Electrical Engineering

This course emphasizes hands-on laboratory experience and teaches students research background, relevant theories, and basic laboratory techniques relevant to their field of study. Students formulate a research plan, implement it by conducting experiment-based research, and convey the results in scholarly presentations. Students submit a written research report at the end of the course.

The Individual Research Training Senior (IRT Senior) Course is an advanced course of the Individual Research Training B (IRT B) course in the Tohoku University Junior Year Program in English (JYPE) in the spring semester. Though short-term international exchange students are not degree candidates at Tohoku University, a similar experience is offered by special arrangement. Students are required to submit: an abstract concerning the results of their IRT Senior project, a paper (A4, 20-30 pages) on their research at the end of the exchange term, and an oral presentation on the results of their IRT Senior project near the end of the　term.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program. The course is intended for advanced level students only. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. This course offers a study of electric drives. The course discusses topics including fundamentals of electromechanical conversion systems and fundamentals of electrical machines; DC machines; brushless machines with trapezoidal back emf; brushless machines with sinusoidal back emf; and principle of static conversion. The course discusses: the fundamentals of static and electromechanical conversion systems; the configuration of basic power electronic conversion systems, of main electrical machines, either direct current (DC) or alternate current (AC), and of electric drives used in automotive sector; the topology, control principles, input, and output characteristics of main DC and AC electric drives; modeling power electronic converters, control system, electrical machines, and full drive systems with reference to application for torque and speed control; and how to represent an electric drive in terms of energetic conversion system, for the integration in a multiphasic model of a vehicle.

This course is mainly designed for undergraduate students in the field of engineering, electrical engineering and computer science to provide basic knowledge on computer networks. The content of the course focuses on the analysis of the development trend of communication networks and its underlying principles; the design of communication protocols, and basic network performance analysis and simulation. The course covers Medium Access Control (MAC Layer), Network Layer, and Transport Layer. This course also provides the foundation for the "Network and Multimedia Experiment" course of NTUEE and other advanced courses on networking and and wireless networks. 

This course discusses fundamental concepts in instrumentation and measurements. Topics include: multimeter, signal generator, and oscilloscope; vector network analyzer; lock-in amplifier; interfacing sensors and digital systems; data acquisition equipment and virtual instrumentation; sensors; analog signal conditioning circuits; noise and signal-to-noise ratio; modulation techniques and circuit components; signal sampling and processing; analog to digital and digital to analog converters; digital signal processing.  

Prerequisites: Signals, Systems and Circuits; Electronic Engineering Fundamentals.

Building on basic circuit concepts, this course introduces the operating principles of transistors and how they are used in amplifier circuits. It discusses the foundational concepts of transistor amplifiers and analyses their performance. It also introduces operational amplifiers as a circuit component and describes how functional analog circuits, which can be applied to solving complex engineering problems, can be designed and analyzed using operational amplifiers. LTSpice is introduced as a circuit analysis tool. To augment learning, two laboratory sessions are included focusing on the topics of single transistor amplifiers and Op-Amp circuits, respectively.

This course covers the basics of semiconductors. Topics: Crystal Structure of Solids; Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and The Quantum Theory of Solids; Semiconductor in Equilibrium; Carrier Transport Phenomena; Nonequilibrium Excess Carrier in Semiconductor; Junction Theory and Diode; Metal Semiconductor Contacts and Heterojunctions (Metal Semiconductor Contacts and Heterojunctions).

This course introduces the integrated circuit process, basic theory and technology, equipment principle and application of each stage of the process, and emphasizes the cooperation of process integration and development of forward-looking component processes. The content is based on the CMOS process, and contains a discussion of various components. Content includes: Modern Electronic Device Technology; Crystal Growth, Wafer Fabrication and Basic Properties of Silicon Wafers; Semiconductor Manufacturing; Lithography; Thermal Oxidation; Diffusion; Ion Implantation; Thin Film Deposition; Etching; Back-end technology; Metallization and Chemical Mechanical Polishing; Process Integration and IC Processing Technology.

This course introduces the following topics: operating-system structure, processes, threads, CPU scheduling, process synchronization, deadlocks, main memory, virtual memory, and file-system interface. Students attend two UNIX tutorials. Prerequisite: a course in computer organization and structure.