Electrical Engineering (ELE)
45 courses in the 1977–78 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 1977–78
Professor, Chairman ; K, D. Srivastava, BSc, BE (Hons) (Roorkee), PhD (Glasgow), PEng
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman (Graduate Studies) Y.L. Chow, BEng (McGill), MASc, PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman
(Undergraduate Studies)
Faculty listed in 1977–78
J.D. Aptevich, BE (Saskatchewan), PhD (imperial College, London), PEng
Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies L.A. K. Watt, BSc (Manitoba), MS (Chicago), PhD (Minnesota)
Professors.
Faculty listed in 1977–78
J.H. Anderson, BSc (Leeds), MSc, PhD (Manchester), PEng
R.G.Anthes, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PEng
P.R. Bryant, MSc (London), MA, PhD (Cambridge)
E. L. Heasell, BSc, PhD (Imperial College, London)
S.N. Kalra, BSc (Punjab), MS, PhD (Illinois), PEng
R.H. MacPhie, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (lilinois)
R.S. Ramshaw, BSc, PhD (Nottingham), PEng
H.C. Ratz, BASc (Toronto), SM (M.1.T.).
Faculty listed in 1977–78
: PhD (Saskatchewan), PEng
J. Reeve, 8Sc, MSc, PhD, DSc (Manchester), PEng
O. J.Roulston, BSc (Belfast), PhD (imperial College, London)
J. Viach, Dip! ing, CSc (Technical Univ. of Prague)
L..Y. Wei, 8S (National Northwestern College, China), MSc, PHD (Illinois)
Associate Professors
Faculty listed in 1977–78
F. Blake, BSc, MSc (Queen's), MA, PhD (Princeton)
S.G. Chamberlain, MSc, PhD (Southampton), PEng
J.D. Cross, BSc (Cardiff), MSc, PhD (Carleton), PEng
G. J. Dufault, BA (Ottawa), BSc (Carleton)
J. A. Field, BE (Saskatchewan), MASc, PhD (Toronto), PEng
J. V. Hanson, BASc (Toronto), MSc, PhD (Imperial College, London)
T. Kameda, BS, MS (Tokyo), PhD (Princeton)
Faculty listed in 1977–78
J.S. Keeler, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PEng
W. D. Little, BASc, MASc, PhD (U.B.C.), PEng
J.C. Majithia, BSc (London), MEng, PhD (McMaster), PEng
J. W. Mark, BASc (Toronto), MEng, PhD (McMaster), PEng
W.N: Meikle, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PEng
V.H. Quintana, HE (Chile), MSc (Wisconsin), PhD (Toronto)
R. G. van Heeswijk, Dip/ Ing (Delft, Holland), PEng
Course Descriptions Electrical Engineering
Faculty listed in 1977–78
Assistant Professors M. 1. Elmasry, BSc (Cairo), MASc, PhD (Ottawa), PEng E. Sadeh, BSc, (Technion, Israel), MS (Washington, St.
Louis), PhD (Minnesota) W. J. Wilson, BE, MSc (Saskatchewan).
PhD (Cambridge), PEng
Adjunct Professors J. Carr, BASc (Toronto), MASc, PhD (Waterloo) May 1/76 to Apr. 30/77
Visiting Professors 1.N. Hajj, BE (Beirut), MS (New Mexico), PhD (Berkeley) Sept. 1/76 to Aug. 31/77
Laboratory Director R.L. Wright, PEng
Undergraduate Programme
Details of the undergraduate programme in Electrical Engineering may be found on page 109. Each course extends over one term only.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
EIE 14 W,F 30,1 %/eL,2T 50
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 to d.c. and a.c. motors and generators, polyphase circuits.
Prereq: Gen E122, Math 12, Math 21 or equivalent
EIE32 W,S 3C,1VeL,2T .50
Electrical Engineering 2 /
Introduction to electronic devices and their characteristics; integrated circuits; operational amplifiers; digital circuits and systems; electric power control using semiconductor devices and circuits; electronic instruments and instrumentation systems. Prereq: EIE 14 or equivalent
ELE 202 Seminar General SeminarS,F 1c .00
ELE 203 Concepts in Electrical Engineering
Listed without a description.
ELE 205 Advanced Calculus for Electrical Engineers 1(Math211) W,F 2C,2T 50
Differential calculus of several variables. Differential equations, Multiple integrals. Applications to Electrical Engineering will be stressed.
