ECE 401: Electro-Acoustical Engineering

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401 Electro-Acoustical Engineering. Irr.; 3 cr (P-I). Principles of plane and spherical sound waves; acoustical, mechanical, and electrical analogies; electroacoustic transducer materials and techniques; specific types of transducers such as microphones and loudspeakers. P: ECE 330, 340 or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 330
ECE 340

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Ability to solve/understand circuits;
Familiarity with Fourier & Laplace transforms, general frequency domain concepts.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

"Acoustics," L. Beranek, American Institute of Physics.

Course objectives

Students will gain the ability to analyze and design a range of acousitcal systems from an engineering perspective (e.g., loadspeakers, microphones, certain classes of musical instruments).

Topics covered

Terminology (SPL, intensity, impedance)
The wave equation
Electro-mechanical-acoustic analogies (lumped acoustic elements, equivalent circuits)
Sound radiation
Microphones
Loudspeakers (Thiele/Small parameters, closed and ported boxes, horns)
Musical instruments (equivalent circuits, radiation patterns, excitation and impedance considerations)

Class/laboratory schedule

Two 75 minute lectures per week.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

manufacturability environmental health and safety

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

knowledge of measurement techniques and experimental procedures in core electrical and computer engineering applications advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Bi-weekly homeworks assessing both analysis and elementary design skills;
Midterm exam assessing analysis and design skills;
Final project emphasizing design skills.

Person(s) who prepared this description

William A. Sethares

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Date last modified: 18-Jul-2007
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