45 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Faculty listed in 1976–77
Professor, Chairman K. D. Srivastava, B.Sc., B.E. (Hons.) (Roorkee), Ph.D. (Glasgow), P.Eng. f Associate Professor, Associate Chairman (Graduate Studies) Y. L. Chow, B.Eng. (McGill), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Professor, Associate Chairman, (Undergraduate Studies) E. L. Heasell, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Imperial College, London)
Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies L.A. K. Watt, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.S. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Minnesota)
Professors
Faculty listed in 1976–77
J. H. Anderson, B.Sc. (Leeds), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Manchester), P.Eng.
R. G. Anthes, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), P.Eng.
P. R. Bryant, M.Sc. (London), M.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
S.N. Kalra, B.Sc. (Punjab), M.S., Ph.D. (Illinois), P.Eng.
R. H. MacPhie, 8.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.S., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Faculty listed in 1976–77
R. S. Ramshaw, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham), P.Eng.
H. C. Ratz, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), S.M.(MA1.T7.), Ph.D. Saskatchewan), P.Eng.
J. Reeve, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Manchester), P.Eng.
D. J. Roulston, B.Sc. (Belfast), Ph.D. (Imperial College, London)
J. Viach, Dipl. Ing., C.Sc. (Technical Univ. of Prague)
Faculty listed in 1976–77
L. Y. Wei, B.S. (National Northwestern College, China), M.Sc., Ph.D. (lllinois)
E. Sadeh, B.Sc., (Technion, Israel) M.S.(Washington, St. Lowis), Ph.D. (Minnesota)
P. A. Vuorinen, B.A.Sc. (Tvronto), Ph.D. (London)
W. J. Wilson, B.E., M.Sc. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (Cambridge), P.Eng.
Adjunct Professors
H. C,. Card, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Manchester) Oct. 1/75 to Sept. 30/76
J. Carr, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo) May 1/75 to Apr. 30/76
Visiting Professors
W. A. Brown, B.Eng., M.Eng. (Melbourne), Ph.D. (Queens-Belfast) Sept. 1/75 to Dec. 31[75
K. C. Gupta, B.Sc. (Punjab), B.E., M.E. (Bangalore), Ph.D. (Pilani) Jul. 1175 to Jun. 30/76
i. N. Hajj, B.E. (Beirut), M.S. (New Mexico), Ph.D. (Berkeley) Sep. 1175 to Aug 31{76
Laboratory Director R. L. Wright, P.Eng.
Undergraduate Programme
Details of the undergraduate programme in Electrical Engineering may be found on page 98. Each course extends over one term only.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
14 Electrical Engineering 1
Kirchoff’s Laws, mesh current and node voltage equations, super-position theorem, phasors, measuring instruments, power factor and its correction, magnetic circuits, transformers, introduction tod.c. anda.c. motors and generators, polyphase circuits.
Prerequisites: GE112, Math 12, Math 21 or equivalent
32 Electrical Engineering 2
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 semiconductor devices.
A series of lectures by the E. E. Faculty and invited speakers surveying the areas of networks, devices, electronics, communications, computers, power, control, antennas, microwaves.
An introduction to digital systems, switching algebra, combinational logic analysis and synthesis. Minimization using map methods. Elementary treatment of sequential circuits including design of clocked circuits with specified transition tables. Number representation and arithmetic processes. Codes and parity.
Electromagnetic radiation. photoelectric effect, Compton effect; Wave aspects of particules; Structures of hydrogen atoms; many electron atoms: Solid State Physics, semiconductors, n and p-type materials, Fermi levels. mass action law, charge neutrality. diffusion; introduction to p-n junctions.
Introduction to network variables and laws, resistors, sources and simple circuits: resistance networks; capacitors and inductors; first order circuits, sinusoidal steady state analysis.
Principles of energy conversion by direct methods. 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.
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.
Safety in the laboratory, measurement errors, accuracy. The oscilloscope, d’Arsonval meters, rms and mean values, ac measurements, electrodynamometer instruments, bridges, the decibel, signal sources, transducers. Laboratory experiments.
