Study of basic digital logic devices and systems. Topics include device symbology, Boolean logic expressions, truth tables and timing diagrams as well as the analysis of combinational logic circuits and their applications.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET115
Prerequisites:
Placement by Examination; or
MTH005
Construction of prototype logic circuits using various logic devices. Focus on the measurement of static and dynamic electronic characteristics of devices and systems.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET114
Prerequisites:
Placement by Examination; or
MTH005
Introduction to the basic principles of electronics and common solid state devices. Emphasis on basic electronic parameters such as current, voltage, resistance, inductance, and capacitance. Additional topics include series, parallel, and series/parallel circuits as well as discrete solid state devices, including rectifying diodes, light emitting diodes, photodiodes, zener diodes, bipolar transistors, and thyristors.
5 Credits: 3 Lecture, 6 Lab
Prerequisites:
Placement by Examination; or
MTH005
Introduction to the basic concepts and applications of computer and engineering technologies and the effects on professional and casual users, their employers and employees, and society. Applied skills include the use of current computer technology for data/information collection and organization; visualization, analysis, and interpretation of numeric computations; and the dissemination and presentation of solutions to engineering technology problems.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Fundamental concepts of operation, installation, and configuration of the hardware and operating system software for computer networks. Emphasis on the hands-on, practical experiences needed to service enterprise computing systems used in industry. Network topologies, protocols, cabling systems, and server operating system software installation and service configuration are covered, with an emphasis on entry-level skills for network professionals.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
MTH005 or Placement by Examination
Introduction to embedded controllers and field programmable devices. Topics include the architecture, programming, and basic interface practices.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET155, MTH181 or EET155, MTH183 or EET155, MTH191 or EET155, MTH240
Laboratory exercises complement the course work of EET154. Course work includes using a personal computer to generate programs to perform basic interface experiments.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET154, MTH181 or EET154, MTH183 or EET154, MTH191 or EET154, MTH240
Theory and laboratory practice in continuation of EET116, Electronic Circuits and Devices I. Application of Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Law extended to the analysis of electronic circuits. Study includes circuits with both active and passive components; circuits utilizing transformers; bipolar junction transistor amplifiers; FET circuits and amplifiers; and operational amplifiers. RC, RL, and RLC circuits will be analyzed with complex numbers. The application of these passive components in realizing basic filters and in resonant circuits will be presented. Course work includes building and measuring these circuits to compare their actual behavior to theoretical assumptions.
5 Credits: 3 Lecture, 6 Lab
Corequisites:
MTH180 or MTH190 or MTH181 or MTH191
Prerequisites:
EET116
Introduction to the numerous software tools needed to work successfully in the fields of electronics and computer engineering technology. Software covered includes those used for circuit design, simulation, and layout of printed circuit boards and assemblies; for data acquisition and analysis of electronics systems; and as PC interfaces with electronic equipment. Emphasis on current technology and standards.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Introduction to the programming of microprocessors and embedded controllers and the design of hardware interfaces with peripheral devices and systems. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET203
Prerequisites:
EET154
Introduction to integrated software development environments used to debug programs for microprocessors and embedded controllers and to test hardware interfaces to peripheral devices and systems. Spring Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET202
Prerequisites:
EET155
The Installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the hardware for local area networks will be presented with an emphasis on the hands-on, practical experiences needed to service enterprise computing systems used in industry. Network topologies, protocols, cabling systems, and system fault tolerance and diagnosis will be covered at a level needed for the technician to become competent in network operation and maintenance.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET205
Hands-on experience in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the hardware used in local area networks. Emphasis on the skills and techniques required to service the enterprise-networked systems used in industry. Cable plants, interface cards, internetworking products, and system fault tolerance and diagnosis will be covered at a level needed for the technician to become competent in network operation and maintenance.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET204
