Electronics Engineering Courses
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 202 |
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Course Name |
Engineering Drawing Using Computer |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
None |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Prof. Adnan Alsmadi |
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Course Description |
Includes creating a technical drawing with the use of computer software (Autocad) with figures and curves in 2D space or curves and surfaces in 3D space. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 205 |
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Course Name |
Communication Skills |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
BME 152 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Ma'moun AL-Tantawi |
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Course Description |
Understanding of how to communicate effectively; Specific techniques for avoiding communication pitfalls; Tips and tools for improving communication at the individual and team level; a proven process for developing and delivering presentations; Principles of organizing, developing, job search skills, writing personal and technical information and job interview skills. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 250 |
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Course Name |
Electronics I |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
EPE 220 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Abdallah Ababneh |
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Course Description |
The goal of this course is to help students develop the knowledge and understanding of semiconductor devices. Topics discussed in this course include: P-N junction diodes, diode applications (rectification, regulation, clipper, voltage multipliers), bipolar junction transistor (construction, operation, biasing and stability, DC and AC modelling of BJT, design of CB, CE and CC amplifiers), field effect transistor (construction, operation, JFET, MOSFETS, AC modelling of JFET, design of FET amplifiers, CS, CD, CG amplifiers), transistors as switches. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 251 |
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Course Name |
Electronics I Lab |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 250 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Abdallah Ababneh |
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Course Description |
Hands-on experience on topics that are theoretically covered in the electronics I course including Diode characteristics (Si diodes, Zener diode, and LED), small and large signal diode circuits, rectification and regulation circuits, clippers and clampers, BJT characteristics (CB, CE and CC), JFET characteristics (CS, CD, and CG), BJT and JFET AC- parameters, biasing of BJT and JFET circuits, BJT- amplifiers, JFET amplifiers. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 340 |
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Course Name |
Semiconductor Electronics |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 250 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Osama Khreis |
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Course Description |
This course introduces undergraduate students in electronic engineering to the fundamentals, basic principle and operations of semiconductor based electronic devices. Topic covered are: crystalline structure, introduction to quantum concepts and atomic spectra, band theory of solids, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, mobility, conductivity and resistivity, recombination processes, diffusion of excess carriers, p-n junctions. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 350 |
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Course Name |
Electronics II |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 250 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Ahmad Dagamseh |
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Course Description |
Systems Approach: Two-Port System, Frequency Response of BJT and FET amplifiers (upper, lower, and bode plot), Compound configurations: devices (Darlington and feedback pairs), Circuits (cascode and cascade amplifiers, differential amplifiers, current mirrors and current sources), Operational Amplifiers: Construction, Operation, Characteristics and Applications (Integrator, differentiator, Instrumentation, filters…etc.). Oscillators (types and applications). TTL logic family, MOSFET logic circuits. D/A and A/D converters. Power amplifiers: (A, B, and AB). |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 351 |
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Course Name |
Electronics II Lab |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
CPE 344 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Ahmad Dagamseh |
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Course Description |
Hands-on experience on topics that are theoretically covered in the electronics II course including Frequency Response of BJT and FET Amplifiers, Cascode and Cascade amplifiers such as (Direct Coupled Amplifiers, RC- Coupled Multistage Amplifiers, BIFET Cascode Amplifiers, Differential Amplifiers, Feedback Amplifiers), Compound Configuration of Transistors, , Operational Amplifiers, and DC Regulated Power Supplies. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 352 |
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Course Name |
Electronic Design and Manufacturing |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 350, ELE 340 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Mohammad Al Smadi |
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Course Description |
Introduction to Electronic Design. PWB-Design Phase: Manual (Layout drawing methods and considerations. Eectronic Components. Artwork drawing, Drill plan drawing, Master _lm), Automatic (CAD, and Photo Plotting Imaging System).PWB Fabrication Phase: Manual processes (UV exposuring, developing, etching, Stripping, drilling, assembly, soldering), Automatic processes (CAM and Isolation Routing using CNC Machines) Post-testing. Multi-Layer Boards. Flexible PCB, Soldering and Re-working Techniques. Quality, Reliability, and Acceptability Aspects. Environmental Concerns in PCB Industry. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 353 |
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Course Name |
