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| EL 125 Electric Circuit Analysis I |
FA 4 s.h. |
The first course offered in both the Electrical and Computer Technology curriculums. The course investigates the fundamental concepts of voltage, current, and power as applied to both DC and AC circuits and introduces superposition and Thevenin's Theorem. The course investigates the nature of resistance, inductance, capacitance, magnetism, and electromagnetism. The course also develops competencies in electronic tests, measurement methods, and troubleshooting techniques. Prerequisites: Math Course I. Two-year degree students should also be enrolled in MA 151 or 157. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 2.
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| EL 126 Electric Circuit Analysis II |
FA 4 s.h. |
A continuation of EL 125 where analysis methods such as Superposition, Mesh, Nodal, Thevenin’s Theorem, and Norton’s Theorem are applied to DC, AC, and mixed source electronics circuits. Complex numbers are applied to AC circuit analysis. The course studies concepts of power factor, power factor correction, and maximum power transfer. It uses computer simulation using software to understand circuit transient response and to measure the effects of component tolerance variation and frequency change. It presents many laboratory investigations into resonant circuits and basic filter circuits. Prerequisites: EL 125. Co-requisite: MA 154 or 158. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 2.
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| EL 129 Semiconductor and Fiber Optics Technology |
3 s.h. |
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This course describes the fabrication process involved in producing integrated circuits, semiconductor devices and fiber optic components. Students are introduced to the steps in the design, fabrication, and testing of integrated circuits and will become familiar with the technologies used in silicon wafer manufacturing, photolithography, and clean room environments. The theory of fiber optic materials, interfaces and systems is introduced. Students will become familiar with fiber optic cable construction, single mode and multimode fiber, wave propagation, termination and testing methods.
Hours of class per week: 2. Hours of lab per week: 2.
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| EL 132 Digital Electronics |
4 s.h. |
The course introduces Boolean logic and the digital devices necessary to produce digital computing and control circuitry. The course covers such fundamental AND, OR, INVERT, NAND, and NOR devices as well as more complex devices such as latches, flip-flops, one-shots, RAM and ROM. Digital circuits studied include counters, registers, shift registers, arithmetic units, error detection and correction, programmable logic, and state machines. The course introduces the student to industry standard combinatorial and sequential design techniques and places a strong emphasis on developing design skills. The content of this course provides the necessary background to understand computer architecture concepts covered in EL126. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 3.
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| EL 229 Electronics I |
FA 4 s.h. |
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An introduction to the theory, design and application of circuits used in the electronics field. Specific areas of study include diodes, rectifiers, filters, regulators, transistor characteristics, transistor bias, small and large signal amplifiers. Prerequisites: EL 125. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 3.
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| EL 230 Linear Electronics |
SP 3 s.h. |
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The course delves deeper into the material developed in EL 229 and investigates additional circuit concepts. It studies the high and low frequency response of amplifiers, using Bode diagrams. Other topics include feedback, oscillators, switching circuits, op amps, and the field effect transistor. In addition, it introduces waveform analysis using the frequency domain. Prerequisite: EL 229. Hours of class per week: 2. Hours of lab per week: 3.
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| EL 234 Telecommunications |
SP 4 s.h. |
The course introduces the theory governing electronic communication elements and discusses the various systems used to accomplish communication tasks. Theories covered include radio wave propagation, antennas, transmission lines, frequency and time division multiplexing, and modulation techniques. Systems studied include AM & FM transmitters and receivers, telephone and data communications. Prerequisites: EL 125. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 2.
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| EL 235 Industrial Electronics & Robotics |
SP 4 s.h. |
Students study the theory and operation of semiconductor devices and systems used in industrial controls including fundamentals and applications of robotics. They become familiar with and are able to troubleshoot and repair controls containing semi-conductor devices such as SCRs, photoelectric devices, timing circuits, UJTs, speed controls for DC motors, and controls for AC motors and lighting systems. The course includes sensing mechanisms, programming, interfacing and other industrial applications of robotic units. These items are assembled and tested for performance in lab. Prerequisite: EL 125. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 3.
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| EL 236 Introduction to Microprocessors |
FA 4 s.h. |
| The course provides an understanding of microprocessor computer architecture. Students learn the hardware and programming details of a microprocessor system. Topics include microprocessor system organization, registers, memory, addressing, machine language programming, interrupts and interfacing. Additional topics include memory technologies, memory system interfacing and programmable logic devices (PLDs). Prerequisite: EL 232 or equivalent. Hours of class per week: 3. Hours of lab per week: 3. | |
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