Theory, application and design of analog circuits. Methods of analysis including frequency response, SPICE simulation, and Laplace transform. Operational amplifiers and design of active filters.
EEC 130A – Introductory Electromagnetics I
Basics of static electric and magnetic fields and fields in materials. Work and scalar potential. Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form. Plane waves in lossless media. Lossless transmission lines.
EEC 135 – Optoelectronics for High-Speed Data Networking and Computing Systems
Principles of optical communication systems. Planar dielectric waveguides. Optical fibers: single-mode, multi-mode, step and graded index. Attenuation and dispersion in optical fibers. Optical sources (LEDs and lasers) and receivers. Design of digital optical transmission systems.
EEC 140B – Principles of Device Physics II
Electrical properties, design, models and advanced concepts for MOSFET devices including scaling, non-ideal effects, threshold voltage modification (device fabrication methods). Bipolar junction transistors minority-carrier distributions, non-ideal effects and fabrication methods. Junction field effect transistor (JFETs, MESFETs), hetero-junction bipolar transistors (HBTs). Fundamentals of solar cells, photodetectors, LEDs and semiconductor lasers.
Propagation of electromagnetic waves and beams in photonic components and the design of such devices using numerical techniques.
EEC 243 – Optical Imaging and Microscopy
Theory and techniques of optical imaging and microscopy. Optical imaging mechanisms, design theories and implementation techniques.
EEC 244 – Introduction to Neuroengineering
Neuroengineering is emerging as the field where engineering, medicine and neuroscience come together to produce innovative research and impactful solutions that address the broad range of pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous system. The unifying objective of this team-taught interdisciplinary course is to introduce students to the key research areas and tools in neuroengineering, and employ NIH-style proposal writing exercises to integrate course content into potential projects.