The fundamentals of analysis of lumped linear time-invariant circuits; network theorems; operational amplifiers; first order circuits; DC analysis of diodes, BJT, and FET circuits. [4-2*-2*] Prerequisite: MATH_V 101 and one of PHYS_V 108, PHYS_V 118, PHYS_V 158. Corequisite: One of MATH_V 255, MATH_V 256. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Phasor analysis and AC three phase systems power; transfer functions; Bode plots; filters and resonance; Laplace transforms; transformers and mutual inductance; two-port networks. First and second order circuits. [4-0-1]. Prerequisite: MATH_V 101, one of PHYS_V 118, PHYS_V 158, one of MATH_V 255, MATH_V 256, and one of ELEC_V 201, ELEC_V 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Ideal passive elements and sources; Kirchhoff's Laws; DC circuits; natural and complete response of first order circuits; operational amplifiers; impedance; phasors; complex power. Not open to students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. [3-2*-1]. Prerequisite: MATH_V 101 and one of PHYS_V 108, PHYS_V 118, PHYS_V 158. Corequisite: One of MATH_V 255, MATH_V 256. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Basic concepts and analysis techniques in the context of electric and electronic circuits including Bode plots and the Laplace transform. Treatment of RLC circuits, phasors, op-amps. Introduction to nonlinear circuit elements, diodes, BJT, FET circuits. [4-0-1]. Prerequisite: MATH_V 152 and one of PHYS_V 108, PHYS_V 118, PHYS_V 158. Corequisite: One of MATH_V 256, MATH_V 255. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Experiments involving electronic devices and circuits. [0-2*-0]. Corequisite: ELEC_V 204. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Electrostatics, electric currents, dielectrics, capacitance, electrostatic potential, magnetostatics. [2-0-1] Prerequisite: MATH_V 253 and one of APSC_V 178, PHYS_V 108, PHYS_V 118, PHYS_V 158. Corequisite: MATH_V 264. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Complex numbers, LTI systems, convolution sum, discrete-time Fourier series and transforms, z-transform, sampling, introduction to filtering and modulation, feedback systems, stability. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: One of MATH_V 256, MATH_V 255. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Effective communication in a multi-disciplinary environment, introduction to emerging areas of biomedical engineering and biotechnology, ethics, and responsibility. Restricted to students admitted to the Biomedical Engineering program in Electrical Engineering. [1-0-0]. Corequisite: ELEC_V 202. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Written and oral communication in engineering. Technical description, report preparation, business correspondence, and oral presentation of technical material. Restricted to students in second year of Electrical and Computer Engineering programs. Credit will be granted for only one of ELEC_V 281, CPEN_V 281, BMEG_V 201 or APSC_V 201. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: One of APSC_V 176, ENGL_V 110, ENGL_V 111, ENGL_V 112, ENGL_V 120, ENGL_V 121, WRDS_V 150. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design projects involving electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, signals and systems, and microcomputers. [2-6-0]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 201, CPEN_V 211. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design projects involving electronic devices and circuits, electromagnetics, signals and systems, microcomputers with applications in biomedical engineering. Final group project requiring oral presentation of student-prepared slides. [2-6-0]. Corequisite: All of ELEC_V 201, CPEN_V 211, ELEC_V 221. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Lectures or projects on subjects of current interest. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Analysis and design of electronic circuits; biasing of and small-signal models for transistors; frequency response of amplifiers; feedback and stability aspects of amplifier design; OP-AMPs; active filters; oscillators; IC specification and selection. Credit will only be given for one of EECE_V 356, ELEC_V 301, and EECE_V 374. [4-0-0]. Prerequisite: Either (a) one of ELEC_V 201, ELEC_V 203 and ELEC_V 202; or (b) ELEC_V 204. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Semiconductor fundamentals; modelling of electronic devices including diodes and transistors; design of power supplies, waveform generators and logic circuits; signals in time and frequency domains; operational amplifiers; active filters; oscillators; device specification and selection. [3-2*-0]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 201, ELEC_V 203, ELEC_V 204, MECH_V 221. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Waves and propagation; Maxwell's equations; applications including transmission lines; impedance matching and Sámith charts; reflection and refraction; waveguides and antennas. [4-0-0] Prerequisite: ELEC_V 211, MATH_V 253, MATH_V 264 and one of MATH_V 255, MATH_V 256. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Fundamental aspects of electronic materials such as: semiconductors, metals, dielectrics, piezoelectrics, magnetic materials, and their applications in devices such as diodes, transistors, and transducers. Recommended third-year standing in B.A.Sc. [4-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Stochastic behaviour of signals and systems; discrete and continuous probability; random processes; modelling and identification of linear time-invariant systems; binary hypothesis testing and decision making. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 221, STAT_V 305. STAT_V 305 may be taken concurrently, with registration assistance from Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Services. Equivalency: STAT_V 321. