Analysis and synthesis of antenna elements and arrays. Topics include linear antennas, self and mutual impedances, aperture, travelling wave, and broadband antennas. Prerequisite: E&C-Eng 334 or equivalent.

Introduction to fundamentals of radar systems. Radar range equation, critical radar components, and system performance. Detection, modulation, noise, and propagation effects. Prerequisite: E&C-ENG 584 or equivalent.

Topics include standard circuit building blocks such as current mirrors, voltage references, single stage amplifier topologies, differential pairs. Device models, bias choices, temperature effects, the body effect, and mismatch. Op-amp and OTA design as well as frequency response, noise analysis, stability, and compensation. The course will include readings in Filter Design, Common Mode Feedback, and Distortion. A design project required, which can be related to the student's research or possibly another advanced E&C-ENG course such as RF systems, biology, or communications.

A graduate version of E&C-Eng 568. Quantitative study of pipelined processor architectures, memory, Input/Output, RISC processors and vector machines. Prerequisite: undergraduate courses in digital design and hardware organization.

Modern techniques for synthesis and verification of digital systems. Topics in synthesis cover high-level synthesis, decision diagrams, combinational and sequential logic optimization. Topics in verification include symbolic techniques, equivalence checking, satisfiability, FSM traversal and state reachability analysis. Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in digital logic design and hardware organization.

A graduate version of E&C-Eng 558 which includes additional readings in VLSI architecture, CAD, and systems. A more ambitious design project required, which can be related to the student's research or possibly another advanced E&C-Eng course such as digital signal processing, control, computer architecture, or computer graphics. Prerequisites: E&C-ENG 212 and 221 or equivalent.

Quantum mechanical principles and formalism. Description of quantum systems and phenomena relevant to electrical and computer engineering. Common foundation for advanced study and work in semiconductor materials and devices, nanoelectronics, optical and quantum electronics, quantum information and computation, and other emerging applications. Prerequisite: ECE 244 or equivalent.

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.

Elementary probability theory including random variables, p.d.f., c.d.f., generating functions, law of large numbers. Elementary stochastic process theory including covariance and power spectral density. Markov processes and applications.

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