Electronic Design and Manufacturing Lab. |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 352 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Mohammad Al Smadi |
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Course Description |
Introduction to Electronic Design & Manufacturing. Safety (Electrical and Chemical). Circuit Testing (simulation and bread-boarding). Manual design (Layout drawing methods and Master generation techniques), Automatic design (CAD and Photo Plotting Imaging System). Fabrication processes (UV exposuring, developing, etching, Stripping, drilling, assembly, soldering), Automatic processes (Isolation Routing using CNC Machines). Post-testing, packaging, and documentation. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 402 |
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Course Name |
Computer Aided Design |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 351 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Zaid Albataineh |
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Course Description |
Introduction to various software packages used in Electronics engineering field e.g. MATLAB, pspice and apply tasks in various fields of electronics using these software packages. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 440 |
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Course Name |
Opto-Electronics |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 340 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Osama Khreis |
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Course Description |
This course introduces undergraduate students in electronic engineering to the fundamentals, basic principle and operations of semiconductor based opto-electronic devices. Topic covered are: Introductory optical processes in semiconductors, photodetectors, solar cells, light emitting diodes, optical fibers, principles of lasers and semiconductor lasers. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 450 |
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Course Name |
Digital Electronics |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 250 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Idrees Al-kofahi |
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Course Description |
Characteristic of digital signals, characteristics of digital gates, logic families: TTL, TTL versions, ECL , MOS, CMOS. Timing circuits. Semiconductor memory organizations: ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, static RAM, dynamic RAM. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 451 |
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Course Name |
Digital Electronics Lab |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 450 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Idrees Al-kofahi |
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Course Description |
Hands-on experience on topics that are theoretically covered in the digital electronics course including basic logic gate (TTL, CMOS, DL, and RTL) experiments, A/D and D/A converters experiments. Timing circuits experiments, and Memory circuits experiments: ROM, EPROM, static RAM, dynamic RAM. The experiments on all topics vary from functional troubleshooting to gate and block level design implementation. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 452 |
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Course Name |
Integrated Circuits |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 350 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Husam Hamad |
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Course Description |
Differential amplifier characteristics and design, Operational Amplifier (characteristic, analysis , and design), CMRR, Linear Op Amp Circuits: voltage amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers, V/I and I/V converters, integrators and differentiators; Practical Op - Amp Limitations; Nonlinear Circuit Applications: voltage comparators, Schmitt triggers, precision rectifiers, peak detectors, clippers and clampers; Other Linear ICs and Applications: V/F and F/V converters, log/ antilog amplifiers, analog multipliers, D/A and A/D converters. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 454 |
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Course Name |
Specialized Measurements |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 452 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Ahmad Dagamseh |
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Course Description |
Measurement Principles, Instrument types and characteristics, errors and noise, Signal processing (amplification, attenuation, filtration, linearization…etc.), Variable conversion elements, Smart sensors, Sensor technologies, thermal sensors (RTD, thermistors, thermocouples, vapor-pressure, solid state), mechanical sensors (displacement, strain, motion, pressure, and flow), optical sensors (photodetectors, pyrometer, optical sources), final control element ( operation, industrial electronics, actuators), Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level, Mass/Force, Translation, PH, and Rotational measurements. Data presentation. Reliability. Design Project. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 455 |
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Course Name |
Specialized Measurements Lab |
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Credit Hours |
1 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 454 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Ahmad Dagamseh |
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Course Description |
Op amp characteristics; linear applications: voltage amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers, V/I and I/V converters, integrators and differentiators; Nonlinear Applications: voltage comparators, Schmitt triggers, peak detectors; Other Linear ICs and applications: V/F and F/V converters. Displacement and angular measurements, liquid flow measurements, PH, humidity, and conductivity measurements, pressure measurements, Temperature measurements, velocity measurements, optical transducers, spectrum analyzer (analysis and system identification), Control and instrumentation using discrete transducers. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 456 |
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Course Name |
Electronics III |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 350 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Adnan Smadi |
