Introduction to electronic design for analog signal processing. Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Materials (electrons and holes, n-type and p-type semiconductors), Diodes (Modeling, Biasing, Zener Diodes, and Rectifier Circuits), FETs (Device Structure, Modes of Operation, and I-V Characteristics), BJTs (Device Structure, Modes of Operation, and I-V Characteristics), Transistor Amplifiers (Biasing a Transistor, Small-Signal Modeling, and Configurations), Operational Amplifier circuits for amplification and filtering. Prereq: ECE 541. Lab

Introduction to electronic design for analog signal processing. Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Materials (electrons and holes, n-type and p-type semiconductors), Diodes (Modeling, Biasing, Zener Diodes, and Rectifier Circuits), FETs (Device Structure, Modes of Operation, and I-V Characteristics), BJTs (Device Structure, Modes of Operation, and I-V Characteristics), Transistor Amplifiers (Biasing a Transistor, Small-Signal Modeling, and Configurations), Operational Amplifier circuits for amplification and filtering. Prereq: ECE 541. Lab

Basic computer structure, including arithmetic, memory, control, and input/output units; the tradeoffs between hardware, instruction sets, speed, and cost. Laboratory experiments will use hardware and software to understand the concepts of instruction set architecture, machine language programming, control and data path design, and I/O interfacing. Prereq: ECE 543 and CS 410C or equivalent.

This course covers topics related to field programmable logic devices. Students will be introduced to Hardware Description Language (HDL) design entry languages and simulation procedures, along with common logic synthesis tools. In laboratory exercises, each student will prototype a digital system starting with HDL entry, functional and timing simulations, logic synthesis, device programming, logic probing, and system verification. Prereq: ECE 562 and ECE 543 and CS 410C or equivalent.