54 courses in the 1985–86 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Professor, Chairman of the Department J.W. Mark, BASc (Toronto), MEng, PhD (McMaster), PEng
Professor, Associate Chairman for
Graduate Affairs
S.G. Chamberlain, MSc, PhD (South ampton)
Professor, Associate Chairman for
Undergraduate Affairs .
J.A. Field, BE (Saskatchewan), MASc, PhD (Toronto), PEng
Associate Professor, Director, Computer Communications Networks Group
J.W. Wong.? PAD (California-Los
Angeles)
Professors
J.D. Aplevich, BE (Saskatchewan), PhD (imperial College, London), PEng
IF. Blake, BSc, MSc (Queen's), MA, PhD (Princeton), PEng
P.R. Bryant, MSe (London), MA, PhD (Cambridge)
Y.L. Chow, BEng (McGill), MASc, PhD (Toronto), PEng
J.D. Cross, BSc (Wales), MS, PhD (Carleton), PEng
MI. Elmasry,’ BSc (Cairo), MASc, PhD (Ottawa), PEng
E.L. Heasell, BSc, PhD (imperial College, London), PEng
S.N. Kalra, BSc (Punjab), MS, PhD (ile nois), PEng
R.H. MacPhie, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (Minois).
V.H. Quintana, BEng (Chile), MSc (Wisconsin), PhD (Toronto), PEng
R.S. Ramshaw, BSc, PhD (Nottingham), PEng
H.C. Ratz, BASe (Toronto), MS (Massa chusetts Institute of Technology), PhD (Saskatchewan), PEng
J. Reeve, BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc (Manchester), PEng
D.J. Roulston, BSc (Belfast), PhD (impenal College, London), CEng
K. Singhal,? BTech (indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur), MS, EngScD (Columbia), PEng
R.G. van Heeswijk, ir (Delft, Holland), PEng
M. Vidyasagar, BSc, MASc, PhD (Wisconsin)
T.R. Viswanathan, BASc (Madras), MSc, PhD (Saskatchewan)
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J. Viach, Dipl ing CSe (Technical University of Prague) ‘
L.A.K. Watt, BSc (Manitoba), MS (Chicago), PhD (Minnesota) -
L.Y. Wei, BS (National Northwestem College, China), MSe, PhD (thinois) ..
Associate Professors
S.K. Chaudhuri, PhD (Manitoba)
P.P. Dasiewicz, BSc, MSc, PhD, (Waterloo), PEng
WV. Hanson, BASc (Toronto), MSe, PhD (imperial Coliege, London)
JS. Keeler, 8ASc, MASe, (Toronto), PEng
F. Mavaddat,? BSc (Tehran), Dioloma- Graduate Studies (Netherlands), PhD (imperial College), DIC
W.N. Meikle, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PEng
R.E. Seviora, Dipl. ing (Czech Technical University), PhD (Toronto), PEng
W.J. Wilson, BE, MSc (Saskatchewan), PhD (Cambridge), PEng
Assistant Professor G.B. Agnew, BASc, PhD (Waterloo)
Adjunct Faculty
R.G. Anthes, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PEng
R. Bartnikas, BASc (Toronto), MEng, PhD (McGill)
J. Carr, PhD (Waterloo), PEng
B.A. Francis, BASc, MEng, PhD (Toronto)
R. Malewski, BSc, MSe (Technical University of Warsaw), PhD (Electrotechnical institute of Warsaw)
K.D. Srivastava, 8Sc, BE (Roorkee), PhD
(Glasgow), PEng
Laboratory Director RL. Wright, PEng
Faculty Member of Electrical Engineering holding cross appointment to: Computer Science
Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Electrical Engineering from.
*Department of Computer Science Systems Design Engineering
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Course Descriptions
Introduction to network variables; resistors; Kirchhoff’s laws; circuit simplification techniques; circuit analysis methods; operational amplifiers and their uses; resistor-capacitor circuits; resistorinductor circuits; sinusoids and phasors; impedance and admittance; circuit functions and analysis techniques. Alternate weeks.
