EE-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -- 2001-03 Catalog
Electrical Engineering Department

EE 110 Orientation (1)

Familiarization with the field of electrical engineering. 1 lecture.

EE 112 Electric Circuit Analysis I (2)

Introduction to basic circuit analysis. Resistive circuits, voltage and current sources, network theorems, op-amp circuits. 2 lectures. Prereq-uisite: MATH 142 or equivalent. Concurrent or prerequisite: PHYS 133.

EE 200 Special Problems for Undergraduates (1–2)

Individual investigation, research, studies or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units, with a maximum of 2 units per quarter. Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.

EE 201 Electric Circuit Theory (3)

Application of fundamental circuit laws and theorems to the analysis of DC, and steady-state single-phase and three-phase circuits. Not for electri-cal engineering majors. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: MATH 242, PHYS 133.

EE 208 Electronic Devices (3)

Internal operation, terminal characteristics, and models of diodes, transistors (bipolar and field-effect), and optical devices (LED's and phototransistors). 3 lectures. Prerequisite: CHEM 124, EE 211, PHYS 211. Concurrent: EE 248.

EE 211 Electric Circuit Analysis II (3)

Continuation of basic circuit analysis. Energy storage elements, RC and RL circuits, and phasors. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 112, MATH 143. Concurrent: EE 241.

EE 212 Electric Circuit Analysis III (3)

AC power, 3-phase circuits. Mutual inductance, series and parallel resonance and two-port networks. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: MATH 242 (or concurrent), EE 211. Concurrent: EE 242.

EE 219 Logic and Switching Circuits (3) (Also listed as CPE 219)

Modulo-N arithmetic and digital coding techniques. Fundamentals of Boolean algebra and minimization techniques. Two-level logic realizations of SOP and POS functions, and an introduction to multi-level logic. Multiple function synthesis using PLDs and gate arrays. Combinational circuit design as it applies to computers. Sequential circuit elements, flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: CSC 101 or CSC 234 . Concurrent: EE 259.

EE 241 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory II (1)

Use of electrical and electronic test equipment. Experimental verification of circuit analysis concepts including Kirchhoff's Laws, Thevenin's Theorem, maximum power transfer and superposition. 1 laboratory. Concurrent: EE 211, ENGL 133 or ENGL 134.

EE 242 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory III (1)

Observation of transient and steady-state phenomena, phase-shift circuits, resonance. Use of phasor diagrams. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 241 or consent of department chair. Concurrent: EE 212.

EE 248 Electronic Devices Laboratory (1)

Experimental determination of device characteristics and models. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 241. Concurrent: EE 208.

EE 251 Electric Circuits Laboratory (1)

Techniques of measurement of DC and steady-state AC circuit parameters. Equivalent circuits, nonlinear elements, resonance. 1 laboratory. Concurrent: EE 201.

EE 259 Logic and Switching Circuits Laboratory (1)
(Also listed as CPE 259)

Laboratory synthesis of combinational logic circuits and counters. Introduction to laboratory equipment such as logic state analyzers. Use of software (both off-the-shelf and customized) for logic simulation and design. Introduction to use of PLDs and hardware description languages in combinational design and testing. 1 laboratory. Concurrent: EE 219.

EE 301 Linear Systems Analysis (3)

Continuous-time systems analysis, with emphasis on linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. Classification of continuous-time systems. Convolution and its application to LTI systems. Analysis of LTI systems via the Laplace transform, Fourier transform, and Fourier series. Bode plots. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 212, MATH 317. Concurrent: EE 341.

EE 302 Linear Control Systems (3)

Automatic feedback control systems. Analysis of linear dynamic systems. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301. Concurrent: EE 342.

EE 303 Power Transmission (3)

Electrical characteristics of three-phase overhead and underground power transmission lines. Development of models for different types of lines as well as interconnected power systems. Introduction of per unit calculations. Introduction of computer simulation methods. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301.

EE 304 Random Signals and Noise (3)

Probabilistic treatment of signals and noise in electrical engineering. Topics include the concept of probability, sample space, distributions, random variables, independence, moments, covariance, random processes, time and ensemble averages, stationarity, common processes, correlation functions, spectra, shot and thermal noise, filtering. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301.

EE 307 Digital Integrated Electronics (3)

Integrated logic circuits: RTL, DTL, TTL, I2L, ECL, MOS, CMOS, interfacing different logic families. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 208, EE 219. Concurrent: EE 347.

