Analysis and design of electronic circuits employing diodes and active components such as Bipolar Transistors, FETs and Op-Amps. Includes an applications-oriented design laboratory. Manipulation of discrete signals, Fourier analysis of discrete signals, z-transform, Discrete Fourier Transform, Fast Fourier Transform, Digital filter design, state variables. Topics covered include sample spaces, combinatorial methods, probabilities, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions, specific probability laws and their interpretation, introduction to random processes, practical EE examples and applications. Applies design principles and methods to analog and digital circuits.
Students design small systems.
Discusses the role of the engineer in the larger world, professional ethics and behavior, and techniques for a rewarding career and life. Also, discusses the development of proposals for the students' capstone design. The proposal must be completed in this course and approved by the senior project advisor. Graduating seniors only. Next to last semester enrollment.