors (FETs), and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in the design of simple analog and digital circuits. Design projects make use of PSPICE. Prerequisites: grades of C or better in E&C-ENG 212 and 221.

Theoretical and practical foundations for engineering the production of contemporary and future software intensive systems. Advanced engineering problem solving concepts and skills enabled by means of state of the art modeling and testing tools. Provides the basis for the analysis and co-design of complex hardware and software systems.

Review of semiconductor material properties. Carrier drift, diffusion, and generation-recombination processes in semiconductor devices. Fundamental theory of operation of p-n junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structures, and field-effect transistors (FETs). Implications of nanoscale dimensions in contemporary devices.

Electromagnetic fields in dielectric and lossy media, transmission lines, antennas and resonators treated with the concepts of duality, image theory, reciprocity, integral equations and other techniques. Boundary and initial value problems solved for several frequently encountered symmetries.

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This course focuses on the study of signals and linear systems. It constitutes the basic theory behind a further study of communication theory and systems, control theory and systems, signal processing, microwave and radar systems, networking and almost all disciplines of electrical engineering.

E&C ENG 499Y is Part 1 of the senior honors thesis or project in ECE, to be followed in the spring by Part 2 (E&C ENG 499T for thesis or ECE 499P for project). Individual student research is directly contracted with the faculty chairs who supervise the work. In addition, all 499Y students participate in a common thesis/project seminar that addresses research-related communication and other aspects of the research process in a seminar/workshop format. Seminar topics are deliberately selected and timed to support development of the 499T/P thesis/project proposals.