EE 308 Electronic Circuits (3)

Analysis and design of linear small-signal amplifiers. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301, EE 307. Concurrent: EE 348.

EE 309 Integrated Electronic Circuits (3)

Analysis and design of feedback amplifiers; operational amplifier applications. Design of analog/digital and digital/analog converters. Power supply design. Emphasis on IC implementation. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 302, EE 307, EE 308. Concurrent: EE 349.

EE 313 Signal Transmission (3)

Distributed-circuit concepts and traveling waves. Transmission line parameters. Lines with and without reflection. Standing waves. Smith Chart and its applications. Transmission line measurements and impedance matching techniques. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301. Concurrent: EE 353.

EE 319 Digital System Design (3) (Also listed as CPE 319)

Introduction to the design of digital systems utilizing state-machines; analysis and synthesis of state-machines. Design of synchronous, asynchronous, and pulse mode sequential logic circuits. Practical considerations of digital system design and implementation. Emphasis on the use of PLDs and hardware description language for implementation technology. Considerations of testing of digital systems as a part of design. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 219, EE 307. Concurrent: EE 359.

EE 321 Electronics (3)

Semiconductor devices and circuits. Instrumentation amplifiers, power control rectifiers, feedback, pulse circuits, digital logic circuits. Not for Electrical Engineering majors. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 201.

EE 325 Energy Conversion Electromagnetics (3)

Fundamentals of electro-mechanical energy conversion. Magnetic circuits and electromagnetic devices. Theory of operation and operating characteristics of transformer, AC induction machines, synchronous machine, and DC machine. Stepper motors. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 212 or EE 201, PHYS 133. Concurrent: EE 365.

EE 328 Discrete Time Systems (3)

Discrete-time signals and the sampling theorem, basic systems concepts, solution of linear difference equations, Z transform. Discrete-time Fourier Transform, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). Cyclic convolution application of transforms to system analysis. Introduction to digital filtering. Relationships of digital filters to their continuous-time counterparts. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 301.

EE 334 Electromagnetic Fields I (3)

Advanced treatment of static electric and magnetic fields and their sources. Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations, and boundary value problems. Maxwell’s equations and time-varying electromagnetic fields. Plane wave propagation in free space and in materials. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: PHYS 133, MATH 317.

EE 336 Microprocessor System Design (4) (Also listed as CPE 336)

Introduction to microcontrollers and integrated microprocessor systems. Emphasis on the Intel 8051 and Motorola 68HC11 families and derivatives. Hardware/software trade-offs, system economics, and functional configurations. Interface design, real-time clocks, interrupts, A/D conversion, serial and parallel communications, watch-dog timers, low power operation, and assembly language programming techniques. Architecture and design of sampled data and digital control systems. Case studies of representative applications. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 219/EE 259.

EE 341 Linear Systems Laboratory (1)

Laboratory work pertaining to continuous-time linear systems, including Fourier spectrum analysis and Bode plots. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 242. Concurrent: EE 301.

EE 342 Control Systems Laboratory (1)

Laboratory work in feedback control systems. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341. Concurrent: EE 302.

EE 347 Digital Integrated Electronics Laboratory (1)

Experimental investigation of the characteristics of different logic families. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 248. Concurrent: EE 307.

EE 348 Electronic Circuits Laboratory (1)

Design, construction and testing of solid state amplifier to meet stated specifications. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341, EE 347, IME 157. Concurrent: EE 308.

EE 349 Integrated Electronic Circuits Laboratory (1)

Design of electronic subsystems using integrated circuits. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 342, EE 347, EE 348. Concurrent: EE 309.

EE 353 Signal Transmission Laboratory (1)

Transmission and reflection measurements. Impedance matching techniques. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341. Concurrent: EE 313.

EE 359 Digital System Design Laboratory (1)
(Also listed as CPE 359)

Laboratory synthesis of combination and sequential logic circuits. Implementation with PLDs and hardware description language. Sequential analysis with the logic state analyzer. Fault testing and automated checkout procedures. Familiarization with the characteristics of SSI and MSI logic components. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 259, EE 347. Concurrent: EE 319.

EE 361 Electronics Laboratory (1)

Instrumentation amplifiers, feedback, rectifiers and power control, pulse and digital logic circuits. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 251. Concurrent: EE 321.

EE 365 Energy Conversion Laboratory (1)

Single-phase and three-phase transformers. Evaluation of characteristics of rotating machines. Stepper motor. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 242 or EE 251. Concurrent: EE 325.

