ECE 201 Seminar
General Seminar.
202 Seminar
General Seminar.
Electrical Engineering (ECE)
35 courses in the 1973–74 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1973–74
Professor and Chairman XK. D. Srivastava, B.Sc., B.E. (Hons.) (Roorkee), Ph.D. (Glasgow) Professor and Associate Chairman J.H. Anderson, B.Sc. (Leeds), M.Sc. Ph.D. (Manchester) (Graduate Studies) Associate Professor and Associate J.V. Hanson, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Imperial College, London) Chairman (Undergraduate Studies)
Professor and Dean of Graduate L.A.K. Watt, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.S. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Minnesota) . Studies
Professors R.G. Anthes, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto) P.R. Bryant, M.Sc. (London), M.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge) E.L. Heasell, B.Sc, Ph.D. (Imperial College, London) S.N. Kalra, B.Sc. (Punjab), M.S., Ph.D. (llinois) R.H. MacPhie, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.S., Ph.D. (illinois) H.C. Ratz, BA.Se. (Toronto), S.M. (M.LT.), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan) J. Reeve, B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Manchester) D.J. Roulston, B.Sc. (Belfast), Ph.D. (Imperial College, London) J. Viach, Dipl. Ing., CSc. (Technical Univ. of Prague) - L.Y. Wei, B.S. (National Northwestern College, China), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Associate Professors 1.F. Blake, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Queens), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton) S.G. Chamberlain, A1.Sc., Ph.D. (Southampton) Y.L. Chow, BEng. (McGill), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) J.D. Cross, B.Sc. (Cardiff), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Carleton) G. J. Dufault, B.A. (Ottawa), B.Sc. (Carleton) J.A. Field, BE. (Saskatchewan), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) JS. Keeler, B.4.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto) W.D. Little, BA Se, MASc, Ph.D, (U.B.C) J.W. Mark, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster) W.N. Meikle, B.4.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto) R.S. Ramshaw, B8.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham) R.G. van Heeswijk, Dipl Ing. (Delft, Holland). T.R. Viswanathan, B.Sc. (India), DILESc. (L1.Sc.), M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Faculty listed in 1973–74
Assistant Professors J.D. Aplevich, B.£. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (Imperial College, London) T. Kameda, B.S., M.S. (Tokyo), Ph.D. (Princeton) J.C. Majithia, B.Sc, (London), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster) P.A. Vuorinen, 8.4.S¢. (Toronto), Ph.D. (London)
Research Assistant Professor 1.N. Hajj, B.E. (Beirut), M.S. (U. of New Mexico), Ph.D. (Bérkeley) Y.F. Lam, BS£E, MSEE, Ph.D. (Purdue) F.W. Gadzinski, M.Sc. (Kharkov), Ph.D. (Polish Acad. of Sciences) K. Singhal, B Tech. (IIT Kharagpur), M.S. (Colombia) Eng.Sc.D. (Columbia)
Visiting Associate Professors R.E. Crosbie, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Liverpool), (September 1, 1972 — August 31, 1973)
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Undergraduate Programme
_ Details of the undergraduate programme in Electrical Engineering may be found on page 138. Each course extends over one term only.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Kirchhoff's Laws, mesh current and node voltage equations, behaviour of RC, RL, and RLC circuits, steady state a.c. circuits, polyphase circuits, superposition theorem, transforms, electromechanical transducer principles; rotating machines, transistor amplifiers, introduction to power plants. | Prerequisites: GE122, Math 12, Math 21 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory alternate weeks, 2 hours tutorial alternate weeks, one term.
Kirchhoff's Laws, mesh current and node voltage equations, superposition theorem, maximum power theorem, time domain analysis of RC, RL and RLC circuits, phasors, measuring instruments, power factor and its correction, magnetic circuits, transformers, electromechanical energy transducers, introduction to d.c. and a.c. motors and generators, polyphase circuits. Prerequisites: GE122, Math 12, Math 21, or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, 3 hours tutorial alternate weeks, one term.
Introduction to the principles of instrumentation: transducers, amplifiers and readouts. Realization of these with emphasis on solid state electronic devices and circuits. The control of electric power with semi-conductor devices. Prerequisites: EE14 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, 2 hours tutorial, one tenm.