Electrostatics; electric flux and potential energy; dielectrics, capacitors and capacitance; flow of electric charge and resistance; Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws; magnetism; magnetic materials and circuits; Faraday’s Law and inductance.
Alternate weeks.
Engineers 1
Fourier Series; Ordinary differential
equations; Laplace transform; applica: _
tions to linear electrical systems. Cross-listed as MATH 211.
Partial differentiation, relative maxima and minima, directional derivatives, — divergence and curl of vector fields with applications; multiple integrals, double and triple integrals; line and surface integrals, applications of divergence and Stokes theorems. Complex analysis: limits, analytic functions, complex line integral, Cauchy's integral formula, residues. Partial differential equations. Cross-listed as MATH 212.
1643
This is an introductory course in electronic circuit analysis which follows the first circuits course EL E 123. The topics to be discussed are: Operational ampifier applications, diodes, rectifiers, introduction to MOS and bipolar transistors, basic amplifier circuits, frequency tesponse, elementary treatments of feedback, filters and oscillators. The student is introduced to computer-aided analysis techniques using WATAND. Prereq: EL E 123 or equivalent Alternate weeks.
Brief introduction to switching algebra. Information representation and arithmetic in binary systems. Computer organization. Assembly language programming, basic programming techniques. Memory units, arithmetic logic units, control units, VO devices. Translation and loading. Computer case studies. Microcomputers. . Coreq: GEN E 121 or equivalent . TOpen
Application of computers to engineering problems. Number systems, errors and error propagation. Roots of nontinear equations. Solution of systems of linear equations. interpolation and numerical integration. Solution of ordinary differential equations. A non-numeric algorithm (e.g., sorting). Emphasis will be placed on algorithm development and programming style.
Prereq: GEN E 121 or equivalent
Review of band theory and doped semiconductors in thermal equilibrium, charge neutrality, mass action law, recombination and transport mechanisms, Boltzmann relations, derivation of P-n junction de and ac characteristics, charge storage effects. The bipolar transistor; derivation of de and ac terminal characteristics, equivalent circuits. The Junction Field Effect transistor (JFET) and Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET, derivation of de characteris: ties.
Prereq: PHYS 125 or equivalent
Alternate weeks.
ELE 2% S 3C,1T3L' 05 ; Microelectronic Circuits and Devices
The first of a two course sequence covering the following topics: theory of devices, theory of networks, analog circuits, digital circuits, operationat amplifiers. Prereq: EL E 123 Alternate weeks
Oata types and representations, operations, sequence control, data control, storage management, language syntax, compilers and interpreters.
Prereq: GEN E 121
Introduction to data and data abstraction, fundamental data structures, implementing and manipulating data structures, basic file systems.
Prereq: El. E 251
Microprocessor system architecture, buses, memories, peripheral connections, parallel, serial, analog interfaces, magnetic storage media, data communications, testing and debugging. Prereq: EL E 222, Et E 251 Alternate weeks
Comparative and historical review of energy sources and systems. Operating, security and planning principles for the electric energy generation, transmission and distribution systems. Excitation and loss analysis of ac magnetic circuits. Principtes, circuit modelling, and performance of transformers.
Alternate weeks.
Principles of electromechanical energy conversion. Rotating machines. DC motors. Induction motors. Synchronous machines.
Prereq: Ef-E 261
Alternate weeks.
- ELE 269 FW 3C2T3L' 05.
Electrical Engineering 2 | Review of ac circuits. Three-phase Circuits. Transformers. Industrial power networks. Principles and operating characteristics of dc and ac motors including speed. control. Power conditioning for supplying mechanical drives. Interface of electro-mechanical systems with control circuits ant transducers. Alternate weeks. For Mechanical Engineering students only.
Conditional probability and independence; Bayes’ Theorem; random variables: functions of random variables; distribution functions; applications to feliability and failure rates; marginal and conditional distributions; correlation and applications to regression and statistical testing.
