Areas of Specialization

Binary numbers and codes; Boolean algebra; combinational circuit design; electrical properties of logic circuits; sequential circuit design; computer arithmetic; programmable logic; CPU organization and design.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in a program in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics (Photonics Engineering Stream) or Physics
Antirequisite(s): COMPSCI 2MF3, SFWRENG 2DA4

Introduction to computer organizations; algorithmic state machine design; micro processor based system design including memory and peripheral interfaces; interrupt systems; software development tools; machine-level coding and programming.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): COMPENG 2DI4

Fundamental concepts of programming languages: data types, assignment, control constructs, basic data structures, iteration, recursion, exceptions; imperative and object-orientated paradigms; composing and testing small programs.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term
Prerequisite(s): ENGINEER 1D04 and registration in a program in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Antirequisite(s): COMPSCI 2S03, SFWRENG 2S03

Data abstraction; algorithm analysis; recursion; lists; stacks; queues; trees; searching; hashing; sorting; sets; relations; functions; modular arithmetic; graph theory and algorithms.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): ENGINEER 1D04, COMPENG 2SH4
Antirequisite(s): COMPSCI 2C03, 2DM3, SFWRENG 2C03, 2DM3

Advanced design methods of digital systems including modelling, simulation, synthesis and verification using hardware description languages, timing analysis and hardware debugging; implementation of computer peripherals in programmable devices.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab (three hours) every week; first term
Prerequisite(s): COMPENG 2DI4; and COMPENG 2DP4, or permission of the Department

Instruction set design, computer arithmetic, assembly language, controller and datapath design, cache and memory systems, input-output systems, networks interrupts and exceptions, pipelining, performance and cost analysis, computer architecture history and a survey of advanced architectures.
Three lectures, one tutorial one lab (three hours) every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): COMPENG 3DQ5
Antirequisite(s): COMPSCI 2GA3, SFWRENG 2GA3, 3GA3

Numerical analysis; linear and nonlinear systems; least squares and matrix decomposition; polynomials, elements of linear algebra, optimization; numerical integration and differentiation; interpolation; engineering applications.
Three lectures, one tutorial; second term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CJ4; and MATH 2Z03
Antirequisite(s): SFWRENG 3X03, 4X03, COMPSCI 4X03

Overview of CISC/RISC microprocessors; performance metrics; instruction set design; processor and memory acceleration techniques; pipelining; scheduling; instruction level parallelism; memory hierarchies; multiprocessor structures; storage systems; interconnection networks.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term
Prerequisite(s): COMPENG 3DR4
Antirequisite(s): COMPSCI 2GA3, SFWRENG 2GA3, 3GA3

Embedded processor architectures and SOC organization; EDA tools for hardware/software co-design; co-verification and testability; interfacing; co-processors, soft processors and ASIP design; real-time systems; applications.
Two lectures, one tutorial, one lab every week; second term
Prerequisite(s): COMPENG 3DQ5, or permission of the Department

3 unit(s)
Staff

Overview of CISC/RISC microprocessors and their evolution; performance metrics; instruction set design; microprogramming and hardwired control; processor and memory acceleration techniques; memory hierarchies; multiprocessor structures and their performance.

3 unit(s)
Staff

Embedded processor architectures and SOC organization; EDA tools for hardware/software codesign, co-verification and testability; Interfacing; Co-processors, soft processors and ASIP design; Real-time systems; Applications.

Current, potential difference; Kirchhoff’s laws; Ohm’s Law; circuit elements; mesh/nodal analysis of electrical circuits; first and second order circuits; complex arithmetic; phasors, impedance and admittance; AC power.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every week; first term
Prerequisite(s): Registration in a Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering program

Advanced circuit analysis including dependent sources; second order circuits; Laplace transforms with applications; frequency response; 2-port networks; coupled circuits; power relationships.
Three lectures, one tutorial, and one lab every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CI5

Semiconductor devices and electronic circuits; electrical characteristics, principles of operation, circuit models of diodes, field-effect and bipolar transistors, and operational amplifiers; analysis and design of basic application circuits.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every week; second term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CI5

Analog and digital electronics; operational amplifier circuits; multistage amplifiers; oscillators; analog and digital integrated circuits; data converters; amplifier frequency response; feedback and stability; computer aids to analysis and design.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CJ4 and ELECENG 2EI5; and ELECENG 2CI5

Complex variables and integration in the complex plain; Fourier transforms, properties; Laplace transforms and inversion; input-output relations of linear systems; discrete time systems.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 2CJ4 and 2CI5
Antirequisite(s): ELECENG 3TP4, MECHENG 4R03, SFWRENG 3MX3

Probability theory; random variables; expectations; random processes; autocorrelation; power spectral densities.
Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
Prerequisite(s): MATH 2Z03
Antirequisite(s): COMMERCE 2QA3, ELECENG 3TQ4

Review of continuous-time signals and systems; amplitude modulation, phase and frequency modulation schemes; digital modulation; stochastic processes; noise performance.
Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab every other week; second term
Prerequisite(s): ELECENG 3TP3; One of ELECENG 3TQ4, 3TQ3 or STATS 3Y03; or ENGPHYS 3W04 A/B