EEE 403 Properties of Electronic Materials

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Crystal structure: Types of crystals, Crystal directions and planes, lattice and basis, Bravais lattice; Miller indices; Brillouin zones. Electrons in Solids: Wave-particle duality; De Broglie theorem; Schrödinger’s equation; Solving the wave equation; Particle in a 1-D box & quantum tunneling; Electrons in a periodic potential; Bloch waves; Kronig-Penny model; Energy (E) versus wavevector (k) dispersion plots, energy bands;properties of electrons in a band: effective mass; Fermi Dirac/Boltzmann statistics; Density of states, population density; Electronic Properties of Metals: Classical theory: Drude Model, conductivity; Hall Effect and thermal conductivity, Phonons, Quantum theory of metals: free electron models; conduction in metals, metal-metal contacts; Seebeck effect; Electronic Properties of Semiconductors: Intrinsic & extrinsic semiconductor properties; Fermi level & Hall effect in semiconductors; Extrinsic Semiconductors: n-type and p-type. Dielectric Properties of Materials: dipole moment and electronic polarization; Clausius-Mosotti equation, spontaneous polarization, frequency dependence of dielectric constant, dielectric loss and piezoelectricity. Ferroelectrics & piezoelectrics; Optical Properties of Materials: Refractive index, Dispersion, Complex refractive index and light absorption, optical absorption/emission process in semiconductor. Magnetic Properties Materials: Magnetization of Matter, Magnetic Material Classifications: (Ferro-, para-, ferri-, dia- and antiferro-); magnetic domains: ferromagnetic materials; soft and hard magnetic materials.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. Provide an in-depth understanding of the underlying physics of how interatomic interaction in the solid under the influence of stimuli lead to the macroscopic realization of variant nature the properties of engineering materials specifically in the field of electronic and electrical engineering.
b. Describe the electron behavior in solid which enable students to explain the conductivity in materials, classifications of semiconductor materials.
c. Understand the interaction of light with the materials which underpin the realization of optoelectronic devices.
d. Explain the dielectric properties of materials in static and alternating field.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 405 Optoelectronic Devices
EEE 307 Optoelectronic Devices

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Concepts of light wave: generation of EM wave, Wave equation. Light Waves in a Homogeneous Medium; Refractive Index; Interference, Double-slit Interference, Multiple Interference and Optical Resonators, Anti-reflection coating, dielectric mirror, Fabry-perot resonator. Review of Semiconductor Physics: De-Broglie wave, wave function, particle in box, concept of energy states and Energy band, Carrier statistics, Degenerate and Non-degenerate semiconductor; Energy Band under external field, Direct and Indirect Bandgap Semiconductors E-k Diagrams; pn Junction Principles; The pn Junction Band Diagram. Light Emitting Diodes: Construction, operation principle, LED Materials; Heterojunction High Intensity LEDs; LED Characteristics; Quantum efficiency .Laser: Stimulated Emission and Photon Amplification; Stimulated Emission Rate and Einstein Coefficients Output spectrum of a gas laser. LASER Oscillation Conditions Principle of the Laser Diode; Heterostructure Laser Diodes; Elementary Laser Diode Characteristics Steady State Semiconductor Rate Equation; Quantum Well Devices; Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs). Photodetectors: Principle of the pn Junction Photodiode; Photodiode Materials Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity; The pin Photodiode; Avalanche Photodiode; Heterojunction Photodiodes; Multiple Quantum Well Photodiode, Phototransistors, Schottky Photodidoe, Noises in photodetectors. Solar Cell: Solar Energy Spectrum; Photovoltaic Device Principles; pn Junction Photovoltaic I-V Characteristics; Series Resistance and Equivalent Circuit.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. Provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts of Electromagnetic Waves, its generation, propagation and its properties such as interference and apply the concept to explain optical devices such as Optical Resonator, Anti-reflection coating, Dielectric mirror etc.
b. Provide fundamental understanding of the basic physics behind semiconductor optoelectronic devices
c. Provide students with an understanding of the working principle and the characteristics of basic optoelectronic devices, such as, LED, Laser, Photodetectors, Photo-voltaic devices etc.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 407 Heterostructure Devices

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Introduction to quantum mechanical basics, Schrodinger wave equation, 1D, free and bounded particles in quantum wells. Introduction to compound semiconductor crystals, structural and electrical properties, free-carrier concentration and Fermi-Dirac integral, III-V alloys. Basic heterostructure properties, energy band alignment models, strain effect on the bandgap energies, abrupt p-N heterojunction in equilibrium, heterojunction under bias. Electronic properties of real quantum wells, potential barrier and tunneling, super lattices and miniband, quantum wells in electric fields, modulation doping and two-dimensional electron gas. Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors, pseudomorphic high- electron mobility transistors, heterojunction bipolar transistors, transfer electron devices, resonant tunneling devices.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. develop the ability to design heterojunction FETs by optimizing semiconductor material parameters
b. teach students the basic heterostructure properties
c. explain how to solve problems related to potential barrier and tunneling and two-dimensional electron gas
d. teach properties of HEMT, MODFET, HBT, etc.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 409 Solar Cells and Systems