ECE 217 Numerical: Methods
Fundamentals of numerical methods, solution of non-linear equations, polynomial and zeros of polynomials, matrix methods and systems of linear algebraic equations, interpolation, estimation of parameters by least squares, numerical integration, solution of ordinary differential equations. Prerequisites: GE121, Math 25, or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial, one term.
ECE 233 Physical Electronics
Electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect, Compton effect; Wave aspects of particles; Structures of hydrogen atom; many electron atoms; Solid State Physics, semiconductors, effective mass, doping n-type, p-type, Femi level, mass action law, charge neutrality, conductivity, mobility, diffusion; Introduction to p-n junction, built-in potential. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial, one term.
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ECE 241 Electric Networks 1 4
Lumped circuits and Kirchhoff’s laws; circuit elements and simple circuits; first order circuits; second order circuits; linear time-invariant circuits; sinusoidal steady state; coupling elements and coupled circuits. Prerequisites: GE122 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory, 2 hours tutorials, one term.
ECE 261 Energy Processing & Conversion
Principles of energy conversion by direct methods and rotational machines. Magnetic circuits in non-homogeneous media. Excitation of magnetic circuits by dc and ac sources. Energy transformation in two and three winding magnetic circuits. Permanent magnets in magnetic circuits. . Prerequisites: EE241, EE271, or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 271 Electric and Magnetic Fields ~
Vector analysis; Coulomb’s law and electric field intensity; electric flux density; Gauss’ law and divergence; energy and potential; conductors, dielectrics, capacitance; experimental mapping methods; Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations; the steady magnetic field; magnetic forces, materials and inductance; time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations. Prerequisites: GE122 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory alternate weeks, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 301 Seminar
General Seminar.
302 Seminar
General Seminar.
ECE 316 Probability and Statistics Ud
Sample spaces, events, relative frequency, basic notions of probability; conditional probability and independence; Bayes’ theorem; random variables; continuous and discrete probability density function; cumulative distribution function; functions of a random variable; geometric interpretations of probability; marginal p.d.f.’s; expectation, variance, conditional expectation; correlation coefficients, Chebysher’s inequality; regression of the mean, law of large numbers. Prerequisites: Math 25 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial, one term.
ECE 324 Principles of Digital Computers . 342 Electric Networks 2
Boolean algebra, number systems and data representation; flipflops and registers; computer operation, control unit, instruction sequencing, arithmetic unit; storage organization; operating systems, compilers, assemblers, multiprogramming, multiprocessing and timesharing. Prerequisites: EE217 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
Review of sinusoidal steady state, node and mesh analysis; source transformations, Laplace transforms and applications; network functions; network theorems; two-ports; network graphs and Tellegen’s theorem; state equations. Prerequisites: EE241 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial, one term.
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ECE 351 Electronics 1
Review of doped semiconductors.charge neutrality, mass action law, equilibrium conditions. Boltzman relations; derivation’ of p-n junctidn, d.c. and a.c. characteristics; charge storage effects; the bipolar transistor; derivation of d.c. and a.c. terminal characteristics, small and large signal models. Temperature effects. Introduction to the insulated gate field effect transistor. (MOSFET). Prerequisites: EE233 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory alternate weeks, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 352 Electronics 2
Large signal amplifiers; biasing networks and stability; single and multi-stage small-signal amplifiers; use of the hybrid-p model; high and low cut-off effects; feedback amplifiers; stability; oscillators; noise in electronic circuits; modulation and detection systems. Prerequisites: EE351 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 362 Dynamic Energy Conversion
Energy conversion by use of dynamic magnetic circuits. Translational and rotational transducers used in the electrical-mechanical energy conversion process. Prerequisites; EE261 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory alternate weeks, I hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 372 Transmission Lines and Electromagnetic Fields
Transmission lines; distributed parameters; telegrapher’s equations; sinusoidal waves; terminated lines; matching with the Smith Chart; Electromagnetic Fields; Maxwell’s equations; plane waves; reflection and refraction, Poynting vector; waveguides. Prerequisites: EE271 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 380 Introduction to Systems and Control { ~ 391 Signals and Human Communication (Non Technical Elective)
Mathematical modelling of systems and components; introduction to simulation; feedback systems; system stability and analysis using amplitude and phase plots and methods of Nyquist; Nichols and the Root Locus. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorials, one term. 3 hours lab every 3 weeks.