A continuation of EE293; to include topics from: digital instruments, sampling oscilloscope, spectrum analysis, design of experiments, data handling, experimental technique: laboratory experiments.
Conditional probability and independence; Bayes’ Theorem; random variables; functions of random variables: distribution functions; applications to reliability and failure rates; marginal and conditional distributions: correlation and applications to regression and statistical testing.
Fourier series, periodic functions; Fourier transforms, non-periodic functions: The discrete Fourier transform, discrete time sequences; the Z transform, discrete time systems.
ECE 324Introduction to Digital Circuits and Computers
Number systems. Binary arithmetic in various number representations. Boolean Algebra and switching circuits. Analysis of combinational switching functions. Synthesis of synchronous sequential circuits. Digital Computer principles. Operating systems, compilers, assemblers. Case study of microcomputers.
Review of semiconductors. Boltzman relations; derivation of p-n junction, d.c. and a.c. characteristics: the bipolar transistor: derivation of d.c. and a.c. terminal characteristics, small and large signal models. Introduction to the insulated gate field effect transistor. (MOSFET).
Large signal amplifiers; biasing networks and stability; single and multi-stage small-signal amplifiers, the hybrid-pi model; high and low frequency cut-off effects; feedback amplifiers; stability; oscillators; noise in electronic circuits; modulation and detection systems.
Energy conversion by use of dynamic magnetic circuits. Translational and rotational transducers used in the electrical-mechanical energy conversion process. Prerequisites: EE261 or equivalent
Mathematical modelling of systems and components; introduction to simulation; characteristics of feedback systems: signal flow graphs; frequency response; system stability by Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Nyquist plot and Root Locus techniques.
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.
ECE 418Signal Analysis and Frequency Domain Methods 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 and demodulation techniques; channel and receiver noise.
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.
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: application of hybrid computers.
Programming techniques, including subroutines, recursive programs etc. Arrays, lists, pushdown stacks. Searching and sorting methods. Assemblers, compilers and interpreters. Operating system, resource management, time-sharing. Communication between computers.
Analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits. Review of TTL, ECL, and MOS digital components. Arithmetic processors for addition and multiplication, division etc. Computer sub-systems including memories, I/O devices, A/D, D/A and interfacing hardware.
Techniques for the design and realization of integrated circuit elements: Simple bipolar and MOSFET models. Current sources, d.c. level shifting, I.C. biasing, differential and output stages. Design and analysis of logic circuit elements and logic implementation: Active memories, RAM, ROM, shift registers.
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.
Continuous and discrete linear systems; linear transformations; finite field theory; polynomials over finite fields; matrix algebra, system decomposition.
Selected topics from: Applications of the MOST and JFET ta modern circuits. Design of operational amplifiers, IC temperature compensation. Power supplies, amplifiers. Differential, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers. Modulators, mixers, detector circuits. receiver front end design.
Selected topics from: switching characteristics of semiconductor devices, non-sinusoidal wave generation and shaping, voltage and current sweeps, binary circuits, and gates, digital integrated circuits, DTL, DCTL, ECL, and T?L.
An interdisciplinary study of acoustical physics, human response to sound and audio engineering; Main topics include: the physics of sound, electroacoustical systems, human audiology, acoustical measurements, and audio electronics.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of the basic techniques for measurerient and analysis of simple linear systems.
The steady state control of electrical machines; thyristors for power applications; steady state control of apparatus by power electronics; transient response of electromechanical translational transducers.
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.
Introduction to system concepts; coordinate systems, sequence impedances and transmission line constants; analysis of unbalanced systems protection techniques and fault analysis; voltage and reactive power control; power transfer and system stability; load flow; computer methods; transient response; introduction to HVdc transmission.
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.
Performance specification, synthesis of single-input single out-put system; state variable representation for continuous and discrete time systems; analysis of multivariable systems.
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.
499A, 499B Project
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.