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SYSC 3203 - Bioelectronics

You may attend the class either: Lab #0
  • Complete lab [link] using [formulae] (in person or via zoom)
  • Write up lab & Submit by 24 Sept [Extended deadline]

Description

Biomedical transducers, sensors, and biomedical actuators. Biomaterials and biocompatibility. Amplifier designs: inverting, noninverting, differential, and bioinstrumentation. Amplifier analysis: gain, sensitivity, distortion and stability. Filter design. Sampling and quantization. Electrical machines. Biomedical electrical safety and standards.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): MATH 3705 and (ELEC 2507 or ELEC 3605) and enrolment in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering or Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering programs.

It is assumed that students

  • Understand linear circuit components
  • Are proficient with linear circuit techniques, including KCL, KVL, and phasor analysis
  • Understand the operation of analog components, including transistors
  • Understand operational amplifier circuits

Instructor

Andy Adler
Email: adler@sce.carleton.ca
Office: Canal 6204
Phone: +1-613-520-2600 x 8785
Office Hours: TBA`

Teaching Assistants

  Emma Farago   Ankita Dey
Email:   emmafarago@cmail.carleton.ca   ankitadey@cmail.carleton.ca

Times and Locations

Section  Activity  Day  Time  Location
SYSC3203    LEC 1    Tue    19:35−20:55    Hyflex: UC 231 & Online: zoom.us/j/9103080581
   LEC 2    Thu    19:35−20:55    Hyflex: UC 231 & Online: zoom.us/j/9103080581
   L1A/L1B    Mon    14:35−17:25    Mackenzie Building 3457 (or online)
   L2A/L2B    Tue    14:35−17:25    Mackenzie Building 3457 (or online)
This course is an "hyflex" course students have the option of attending in person or attending online.

Course Objectives, Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes

  • Course Objectives: This course will introduce simple bioelectric sensors, transducers, amplifiers, filters and other rudimentary electronic circuits used in a typical bioelectric system, develop fundamentals required for design and analysis of amplifier and filtering circuits, develop skills to analyze a given amplifier/filter design, learn to shape signals, understand fundamental principles of electric motors and understand biomedical safety and associated standards.
  • Learning Outomes By the end of this semester, students should be able to:
    • Understand specifications for design of simple bioelectric systems such as amplifier systems, filtering systems
    • Design amplifiers and filters for given specifications
    • Analyze a simple amplifer circuit, filter circuit and provide specifications from the circuit
    • Understand effects of sampling and quantization in a bioelectric system
    • Understand biomedical safety and standards
  • Graduate Attributes Biomedical Systems, Biomedical Instrumentation
    Graduate Attribute   Learning Outcome   Measurement

    1.7 (Discipline-specific concept SCE-4) Electronics and circuits b,c Final
    1.10 (Discipline-specific concept SCE-7) Biomedical instrumentation b,c,e Final
    1.11 (Discipline-specific concept SCE-8) Biomedical systems a,d,e Lab#1
    2.1 Problem definition a,b Lab#3
    2.2 Approach to the problem a,b Lab#4
    2.3 Use of assumptions a,b Lab#1
    2.4 Interpreting the solution - validity of results b,c Lab#5
    4.1 Clear design goals a Lab#5
    4.2 Detailed design specifications and requirements a,d Lab#1
    4.4 Design solution(s) b,c Final
    4.5 Design implementation / task(s) definition a Lab#5
    4.6 Alternate Solutions Definition a,c Lab#3
    4.7 Evaluation Based on Engineering Principles a,c Final
    5.4 Information from relevant publications a Lab#1
    6.1 Personal and group time management a Lab#5
    6.2 Group culture, group dynamics a Lab#5
    6.3 Leadership: initiative and mentoring, areas of expertise, and interdisciplinary teams a Lab#5
    7.2 Professional documents: writing, design notes, drawings, attributions, and references a,b Lab#5
    9.4 Health, safety, and risk e Final

Marks

Work  Value
Labs    30%
Quiz #1/#2/#3/#4    20%
Midterm Exam    10%
Final Exam    40%
− 30% (written)
− 10% (oral)

Text

The course text will be the course notes.

An optional text will be: Sedra&Smith, Microelectronic Circuits (Any edition will be suitable) ISBN: 978-0195116632

Exams (Quizzes, Midterm and Final)

  • The Midterm exam is Nov 2 (80 minutes, in class).
  • The Final exam date will be set by the university
  • Exams and quizzes are open book

Marks Policies

  • If you have a question about a mark you have received, please fill out, sign and submit this form.
  • Academic fraud will be taken very seriously. Cooperation between students for assignments is expected and encouraged, however, copying of another's work is not. You should not be leaving a discussion with copies of another student's work.

