ELEC 7190. Advanced RFIC Design for Wireless Communication
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 5190 or ELEC 6190.
Wireless standards and multi-standard transceiver architectures, SiGe and CMOS RFIC designs for wireless transceivers, digital phase locked loops, software defined radios, phase array radars, and MIMO wireless transceivers.

ELEC 7250. VLSI Testing
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6770.
Exponential nature of the test problem, fault models, test generation algorithms, test generation for sequential circuits, fault simulation, testability measures, fault coverage, yield and defect levels, design-for-testability approaches, scan and boundary scan, IDDQ testing, mixed signal testing.

ELEC 7310. Advanced Electrodynamics I
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., Departmental approval.
Review of Basic Electromagnetics. Electromagnetic wave propagation in infinite and bounded media. Equivalence Principle, Uniqueness Theorem, Reciprocity, Green's functions and Plane wave functions.

ELEC 7320. Advanced Electrodynamics II
(3) lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7310.
Cylindrical wave functions. Spherical wave functions. Scattering by cylinders and spheres. Perturbational and variational techniques.

ELEC 7340. Computational Electromagnetics I
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 7310.
Solution of electromagnetic scattering, radiation, and coupling problems using method of moments, finite-difference, finite-element, transmission-line matrix and other advanced computational methods.

ELEC 7350. Computational Electromagnetics II
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 7310.
Solutions of electromagnetic scattering, radiation, and coupling problems using a variety of common asymptotic techniques including geometrical and physical optics (GO/PO), physical theory of diffraction (PTD), geometric theory of diffraction (GTD), and other variations.

ELEC 7410. Stochastic Signal and System Analysis
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., Departmental approval.
Applications of probability, random variables and stochastic processes in electrical engineering.

ELEC 7440. Wireless Communication Theory
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7410 and ELEC 3400.
The basics of design, analysis and performance limits of wireless communication systems.

ELEC 7450. Digital Image Processing
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., Departmental approval.
Digital image processing principles and applications such as enhancement, restoration and compression.

ELEC 7470. Advanced VLSI Test
(3) LEC. 3. Pr. ELEC 5470 and ELEC 6470.
Memory/PLA/FPGA testing, delay fault testing, test compression, in-field testing, cell-aware test, adaptive test, system-level test.

ELEC 7500. State-Variable Analysis of Systems
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., Departmental approval.
Matrices and linear spaces; state variables for linear continuous and discrete systems; applications in analysis and design of control systems.

ELEC 7520. Advanced Discrete Control Systems
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 7500 or departmental approval..
Discrete state modeling. Pole assignment and estimation. Multi-rate sampled systems. Non-synchronous sampled systems. MIMO.

ELEC 7560. Nonlinear Systems & Control
(3) LEC. 3. Pr., ELEC 7500 or departmental approval.
Principles of nonlinear system modeling and analysis: phase-plane analysis, describing functions, Lyapunov stability, Luré regulator problem. Nonlinear control systems design: Lyapunov design, differential geometric methods, variable structure control, integrator backstepping. Nonlinear system state estimation.

ELEC 7610. Power System Dynamics and Stability
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6620, ELEC 6650.
Dynamic models of power systems and analysis of power system stability.

ELEC 7620. Power System Operations
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6620 or departmental approval.
Unit commitment, power system security, state estimation, power system control centers and real-time applications.

ELEC 7630. Advanced Electric Machines  
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6630.
Advanced machine modeling, including Kron's generalized machine theory, Park's transformation, and generalized coordinate tranformations. Derivation of traditional machine models. Machine nonlinearities, including finite element analysis.

ELEC 7640. Power System Transients
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6630.
Transients in electric power systems, including lightning and switching phenonmena. Travelling waves on power transmission lines. Surge arresters, BIL, BSL, line insulation. System modeling.

ELEC 7710. The Field-Effect Transistor
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6710.
Advanced treatment of the modern field-effect transistor: the state-of-the-art, the MOS capacitor, the 4-terminal MOSFET, short and narrow-channel effects, dynamic operation, reliability, scaling theory, modeling, silicon-on-insulator technology, heterostructure devices.

ELEC 7720. The Bipolar Transistor
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6710.
Advanced treatment of the modern bipolar junction transistor: the state-of-the-art, terminal currents, solutions for arbitrary doping profiles, the polysilicon emitter contact, high-injection effects, dynamic operation, device models, heterojunction bipolar transistors.

ELEC 7730. Advanced Plasma Processing for Microelectronic Fabrication
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6750 or departmental approval.
Plasma reactor design and process optimization, plasma assisted etching and deposition processes, plasma assisted oxidation and surface modification processes, plasma polymerization, plasma induced damages to semiconductor devices.

ELEC 7740. Electronics Packaging
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6740 or departmental approval.
Design issues in the packaging of electronics. Emphasis is placed on physical design, electrical performance, thermal characteristics and mechanical stress induced failures.

ELEC 7750. Low-Temperature Electronics
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6710.
Advanced treatment of electronic devices operating at reduced temperatures: the case for cryogenic computers, semiconductor physics at low temperatures, carrier freeze-out, cooled CMOS technology, cooled bipolar technology, superconductors, packaging.

ELEC 7760. Silicon-Based Heterostructure Devices and Circuits
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 5700/6700 or consent of instructor.
Bandgap engineering, strained SiGe and Si, SiGe BiCMOS technology, noise, linearity, circuits applications.

ELEC 7770. Advanced VLSI Design
(3) Lec. 3. Pr. ELEC 6770 or departmental approval.
Review of CMOS logic circuits; impact of fabrication issues on design; high speed switching circuits; high performance memory structures; advanced clocking strategies and clock distribution; performance optimization; deep submicron design issues; ASIC design flow: logic synthesis, placement and routing; design verification; low power design.

ELEC 7780. RF Microelectronics
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., ELEC 6780 or departmental approval.
Techniques used in the design of monolithic integrated circuits for RF applications.

ELEC 7830. Photovoltaics
(3) Lec. 3. Pr., Departmental approval.
Theory, technology, design and application of photovoltaic devices and systems.

ELEC 7900. Independent Study in Electrical Engineering
(Credit To Be Arranged, 1 to 3). Pr., departmental approval.
May be taken more than one semester.

ELEC 7950. Electrical Engineering Seminar
(Credit To Be Arranged, 1 to 3). Pr., departmental approval.
May be taken more than one semester.

ELEC 7970. Special Topics 
(1-5) Lec. Departmental approval.
Study of a specialized area of electrical and computer engineering not covered by regularly offered courses. Course may be repeated with change in topics. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 24 credit hours.

ELEC 7990. Research and Thesis
(Credit To Be Arranged).
May be taken more than one semester.