EL 202 Electronic Circuits II
Concepts of lumped and distributed circuits; frequency dependence of circuit
characteristics; introduction to feedback circuits and feedback amplifiers;
concepts of stability, phase margin and compensation; multi-stage amplifier
circuits, power amplifier circuits, oscillators. Laboratory exercises are provided
to reinforce the theory of operation of these circuits.
Pre-requisites: ENS 203
EL 204 Introduction to Electronic Components
This course begins with a substantive treatment of the fundamental behavior
of semiconductor materials and moves on to the semiconductor diode, the bipolar
transistor, and field-effect transistor devices. Building upon these concepts,
their operations, biasing, small- and large-signal models are analyzed. Laboratory
exercises are provided to reinforce the theory of operation of these devices.
Pre-requisites: ENS 203
EL 302 Digital Integrated Circuits
Overview of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) device technologies for large scale
integrated (LSI) circuits; inverter circuits, static and transient operation;
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) logic implementation, full-custom
gate design, mask layout fundamentals; static and dynamic logic circuits; sequential
logic circuit designs; non-volatile semiconductor memory structures; static
and dynamic random access memory design principles.
Pre-requisites: EL 202
EL 303 Analog Integrated Circuits
Basic linear integrated circuit design techniques using bipolar, junction field
effect transistor (JFET), and MOS technologies; operational amplifiers; voltage
references; voltage regulators; wide-band feedback amplifiers; sinusoidal and
relaxation oscillators; phase detectors, and phase-locked loops; electric circuit
noise; applications of linear integrated circuits.
Pre-requisites: EL 202
EL 304 Semiconductor Devices
Semiconductor materials and their electronic properties and applications to
electronic devices; p-n junctions; transistors; junction field effect transistors
and MOS devices; and introduction to integrated circuits. Detailed presentation
of advanced concepts such as generation-recombination, hot electron effects,
and breakdown mechanisms; essential features of small ac characteristics, switching
and transient behavior of p-n junctions, bipolar and MOS transistors; addresses
fundamental issues for device modeling and discusses the perspective and limitations
of Si-devices.
Pre-requisites: EL 202, EL 204
EL 305 Optoelectronics
Materials for optoelectronics, optical processes in semiconductors, absorption
and radiation, transition rates and carrier lifetime. principles of Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs), lasers, photodetectors, modulators and solar cells. Optoelectronic
integrated circuits. Designs, demonstrations and projects related to optoelectronic
device phenomena.
Pre-requisites: NS 101
EL 306 Introduction to Radio Frequency and Microwave
Design
Electromagnetic wave propagation, transmission line theory, microwave transmission
systems, passive components, microwave tubes, solid state microwave devices,
microwave integrated circuits, S-parameter analysis, microstrip and coplanar
lines transmission lines.
Pre-requisites: ENS 201, EL 303
EL 308 Microcomputer Based System Design
Microcomputer based system design; introduction to i8088 assembly language programming,
basic operation of memory and I/O devices, bus interconnections, integration
of hardware and software design, serial communications, parallel interfacing,
interrupts and interrupt handlers, timing analysis and delay handling in microcomputer
circuits. A term project involving the design and implementation of a complete
microcomputer based system will be assigned, in addition to regular software/hardware
lab assignments.
Prerequisite: CS 303
EL 401 Very Large Scale Integrated System Design 1
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology and limitations; CMOS
circuit and logic design; layout rules and techniques; circuit characterization
and performance estimation; CMOS subsystem design, basic building blocks; structured
design principles; Very-Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) system design methods;
DRC, logic and circuit simulation.
Pre-requisites: EL 302, CS 303
EL 402 Very Large Scale Integrated System Design 2
VLSI system computer aided design (CAD) tools; laboratory experience in custom
VLSI system chip design on workstations using concepts of cell hierarchy; design
of large adder arrays and multipliers; VLSI architecture design; pipelining;
low-power design strategies; final project involving specification, design and
evaluation of a VLSI chip or VLSI CAD program; written report and oral presentation
on the final project.
Pre-requisites: EL 401
EL 403 Hardware Description Languages
Introduction to hardware description languages; VHDL fundamentals, behavioral
and structural models; syntax and basic rules; design entry; behavioral simulation;
logic synthesis and synthesizeable code development; design mapping to standard
cells and/or field programmable gate array (FPGA).
Pre-requisites: CS 303
EL 404 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems
Technology
Fundamentals of MEMS fabrication technology, sensor component design and system
integration issues are main focus of this course. Advantages and disadvantages,
applications (automotive, defense, aerospace, microfluidics, biotech, medical,
etc.), commercialization, manufacturability, packaging, and interfacing of the
technology are also covered. A design project is assigned via case study in
this class.
EL 405 Communication Circuit Design
Design of radio frequency (RF) systems for transmission of information; types
of receivers, matching techniques, receiver and antenna noise, types of modulation,
high-frequency circuitry, and point-to-point and satellite communications.
Pre-requisites: EL 303
EL 407 Semiconductor Manufacturing
Semiconductor growth; material characterization; lithography tools; photo-resist
models; thin film deposition; chemical etching and plasma etching; electrical
contact formation; microstructure processing; and process modeling.
Pre-requisites: EL 204