EE 400 Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates (1–5)

Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 5 units. Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.

EE 401 Electromagnetic Fields II (3)

Reflection and transmission of normal incidence plane waves at planar boundaries between two and multiple media. Reflection and refraction of oblique incidence plane waves at a planar boundary between two different media. Wave guides. Antennas. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 334.

EE 403 Fiber Optic Communication (3)

Propagation of light in optical fibers, attenuation and bandwidth. LED and Laser Diode sources for use with optical fibers. Optical sources, detectors, and receivers. Design of optical communication systems with applications in telecommunications and local area networks (LANs). 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 334 or PHYS 323.

EE 405 High-frequency Amplifier Design (3)

Design of modern electronic amplifiers and amplifier systems with advanced techniques. UHF and microwave small signal amplifier design utilizing microstrip transmission lines, S parameters of GaAs FET, and bipolar transistors. Low noise, broadband, and power amplifier designs. Oscillator designs. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 308, EE 313. Concurrent: EE 445.

EE 406 Power Systems Analysis I (4)

Introduction to electric power systems. Representation of power systems and components. One line diagrams and per unit calculations. System model representation of the synchronous machine, symmetrical faults. Load flow analysis, economic operation of power systems. Solution of power system problems by computer techniques. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 303.

EE 407 Power Systems Analysis II (4)

System protection, relays and relay systems, symmetrical components, unbalanced faults, power system stability, computer solutions, power system instrumentation and measurement techniques. Solution of power system problems by microcomputer techniques and time-share methods. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 406.

EE 410 Power Electronics I (4)

Introduction to power electronics and power semiconductor devices. Analysis, performance characterization, and design of power electronics converters such as: rectifiers, DC choppers, AC voltage controllers, and single-phase inverters. Operation of DC motor drives. Use of commercially available software. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 308/EE 348, EE 309/EE 349 (or concurrent), and EE 325/EE 365, or EE 321 and consent of instructor.

EE 411 Power Electronics II (4)

Switching losses. Analysis, performance characterization, and design of snubber circuits and resonant converters. Operation of DC transmission lines, flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controllers, three-phase inverters, and AC motor drives. Use of commercially available software. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 410.

EE 412 Advanced Analog Circuits (3)

Application of linear integrated circuits to data acquisition problems: transducer interfacing, linear and nonlinear preprocessing, phase-locked loops, and high performance quantization and recovery (A/D, D/A conversion). 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 309, EE 414.

EE 413 Advanced Electronic Design (4)

Advanced design of electronic circuits and subsystems. Design as a process. Implementation of specific design projects. Automated test using GPIB instruments. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: CSC 234, EE 309/EE 349.

EE 414 Introduction to Communication Systems (3)

Amplitude modulation. Frequency and phase modulation. Demodulation techniques. Bandwidth and power considerations. Noise in communication systems. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 304, EE 328.

EE 415 Communication Systems Design (3)

Design of modern electronic communication and telemetry systems. Emphasis: practical implementation and comparative evaluation of various modulation systems. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 309, EE 414.

EE 416 Digital Communication Systems (3)

Baseband (PCM, PAM, DM) signals and transmission. Bandpass (PSK, FSK, ASK) modulation and demodulation techniques. Digital communication signals in the presence of noise and detection of signals in Gaussian noise. Other topics such as: quantization, multiplexing and multiple access, spread spectrum techniques, coding, synchronization. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 414.

EE 417 Alternating Current Machines (4)

Alternating current machines. Generalized, operational and dynamic analysis. Steady-state and transient operation of synchronous machines and linear induction machines. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 325, EE 365.

EE 418 Photonic Engineering (3)

Modern optical design with emphasis on the use of computers to design simple optical systems and to evaluate existing optical designs. Paraxial and exact ray tracing through thin and thick lenses, mirrors, and prisms. Radiometry and photometry. Electro-optic, acousto-optic, and magneto-optic modulators and their applications. Thermal detectors, semiconductor detectors, and charge coupled device (CCD) arrays. Miscellaneous course fee required–see Class Schedule. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 334 or PHYS 323.

EE 419 Digital Signal Processing (3)

Review of Z-transform, convolution and discrete Fourier Transform. Digital filter design. Fast Fourier Transform. Theory and applications of digital signal processors. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: CSC 234, EE 328. Concurrent: EE 459.

