ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING / 145


EE 629-FLUCTUATION PHENOMENA 2. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 628. Continuation of EE 628.
EE 630-ADVANCED CIRCUIT ANALYSIS. 3 credits
 Advanced techniques of circuit analysis.
EE 631-GENERALIZED NETWORK THEORY. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 630 or EE 634. Networks which are not necessarily linear,
lumped, passive and reciprocal. The gyrator. Extensions of classical methods to
more general networks.
EE 632-NONLINEAR CIRCUITS. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 630 or EE 634. Analytical and topological approaches to
nonlinear circuits; approximate solutions; nonlinear resonance; relaxation oscillations.
EE 633-COMPUTER-AIDED CIRCUIT DESIGN. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 533. Design objectives, performance functions, optimization
techniques as applied to circuit design; other state-of-the-art topics.
EE 634-INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK SYNTHESIS. 3 credits
 Network functions; impedance and frequency scaling; physical realizability;
2-terminal network synthesis methods.
EE 635-MODERN FILTER SYNTHESIS. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 634. Insertion-loss synthesis of 4-terminal networks; frequency
transformation; approximation problems; the potential analogy.
EE 636-TRANSFER FUNCTION SYNTHESIS. 3 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 634. Properties and realizability of 4-terminal networks. Syn-
thesis of transfer functions with ladders, lattices and parallel-ladder networks.
The prediction method.
EE 640-NOISE IN LINEAR SYSTEMS. 5 credits
 Passage of electrical noise and signals through linear systems. Statistical repre-
sentation of random signals, electrical noise, and spectra.
EE 641-THEORY OF COMMUNICATION 1. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 640. Filtering, modulation, and demodulation of signals cor-
rupted by noise; passage of electrical noise and signals through nonlinear filters
and systems.
EE 642-THEORY OF COMMUNICATION 2. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 641. Optimum receiver principles; analysis of digital and
analog communication systems in the presence of noise; modeling of communica-
tion channels.
EE 643-SIGNAI. REPRESENTATION. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 641. Complex variable representation of signals and noise.
Sampling and orthogonal expansion of deterministic and stochastic signals.
EE 644-SIGNAL DESIGN. 5 credits
 Prerequisites: EE 643, STA 612. Criteria of optimality in communication and
ranging systems. Ambiguity functions. Generalized ranging and communication
signals.
EE 645-STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 640. Hypothesis testing of signals in the presence of noise
by Bayes, Neyman-Pearson, minimax criteria; estimation of signal parameters.
EE 646-SPACE COMMUNICATIONS. 5 credits
 Prerequisite: EE 641. Telemetering systems, space communication links, satellite
communications systems, space tracking, and navigation systems.
EE 647-INFORMATION THEORY. 3 credits