ECE 303 - Analog Electronics

4.3 units (fi 8)(EITH/SP/SU, 3-1S-3/2)

Differential amplifiers. Frequency response: active device high-frequency behaviour and circuit models; amplifier circuits and design. Feedback: concepts and structure; feedback topologies and amplifiers; open- and closed-loop response. Operational amplifiers: behaviour, circuit analysis and design. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Prerequisite: ECE 302 or E E 340. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 303 or E E 350.

ECE 312 - Embedded System Design

3.8 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)

Design methodology. Internal and external peripherals: serial communication, timers, D/A converters, interrupt controllers. Embedded system programming: introduction to real time operating systems, basics of real time programming, real-time debugging. Power and memory management. Fault tolerance. Prerequisites: ECE 220, and ECE 212 or E E 380. Corequisite: ECE 340.

MCTR 202 - Electric Circuits for Mechatronics

3.8 units (fi 8)(FIRST, 3-0-3/2)

Circuit element definitions. Circuit laws: Ohm's, KVL, KCL. Resistive voltage and current dividers. Basic loop and nodal analysis. Circuit theorems: linearity, Thevenin. Dependent sources. Time domain behavior of inductance and capacitance, energy storage. Sinusoidal signals, complex numbers, phasor and impedance concepts. Diodes: ideal and simple and models. Treatment of RLC circuits in the time domain, frequency domain and s-plane. Prerequisites: MATH 101 and MATH 102.

ECE 303 - Analog Electronics

4.3 units (fi 8)(EITH/SP/SU, 3-1S-3/2)

Differential amplifiers. Frequency response: active device high-frequency behaviour and circuit models; amplifier circuits and design. Feedback: concepts and structure; feedback topologies and amplifiers; open- and closed-loop response. Operational amplifiers: behaviour, circuit analysis and design. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Prerequisite: ECE 302 or E E 340. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 303 or E E 350.

MCTR 300 - Sensor Electronics and Data Analysis

3.8 units (fi 8)(SECOND, 3-0-3/2)

Transistors, transistor amplifiers, and op-amp circuits; frequency response and filters; analog signal detection, conditioning, analysis, and conversion; transducers and electronic sensors for measuring common physical properties/phenomena. Understanding properties of signals in time and frequency domain; digitization of analog data; statistics, analysis, and uncertainty of measurement data. Prerequisites: MCTR 202 and MCTR 240.