General Regulations

  • Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures and lab periods. The University requires students to have a conflict-free timetable. For more information, see the current Undergraduate Calendar, Academic Regulations of the University, Section 2.1.3, Course Selection and Registration and Section 2.1.7, Deregistration.
  • Health and Safety: Every student should have a copy of our Health and Safety Manual. A PDF copy of this manual is available online.
  • Deferred Term Work: Students who claim illness, injury or other extraordinary circumstances beyond their control as a reason for missed term work are held responsible for immediately informing the instructor concerned and for making alternate arrangements with the instructor and in all cases this must occur no later than three (3.0) working days after the term work was due. The alternate arrangement must be made before the last day of classes in the term as published in the academic schedule. For more information, see the current Undergraduate Calendar, Academic Regulations of the University, Section 4.4, Deferred Term Work.
  • Appeal of Grades: The processes for dealing with questions or concerns regarding grades assigned during the term and final grades is described in the Undergraduate Calendar, Academic Regulations of the University, Section 3.3.4, Informal Appeal of Grade and Section 3.3.5, Formal Appeal of Grade.
  • Academic Integrity: Students should be aware of their obligations with regards to academic integrity. Please review the information about academic integrity online. This site also contains a link to the complete Academic Integrity Policy that was approved by the University's Senate.
  • Plagiarism: Plagiarism (copying and handing in for credit someone else's work) is a serious instructional offense that will not be tolerated.

Academic Accommodation

You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. You can visit the Equity Services website to view the policies and to obtain more detailed information on academic accommodation online. For an accommodation request, the processes are as follows:
  • Pregnancy or Religious obligation: Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details see https://carleton.ca/equity/wp-content/uploads/Student-Guide-to-Academic-Accommodation.pdf
  • Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). Requests made within two weeks will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website (www.carleton.ca/pmc) for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).
  • Survivors of Sexual Violence: As a community, Carleton University is committed to maintaining a positive learning, working and living environment where sexual violence will not be tolerated, and where survivors are supported through academic accommodations as per Carleton’s Sexual Violence Policy. For more information about the services available at the university and to obtain information about sexual violence and/or support, visit: https://carleton.ca/sexual-violence-support/.
  • Accommodation for Student Activities: Carleton University recognizes the substantial benefits, both to the individual student and for the university, that result from a student participating in activities beyond the classroom experience. Reasonable accommodation must be provided to students who compete or perform at the national or international level. Please contact your instructor with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details, see https://carleton.ca/senate/wp-content/uploads/Accommodation-for-Student-Activities-1.pdf

Labs

  • Labs take the form of deliverables as part of a single project
  • Completed labs must be submitted on the Monday following the lab.
  • A lab write up includes:
    • A schematic of the circuit (including chip layouts)
    • Answers to Questions (in the indicated boxes)
    • Print-outs of measured waveforms (labelled!!) as requried.
  • To get your kit, sign up for pickup
  • In the lab, sign the Student Safety Contract and hand to the TA.
  • Images of final product: Construction, Lab Project Movie, (HD)
  • Floppybird links: Regular Version, Easy Version, (source)
 
No.   Lab / Questions     Dates
0   Milestone #0: #0: Instructions + Report, Equations
    Sep 13, Sep 14,  

1   Milestone #1A: #1A: Instructions, #1A: Report
Milestone #1B: #1B: Instructions, #1B: Report
    Sep 20, Sep 21
Sep 27, Sep 28
 

2   Milestone #2: #2: Instructions, #2: Report     Oct 4, Oct 5
Oct -, Oct 12
 

3   Milestone #3A: #3A: Instructions, #3A: Report (Example of Measured filter performance)
Milestone #3B: #3B: Instructions, #3B: Report
    Oct 18, Oct 19
Nov 1, Nov 2
 

4   Milestone #4A: #4A: Instructions, #4A: Report
Milestone #4B: #4B: Instructions, #4B: Report
    Nov  8, Nov  9
Nov 15, Nov 16
 

5   Milestone #5: #5: Instructions, #5: Report     Nov 22, Nov 23
Nov 29, Nov 30
Dec 6, Dec 7
 

Course Outline

Date   Activity   Questions
Sep 9,   Introduction, Review of linear ciruits, time-constants  

Sep 14, Sep 16   Bioelectrical safety and standards Isolation circuits, Opto-isolators, Relays
Slides01-Elec-Safety,
 

Sep 21,   Op-amps, review  

Sep 23,   Review and Quiz #1

Sep 28, Sep 30, Oct  5   Amplifier limitations: static and dynamic, Instrumentation amplifiers (AD620)  

Oct 7   Review and Quiz #2  

Oct 12 Oct 14   Filter design (see code examples, below) 04A-filter-design,

Oct 19, Oct 21   Rectifiers, Super-diodes

Oct 26, Oct 28   Fall Break (No Classes)

Nov 2   Midterm  

Nov 4,   Comparators and Triggers

Nov 9 Nov 11,   Mono- and Bistable circuits

Nov 16   Review and Quiz #3  

Nov 18, Nov 23   Oscillators
Wien Bridge Results, Design of op amp sine wave oscillators [TI.com],

Nov 25, Nov 30   Electrodes and sensors
slides07A-electrodes, slides07B-sensors
 

Dec 2,   Review and Quiz #4  

Dec 7   ADCs and Sampling The Loudness War [Youtube],  

Dec 9   Electrical Machines

Dec. 16   Exam Office hours: 13h00−15h00

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