59 courses in the 1989–90 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Introduction to network variables; resistors; Kirchhoff's laws; circuit simplification techniques; circuit analysis methods; operational amplifiers and their uses; resistor-capacitor circuits; resistor-inductor circuits; sinusoids and phasors; impedance and admittance; circuit functions and analysis techniques; second order circuits; resonance; power factor.
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 cur! 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
Course Descriptions 16:47 Electrical Engineering
: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 amplifier applications, diodes, rectifiers, introduction to MOS and bipolar transistors, basic amplifier circuits, frequency response, elementary treatments of feedback, filters and switching.
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, /O devices. Translation and loading. Computer case studies. Microcomputers.
Prereq: GEN E 121 or equivalent
Open
Application of computers to engineering problems. Number systems, errors and error propagation. Roots of nonlinear 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, chatge 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 characteristics.
Prereq: PHYS 125 or equivalent
Alternate weeks.
16:48 Course Descriptions Electrical Engineering
Data types and representations, operations, sequence control, data control, storage management, language syntax, compilers and interpreters.
Prereq: GEN E 121
1Project
Introduction to data and data abstraction, fundamental data structures, implementing and manipulating data structures, basic file systems. Prereq: EL E 251 Project
Comparative and historical review of energy sources and systems. Operating, security and planning principles for the electric energy generation, transrnission and distribution systems. Excitation and loss analysis of ac magnetic circuits. Principles, circuit modelling, and performance of transformers. Electromechanical energy conversions.
Alternate weeks.
Principles of electromechanical energy conversion. Rotating machines. DC motors. Induction motors. Synchronous machines.
Prereq: Ei E 261
Alternate weeks.
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 and transducers.
Alternate weeks.
For Mechanical Engineering students only.
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.
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.
Alternate weeks.
Switching algebra. Simplification of Boolean functions. Combinational togic. MSI/LSI combinational circuits. Sequential logic. Algorithmic state machines, implementation with MSI circuits, timing considerations. Hardwired and microprogrammed controllers. Semiconductor memories. IC families.
1Open.
Microprocessor system architecture, buses, memories, peripheral connections, parallel, serial, analog interfaces, magnetic storage media, data communications, testing and debugging. Prereg: EL E 222, EL E 251, ELE 323 Alternate weeks
Amplifier biasing networks, single and multi-stage small-signal amplifiers, small-signal equivalent circuits; high and low frequency effects; negative feedback amplifiers; oscillators; noise in electronic circuits; introduction to large signal amplifiers.
Prereq: EL E 208, EL E 231
Antireq: EL E 333
Alternate weeks
The second of a two course sequence covering the following topics: theory of devices, theory of networks, analog circuits, digital circuits, operational amplifiers.
Prereq: EL E 208
Antireq: EL E 332
Alternate weeks
Discrete and continuous signals, convolution, network equations, simulation graphs, Fourier series and transform, frequericy response of networks, Laplace transformation, z-transform.
Introduction, basic concepts, process management, interprocess communication and synchronization, memory management, resource management, interrupt handling, concurrent programming.
Prereq: EL E 251, EL E 252
Project
Introduction to electric energy generation, transmission and distribution systems. Transformers. Principles of electromechanica! energy conversion. DC, three-phase and single-phase rotating machines. Specialized motors. Prerag: Fl FE 126
Transmission lines: transmission line equations, steady state (sinusoidal) sciution, terminated lines, matching and the Smith Chart. Basic field theory: vector calculus, 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 control 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 from time to time, when
resources are available. For current
offerings, inquire at the Department. Prereq: Permission of the instructor.