Principles of operational amplifiers, regulators, comparators, converters, and specialized linear integrated circuits. Study includes the associated circuitry to control and modify the characteristics of these devices. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Prerequisites:
EET156
Laboratory experience with a wide variety of linear integrated circuits. Measurement of these circuits and troubleshooting techniques are explored. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET206
Techniques and processes for developing practical circuit and systems troubleshooting skills, which are useful in situations inside and outside of the engineering technology field. Emphasis on advanced schematic reading and the use of test equipment to isolate and repair faults in electronic circuits and systems. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Study and application of standards-compliant structured cabling systems, covering the installation, certification, and troubleshooting of structured cabling systems, with a focus on the optical fiber system used in local area networks (LANs). Study includes an overview of structured cabling systems; an in-depth review of current ANSI/TIA and ISO/IEC industry standards (including, but not limited to, ANSI/TIA-526, ANSI/TIA-568, ANSI/TIA-569, ANSI/TIA-606, and ANSI-J-STD-607); discussion and hands-on experience with the rough-in, termination, certification, and administration of unshielded and shielded twisted-pair and optical fiber cabling systems; and the troubleshooting practices used to isolate and resolve faults. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Intensive study of routers, switches, and security concepts for Local Area Networks and enterprise networks in the Cisco Network Academy Program. Configuration and troubleshooting of routers and switches for advanced functionality using security best practices and resolution of common issues with network protocols.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Hands-on experience with the Natural Gas Well Site Training System. Topics include use of various gas measurement tools and techniques, industrial communication standards, and remote sensing as part of the natural gas production systems.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET250 or ELT245
Basic principles behind automated manufacturing equipment. Topics include theory of programming, applications, and interfaces for robots and peripheral equipment; theory, control, and hands-on applications of motors, hydraulics, and pneumatics. Includes laboratory work with automated manufacturing equipment such as robots and vendor I/O. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Continued study focusing on the evaluation, selection, and implementation of network hardware and host operating systems, focusing on the design, operation, implementation, and analysis of internal and external routing protocols. Topics include subnetting, class-full and class-less addressing, routing, network scalability and availability, operating system installation and configuration, and Virtual Private Networks.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET145
Introduction to Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) theory and applications. Emphasis on writing and debugging simply relay ladder logic programs, I/O modules specifications and wiring proximity sensors, basic motor starter circuits, electrical safety circuits, timers, counters, PLC communications and using PLC programming software. Fall Only.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET156
Introduction to process control theory. PID control of parameters such as: level, flow, pressure, temperature, etc. Control strategies and tuning techniques for the various dynamic conditions will be examined. P & ID symbology and schematic conventions are used. Single loop tuning, along with cascade and feed forward circuits, will be discussed in detail. Distributed control theory and strategies will also be covered. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Prerequisites:
EET248
Introduction to process control applications. Course work includes designing and implementing system control; tuning of computer-simulated processes and "real" processes; calibrating sensors, transmitters, and converters; examining and calibrating pneumatic controls; and configuring PID controllers. Spring Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET254
Introduction to motion control theory, applications and hands-on operation. Emphasis placed on stepper motor, servo motor control, modules and hardware design, motion profiles, interfacing with programmable logic controllers, and variable frequency drives. An introduction to vision system applications and interfacing to automated control systems will be incorporated. Spring Only.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Theory, application and hands-on operation in advanced programmable logic controller (PLC). Emphasis on analog I/O modules, software, arrays, sequencers, and writing and debugging complex relay ladder logic programs. Topics include process controls with proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithms in PLC usage, design, and development of a human machine interface (HMI) system for use with PLC devices using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), along with open platform communications (OPC) used with HMI software. Spring Only.