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ECE-6314: Advanced Instrumentation in Power Systems

Description: Role of advanced instrumentation in monitoring, control and protection applications in power systems. Effects and limitations of instrument transformers, signal conditioning circuits, analog to digital (A/D) converters and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chips, time synchronization and sampling, output circuits and devices, and communication channels. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), protection algorithms, phasor and frequency measurements.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ECE-5314

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.88 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 74.44%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Virgilio A Centeno201888.3%11.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.836
Chen Ching Liu2009100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.993

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