Microelectronics Lab

Director	Mr. Dave Bell
Founded	1986
Description	The Microelectronics Laboratory has a dual focus of providing basic courses in electronics technology for all students and R&D opportunities for advanced students. The basic courses in electronics technology are offered as semester electives at two different levels: Analog Electronics and Digital Electronics at Level I; Microprocessor Systems and Audio Electronics at Level II. The R&D opportunities are for advanced students who have taken at least two basic electronics technology courses. Significant opportunities currently exist in the areas of communications, arrayed sensors, advanced linear, mixed-signal, and instrumentation.
Projects	Real-Time Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing System Using QPSK Arbitrary-Constellation Quadrature Amplitude Modulation System Near-Field Communication Beamforming Techniques for Microphone Arrays Electronically-Steerable Arrayed Speakers Switching Regulator Design Switching Amplifier Performance Real-Time Digital Signal Processing for Audio Inertial Measurement with MEMS Accelerometers Instrumentation Amplifier Design Vacuum Tube Amplifier Design
Specialized Equipment	Tektronix MDO4034 Mixed-Domain Oscilloscope Tektronix MSO4032 Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes Xilinx ISE and Vivado Workstations for FPGA development
Sponsors/ Contributors	Lockheed Martin McWick Technology Foundation Northrop Grumman Association of Old Crows