Syllabus

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Basic Electronics Engineering;

1. Basic of semiconductors;
2. Diode/Transistor basics and characteristics;
3. Diodes for different uses;
4. Junction & Field Effect Transistors (BJT'S;JFETS; MOSFETS);
5. Transistor amplifiers of different types, oscillators and other circuits;
6. Basics of Integrated Circuits (ICs);
7. Bipolar, MOS and CMOS ICs;
8. Basics of linear ICs;
9. operational amplifiers and their applications-linear/non-linear, Optical sources/detectors;
10. Basics of Opto electronics and its applications;

Basic Electrical Engineering;

1. DC circuits, Ohm's & Kirchoff's laws, mesh and nodal analysis, circuit theorems;
2. Electromagnetism, Faraday's & Lenz's laws;
3. induced EMF and its uses;
4. Single-phase AC circuits;
5. Transformers, efficiency;
6. Basics-DC machines, induction machines; and synchronous machines
7. Electrical power sources-basics, hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear; wind, solar;
8. Basics of batteries and their uses;

Materials Science;

1. Electrical Engineering materials, Crystal structure & defects, Ceramic materials: structures, composites, processing and uses;
2. Insulating laminates for electronics, structure, properties and uses;
3. Magnetic materials, basics;
4. classification, ferrites, ferro/para-magnetic materials and components;
5. Nano materials- basics, preparation, purification, sintering nano particles and
6. Nano- optical/magnetic/electronic materials and uses;
7. Superconductivity, uses;

Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation;

1. Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards;
2. Analog and Digital systems for measurement, measuring instruments for different applications;
3. Static/dynamic characteristics of measurement systems, errors,
   statistical analysis Measurement systems and curve fitting;
4. for non-electrical quantities;
5. Basics of telemetry;
6. Different types of transducers and displays, Data acquisition system basics;

Network Theory;

1. Network graphs & matrices;
2. Wye-Delta transformation;
3. Liner constant coefficient differential equations-time domain analysis of RL;
4. C circuits;
5. 2-pon network parameters- driving point & transfer functions;
6. State equations for networks;
7. Steady state sinusoidal analysis;

Analog and Digital Communication Systems;

1. Circuits & Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTS and JFETs;
2. Diode circuits for different uses;
3. Biasing & stability of BJT & JFET amplifier circuits;
4. Analysis/design of amplifier- Single/multi-stage, Feedback & uses;
5. Active filters, timers, multipliers, wave shaping A/D- D/A converters;
6. Boolean Algebra & uses;
7. Logic gates, Digital IC families;
8. Combinatorial/sequential circuits;
9. Basics of multiplexers;
10. counters/registers/memories microprocessors;
11. design & applications;
12. Random signals, noise;
13. probability theory, information theory;
14. Analog versus digital communication & applications;
15. Systems- AM, FM;
16. transmitters receivers, theory practice/standards SNR comparison, Digital
17. communication basics;
18. Sampling, quantizing coding;
19. PCM DPCM, multiplexing- audio/video;
20. Digital modulation;
21. ASK, FSK, PSK;
22. Multiple access;
23. TDMA, FDΜΑ, CDMA;
24. Optical communication;
25. fibre optics, theory, practice/standards;
    

Control Systems;

1. Classification of signals and systems;
2. Application of signal and system theory;
3. System realization;
4. Transforms & their applications;
5. Signal Flow graph, Routh-Hurwitz criteria, root loci;
6. Nyquist Bode plots, Feedback systems-open & close loop types, stability analysis, steady state, transient and frequency response analysis;
7. Design of control systems, compensators elements of lead/lag compensation,
8. PID and industrial controllers;

Computer Fundamentals, Organization and Architecture;

1. Basic architecture, CPU, I/O organization, memory organisation, peripheral devices, trends;
2. Hardware/software issues, Data representation & Programming;
3. Operating systems-basics;
4. processes; characteristics, applications;
5. Memory management;
6. virtual memory, file systems, protection & security;
7. Data bases, different types, characteristics and design;
8. Transactions and concurrency control;
9. Elements of programming languages, typical examples;
   

Electro Magnetics;

1. Elements of vector calculus, Maxwell's equations-basic concepts, Gauss, strokes theorems;
2. Wave propagation thorough different media;
3. Transmission Lines-different types, basics, Smith's chart, impedance matching/transformation, S-parameters, pulse excitation;
4. uses;
5. Waveguides-basics, rectangular types, modes, cut-off frequency, dispersion, dielectric types;
6. Antennas-radiation pattern, monopoles/diopoles, gain, arrays- active/passive, theory, uses;
   

Advanced Electronics Topics;

1. VLSI technology;
2. Processing, lithography, interconnects, packaging, testing;
3. VLSI design;
4. Principles, MUX/ROM/PLA-based design, Moore & Mealy circuit design;
5. Pipeline concepts & l'unctions;
6. Design for testability;
7. examples;
8. DSP, Discrete time signals/systems, uses, Digital lilters, FIR/IIR types, design, speech/audio/radar signal processing uses;
9. Microprocessors & microcontrollers, basics, interrupts, DMA, instruction sets, interfacing;
10. Controllers & uses;
11. Embedded systems;
    

Advanced Communication Topics;

1. Communication networks;
2. Principles/practices/ technologies/uses/OSI model/Security, Basic packet multiplexed streams/scheduling, Cellular networks, types, analysis, protocols (TCP/TCPIP), Microwave & satellite communication;
3. Terrestrial/space type LOS systems, block schematics link calculations, system design, Communication satellites, orbits, characteristics, systems, uses;
4. Fibre-optic communication systems, block schematics, link calculations, system design

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Materials;

1. Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials-basics;
2. properties and applications;
3. ferrities, terro magnetic materials and components;
4. basics of solid state physics;
5. conductors, Photo- conductivity, Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors;
   

Electric Circuits and Fields;

1. Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVI;
2. Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin's Norton's;
3. Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks;
4. Sinusoidal steady state analysis;
5. basic filter concepts, two-port nerworks, three phuse circuits;
6. Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distriburions;
7. Ampere's and Bior-Savart's laws;
8. inductance, dielectrics, capacitance;
9. Maxwell's equations;

Electrical and Electronic Measurements;

1. Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards, Bridges and potentiometers;
2. moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction types instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase time and frequency measurement, Q-meters;
3. oscilloscopes;
4. potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems;
   

Computer Fundamentals;

1. Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Processing Basic Unit, Architecture;
2. VO and Central Memury Organisation;
3. peripheral devices, data representation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems;
4. Elements programming languages, typical examples;
   

Systems and Signal Processing;

1. Representation of continuous und discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear,
2. time-invariant and causal systems;
3. Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace wanstorms, 2 transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT;
4. linear convolution, discrete cosme transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation;
   

Power System;

1. Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance;
2. insulation, corona and radio interference, power inctor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection;
3. Circuit breakers;
4. Radial and ring-main distribution systems;
5. Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts;
6. Wing curves and equal area criterion HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications;
7. Fundamentals of power economics;
   

Power Electronics and Drives;

1. Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOS, MOSFETs and IGBTs-static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed de and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductars and transformers, power supplies;