Courses

Electrical Engineering: Single-stage integrated-circuit amplifiers; differential and multistage amplifiers, integrated-circuit biasing techniques; non-ideal characteristics, frequency response; feedback amplifiers, output stages; digital CMOS logic circuits.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-2-4)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 291, ECSE 303 or ECSE 306, ECSE 330.
• Tutorials assigned by instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Introduction to Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and wireless transceiver architectures. Modelling of passive/active integrated devices. Design of monolithic bipolar and CMOS LNAs, mixers, filters, broadband amplifiers, RF power amplifiers, VCOs, and frequency synthesizers. Analysis of noise and non-linearity in RFICs. Project using modern RFIC simulation/layout CAD tools.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-3-3)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 335 and permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: CMOS sensor microsystems, fundamentals of microfabrication, micromachining technology, recognition elements, CMOS signal detection components, and sensor system integration and packaging.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 485

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Micromachining techniques (thin-film deposition; lithography; etching; bonding). Microscale mechanical behaviour (deformation and fracture; residual stresses; adhesion; experimental techniques). Materials- and process-selection. Process integration. Design of microdevice components to meet specified performance and reliability targets using realistic manufacturing processes.

Offered by: Mechanical Engineering

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: MECH 309, MECH 321, (MECH 315 or MECH 419)

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Interconnect structures, signal integrity issues: reflection, crosstalk, noise, electromagnetic interference, Lossy transmission lines, RLGC matrix representations, wave propagation in multilayered substrates, periodically loaded lines, Floquet's theorem, power distribution network, simultaneous switching noise, packaging structures, chip interconnection technologies, substrate integrated waveguides, methods for experimental characterization of interconnects, signal integrity CAD tools.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: (ECSE 334 or ECSE 335) and (ECSE 352 or ECSE 353 or ECSE 354)

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Design of analog ICs using specialized analog CAD tools such as SPICE. Voltage and current amplifier design which encompasses the study of biasing circuits, current sources and mirrors, input and output stages, and frequency compensation; precision reference sources; analog multipliers; oscillators; waveform generators and shaping circuits, and analog switches.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 335

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Gordon W Roberts

Electrical Engineering: Principles of circuit simulation. Formulation of network equations. Frequency domain analysis. Nonlinear networks. Transient analysis. Sensitivity analysis. Harmonic Balance. Shooting method. Model order reduction. Macromodelling.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 206, ECSE 251 and ECSE 331

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Roni Khazaka

Electrical Engineering: Special topics in computers and circuits.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Christophe Dubach

Electrical Engineering: A project course with the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in 548 to the design of a complete digital IC of medium complexity. Completed designs will be submitted for fabrication to the Implementation Centre of the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation. The course includes lectures on advanced topics in VLSI design.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (1-5-3)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 548
• Limited enrolment

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Single-stage integrated-circuit amplifiers; differential and multistage amplifiers, integrated-circuit biasing techniques; non-ideal characteristics, frequency response; feedback amplifiers, output stages; digital CMOS logic circuits.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-2-4)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 291, ECSE 303 or ECSE 306, ECSE 330.
• Tutorials assigned by instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Introduction to Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and wireless transceiver architectures. Modelling of passive/active integrated devices. Design of monolithic bipolar and CMOS LNAs, mixers, filters, broadband amplifiers, RF power amplifiers, VCOs, and frequency synthesizers. Analysis of noise and non-linearity in RFICs. Project using modern RFIC simulation/layout CAD tools.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-3-3)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 335 and permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: CMOS sensor microsystems, fundamentals of microfabrication, micromachining technology, recognition elements, CMOS signal detection components, and sensor system integration and packaging.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 485

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Micromachining techniques (thin-film deposition; lithography; etching; bonding). Microscale mechanical behaviour (deformation and fracture; residual stresses; adhesion; experimental techniques). Materials- and process-selection. Process integration. Design of microdevice components to meet specified performance and reliability targets using realistic manufacturing processes.

Offered by: Mechanical Engineering

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: MECH 309, MECH 321, (MECH 315 or MECH 419)

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Interconnect structures, signal integrity issues: reflection, crosstalk, noise, electromagnetic interference, Lossy transmission lines, RLGC matrix representations, wave propagation in multilayered substrates, periodically loaded lines, Floquet's theorem, power distribution network, simultaneous switching noise, packaging structures, chip interconnection technologies, substrate integrated waveguides, methods for experimental characterization of interconnects, signal integrity CAD tools.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisites: (ECSE 334 or ECSE 335) and (ECSE 352 or ECSE 353 or ECSE 354)

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Electrical Engineering: Design of analog ICs using specialized analog CAD tools such as SPICE. Voltage and current amplifier design which encompasses the study of biasing circuits, current sources and mirrors, input and output stages, and frequency compensation; precision reference sources; analog multipliers; oscillators; waveform generators and shaping circuits, and analog switches.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-6)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 335

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Gordon W Roberts

Electrical Engineering: Principles of circuit simulation. Formulation of network equations. Frequency domain analysis. Nonlinear networks. Transient analysis. Sensitivity analysis. Harmonic Balance. Shooting method. Model order reduction. Macromodelling.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)
• Prerequisites: ECSE 206, ECSE 251 and ECSE 331

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Roni Khazaka

Electrical Engineering: Special topics in computers and circuits.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (3-0-9)

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Christophe Dubach

Electrical Engineering: A project course with the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in 548 to the design of a complete digital IC of medium complexity. Completed designs will be submitted for fabrication to the Implementation Centre of the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation. The course includes lectures on advanced topics in VLSI design.

Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr

• (1-5-3)
• Prerequisite: ECSE 548
• Limited enrolment

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year