ECE 601: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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ECE 601 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering [Tpc: Mobile Computing Lab], Fall09 (1) Sections: 001

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ECE 601 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering [Topic:All of Signal Processing], Spring09 (1) Sections: 001

ECE 601 Topics-Elec&Computer Engr [Tpc: Mobile Computing Lab], Fall08 (Lipasti) Sections: 001

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Catalog Description

601 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Irr; 14 cr. Advanced topics of special interest to students in various areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering. P: Jr st & cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

ECE 352

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Understanding and application of Boolean algebra
Ability to perform basic digital logic design
Ability to do basic programming

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Michael D. Ciletti, Modeling, Synthesis, and Rapid Prototyping with the Verilog HDL, Prentice Hall, 1999.
On-line course lecture notes
Manuals for Modelsim and Synopsys EDA tools

Course objectives

Develop ability to use a hardware description language, simulation, and a logic synthesis tool in the design and verification of digital circuits
Understand design in a contemporary environment resulting from the use of sub-micron implementation technologies and design reuse.

Topics covered

Pragmatic Design Issues
Verilog Hardware Description Language
VHDL Hardware Description Language
Logic Synthesis
Design using Timing Constraints
Physical Design and Its Relation to Logic Synthesis
Design Reuse and Intellectual Property Cores

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.

economic manufacturability

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.

developing advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area ability to apply Boolean logic and techniques of discrete mathematics in design and analysis of digital circuits, systems, and algorithms ability to extract a well-posed electrical and computer engineering design problem from more broadly specified system goals

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Students are assessed via graded homework, a midterm and final examination, and an application-specific integrated circuit design project which takes into account both cost and performance.

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