EE 420 Direct Energy Conversion (3)

Direct energy conversion, and storage, with consideration of resources, batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectricity, thermionic generators, solar energy, cells, MHD, power generation, and related topics. 3 lectures. Recommended as a complement to ME 415. Prerequisite: ME 302.

EE 421 Solid-state Microelectronics (3)

Physical basis of solid-state microelectronics. Passive and active integrated circuit components in Bipolar, MOS, thin and thick film systems. Diffusion, oxidation, ion implantation and other fabrication techniques. Microcircuit layout and design: system development, reliability and economic considerations. Future trends. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 307.

EE 422 Polymer Electronics Laboratory (1)

Experimental procedures in polymer electronics. Investigation of the characteristics of a polymer electronic device. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 347 or MATE 345.

EE 425 Analog Filter Design (3)

Approximation Theory. All pole filters. Frequency transformations. Elements of passive synthesis. Time delay filters. Theory and design of active filters. Sensitivity analysis. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 309. Concurrent: EE 455.

EE 431 Computer-Aided Design of VLSI Devices (4)

Design of VLSI circuits, design of subsystems using static CMOS, transmission gates, and other methods. Variety of CAD tools for design, verification, test, and simulation. Several design projects. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 319/EE 359, EE 307/EE 347 and EE 308/EE 348 or consent of instructor.

EE 432 Digital Control Systems (3)

Theory and applications of digital computers in linear control systems. Discrete time methods are used in analysis and design studies. Digital control systems are synthesized. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 302, EE 328. Concurrent: EE 472.

EE 433 Computer-Aided Design in Magnetics (4)

Variational principles, integral and partial differential equation methods. Application of integral and partial differential equation methods to electromagnetic field problems. Computer-aided design of electrical devices. Use of commercially available software. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 325, EE 334.

EE 437 Digital Computer Subsystems (3) (Also listed as CPE 437)

Design of components and subsystems in digital computers. Use of modern techniques and devices (CPLDs and FPGAs) in implementation. Consideration given to cost/speed tradeoffs. Implementation of a basic digital computer using pre-designed subsystems. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 319. Concurrent: EE 478.

EE 438 Digital Computer Systems (3) (Also listed as CPE 438)

Design of computer ALUs, microprogram controllers, memory systems, and I/0 controllers. Use of LSI components in CPU design. Microprogram and nanoprogram development. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 437 or consent of instructor.

EE 439 Computer Peripheral Interfacing (3) (Also listed as CPE 439)

Design of the more common computer peripherals with the emphasis on the controller and interfacing aspects. Use of microprocessors and/or LSI controller chips in the design of intelligent peripherals. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: EE 319, EE 336, or consent of instructor.

EE 443 Fiber Optics Laboratory (1)

Experimental investigation of the properties of optical fibers, sources, and detectors. Measurement of fiber physical characteristics, attenuation, losses, and bandwidth. Evaluation of an analog and digital fiber optic data link. 1 laboratory. Concurrent or prerequisite: EE 403.

EE 444 Power Systems Laboratory (1)

Protective relaying, coordination, and relay calibration. Power control using transformers, parallel operation of generators, and computer simulation of power systems. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341, EE 406.

EE 445 High Frequency Amplifier Design Laboratory (1)

Experimental investigation employing advanced techniques. Design of high-frequency electronic amplifiers utilizing S-parameters of bipolar transistors, network analyzers, and computer simulation techniques. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 348, EE 353. Concurrent or prerequisite: EE 405.

EE 455 Analog Filter Design Laboratory (1)

Advanced laboratory study of sensitivity and stability of active networks prescribed for realization of transfer functions by active network synthesis techniques. Formal experiments and individual project work. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 349. Concurrent: EE 425.

EE 456 Communication Systems Laboratory (1)

Methods of analog and digital modulation and demodulation. Emphasis on spectral analysis, bandwidth requirements and other practical considerations of modulation and demodulation. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341, EE 414.

EE 458 Photonic Engineering Laboratory (1)

Experimental investigation of the techniques used in processing optical signals. Formal experiments on electro-optic modulation, acousto-optic modulation. Construction of an RF spectrum analyzer. Analog processing of optical signals, and charge-coupled array devices. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite or concurrent: EE 418.

EE 459 Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (1)

Experiments in digital filter design and digital signal processing emphasizing various areas of applications (communications, audio signals, speech processing). Formal experiments and individual project work. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 341. Concurrent: EE 419.