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Course Description |
Passive and active filters, Butterworth and Chebyshev filters, all-pass filters, second order active filters based on inductor replacement (Antoniou inductance simulation circuit), second order active filters based on the two integrator loop topology, single amplifier biquadratic active filters, synthesis of the feedback loop, switched capacitor filters; sensitivity; tuned amplifiers, single tuned circuits (FET and BJT), Transistor single tuned amplifier with tuned circuit, narrowband approximation, amplifiers with multiple tuned circuits (synchronous and stagger), phase locked loop (PLL) and applications, impedance matching, oscillator operation, tuned oscillator. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 458 |
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Course Name |
Power Supplies and Regulators |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 350 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Mohammad Alsmadi |
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Course Description |
The aims of this course are: Understanding of how to analyze and design linear and switching mode power supplies. Analyze and design linear and switching regulators. Learn about performance parameters of power electronic circuits. Studying of how to protect switching devices and Circuits. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 498 |
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Course Name |
Primary Project 1 |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
Passing 120 CR + ELE 205 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Chairman |
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Course Description |
Theoretical investigation and practical implementation of special projects under the supervision of an academic member of the faculty. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 500 |
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Course Name |
Field Training |
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Credit Hours |
6 |
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Pre-requisites |
Passing 120 CR |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Chairman |
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Course Description |
Four months training period provides students with a practical experience about their field. Students are introduced to and gain practical experience in several state-of-the-art techniques/methodologies. Internships may take place in the industrial, commercial institutes, or in the university incubators. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 551 |
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Course Name |
Electronic Maintenance Lab |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 353 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Abdallah Ababneh |
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Course Description |
Hands-on experience on topics that are theoretically related to maintenance including: Electronic Maintenance (Defintions, Maintenance Types, General Rules for Personal Safety),Tools Used in Electronic Maintenance, Working Principle of Electronic Components and Testing each Component, PCB, soldering and DE soldering Techniques, Operating Manuals, Troubleshooting and Repair, Computer anatomy ,Install, Maintain and Repair of Computer Systems (PCs, Printers, Scanners, Digital Cameras). |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 574 |
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Course Name |
Communication Electronics |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 350 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Zaid Albataineh |
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Course Description |
This course will cover the design and analysis of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for communications. We will begin with an overview of RF and wireless technology and cover some fundamental concepts in RF design such as nonlinearity, sensitivity, and dynamic range. Matching and impedance transformation networks will be discussed, as well as S-parameters. Following this we will discuss transceiver architectures (Heterodyne, Direct Conversion, etc.), and review modulation and upconversion concepts. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 575 |
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Course Name |
Applications of Microcontrollers |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 450 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Zaid Albataineh |
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Course Description |
Review of PIC's architectures, review of PIC programming, Review of Transducers and measurements, and the following PIC Applications: Measurements and control using PIC. Data transmission to PC using PIC (Parallel, RS232, Bluetooth, etc). Data transmission using GSM and GPRS. Complete system (Measurement of a variable, processing the signal, displaying the signal, sending the data using any of the above protocols), PLC programming, introduction to FPGA. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 576 |
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Course Name |
Industrial Electronics |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 452 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Yusra Obeidat |
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Course Description |
Basic ON and OFF control devices, Thermal, Optical and Magnetic transducers and signal conditioning circuitry, Unijunction transistors, Thyristor control circuits, Power sources, Analog and Digital motor's control circuitry. Automated machine technology and robotics. Applications of pulse and timing control circuits. Control circuits for industrial applications. |
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Course Code and Number |
ELE 598 |
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Course Name |
Graduation Project 2 |
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Credit Hours |
3 |
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Pre-requisites |
ELE 498 |
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Status |
Required |
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Course Coordinator |
Chairman |
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Course Description |
Theoretical investigation and practical implementation of special projects under the supervision of an academic member of the faculty. |