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Analysis, design and implementation of computer networks and their protocols. Application layer protocols, transmission control protocol (TCP), Internet protocol (IP), routing algorithms, reliable data transfer, multiple access, Ethernet. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 221, CPEN_V 212, CPSC_V 261, CPEN_V 331. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Continuous time system analysis by Laplace transforms; system modelling by transfer function and state space methods; feedback, stability and sensitivity; control design; frequency domain analysis. [4-0-0]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 202, ELEC_V 204. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Three phase power; transformers and harmonics; magnetic materials and circuits, electromechanical energy conversion; DC machines; rotating magnetic field, AC induction and synchronous machines; variable frequency operation, brushless DC machines; stepper and single-phase motors. Credit will be granted for only one of ELEC_V 342, ELEC_V 343, ELEC_V 344. [3-3*-2*]. Prerequisite: All of PHYS_V 170, ELEC_V 202. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Electromechanical energy conversion; linear actuators; torque/speed of rotating devices; reluctance, stepper, permanent- magnet, induction, brushless-DC motors and DC motors; actuator/motor drive circuits/controllers. Credit will be granted for only one of ELEC_V 344, ELEC_V 342, ELEC_V 343. [3-2*-0]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 202, ELEC_V 302. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Characteristics of semiconductor devices; analog circuits; force and torque production; motor principles and torque-speed characteristics; principles of power electronics. Not open to students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Credit will be granted for only one of ELEC 342, ELEC 343, ELEC 344. [2-2*-2*] Prerequisite: One of ELEC 201, ELEC 203, ELEC 204, MECH 221. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Overview of three-phase energy systems. High-voltage transmission, low-voltage distribution. Performance of renewable electricity generation. Grid integration of renewable energy systems. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 202, ELEC_V 342. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Forces, scaling, thermal, fluidic, and mechanical properties relevant to the design of emerging devices and systems whose basic structures are at micrometer and nanometer scales. [4-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Theory and experiments involving instruments for general, orthopedic, cardiac and minimally invasive surgery as well as sensors for respiratory, cardiac, bioelectric, biochemical and nervous system measurement. Restricted to students admitted to the Biomedical Engineering option in Electrical Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering program. This course is cross-listed with BMEG_V 321. Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 371 or BMEG_V 321. [3-1-0] Prerequisite: (a) MATH_V 255 or MATH_V 256, and either (b) all of ELEC_V 202, ELEC_V 292 or (c) all of BMEG_V 220, BMEG_V 257. Equivalency: BMEG_V 321. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introduction to project management. Problem definition. Design principles and practices. Implementation techniques including circuit design, software design, solid modelling, PCBs, assembling, and packaging. Testing and evaluation. Effective presentations. [2-6-0]. Prerequisite: One of CPEN_V 291, ELEC_V 291, ELEC_V 292 and two of ELEC_V 301, ELEC_V 341, ELEC_V 311, ELEC_V 342. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Lectures or projects on subjects of current interest. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design and analysis of analog integrated circuits. Gain stages, op-amp design, frequency compensation, oscillators, A/D, D/A converters, PLLs, DLLs. Introduction to radio-frequency circuits, etc. [3-0-2] Prerequisite: ELEC_V 202 or ELEC_V 204. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Static CMOS combinational logic circuits. Standard cells design and layout. Memory element (flip-flop and latch) design. Dynamic logic families. Synchronous logic and timing analysis. Power, scaling, and industry trends. Verification. VHDL/Verilog design, layout and synthesis project using CAD tools. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: CPEN_V 311. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Logical effort. Noise in digital systems. Low power techniques. Power distribution. SRAM and DRAM design. Non-volatile memory technologies. High speed adder, multiplier and divider design. Clock Trees. Synchronization and FIFO. Scaling, and industry trends. High-speed circuit design and layout project. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 402. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introduction to radio-frequency (RF) communication systems; matching networks, transceiver architectures, low noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, etc. [3-0-1]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 221. Corequisite: ELEC_V 401. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Basic antenna concepts; antennas for low, medium and high frequencies; terrestrial and satellite propagation links; environmental effects on electromagnetic radiation. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 311, PHYS_V 301, PHYS_V 354. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Planar dielectric waveguides; single mode optical fibers; integrated optics waveguides and devices; resonators; transfer matrix methods; optical communications links. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