ELE 206 (Math 212) SF 2C,2T -50 Advanced Calculus for Electrical Engineers 2
Listed without a description.
ELE 221 Principles of Digital Circuits & SystemsW,F =. 3€,,1L,1T, .50
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.
ELE 233 Physical ElectronicsW,F 3C,1T .50
Particle and wave theory of light, photoelectric effect, Compton effect. Structure of hydrogen atom; 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.
ELE 241 Electrical Networks 1W,F 3C,2T 50
Introduction to network variables and laws, resistors, sources and simple circuits; resistance networks; capacitors and inductors; first order circuits, sinusoidal steady state analysis.
ELE 261 Energy Processing & ConversionS,F 30,1T -50
Principles of energy conversion by direct methods. Magnetic circuits in 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.
ELE 271 Electric and Magnetic FieldsS,F 3C,1T .50
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.
Course Descriptions BBS Electrical Engineering
ELE 293 Measurement and Instrumentation 1W,F 1C,9L 50
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.
ELE 294 Measurement and Instrumentation 2S,F 3C,3L 50
A continuation of El E 293 to include topics from: digital instruments, sampling oscilloscope, spectrum analysis, design of experiments, data handling, experimental technique; laboratory experiments.
ELE 301 Seminar General SeminarW,S 1c .00
ELE 302 Seminar General SeminarW,F 1c .0O0
ELE 316 Probability and StatisticsW,S 2C,2T .50
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. .
ELE 317 Signal Analysis MethodsW,S 2C,1T 50
Fourier series, periodic functions; Fourier transforms, non-periodic functions; The discrete Fourier transform, discrete time sequences; the Z transform, discrete time systems.
ELE 324 Introduction to Digital ComputersW,F = 2C,2L,1T 50
Information representation in binary systems. Binary arithmetic. Computer organization. Assembly language programming, basic programming techniques. Memory units, arithmetic logic units, control units, 1/O devices. Assemblers, compilers, loaders, linking. Operating systems, interrupts, program status. Computer case studies. Microcomputers.
Prereq: ElE 221 or equivalent
ELE 342 Electric Networks 2W,S 2C,2T 50
Review of sinusoidal steady-state, node, and mesh analysis; the Laplace transformation and applications; transient response of second and higher order circuits-
ELE 351 Electronic DevicesW,S
Review of semiconductor properties, Boltzman relations Derivation of d.c. and a.c. characteristics of p-n junctions and bipolar transistors. Small and large signal models Introduction to field effect transistors.
2C,3L,1T .50
ELE 352 Electronic CircuitsW,F
Large signal amplifiers; biasing networks and stability single and multi-stage small-signal amplifiers; the hybrid-pi model; high and low frequency effects; feedback amplifiers and stability criteria; oscillators; noise in electronic circuits. ‘
2C,3L,1T 5
ELE 362 Dynamic Energy ConversionW,S 2C,3L,1T .50
Energy conversion by use of dynamic magnetic circuits. Translational and rotational transducers used in the electrical-mechanical energy conversion process. Prereq: EI E 267 or equivalent
ELE 372 Transmission Lines and Electromagnetic FieldsW,F 2C,2L,1T 50 ‘
Transmission lines; distributed parameters; telegrapher’s equations; sinusoidal waves; terminated lines, matching with the Smith Chart; Electro-magnetic Fields; Maxwell's equations; plane waves; reflection and refraction; Poynting vector; waveguides.
ELE 380 Introduction to Systems and ControlW,F 2C,3L,2T .50
An introduction to control. Advantages of closed-loop feedback systems. The role of the system mathematical model. Block diagrams and signal flow graphs. The basic control system design problem. Stability in control systems. Frequency response analysis techniques.
ELE 401 Seminar General SeminarS,F 1c .00
ELE 402 Seminar General SeminarW ic .00
EI1E 407 W 2C,2T 50
Numerical Methods
Fundamentals of numerical methods, solution of non-linear equations, polynomials 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.
Course Descriptions Electricat Engineering
ELE 418 Signal Analysis and Frequency Domain Methods Introduction to Fourier Series and Transforms and theirS,F 3C,1T 50
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.
ELE 419 Communication SystemsW 3C,1L,1T 50
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.
ELE 425 System SimulationS,F 3C,3L -50
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.
