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3.00 Credits
Selected topics in electrical and computer engineering not covered in other courses. May be repeated for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Crystal structure and space lattices, crystal binding, lattice waves and vibrations, electrons and atoms in crystal lattices. Quantum mechanics and energy band theory, carrier statistics, Boltzmann transport theory, interaction of carriers with scattering centers, electronic and thermal conduction. Magnetic effects. Generation and recombination theory. Application to p-n junctions. Prerequisite: ECE 126 or equivalent. Decker, Hatalis or White
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3.00 Credits
Properties of metal-semiconductor contacts, Schottky barriers, ohmic contacts, hot electrons, intervalley scattering, velocity saturation, secondary ionization, avalanche breakdown. Applications to microwave devices such as avalanche and Gunn diodes, Schottky barrier diodes, tunnel diodes and PIN diodes. Prerequisite: ECE 451. Decker
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3.00 Credits
Capacity-approaching error correcting codes. Soft-in soft-out iterative decoding. Parallel/serial/hybrid concatenated convolutional codes-and turbo-like codes. Iterative decoding algorithms and performance analysis of parallel/serial turbo codes. Low density parity check (LDPC) codes and product codes. Code graph and message passing decoding algorithms. Turbo and LDPC code design and construction. Performance analysis using density evolution and extrinsic information transfer charts. Applications of turbo and LDPC codes. Prerequisite: ECE 435 or instructor's approval
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3.00 Credits
Physics of metal semiconductor and heterojunction field effect transistors (MESFET and HEMT). Theory of semiconductor heterojunctions. Properties of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT): Equivalent circuits, applications to microwave amplifiers, oscillators, and switching circuits. Prerequisite: ECE 451. Decker
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Project work in an area of student and faculty interest. Selection and direction of the project may involve interaction with industry. Prerequisite: consent of department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Definitions: noise temperature, spectral density. Noise sources: quantum, thermal, shot, generation-recombination, flicker noise. Representation and optimization of noisy networks. Prerequisites: Phys 31 and ECE 126. Decker
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3.00 Credits
Equivalent circuit modeling and characterization of microwave semiconductor devices, principles of impedance matching, noise properties and circuit interaction, introduction to the design of high power and non-linear circuits. Decker
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to cryptography, classical cipher systems, cryptanalysis, perfect secrecy and the one time pad, DES and AES, public key cryptography covering systems based on discrete logarithms, the RSA and the knapsack systems, and various applications of cryptography. This graduate version of ECE 364 requires additional work. May not be taken with ECE 364 for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate student status.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the main characterization techniques used in semiconductor industry. Emphasis is given to the electrical characterization methods although some optical, and physical analytical techniques are reviewed. The principles and the experimental set up for measuring the following parameters are covered: resistivity; carrier and doping concentration; contact resistance and Schottky barrier height; device series resistance; MOSFET's channel length and threshold voltage; carrier mobility; oxide and interface trapped charge; and carrier lifetime. Laboratory sessions provide hands-on experience on some of the above methods. Prerequisites: ECE 126 and ECE 308, or equivalent. Hatalis
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