EE 460 Senior Seminar (1) (CR/NC)

Discussion of senior project topics in electrical and computer engineering. Development of senior project proposal. Employment opportunities and professional issues are also discussed. 1 seminar. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: EE 301/EE 341, EE 307/EE 347.

EE 461, 462 Senior Project (3) (2)

Selection and completion of a project under faculty supervision. Projects typical of problems which graduates must solve in their fields of employment. Project results are presented in a formal report. Minimum 150 hours total time. Prerequisite: EE 309/EE 349, EE 319/EE 359, EE 325/EE 365, EE 334, EE 460.

EE 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1–4)

Directed group study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1–4 lectures. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

EE 471 Selected Advanced Laboratory (1–4)

Directed group laboratory study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1–4 laboratories. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

EE 472 Digital Control Systems Laboratory (1)

Design and programming of microprocessor-based digital controls for electro-mechanical plants. Topics include digital control laws, translation of transfer functions into algorithms, assembly language programming, real-time software design, sample rate selection, finite word-length considerations. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 342. Concurrent: EE 432.

EE 478 Digital Computer Subsystems Laboratory (1)
(Also listed as CPE 478)

Introduction to industrial grade CAD tools. Design and implementation of digital computer subsystems using SPLDs, CPLDs, and FPGAs. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 359. Concurrent: EE 437.

EE 485 Cooperative Education Experience (6) (CR/NC)

Part-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. Total credit limited to 16 units. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.

EE 495 Cooperative Education Experience (12) (CR/NC)

Full-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. Total credit limited to 16 units. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.

EE 500 Individual Study (1–3)

Advanced study planned and completed under the direction of a member of the department faculty. Open only to graduate students who have demonstrated ability to do independent work. Enrollment by petition. Prerequisite: Consent of department chair, graduate adviser, and supervising faculty member. Total credit limit at discretion of graduate adviser, not to exceed 9 units.

EE 502 Microwave Engineering (4)

Application of Maxwell’s equations and boundary value problems to waveguide structures. Striplines and microstrip lines. S-parameters. Microwave equivalent circuit theorem. Passive microwave devices. Charge and field interactions in oscillators and amplifiers. Transferred electron devices, avalanche transit-time devices, and microwave transistors. Circuits associated with oscillators and reflection type amplifiers. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 401.

EE 511 Electric Machines Theory (3)

Advanced topics in electric machines theory. Introduction to Park's transformation. Analysis of electric machines using Kron's generalized concept. Excitation systems. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 325 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 513 Control Systems Theory (4)

State representation of dynamic systems. Mathematical models of physical devices, controllability and observability. Design of closed-loop systems. Optimal control theory. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 302 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 514 Advanced Topics in Automatic Control (4)

Summary course covering five selected graduate-level topics in automatic control theory and practice; implementation issues in digital control, nonlinear control theory and design, LQ and time optimal control, variable structure control, and fuzzy logic/model-free control. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 513 or equivalent, EE 328 or similar course on discrete-time linear systems.

EE 515 Discrete Time Filters (4)

Advanced topics in filter design and implementation. Emphasis placed on current applications and on the processing of real signals. Topics may include signal analysis via spectral estimation, short time Fourier transforms, and spectrograms. Effects of coefficient quantization, and limits of practical filters. State space realization. Optimal and adaptive filters for signal prediction, system identification, and noise cancellation. Techniques implemented in programming assignments. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 414, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 517 Information Theory (4)

Introduction to information theory and coding. Self and mutual information. Discrete and continuous information sources and transmission channels. Additive white Gaussian noise channel. Channel capacity. The Source- and Channel-Coding Theorems. Data compression. Huffman code. Block codes, including Hamming and linear codes. Parity and syndrome decoding. Convolutional codes. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 414, EE 525, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 518 Advanced Power System Analysis (3)

Symmetrical components. Unbalanced faults. Analysis by digital computer simulation. Load flow studies. Elements of power system stability. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 406 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 519 Power System Design (4)

Design studies involving aspects of an electric power system. Current industrial designs. Computer simulation techniques used extensively. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 518, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 520 Solar-Photovoltaic Systems Design (3)

Solar cell and storage battery theory, examination of insolation variability and optimization techniques, principles of grounding protection and control, a survey of power conditioning equipment and system integration techniques. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 521 Computer Systems (4)

Organization of modern general purpose, high speed digital computer systems. Arithmetic units, control units, memories and memory subsystems. Peripheral equipment. Cost and speed trade-offs in the design of such systems. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 437, or consent of instructor.