ELE 426 Software EngineeringW 3C,3L 50
Block structured languages (Algol), actual and formal parameters, recursion, formal description, relationship to machine code. Structured programming. Data structures, arrays, lists, stacks, associative structures. Searching and sorting. Compilers. Operating system organization, co-operating processes, process synchronization primitives.
Prereq: El E324 or equivalent
EI1E 427 S.F 3C,2L 50
Digital Hardware Engineering
Analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits. Design with MSI/LSI chips. Arithmetic processors. Computer subsystems and !/O interfacing. Microprocessor applications.
Prereq: El E 221, E1E324 or equivalent
ELE 434 Quantum Electronics and MagneticsW 2C,2T .50
Laser principles: solid state, semiconductor and gas lasers. Laser applications, holography. Ferromagnetism, ferrimagnetism, diamagnetism and paramagnetism, electron spin resonance, core and bubble memories.
ELE 435 Semiconductor Devices 1S,F 3C,1T .50
This course deals with the theory and characteristics of modern semiconductor devices; SCRs, power rectifiers, MOSFETs, JFETs, radiation detectors, solar cells, LEDs, CCDs, IMPATT and Gunn effect devices, step recovery diodes, P-I-N diodes, Schottky diodes, memory devices.
ELE 436 Semiconductor Devices 2W 3C,1T -.50
Techniques for the design and realization of discrete and integrated circuit elements; bipolar, JFET and MOSFET models. Integrated circuit biasing. Design and implementation of logic circuit elements. Semiconductor memories; RAMs, ROMs, shift registers.
ELE 443 Electric Networks 3W 3C0,1T -50
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.
ELE 446 Linear SystemsS,F
Three types of linear multivariable systems are studied: 1) real time-continuous systems.
2) real time-discrete systems; and
3) modulo-two time-discrete systems.
The unifying approach of state equations is developed and the importance of linear algebra is emphasized. Topics include: time domain analysis, transform analysis (Laplace- and Z-transforms), stability considerations, system equivalence, system decomposition, system realization. The necessary matrix and linear-algebra theory is developed as required.
3C,1T .50
ELE 453 Linear Electronic CircuitsW 2C,3L,1T 50
Applications of bipolar and field-effect-transistors. Design of operational amplifiers. IC temperature compensation. Differential, low noise and power amplifiers, receiver front end design. Modulators, mixers, detectors. Power supplies.
ELE 454 Nonlinear Electronic CircuitsS,F 2C,3L,1T .50
Switching characteristics of semiconductor devices, non-sinusodial wave generation and shaping, voltage and current sweeps, binary circuits and gates, digital integrated circuits, DCTL, OTL, ECL, T?L and IAL.
Course Descriptions 285 Electrical Engineering
ELE 459 Sound, Noise and ElectroacousticsW 2C,3L,1T .50
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, audio electronics and applications.
ELE 463 Power ElectronicsS,F 2C,3L,1T .50
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.
ELE 464 High Voltage and Insulation EngineeringW 3C,1.5L 50
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 co-ordination.
Prereq: E! E 463 or equivalent
ELE 465 Power Systems= =OW 2C,2T .50
Introduction to system concepts; co-ordinate systems, sequence impedances and transmission tine 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.
ELE 473 Microwave EngineeringS,F 2C,3L,1T 50
Rectangular and circular waveguides; simple waveguide discontinuity; periddic transmission systems; microwave scattering theory; ferrite components; klystrons; travelling wave amplifiers; backward-wave oscillator, magnetron; solid-state microwave devices.
ELE 474 Antenna and Propagation EngineeringW 20,3L.1T 50
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.
ELE 481 Control Systems 1S,F
Performance specifications for design, Design of compensators for single-input, single-output systems. Performance index design. The phase plane. The describing function technique. Design of basic nonlinear feedback contro! systems.
2C,3L,2T 50
EIE482 =W 50
Control Systems 2
Review of multi-variable state space methods with emphasis on control applications. Performance indices and optimal control. Continuous and discrete time state feedback control of linear systems. Systems with inaccessible states. Stability analysis.
Prereq: EE 446, ElE 481
ELE 499A ProjectS,F 9L 50
An engineering assignment requiring the student to demonstrate initiative and assume responsibility. The
student willselecta project at the endofthe3Btermtrom _
an approved list prepared by the Department. A short progress report at the end of the 4A termanda full report at the end of the 4B term are required.
ELE 499B ProjectW QL _ .50
Either a continuation of El E 499A or a separate one-term
project
Electrical Engineering