Orthogonality and signal representation in continuous time. Fourier spectrum, Fourier transforms and applications to communications. Convolution. Transfer functions and filters. Power spectral density. Amplitude modulation and applications to techniques such as DSB, AM, SSB; etc. Angle modulation and the spectrum of frequency modulated signals. Techniques for the generation and demodulation of FM signals. introduction to noise and its effects in AM and FM systems. Noise figure and noise temperature. ; Alternate weeks.
Switching algebra. Simplification of Boolean functions. Combinational logic. MSI/LSI combinational circuits. Sequential logic. Algorithmic state machines, implementation with MSI circuits, timing considerations. Hardwired and microprogrammed controllers. Semiconductor memories. IC families.
Open.
Amplifier biasing networks, single and multi-stage smal+signal amplifiers, the hybrid-pi model; high and low frequency effects; negative feedback amplifiers; oscillators; noise in electronic circuits; introduction to large signal amplifiers; introduction to digital circuits.
Alternate weeks
ELE 32 WS 3C,1T 05
Electrical Networks 1
Elements and equations. Differential equations. Z-transforms, Digital systems, Recursion equations. Convolution. System Function. Frequency response simulation. Analog and digitial synthesis. Fourier series. Fourier integrals.
Transmission lines: transmission line equations, steady state (sinusoidal) solution, terminated lines, matching and the Smith Chart. Basic Field Theory: vector caiculus, electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, time-varying fields and Maxwell's equations, plane wave propagation, polarization, reflection, refraction, applied boundary value problems..
Prereq: EL E 126 or equivalent
Alternate weeks.
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 contro! system design problem, stability in control systems. Frequency response analysis techniques. Root-locus analysis. Elementary lead-lag compensation. Z-transforms. Alternate weeks.
-EL E 403-409, 490-497 0.5
Special Topics in Electrical
Engineering
Special courses on advanced topics will
be offered fom time to time, when
resources are available. For current
offerings, inquire at the Department. Prereq: Permission of the instructor.
Electrical Enginesring
Review of sampling and pulse transmission. Signa! distortion, band-width for pulse ‘transmission. Digital multiplexing, line coding, pulse shaping, detection and error rates. ISI and equalisation. Pulse-code modulation, Delta modulation, quantization and detection errors. Random processes: stationary process, power spectral density, noise, low-pass and band-pass processes. Effect of noise on communication systems: noise in PCM systems, optimum threshold detection, matched filter. Carrier systems with coherent and non-coherent detection.
Prereq: EL E 318, EL E 316 or by Permission of instructor
Representation of signals, gaussian processes, optimum receiver, equivalent signal sets, non-white channel noise, maximum likelihood and minimax receiver. Information and its measure, source encoding, error-free communication, channel capacity. Error-correcting codes: linear block codes, cyclic codes, convolution codes.
Prereq: EL E 411 or permission of instructor
Discrete systems for-signal processing, in particular linear filtering, are rapidly replacing analog forms. This course serves a8 an introduction to the analysis and design of linear, time invariant discrete systems, with both software and hardware implementations.
Block structured languages, actual and formal parameters, recursion, formal description, relationship to machine code. Compilers. Data structures, arrays, lists, stacks, associative structures. Searching and sorting. Operating system organization, co-operating processes, process synchronization primitives. Structured software design, software testing and maintenance.
Prereq: EL E 222 or equivalent
"Project.
Complexity in digital systems and its control: microprogramming, multiprogramming, paging, segmentation, capabilities. Hardware-software homomorphism; evolution of microprocessor - , architectures. Performance estimation. Prereq: EL E 323 and either EL E 426 or CS 354 or equivalent Open.