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Overview of basic semiconductor industry processing equipment and materials handling procedures with a focus on maintenance, safety, environment, and health issues. Topics include cleanroom maintenance, safety, and health issues; vacuum pumping maintenance, environmental, safety, and health issues (covering direct drive mechanical, roots blowers, turbomolecular, and dry mechanical systems); furnaces maintenance, safety, environmental, and health issues (covering horizontal, vertical, rapid thermal annealing tools); chemical vapor deposition system maintenance, safety, environmental, and health issues (covering gas delivery, corrosive and flammable gas storage and plumbing, regulators, and mass flow controllers); and vacuum deposition/etching system maintenance, safety, environment, and health issues (covering microwave and RF power supplies and tuners, heating and cooling units, vacuum gauges, valves, and process controllers). Specific materials handling issues include DI water solvents, cleansers, ion implantation and diffusion sources, photoresists and developers, metals, dielectrics, toxic flammable, corrosive, and high purity gases, and packaging materials.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
In-depth study of the thermal processing necessary for semiconductor fabrication. Growth and annealing processes, which utilize horizontal and vertical furnaces, are examined as well as rapid thermal annealing. Topics include single crystal growth (Czochralski, float-zone) as well as wafer slicing, etching, polishing, epitaxial growth, and substrate (bulk or epi) specifications. Also addressed is the impact of thermal processing and thermal processing history on defects, gettering, impurities, and overall device properties. Students grow and measure gate and field oxides, implant and activate source and drain regions, and evaluate thermal budget requirements using state-of-the-art tools.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Basics of thin films, including growth, structure, mechanical properties, electrical properties, deposition equipment including atmospheric, low pressure, and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition and sputtering, thermal evaporation, and beam evaporation physical vapor deposition. Materials considered include dielectrics (nitride, oxide), polysilicon (doped and undoped), and metals (aluminum, tungsten, copper, adhesion promoters, diffusion barriers). Also covered are etching processes with emphasis on reactive ion etching (single wafer, batch), high-ion-density reactors (TCP, helicon, ECR, MERIE), and ion beam etching. Hands-on experience includes depositing and etching dielectric, semiconductor, and metal materials using state-of-the-art tools.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET271
Study covering all aspects of lithography from design and mask fabrication to pattern transfer and inspection. The first section covers the lithographic process from substrate preparation to exposure, with an emphasis on the nature and behavior or photoresist materials. The second section examines the process from development through inspection (both before and after pattern transfer), which includes an introduction to optical masks, aligners, steppers, and scanners as well as CD control and profile control of photoresists. The last section covers advanced lithographic techniques such as c-beam, x-ray, EUV, and ion beam lithography.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Examination of the manufacturing issues involved in metal interconnects, dielectrics and final device assembly. Aluminum, refractory metals, and copper deposition techniques and characterization are discussed in detail along with topics such as diffusion barriers, contact resistance, electromigration, corrosion, and adhesion. The importance of planarization techniques such as deposition/etchback and chemical/mechanical polishing is emphasized. Lastly, packaging procedures such as die separation, inspection bonding, sealing, and final test are examined.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Examination of a variety of measurements and techniques essential for device fabrication. Monitoring techniques, such as residual gas analysis (RGA), optical emission spectroscopy (OES), and end point detection, are discussed. Characterization techniques, such as SEM, XPS/Auger, surface profilometry, advanced optical microscopy, optical thin film measurements, ellipsometry, and resistivity/conductivity measurements, are used on real samples. Basic electrical measurements on device structures for yield analysis and process control are stressed, including breakdown measurements, junction testing, and C-V and I-V tests.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Specialized off-campus, industry-based work experience applies knowledge and skills developed during Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology instruction. The experience also provides a functional understanding of the work environment, hones interpersonal and technical communication skills, and enhances social and civic competencies. Conducted in accordance with explicitly defined guidelines and procedures. This internship experience requires a minimum of 300 work experience hours, but may include more hours depending on the individual needs of the internship experience. In addition to work experience hours, students are also required to satisfactorily complete the internship experience through a final employer evaluation or assessment.