An introduction to lasers and applications. Theory, modelling, fabrication and performance of semiconductor lasers. Optical communications links. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Physics of operation, and design and analysis of semiconductor devices of topical interest, e.g., solar cells, LEDs, high-speed MOSFETs, high-frequency HBTs, low-noise HEMTs. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 315, PHYS_V 304. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Theory and modelling techniques of 0-dimensional structures. Electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of quantum dots. Current and future applications of quantum dots including: single electron transistors, quantum dot lasers, optical detectors. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Digital signal processing fundamentals; image processing; signal representation; filtering; statistical estimation. General applications, including biomedical systems. [3-0-2] Prerequisite: (i) ELEC_V 221 and (ii) one of CPEN_V 221, CPEN_V 223, CPSC_V 259. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Data acquisition, time and frequency domain analysis, analog and discrete filter design, sampling theory, time-dependent processing, linear prediction, random signals, biomedical system modelling, and stability analysis; introduction to nonlinear systems. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 371, ELEC_V 341, ELEC_V 221 and one of CPSC_V 260, CPSC_V 259 and one of STAT_V 251, MATH_V 318, MATH_V 302, STAT_V 302. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Review of probability theory, signals and noise; digital communication over Gaussian noise channels, optimal receiver design, modulation techniques and error performance calculations; introduction to information theory and coding theory; introduction to wireless communications; practical applications. [4-0-0] Prerequisite: ELEC_V 221 and one of MATH_V 302, MATH_V 318, STAT_V 251, STAT_V 302. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Communication over bandlimited additive white Gaussian noise channels; power spectra of digitally modulated signals; intersymbol interference; cyclic, convolutional, low-density parity check and turbo codes; trellis coded modulation; spread spectrum techniques; security; wireless communication systems and standards; practical applications. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 431. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design techniques, including Hamming, BCH, Reed-Solomon, LDPC and convolutional codes, ARQ techniques, and LFSR implementation of encoding-decoding algorithms. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Wavelength division multiplexing, framing techniques, traffic grooming, virtual topology design, routing and wavelength assignment, protection and restoration, optical packet switching. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 221. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Relationships between system parameters and system responses for linear control systems. Design specifications for dynamic and steady-state performance and realization by use of feedback control. Robust design of PID controllers and multivariable controllers. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 341. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Fundamentals of robotics including rigid motions; homogeneous transformations; forward and inverse kinematics; velocity kinematics; motion planning; trajectory generation; sensing, vision; control. [3-1-0] Prerequisite: (i) PHYS_V 170, and (ii) one of MATH_V 152, MATH_V 221. Credit will be granted for only one of ELEC_V 442, EECE_V 589, MECH_V 464 or MECH_V 563. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Power diodes, thyristors, transistors and FETs; analysis of idealized circuits with generalized loads; AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-AC converters, modulation techniques, gating circuits; practical design and applications. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 301, ELEC_V 344, ELEC_V 342. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Typical mechanical loads; dynamic and static characteristics and analysis of DC and AC drives; microprocessor-based controllers; commercial choices of drives for various applications. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 342, ELEC_V 343. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Transmission and distribution; phasors, complex power; balanced/unbalanced three-phase operation; symmetrical components, sequence networks; voltage regulation; short circuit capacity; circuit breakers; transmission lines, series/shunt impedance; short, medium, and long line models. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 342. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Power system monitoring/control; large networks; automatic generation control; optimum power flow calculations; traveling wave transmission lines; EMTP and MATLAB programs for transients, short-circuit, and transient stability analysis. [3-0-2]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 453. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Analysis of disturbances, security of power systems, cascading and blackouts; role and impact of protection; transducers and measuring elements; protection of transmission and distribution systems; protection of generators, substation equipment, special protection systems and relays. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 453, ELEC_V 342. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Principles; acceptable regions of operation; energy management systems; load flow methods; static and dynamic security; contingency analysis; transient and voltage stability; online stability assessment. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Application of linear and nonlinear optimization methods in power systems; constrained optimization; optimal power flow; economic dispatch; electricity market; local prices for active and reactive power; security-constrained OPF; state estimation, reliability analysis. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Topics of special importance to understanding and designing electronic devices in which quantum effects and the discrete nature of matter become important. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: One of CHEM_V 312, ELEC_V 315, PHYS_V 250, PHYS_V 304. Corequisite: One of APSC_V 201, MTRL_V 478. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The mechanisms, design, fabrication, and testing of microsensors, actuators, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Microfabrication methods and nanofabrication techniques. Imaging and characterization of micro and nanostructures. Recommended Prerequisite: ELEC_V 315. [2-3-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Examples of nature's fabrication methods, sensors, actuators, energy harvesting, signaling and information processing, and comparisons with artificial methods. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Structured modelling and design practices; multiphysics at microscales; physical limitations in MEMS; interface with electronics; behavioural modelling languages for mixed analog-digital system design. Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 465, or EECE_V 581. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Physical principles of ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, X-ray projection imaging and molecular imaging in medical imaging for diagnostics, therapeutics, and interventions. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 371, ELEC_V 341, ELEC_V 311, ELEC_V 221. Equivalency: BMEG_V 420. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design of mechatronic systems to measure and manipulate biological materials and processes; compliant structures; bioelectronic circuits; biomedical embedded systems and BioMEMS. Example applications from clinical medicine and biomedical research. Credit will be granted for only one of MECH_V 423 or EECE_V 472. [2-0-0]. Prerequisite: All of ELEC_V 201, ELEC_V 202, CPEN_V 211, ELEC_V 341. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Principles of sensors, actuators, microfluidics, biotechnology and nanotechnology, with applications in probing, detection, assaying and drug delivery. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introduction to optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques for biomedical applications. Confocal/multiphoton microscopy for 3D high- resolution cell/tissue imaging. Optical coherence tomography for real-time tissue imaging. Photoacoustic tomography for blood vessel imaging. Spectroscopy for non-invasive detection of molecules/materials. Light interaction with biological systems. [3-0-0] This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Time-money relationships; economic analysis of alternatives including the effects of interest rates, inflation, depreciation, taxation and uncertainty; cost estimation and budgeting; financial analysis of engineering operations. [3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design, analysis, and implementation of solutions in response to a real-world electrical engineering problem, provided by industry, research laboratories, or other suitable entities. Includes coverage of topics such as project management. [2-6-0] or [2-6-0; 2-6-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 391. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Design, analysis, and implementation of solutions in response to a real world biomedical engineering problem, provided by industry, research laboratories, or other suitable entities. Includes coverage of topics such as project management. [2-6-0; 2-6-0]. Prerequisite: ELEC_V 391. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Directed research experience. Communication of research ideas. Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: Third-year standing. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Project in electrical engineering or computer engineering involving design, experimental and/or computer simulation work as selected from topics supplied by faculty members. An individual project thesis is to be prepared according to specifications available from the departmental office. [0-6-0] or [0-12-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 501 or EECE_V 588. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 502 or EECE_V 579. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 507 or EECE_V 595. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 521 or EECE_V 532. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 522 or EECE_V 542. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 523 or EECE_V 544. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 524 or EECE_V 535. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 541 or EECE_V 576. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 542 or EECE_V 531. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 543 or EECE_V 534. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 544 or EECE_V 509. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 545 or EECE_V 580. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 546 or EECE_V 573. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 571 or EECE_V 568. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 572 or EECE_V 508. Prerequisite: Completion of MECH_V 466, MECH_V 468, EECE_V 360 or equivalent is recommended This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
[3-0-0]. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 574 or EECE_V 574. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 582 or EECE_V 582. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC 584 or EECE 584. Also, students who have taken either ELEC 582 or EECE 582 will be restricted to registering for the 3-credit version of ELEC 584.Prerequisite: ELEC 582. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Credit will only be given for one of ELEC_V 581, ELEC_V 585, or EECE_V 593. Prerequisite: One of ELEC_V 582, EECE_V 582, ELEC_V 584. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.