EE 522 Microprocessor-Based Digital System Design (4)

Design and implementation of microprocessor-based digital systems. Their analysis and cost effective use in system design problems. Data acquisition and control systems. Role of microperipheral controllers. Laboratory problems associated with interfacing microprocessors to various systems. 3 seminars, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: EE 336, or consent of instructor.

EE 523 Digital Systems Design (3)

Design of asynchronous sequential machines and pulse mode logic circuits. Selected automata theory topics include state compatibility analysis, state partition analysis, threshold logic, fuzzy logic. Modern digital system design. Analysis of MOS-LSI multiphase logic structures. Comparison of digital subsystems. Microprocessor as a digital subsystem module. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 319, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 524 Solid State Electronics (3)

Physical theory of solid-state devices. Properties of metal-semiconductor junctions and p-n junctions. Derivation of properties of diodes, transistors, and four-layer devices from basic physical and mathematical considerations. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: PHYS 412 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 525 Stochastic Processes for Engineers (4)

Probability and stochastic processes used in random signal analysis. Response of linear systems to random inputs. Auto-correlation and power spectral densities. Applications in signal processing using the discrete Kalman filter. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 304 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 526 Digital Communications (4)

M-ary signals. Vector space representation of signals. Optimum receiver principles. Common signal sets. Signal space dimensionality versus time-bandwidth product. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 414 and EE 525, or consent of instructor.

EE 527 Advanced Topics in Power Electronics (4)

Static variable speed AC and DC drives. Phase-controlled rectifiers and choppers in DC motor control. PWM in three-phase inverters, sinusoidal modulation techniques, control strategies for AC three-phase variable speed motor control using voltage source inverters, current source inverters and speed control of AC motors. Torque and speed pulsations. HVDC converters and DC transmission. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 410, EE 411 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 528 Digital Image Processing (4)

Processing and interpretation of images by computer. Emphasis on current applications with real images used in programming assignments. Topics may include histogram equalization, 2-D convolution, correlation, frequency-domain processing, median filtering, compression, Hough transform, segmentation and region growing, morphological operations, texture description, shape description, Bayes classifier. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 414, EE 525, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 529 Advanced Topics in Microwave Device Electronics (3)

Emphasis on device and circuit principles of active microwave solid-state devices, their noise aspects and systems applications. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 401, PHYS 412 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 530 Photonic Systems (4)

Design of radiametric information optics and imaging systems. Remote sensing, guidance and tracking, fiber optic and laser communications. Component modeling and optimization of systems for detection of radiant flux with maximum signal to noise ratio. Modeling of source, intervening media, optical subsystem, focal plane, signal-conditioning electronics, and output and display. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 401, EE 414 or equivalent, graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 533 Antennas (4)

Principles of antenna theory. Antenna parameters, radiation integrals. Duality and reciprocity theorems. Wire antennas. Antenna arrays. Traveling wave antennas. Broadband and frequency independent antennas. Aperture and reflector antennas. Microstrip antennas. Antenna design. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: EE 401.

EE 541 Advanced Microwave Laboratory (2)

Experimental measurement in waveguide and microstrip circuits employing the advanced Network Analyzer. Design of both passive and active microwave circuits using microstrip. Graphical and analytical design techniques as well as the use of computer-aided design codes. 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: EE 401. Concurrent or prerequisite: EE 502 or consent of instructor.

EE 544 Solid-state Electronics Laboratory (1)

Experimental procedures in solid-state electronics. Investigation and improvement of the characteristics of a solid-state electronic device. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Concurrent: EE 524 or consent of instructor..

EE 563 Graduate Seminar (1) (CR/NC)

Current developments in the fields of electrical and electronic engineer-ing. Participation by students, faculty and guest lecturers. Open to gradu-ate students with a background in electrical or electronic engineering. Credit/No Credit grading only. Total credit limited to 3 units. 1 seminar.

EE 570 Selected Advanced Topics (1–4)

Directed group study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to graduate students and selected seniors with electrical and electronic engineering background. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1–4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

EE 599 Design Project (Thesis) (2) (2) (5)

Each individual or group will select, with faculty guidance and approval, a topic for independent research or investigation resulting in a thesis or project to be used to satisfy the requirement for the degree. An appropriate experimental or analytical thesis or project may be accepted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.