3 Credits: 0 Lecture, 15 Internship
Topics include advanced circuit design of operational amplifiers as used in signal processing and filtering systems. Additional topics include signal preparation for sampling and conversion; translation of mathematical functions such as integration and differentiation into analog computational blocks; and diagnostic methods for circuit performance. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Prerequisites:
EET206
Construction and testing of analog systems developed in EET 300. Spring Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET300
Application of integrated electronics processes that interface electronic-controlled equipment for industrial operations. Emphasis on basic industrial electronics, industrial motion control, and process control system concepts.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Advanced study of program design for an embedded controller and hardware design used in practical digital systems. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET305
Prerequisites:
EET202
Hands-on use of integrated development environments to debug programs for an embedded controller and to test hardware, with the intention of implementing a practical digital system. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET304
Prerequisites:
EET203
Use of computer hardware and software to derive solutions. High-level languages, embedded controllers, networking, databases, and specific engineering applications software are used to solve problems. Emphasis on choosing appropriate hardware/software for engineering technology problems. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET124 and MTH182; or
EET124 and MTH190; or
CSC124 and MTH182; or
CSC124 and MTH190; or
EET124 and MTH183; or
EET124 and MTH191; or
CSC124 and MTH183; or
CSC124 and MTH191
Hands-on installation and commissioning of automated equipment. Emphasis on mechanical drawings, machine positioning, machine and component alignment, electrical connections, initial startup, electronics, automation software, and troubleshooting. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Theory and technique of electronic measurement and test systems. Topics include indicating, recording, and controlling systems for both analog and digital methods; standards of electrical measurement; sources of error and effects of noise; instrument limitations; and transducer effects. Computer-based data acquisition and analysis are emphasized with automated software support. A variety of sensor technology is included. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET321
Prerequisites:
EET311
Laboratory course to accompany EET320, Measurement and Tests. Construction and verification of test equipment, transducers, and systems developed in EET320. The design and development of an independent test system is required as part of the laboratory. Student-built transducers are tested and compared to commercial equivalents. Spring Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET320
Construction and packaging techniques for electronic circuits and systems. Topics concentrate on computer-based circuit design, schematic capture, and printed circuit fabrication methods. Surface mount and through-hole design methods are covered. Single-layer and multi-layer printed circuit board computer-aided design techniques are developed. Additional topics include design considerations for heat, radio frequency interference, power distribution, assembly testing, and production standards. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Hands-on experiences in the construction and testing of circuit boards and projects developed in EET 324. Surface mount and through-hole soldering methods in single and multi-layer boards, verification and design methods are practiced. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET324
Essential elements for understanding, designing, and troubleshooting control theory engineering applications. Fundamentals of continuous time systems commonly used in engineering applications and the problems associated with these systems. Spring Only.
4 Credits: 3 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET156 and MTH182; or
EET156 and MTH190; or
EET156 and MTH183; or
ELT254 and MTH182; or
ELT254 and MTH190; or
ELT254 and MTH183; or
EET156 and MTH191; or
ELT254 and MTH191
Introduction to digital signal processing systems, with an emphasis on commercial and consumer applications. Design and simulation of signal sampling, discrete Fourier transforms, and digital filters are covered in detail. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Corequisites:
EET401
Introduction to digital signal processing systems, with an emphasis on commercial and consumer applications. Implementation of signal sampling algorithms, discrete Fourier transforms, and digital filters are covered in detail. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 3 Lab
Corequisites:
EET400
Exploration of emerging technologies used within the electronics and manufacturing field. Emphasis on the research, development, and implementation of plans to design, install, and integrate these technologies while considering their social and economic effects. Comprehensive proposals with a focus on appropriate project management principles required. Fall Only.
3 Credits: 3 Lecture
Prerequisites:
EET258
Specialized off-campus, industry-based internship experience in project management, automation design, layout, installation, and troubleshooting that applies knowledge and skills developed during prior automation engineering technology coursework. Internship experience provides a functional understanding of the work environment, hones interpersonal and technical communication skills, and enhances social and civic competencies. Conducted in accordance with explicitly defined guidelines and procedures. Requires a minimum of 300 work experience hours but may include more hours depending on the individual needs of the internship experience.
1 Credit: 0 Lecture, 5 Internship
Prerequisites:
EET312
Basic principles behind vision cameras that are integrated with robotic equipment. Topics include theory of programming, installation, applications, and interfaces to robots and other automated equipment; theory, control, and hands-on applications of cameras with robots. Includes laboratory work with automated manufacturing equipment such as robots and conveyor systems as well as cameras. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Course will use different software to acquire data from Industrial controllers and display them to a user. Data storage and processing of the data will be covered. Different communication protocols will be discussed. Strategies on how the data is used and associated data standards will be discussed. This course will allow students to develop an understanding of data standards and how to implement then in an industrial automation project.
3 Credits: 2 Lecture, 3 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET258
Theory and practice of defining, planning, and cost estimating engineering problems. Emphasis on solving problems using the tools, techniques, and practices common to industry and the engineering profession. Coursework includes a formal capstone project proposal, which will serve as the plan for an approved project for the Senior Project Implementation. Fall Only.
1 Credit: 1 Lecture
Individualized learning experience in which the student, working under a faculty mentor, completes and delivers the finished project as outlined during the lecture, planning portion of the senior seminar experience (EET 494). Successful completion of the project requires a finished project, including executive summary, an evaluation process, and a verbal presentation. Spring Only.
3 Credits: 0 Lecture, 9 Lab
Prerequisites:
EET494