History of signals and information theory; models, mathematical models; applications to language, music, art; cybernetics and applications. Advanced standing required. Prerequisites: Math 100 or GE 250 or consent of instructor. 3 hours lectures, one term.
ECE 392 Information in Science and Society (Non Technical Elective)
Information theory, measurement and observations; epistemology, inevitable errors, and determinism; technology in the industrial system; the role of the applied scientist; planning, motivation and enterprise; the organization, evaluation and survival of life and thought; the evolution of cultural complexity. Advanced standing required. Prerequisites: Math 100 or GE250 or consent of instructor. 3 hours lectures, one term. >
ECE 401 Seminar
General seminar.
ECE 402 Seminar
General Seminar. .
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ECE 425 System Simulation
A study of computer simulation techniques; principles of analog computation; models, scaling and procedures; digital simulation languages, computer simulation and investigation of continuous systems; differential equations, transfer functions, boundary value problems, system design; elements and application of hybrid computers. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory every third week, one term.
ECE 426 Switching Systems
Application of Boolean algebra to switching circuits; canonical forms for Boolean functions; analysis and simplification of switching functions; map and tabular methods of simplification; prime implicants; analysis of sequential circuits, synchronous and asynchronous systems; synthesis of sequential circuits; race conditions; static, dynamic and essential hazards. Prerequisites: EE324 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory every third week, one term. . Pa
ECE 427 Design of Discrete Signal Systems
The object of this course is to relate the realization of digital systems to device technology. Integrated circuit logic and memory elements; magnetic memory systems; serial and parallel systems, counters, A/D, D/A, I/O systems and displays; computer design and interfacing. Prerequisites: EE324, EE426, EE454 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, one term.
ECE 428 Communication Theory 1
Introduction to Fourier Series and Transforms and their use in the analysis of deterministic signals in linear systems; bandwidth, distortion and filter characteristics; input output relationships in linear filters; linear modulation such as AM, SSB, VSB and demodulation techniques; sources of noise in a communication system including channel and receiver noise. Prerequisites: EE316 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 429 Communication Theory 2
Probability theory and the description of random processes, the analysis of analog and digital communication systems including phase and frequency modulation of analog waveforms and pulse amplitude modulation, pulse code modulation for digital signals; the investigation of the performance of these systems in the presence of noise using various criteria, including probability of error and signal to noise ratios. 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, one term.
ECE 434 Quantum Electronics and Magnetics
Laser principle, solid state lasers, semiconductor injection lasers, gas lasers, laser applications, holography, ferromagnetism, spin waves, magnetic domains, diamagnetism and ‘paramagnetism, electron spin resonance, magnetic memories, bubble devices. Prerequisites: EE271, EE351 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial, one term.
ECE 435 Semiconductor Devices 1
Selected topics from the following: Review of p-n junction theory. Shockley-Reed recombination model. Drift mobility, dependence on doping level and electric field. Dielectric relaxation time, scattering mechanisms, ionization rates, breakdown mechanisms, avalanche, zener, backward and emitting devices. The SCR, IMPATT devices, Schottky diodes, MIS, varactor diodes. Prerequisites: EE351 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
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ECE 436 Semiconductor Devices 2 \
Planar technology. Crystal growth-bulk and epitaxial. Imperfections. Diffusion. Oxidation and oxide masking. Monolithic IC’s. FET’s, Shockley model, realization of JFET’s. DC Characteristics, £7 Cy switching behaviour freq. response. Nature of real surfaces, oxide-semiconductor interfaces. Depletion, accumulation, inversion layers. MOS devices, equivalent circuits, models for computer aided design. Prerequisite: EE351 or equivalent 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 443 Electric Networks 3
Topics from the following: general passive network functions; passive driving point functions; reactance functions and reactance networks; scattering parameters, reactive passive filters; active networks and active filters, digital filters. Prerequisites: EE342 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, I hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 446 The Algebra of Linear Systems
Continuous and discrete linear systems; linear transformations; finite field theory; polynomials over finite fields; matrix algebra, system decomposition. Prerequisite: EE380 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 453 General Electronic Circuits 54 Pulse and Switching Circuits
Selected topics from the following: Applications of the MOST and JFET to modern circuits. Bipolar IC’s. Design of operational amplifiers, IC’s, temperature compensation. Power supplies, narrow and wideband amplifiers, the cascade amplifier. Differential, low noise amplifiers, frequency response, power amplifiers. Modulators, mixers, detector circuits, receiver front end design. Prerequisites: EE352 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every 3rd week, I hour tutorial, one term.