Homogeneous transformations. Kinematics and inverse kinematics. Denavit-Hartenberg convention. Jacobians and velocity transformations. Dynamics. Path planning, Nonlinear control. Compliance and force control. Prereq: Permission of the instructor Project
Random processes: stationary process, power spectral density, noise, low-pass and band-pass processes. Sampling and pulse transmission. Signal distortion, bandwidth for pulse transmission pulse detection and matched filtering. Digital multiplexing, line coding, pulse shaping, detection and error rates. ISI and equalization. Pulse-code modulation, delta modulation, quantization, and detection errors. Effect of noise in PCM systems. Prereq: EL E 318, EL E 316 or by permission of instructor
Representation of signals, gaussian Processes, optimum receiver design, equivalent signal sets, non-white channel noise, maximum likelihood receiver. Performance of coherent and noncoherent communication systems, phase shift keying, frequency shift - keying. Information and its measure, source encoding, error-free communication, channel capacity. Errorcorrecting codes: linear block codes, cyclic codes, convolutional codes. Prereq: EL E 411 or permission of instructor
Review of continuous and discrete-time systems, z-transform. Frequency response. Analog filter design and transformations for digital filter design. Windowing techniques, the discrete Fourier transform. Selected applications of digital signal processing.
1Project
Complexity in large digital systems. Control of design, interaction complexity, control of consequences of , complexity. The topics covered include control unit design, microprogram control, design for testability, fault tolerance, multiprocessor systems.
Prereq: EL E 323
1Open.
Use of computer networks. Network architecture. ISO reference model.. Network topology, connectivity analysis, delay analysis, local access design. Physical layer, data link layer, higher layer protocols. Routing, flow control, congestion control. Local area networks.
Organization and performance of conventional uniprocessors, pipelined processors, parallel processors and multiprocessors; memory and cache structures; multiprocessor algorithms and synchronization techniques; special-purpose architectures. Prereq: One of EL E 354, EL E 426
Metal-Semiconductor junctions (Schottky 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 VLS! digital and analog integrated circuits. Process, device and circuit CAD.
Project.
Integrated system design, memory cells
and systems, logic arrays, VLSI design
methodologies, applications in digital
signal and data processing systems. Project.
Switching characteristics of transistors and diodes, non-sinusoidal wave generation and shaping, comparators, digital integrated circuits, including ECL, TL, I27L, STL, MOS, CMOS.
Project
Analog applications of bipolar and fieldeffect 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.
1 Project.
Topics from the following: two-port descriptions of ideal devices, including operational amplifiers; network functions, formulation and sotution of network equations; sensitivity calculations in the frequency domain; active network 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.
16:50 Course Descriptions Electrical Engineering
Three types of linear multivariable systerns 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.
Structured software design, software testing and maintenance. Data structures, arrays, lists, stacks, associative structures. Searching and sorting. Operating system organizations. Realtime software, principles of real-time executive (RTX), kernel, primitives, interprocess communication and synchronization, memory management, interrupts. Block structured languages, actual and formal parameters, recursion, formal description, relationship to machine code. Compilers. Prereq: EL E 222 or equivalent. Project
Requirement analysis, specifications, software design, software development environments, testing, software project management, quality assurance and control.
Prereq: EL E 354
1 Project
Introduction, data models, file systems, database system architectures, query languages, integrity and security, database design.
Prereq: EL E 251, EL E 252
1 Project
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.
tOpen.
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 coordina-
~ tion.
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 transmission lines in system analysis. Analysis of imbalanced systems and faults. Voltage and reactive power control. Load/frequency control. Power transfer and system stability. Introduction to load flow methods. High voltage dc transmission.
Review of Maxwell's equations, rectangular and circular waveguides, microwave circuits, scattering matrix theory, microwave filters, simple waveguide discontinuities, klystrons and magnetrons. Prereq: EL E 371 or equivalent Every third week.
An introduction to the theory of radiation and of antenna and propagation engineering; linear antennas, linear arrays, aperture antennas, frequency independent antennas, measurement theory. Prereq: EL E 371 or equivalent Every third week.
Conducting waveguiding structures; rectangular and circular waveguides, microstrip theory and applications, numerical field analysis on microstrip lines, microstrip components. Dielectric waveguiding structures; dielectric slab waveguides, propagation theory for step-index fibres and graded-index fibres. Fibre measurements; loss measurements, time-domain and frequencydomain measurements, measurement of refractive index profiles. Fibre-optical telecommunication systems; system design considerations, fibre characteristics, source and detector characteristics.
Prereq: EL E 371 or equivalent
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.
Alternate 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
1Open 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 list prepared by the Department. Alternatively students can propose their own project. A faculty member will provide supervision. 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 4B term are required.
Either a continuation of EL E 499A or a separate one-term project.
Department of