Teaching
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ES3 Intro to Electrical Systems w/ Lab
Definitions of circuit elements, fundamental laws, selected network
theorems, controlled sources, introduction to the oscilloscope,
energy and power, natural response and complete response of first
order circuits, steady state sinusoidal behavior, algebra of complex
numbers, phasors, impedance, average and reactive power,
introduction to analog and digital systems, frequency response and
filters, measurements and instrumentation, introduction to computer
applications for circuit analysis and design. Associated laboratory
project work.
EE21 Electronics I w/ Lab
Characteristics of the operational amplifier; amplifiers and active
filters using the operational amplifier; analysis and design of
filters using phasors; characteristics of junction diodes, analysis
and design of diode circuits; field-effect transistors, MOSFET
device operation, small-signal models and the low-frequency analysis
of transistor amplifiers; Elementary MOS amplifier configurations.
Associated laboratory work.
EE31 Junior Design w/ Lab
Junior level team project with ECE faculty direction and guidance.
Intro. of the engineering method: concept, planning and analysis,
design, test. Integration of theoretical concepts from circuit
theory, digital and analog electronics, signal processing,
engineering economics, and engineering design practices to deliver a
working prototype. Use of microcontroller and peripherals, ADCs,
digital signal-processors, memory and computer aided design tools.
Students are expected to provide schedules, schematics and
specifications; build prototypes; project presentations, and deliver
a working system.
EE103 Intro to VLSI Systems
An introduction to CMOS VLSI design. Topics include the structure of
the MOS transistor, theory of operation, microfabrication methods,
CMOS circuit design, digital subsystem design, the PLA and finite
state machines, introduction to memory design, system timing
techniques. Students will design a digital circuit of modest
complexity.
EE147 Analog & Mixed Signal CMOS Design
Practical and theoretical aspects of analog and mixed-signal MOS IC
design. Basic building blocks including current sources, gain
stages, and two-stage opamps. Opamp circuit feedback and noise
modeling. Switched capacitor (SC) circuits from Z-transform, sample
hold circuit, SC filters, and SC gain circuit. Noise and nonlinear
effects in SC circuits. Component matching, layout of analog
building blocks. Fundamentals of data converters.
EE194 Special Topics: Wearable System Design and
Engineering
Essential building blocks of portable wearable systems. Battery and
power management, sensors and analog signal interface and
acquisition, audio processing, and wireless system applications and
technologies for wearable systems. Industry trends in sensor fusion,
capacitive sensing, and system-on-chip RF integration for wearables
are explored. Rapid prototyping and validation of embedded systems.
EE194 Special Topics: Bioelectronics
A seminar course exploring emerging devices and circuits for
non-invasive biomedical microsystems, including imagers,
brain-machine interfaces, and bio-inspired circuits. Students will
lead discussions in class on research literature in several related
disciplines. Focus on non-invasive instrumentation for physiological
monitoring, including electrode/sensor interfaces, wireless
interfacing, signal processing, power delivery and energy scavenging
for long duration, autonomous operation.
EE249 Devices and Circuits for Optical Communications
Underlying principles and integrated circuit design techniques for
optical communication systems (fiber-based and free-space).
Optoelectronic device operation, receiver circuit fundamentals,
noise analysis, transimpedance amplifiers, lasers and modulators,
driver circuits, and clock/data recovery circuit blocks. Opto-electronic
integration methods, modulation schemes, system-level simulation,
and applications to problems in broadband communication and
frequency-domain optical imaging are also presented. Projects
employing VLSI CAD software.
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