Selected topics from the following: switching characteristics of semiconductor devices, non-sinusoidal wave generation and shaping, voltage and current sweeps, binary circuits, NAND, NOR, AND, OR gates and compatibility requirements, digital integrated circuits, DTL, DCTL, ECL, and T?L; the blocking oscillator. sy Prerequisite: EE351, EE352 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours open laboratory every 3rd week, I hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 459 Sound, Noise and Electroacoustics
An interdisciplinary study of acoustical physics, human response to sound and audio engineering. Main topics include: the physics of sound, electro-acoustical systems, human audiology, acoustical measurements, and audio electronics. Prerequisite: Knowledge of the basic techniques for measurentent and analysis of simple linear systems is required. Familiarity with simple electronic devices would be helpful. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, I hour tutorial, one term.
463, Energy Conversion and Power Applications
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The steady state control of electrival machines; thyristors for power applications; steady state control of apparatus by power electronics; transient response of electromechanical translational transducers; introduction to’ dynamic circuit ‘theory for the transient analysis of individual rotating transducers; protection of plant, power generation, ~ hydro, steam, tidal, nuclear, etc., superconductivity and power applications. Prerequisites: EE261, E302 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, I hour tutorial, project, one term.
ECE 464 High Voltage and Insulation Engineering
Nature and origin of high voltage surges encountered on power systems; travelling waves on transmission systems; insulation engineering: electrostatic fields in High voltage apparatus, insulation failure; corona; insulation testing; circuit breakers and surge protection devices; insulation coordination. Prerequisite: EE463 or equivalent. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial, project, one term.
ECE 465 Power Systems
Introduction to system concepts of power plant; coordinate systems including symmetrical components; sequence impedances and transmission line constants; analysis of unbalanced systems and fault calculations; per-unit systems; protection techniques and fault analysis appropriate to protection; voltage and reactive power control; power transfer and system stability; load flow; introduction to computer methods for power system analysis; transient response of power systems; introduction to HVdc transmission; economic considerations. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorials, one term.
ECE 473 Microwave Engineering
Rectangular and circular waveguides; simple waveguide discontinuity; periodic transmission systems; microwave scattering theory; ferrite components; klystrons; travelling-wave amplifiers; backward-wave oscillator; magnetron; solid-state microwave devices. Prerequisite: EE372 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory every 3rd week, I hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 474 Antenna and Propagation Engineering
An introduction to the theory of radiation and of antenna and propagation engineering; linear antennas, linear arrays, aperture antennas, frequency independent antennas, measurement theory; ground wave propagation, ionospheric propagation, plasmas. Prerequisites: EE372 or equivalent. 2 hours leetures, 3 hours laboratory every third week, ‘1 hour tutorial, one term.
ECE 481 Control Systems
Performance specification, synthesis of single-input single-output system; state variable representation for continuous and discrete time systems; analysis of multivariable systems. Prerequisites: EE380 or equivalent. 2 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorials, one term. 3 hours laboratory every third week.
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ECE 482 Control Systems 2 499A, 499B Project
Time and frequency domain methods for multivariable processes. Controllability. Observability. Observers. Continuous and discrete time systems. Indices of performance. Simple dynamic optimization. Stability. : Direct digital control. 2 hours lectures. 1 hour tutorial. 3 hours laboratory every 3rd week.
An engineering assignment requiring the student.to demonstrate initiative and assume responsibility. The student will select a project at the end of the 3B term from an approved list prepared by the Department. A short progress report at the end of the 4A term and a full report at the end of the 4B term are required. 4 hours, one or two terms.
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