Use of computer networks. Network architecture. ISO reference model. Network topology, connectivity analysis, delay analysis, local access design. Physica! layer, data link layer, higher layer protocols. Routing, flow control, congestion control. Local area networks. Prereq: EL E 222, EL E 316, EL E 318
barriers), heterojunctions, solar cell, light emitting diode, photodetector diode, . JFETs, MESFETs, MOSFETs, VLSI bipolar and MOS devices, CCDs, Power devices (SCRs, power switching transistors, PIN rectifier diodes). ‘
Design and process details of discrete bipolar, JFET and MOSFET devices. Design and implementation of VHSIC and VLSI digital and analog integrated circuits. Process, device and circuit CAD.
Project.
Integrated system design; memary cells and systems; logic arrays; analog - system design; application: in digital signal processing; applications in data processing.
"Project.
Switching characteristics of semiconductor devices, non-sinusoidal wave generation and shaping, comparators, digital integrated circuits, including ECL, TAL, I7L, STL, MOS, CMOS.
"Project.
16.45
Analog applications of bipolar and field-
effect transistors. Analysis of operational
amplifiers. IC temperature compensation
and biasing. Differential, low noise and
power amplifiers, receiver front end
design, noise analysis. Modulators.
mixers, detectors. Power supplies. "Project.
Topics from the following: two-port descriptions of ideal devices, including operational amplifiers; network functions, formulation and solution of network equations; sensitivity calculations in the frequency domain; active networks their analysis; simple filter design; time domain solutions; simulation; introduction to digital and switched capacitor networks; computer-aided analysis and design of networks. Prereq: EL E 342 or equivalent Project. -
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 andthe 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-aigebra theory is developed as required.
An interdisciplinary study of acoustical physics, human response to sound and audio engineering. Main topics include the physics of sound, acoustical measurements, human hearing, environmental noise, electroacoustical systems and_ transducers.
Every third week.
Characteristics and ratings of power semi-conductor devices with emphasis on the thyristor. General methods of achieving design objectives. Performance and analysis. of power conversion circuits for both static and rotating loads.
Open.
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.
Alternate weeks.
Introduction to system concepts; aspects of power system planning and operation. Energy sources; environmental and resource implications. Perunit and co-ordinate systems. Representation of equipment such as generators, transformers and transmisgion lines in system analysis. Analysis of imbalanced systams and faults. Voltage and reactive power control. Load/ frequency control. Power transfer and system stability. Introduction to load flow methods. High voltage de transmission.
Review of Maxwell’s equations, rectangular and circular waveguide, microwave Circuits, scattering matrix theory, microwave filters, simple waveguide discontinuities, klystrons and magnetroris. Prereq: EL E 371 or equivalent Every third week.
An introduction to the theory of radiation
and of antenna and propagation engi-
neering; linear antennas, linear arrays.
aperture antennas, frequency indepe-
dent antennas, measurement theory. Prereq: EL E 371 or equivalent lEvery third week.
Conducting waveguiding structures; rectangular and circular waveguides, microstrip theory and applications, numerical field analysis on microstrip tines, microstrip components. Dielectric waveguidiing structures; dielectric slab waveguides, propagation theory for step-index fibres and graded-index fibres. Fibre measurements; loss measurments, time-domain and frequencydomain measurements, measurement of refractive index profiles. Fibre-optical telecommunication systems; system design considerations, fibre characteristics, source and detector characteristics. Project
Review of performance specifications for design. Design of analog control systems using transform techniques. Analysis of discrete-time systems using the Z-transform. Sampled data systems. Design of digital control systems using transform techniques.
TAltermate weeks.
Review of multivariable 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: EL E 446, EL E 481
Open lab.
Realization of digital controllers: digitalanalog equivalences, sampling and quantization effects, fixed-point arithmetic realizations. Real-time computer interfacing: hardware and programming considerations. Modelling and simulation of processes for control design applications. Detailed study of an example application.
Prereq: EL E 426, EL E 481
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 fist prepared by the Department. For a one term project, a report is required at the end of the 4A term. For a two term project, a short progress report at the end of the 4A term and a full report at the end of the 48 term are required.
Either a continuation of EL E 499A or a separate one-term project.
Not offered in 1985–86.
Not offered in 1985–86.
Not offered in 1985–86.
Not offered in 1985–86.