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Physics of photovoltaic (PV) cells, the diode model and IV characteristics, cell efficiency, maximum power point and fill factor, maximizing PV cell performance, solar energy and solar radiation, air mass (AM), solar insolation, optical absorption, absorption co-efficient, enhancing the absorption in a PV cell, exotic junctions, heterojunction, schottky junction, graded and multijunction/tandem solar cells, overview of battery technology, types, structure and operation mechanism, battery capacity, state of charge (SOC) and depth of discharge (DOD), issues involved with over-charging, under-charging and over-discharging, internal resistance, sulfation and gassing effect, requirements and strategies for charge control, battery safety and maintenance issues, design considerations for a stand-alone PV system.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. introduce to the students the physics of photovoltaic (PV) cells, solar energy and solar radiation.
b. enable students to identify and appreciate different factors that affect cell performance and the techniques to address those issues.
c. introduce to the students the basic components of a photovoltaic system, such as, battery and charge controller, and provide them with a foundation for analyzing and designing a complete stand-alone PV system.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 410 Computer Architecture

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B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
A systematic study of the various elements in computer design, including circuit design, storage mechanisms, addressing schemes, and various approaches to parallelism and distributed logic. Information representation and transfer; instruction and data access methods; the control unit; hardware and micro programmed; memory organization; RISC and CISC machines.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are:
a. Introduce different processor technologies, performance matrices and representation of numbers and arithmetic operations.
b. Introduce MIPS architecture, demonstrate its instruction formats, their data path designing process and translation of simple C/Java code snippets to MIPS assembly language.
c. Teach how to recognize pipelining hazards and different techniques for overcoming them.
d. Introduce and explain memory hierarchy and performance analysis.
e. Introduce parallel architecture and parallel programming.
f. Make aware the importance and impact of energy-efficient computer architecture in environment

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 411 VLSI Design
EEE 411L VLSI Design Laboratory – v3
EEE 412 VLSI Design Laboratory (1.5 credits) – v1, v2

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
VLSI Design is a senior level course for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering major. The course covers the fundamental aspects of the design of a Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuit commonly known as IC or simply as chip. Basic trend in integrated circuit industry over the years involving different generations of integrated circuits are introduced in this course which lead to CMOS circuit design, capacitance and delay measurement and considerations. The students are introduced to the different steps of fabrication technology. Students learn structured design, PLA, subsystem design and memory elements designs in schematic and layout. The students are introduced to Verilog as hardware description language for synthesis of combinational and sequential devices and finite state machines.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. Introduce the fundamentals, implementation and applications of VLSI.
b. Provide students with sound understanding of fabrication technology and layout design of VLSI chips.
c. Introduce designing and using different systems including clocked sequential circuits, PLAs and memory systems.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
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Text and Reference Books:

EEE 413 Digital System Design
EEE 413IL Digital System Design Laboratory
EEE 414 Digital System Design Laboratory (1.5 credits) - v1, v2

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Design using MSI and LSI components. Design of memory subsystem using SRAM and DRAM. Design of various components of a computer: ALU, memory and control unit: hardwired and micro programmed. Microprocessor based designs. Computer bus standards. Design using special purpose controllers, floppy disk controller. Digital control system. Computers in telecommunication and control. This course has 3 hours/week mandatory integrated laboratory session (EEE413IL).

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. Explain concepts and terminology of digital electronics system design.
b. Use of hardware description language (VHDL).
c. Design and implement combinatorial and synchronous logic circuits using reprogrammable logic devices.
d. Design of MSI, LSI components and memory subsystem.
e. Design of various components of computer, and design of digital system using different BUS standard protocols (I2C, UART, USB, SPI, RS 485).
f. Design and evaluate a solution to a digital design problem using FPGA.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 415 Analog Integrated Circuit Design

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
Single and Multiple Transistor Amplifiers: Common emitter, common collector and common base configurations, cascade and cascade configurations, Darlington pair and the super source follower, BiCMOS amplifier. Differential Pair: DC characteristics, small signal analysis, differential and common mode operation, common mode rejection ratio (CMRR), input offset voltage and current, Current Mirrors: general properties, gain, error and sources of error, Cascode and Wilson current mirrors, active loads. Voltage and Current References: Wilder current source, peaking current source, supply and temperature insensitive biasing, self-biasing. Output stage: Class A, class B, and class AB output stages, class B push-pull configuration, overload protection. Operational Amplifiers: dc analysis, small signal analysis, transconductance stages, CMRR, input offset voltage and current, design considerations.

C. Course Objective:
The objectives of this course are to
a. introduce to the students various concepts and techniques of designing and constructing analog integrated electronic circuits.
b. enable students to develop the sound understanding of and ability to design and analyze basic analog integrated electronic circuit building blocks, such as, Multi-Stage Amplifiers, Differential Pairs, Current Sources and Current Mirrors, Active Loads, etc.
c. provide students with a foundation for analyzing and designing a complete analog integrated electronic circuit system, such as op amp, using the basic analog integrated circuit building blocks.

D. Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

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EEE 493 Special topic in Electronics

A. Course General Information:

B. Course Catalog Description (Content):
This course will explore an area of current interest in Electronics area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The emphasis will be on thorough study of a contemporary topics in Electronics area within EEE, and the course will be made accessible to students with an intermediate, undergraduate EEE background. The syllabus should be approved by the department chair prior to commencement of the term, and a detailed description will be provided before the registration period.