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The document outlines the syllabus for GATE in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. It covers the following topics in 3 or less sentences each: 1) Network graphs including matrices, analysis methods, and theorems. 2) Analog circuits like diodes, transistors, amplifiers and their analysis. 3) Digital circuits including logic gates, combinational and sequential circuits.

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GATE Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for GATE in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. It covers the following topics in 3 or less sentences each: 1) Network graphs including matrices, analysis methods, and theorems. 2) Analog circuits like diodes, transistors, amplifiers and their analysis. 3) Digital circuits including logic gates, combinational and sequential circuits.

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GATE Syllabus - Electronics &


Telecommunication Engineering
August 19th, 2009 | GATE, GATE Preparation

NETWORK GRAPHS:

matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit
matrices. Solution methodsl; nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems; superposition,
Thevenin and Nortan’s, maximum power transfer, wye-delta transformation, steady state
sinusoidal analysis using phasors, fourier series, linear constant coefficient differential
and difference equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits. laplace and Z
transforms: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits, convolution,2-port network
parameters, driving point and transfer functions, state equation for networks.

ANALOG CIRCUITS:

characteristics and equivalent circuits(large and small singnal) of diodes,BJT,JFETs and


MOSFET simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifier, biasing and bias stability of
transistior and FET amplifiers. Amplifiers: single and multi-stage, differential,
operational, feedback and power. Analysis of amplifers; frequency response of
amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters. Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for
oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. Function generators and wave-
shaping circuits, Power supplies.

DIGITAL CIRCUITS:

Boolean algebra; minimization of boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC


families( DTL,TTL,ECL,MOS,CMOS). Combinational circuits: airthmetic circuits, code
converters, multiplexers and decoders. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters
and shift-registers. Comparators, timers, multivibrators. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs
and DACs. Semiconductor memories. Microprocessor (8085): architecture,
programming, memory and I/O interfacing.

CONTROL SYSTEMS:

Basic control system components; block diagrammatic descripption,reduction of block


diagrams,properties of systems: linearity,time-invariance,stability,causality.Open loop
and closed loop (feedback) systems.Special properties of linear time- invariance(LTI)
systems-transfer function, impulse responce,poles,zeros,their significance, and stability
analysis of these systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer
functions of systems; transient and steaty state analysis of LTI system and frequency
responce. Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: Root, loci,
Routh_Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots; Control system compensators:
elements of lead and lag compensations, elements ofPropotional-integral.
-Derivative(PID) control. State variable representation and solution of state equation for
LTI systems.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS:

Fourier analysis of signals - amplitude, phase and power spectrum, auto-correlation and
cross-correlation and their Fourier transforms. Signal transmission through linear time-
invariant(LTI) systems,impulse responce and frequency responce,group delay phase
delay. Analog modulation systems-amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation
systems, spectral analysis of these operations, superheterodyne receivers, elements of
hardwares realizations of analog communications systems. Basic sampling theorems.
Pulse code modulation(PCM), differential pulse code modulation(DPCM), delta
modulation(DM). Digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift
keying schemes(ASK,PSK,FSK). Multiplexing - time division and frequency division.
Additive Gaussian noise; characterization using correlation, probability density
function(PDF),power spectral density(PSD). Signal- to-noise rasio(SNR) calculations for
amplitude modulation(AM) and frequency modulation(FM) for low noise conditions.

ELECTROMAGNETICS:

Elements of vector calculus: gradient, dicergence and curl; Gauss and strokes theorems,
maxwells equation: differential and integral forms. Wave equation. Poynting vector.
Plane wavwes: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and
group velocity; skin depth Transmission lines: Characteristic impedence; impedence
transformation; smith chart; impedence matching pulse excitation. Wave guides: modes
in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cutt-off frequencies; dipersion relations.
Antennas; Dipole antennas; antenna arrays; radiation pattern; reciprocity theorem;
antenna gain.

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