Course Descriptions Catalog 129

Electronics and Telecommunications Course Descriptions- Catalog 129 2006-2007

ENTC 210. Circuit Analysis I (3-2). Credit 4. Electric and magnetic principles of components used in DC circuits; transient analysis; Ohm’s and Kirchoff’s laws, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, mesh and nodal equations; measurement of current, voltage, and waveforms with meters and oscilloscopes. Prerequisite: MATH 151. ENTC 211. Circuit Analysis II (3-2). Credit 4. Continuation of ENTC 210. Multiloop and multinode circuit networks; phasor analysis of networks, resonance, bridge circuits, Fourier components of waveforms, passive filter networks, frequency response, Laplace transformation, practice in measurements. Prerequisites: ENTC 210 and 250; MATH 152. ENTC 215. Introduction to Telecommunications (3-2). Credit 4. Survey of the telephone industry; analysis of modulations and multiplexing (FDM, TDM); introduction to transmission media (cable pairs, radio, satellites and fiber optics) and to switching (multistage, space and time division). Overview of the major services offered by several common carriers. Prerequisites: PHYS 208 for ENTC majors or PHYS 202 for non-majors. ENTC 219. Digital Electronics (2-2). Credit 3. Survey of digital applications, number systems, digital logic devices and circuits, microprocessor programming software. ENTC 249. Advanced Digital Electronics (3-2). Credit 4. Sequential logic analysis and basic design; computer-based design and simulation of discrete implementation of digital logic using MSI, programmable logic, and field programmable gate array devices. Prerequisite: ENTC 219. ENTC 250. Introduction to Electronics Technology (2-2). Credit 3. Hardware and software tools used in the electronics industry; software tools include LabView and PSPICE; designed for anyone who needs knowledge, awareness, and working familiarity of the software tools used in industry. ENTC 315. Local-and-Metropolitan-Area Networks (3-2). Credit 4. Design, operation, application, and management LANs and MANs; topologies, cabling systems, protocols, bridges, routers, hubs, switches, security; media and transport systems; Internet and TCP/IP topics including the protocol stack, router operation and addressing issues. Prerequisite: ENTC 215; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-lever) in engineering technology. ENTC 325. Telecommunication Services Analysis (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of topics dealing with: the telephone network from a regulatory point of view; reduction of telecommunication costs; WATS, FX, and PL lines; common carriers; PABX evaluations, operation and management; interconnect and by-pass; telex and related networks; introduction to traffic theory. Prerequisites: ENTC 215; STAT 211; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 345. Telecommunications Testing Technique (3-2). Credit 4. Testing techniques used in public and private telephone networks: attenuation and level measurements; linear distortions; bit error rates and related topics; fiber optic principles, link design and testing; testing copper cables. Prerequisites: ENTC 315; CPSC 206: admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology.

ENTC 349. Microprocessors (3-2). Credit 4. Microprocessors including types of circuits and how they function; architecture of microprocessors; instruction sets and how they are programmed. Prerequisites: ENTC 249; CPSC 206; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 350. Electronic Devices and Circuits (3-2). Credit 4. Semiconductor diodes, bipolar junction transistors, junction field effect transistors, operational amplifiers; diode applications, transistor biasing, transistor DC and AC models, operational amplifier theory; various transistor amplifiers in cascade and cascode configurations and operational amplifier applications. Prerequisite: ENTC 211; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 352. Introduction to Mixed-Signal Test and Measurement (3-2). Credit 4. Testing of mixed-signal circuits for signal processing and interfacing between the circuit under test and state-of-theart test equipment; concepts include test specifications, parametric testing, measurement accuracy, test hardware, DSP-based testing, analog and sampled-channel testing, and focused calibrations. Prerequisite: ENTC 350; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 355. Electromagnetics and High Frequency Systems. (3-2). Credit 4. I, II High frequency concepts including topics in basic electromagnetics, transmission lines, antennas, and RF circuit design; applications including wireless communication systems, fiber optic systems, and high frequency PCB layout. Prerequisites: ENTC 211; PHYS 208; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 359. Electronic Systems Interfacing (3-2). Credit 4. Computer-based data acquisition and process control using graphical development environment; interfacing techniques include digital input/output, analog input/output, counter/timer applications, common transducer/signal conditioning and data communication methods. Prerequisite: ENTC 349 and 350; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 369. Software Systems Technology (3-2). Credit 4. Technical aspects of digital computer software systems, with emphasis on embedded real-time systems, programming techniques, and development methodologies. Prerequisites: ENTC 349 and 350; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 415. Digital Transmission and Switching (3-2). Credit 4. Digital transmission and switching techniques used in telephone networks: A/D conversion; PAM, PCM, ADPCM, CVSD, LPC, vocoders; pulse transmission; line codes; TDM; DS1 and DS3 signals; digital switching; T, S, TSST, network synchronization; SONET; frame relay; ISDN; VoIP; ATM. Prerequisite: ENTC 215; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 419. Technical Project Management. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II Fundamentals of technical project management and associated topics; planning and approval activities necessary to prepare a formal technical proposal including scope, time, cost, quality, and risk for following semester’s technical design project. Prerequisites: Senior classification; approval of instructor; must be taken semester before graduation; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 420. Engineering Technology Projects (2-4). Credit 3. Team approach to analysis and design of basic industrial-level projects; use of standard components and proven design techniques. Prerequisites: ENTC 419; must be taken semester of graduation or by approval of instructor; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 435. Data Communications (3-2). Credit 4. Data communications concepts, theory and techniques including: transmission, encoding, decoding, error detection and correction, link control, networking, and standards. Prerequisites: ENTC 315 and 369; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology.

ENTC 452. Advanced Semiconductor Test and Measurement. (3-2). Credit 4. I, II Advanced test methodologies; emphasis on DAC testing, ADC testing, Device Interface Board Design, Data Analysis and Test Economics; provides hand on experience in Mixed-Signal testing using industry funded state-ofthe-art test equipment. Prerequisite: ENTC 349 and 352; admitted to major degree sequence (upperlevel) in engineering technology. ENTC 455. Wireless Transmission Systems. (3-2). Credit 4. System engineering aspects of microwave, satellite and cellular communication systems; power budget calculations, propagation analysis, systems descriptions; CNR, CIR; review of modulations practical engineering considerations. Prerequisites: ENTC 415; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 462. Control Systems (3-2). Credit 4. Fundamentals of real-time closed-loop analog and digital control (the proportional, integral, and derivative controller); distributed control systems, sensors, electronics, stepper and servo motors on a 16-bit microcontroller platform; design an autonomous vehicle; open industrial networks, such as Control Area Networks (CAN) and DeviceNet technologies, will be discussed. Prerequisites: ENTC 359 and 369; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 465. Private Network Design. (3-0). Credit 3. II Architectures of data and voice networks; network modeling and optimization; centralized and distributed network design; local area to wide area networks interfacing; private and virtual networks; network management; VoIP networks. Prerequisites: ENTC 325, 345 and 415; admitted to major degree sequence (upper-level) in engineering technology. ENTC 489. Special Topics in… Credit 1-4. Selected topics in an identified area of engineering technology. Prerequisite: approval of instructor.