GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Anna University)

Coimbatore - 641 013

Curriculum & Syllabi (I - VII SEM)

B.E. (ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING)
(Part Time)

2012
Regulations

OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
THADAGAM ROAD, COIMBATORE - 641 013

PHONE 0422 - 2433355 FAX : +91 0422 - 2433355

email : [email protected]
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(Part Time Candidates admitted during 2012-2013 and onwards)

FIRST SEMESTER
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
1 12L1Z2 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

2 12L106 PROGRAMMING IN C 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

3 12L206 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L302 CIRCUIT THEORY 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

5 12L402 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

TOTAL 500 18

SECOND SEMESTER
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
1 12L2Z2 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

2 12L303 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGN 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

3 12L403 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L405 DIGITAL LOGIC WITH HDL 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

PRACTICAL

5 12L407 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LABORATORY 25 75 100 0 0 3 2

TOTAL 500 17

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Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
THEORY
1 12L305 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

2 12L306 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND WAVE GUIDES 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

3 12L404 ANALOG COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L502 MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS 25 75 100 3 0 2 4

5 12L506 CONTROL SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

TOTAL 500 19

FOURTH SEMESTER
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
THEORY
1 12L406 NETWORKS AND TRANSMISSION LINES 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L501 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING 25 75 100 3 1 0 4

3 12L503 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L504 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

PRACTICAL

5 12L507 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY 25 75 100 0 0 3 2

TOTAL 500 15

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Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
THEORY
1 12L505 CMOS VLSI SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L603 ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 12L605 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L701 MICROWAVE AND RF SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

5 E1 ELECTIVE I 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

TOTAL 500 15

SIXTH SEMESTER
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
THEORY
1 12L601 MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L604 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 ELECTIVE II 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 ELECTIVE III 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

PRACTICAL

5 12L508 VLSI LABORATORY 25 75 100 0 0 3 2

TOTAL 500 14

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Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
THEORY
1 12L703 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L704 FIBRE OPTIC COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 ELECTIVE IV 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 ELECTIVE V 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

PRACTICAL

5 12L801 PROJECT WORK & VIVA VOCE 50 150 200 0 0 12 6

TOTAL 600 18

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BRANCH- ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
(FIFTH SEMESTER)
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
1 12L6E0 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 1 0 3

2 12L6E1 RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 12L6E2 OPERATING SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L6E3 MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION 25 75 100 3 1 0 3

5 12L6E4 TV AND VIDEO ENGINEERING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

6 12L6E5 STATISTICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

BRANCH- ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
(SIXTH SEMESTER)
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
1 12L7E0 SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L7E1 ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 12L7E2 VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L7E3 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

5 12L7E4 NEURAL NETWORKS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

6 12L7E5 RADAR SYSTEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

7 12L7E6 IMAGE PROCESSING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

8 12L7E7 MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

9 12L7E8 MEMS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

10 12L7E9 AVIONICS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

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BRANCH- ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
(SEVENTH SEMESTER)
Final
S. Subject Course Sessional Total
No. Code Title marks
Exam
marks
L T P C
marks
1 12L8E0 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

2 12L8E1 DSP SYSTEM DESIGN 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

3 12L8E2 NANO ELECTRONICS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

4 12L8E3 SOFT COMPUTING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

5 12L8E4 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

6 12L8E5 BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

7 12L8E6 POWER ELECTRONICS 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

8 12L8E7 VLSI TESTING 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

9 12L8E8 SATTELITE COMMUNICATION 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

10 12L8E9 NETWORK SECURITY 25 75 100 3 0 0 3

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12L1Z2 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I

(Common to all branches)
L T P C
3 1 0 4
MATRICES (9)
Characteristic equation - Eigen values and Eigen vectors of a real matrix - Properties of Eigen values - Cayley-Hamilton
Theorem(statement only) and applications- Diagonalisation by similarity transformation - Reduction of quadratic form to
canonical form.

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS AND SOLID GEOMETRY (9)

Hyperbolic functions and Inverse Hyperbolic functions -Identities-Real and imaginary parts- solving problems using
hyperbolic functions.
Sphere - tangent plane- Orthogonal spheres - Cone- right circular cone - Cylinder - right circular cylinder.

APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS (9)

Curvature - cartesian and polar coordinates - Centre and radius of curvature - Circle of curvature -Evolutes - Envelopes -
Evolutes as envelope of normal.

FUNCTION OF SEVERAL VARIABLES (9)

Function of two variables - Taylor’s theorem (statement only) and expansions - Maxima and minima - constrained maxima
and minima by Lagrangian multiplier method - Jacobians - Differentiation under integral sign.

INTEGRAL CALCULUS (9)

Gamma and Beta functions - Double integration - Cartesian and Polar Coordinates - change of order of integration - Area
as double integral - Triple integration -Volume as a triple integral - Transformation to Cylindrical and Spherical co-
ordinates.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. Veerarajan.T., “Engineering Mathematics” for Semesters I and II , Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi.,
2010.
2. Dr.Kandasamy.P., Dr.Thilagavathy.K and Dr.Gunavathy.K., “Engineering Mathematics” for First Year B.E/
B.Tech, S. Chand & Co., Ram Nagar, New Delhi, 2010.

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Reference books
1. N.P.Bali., Dr. Manish Goyal., “A text book of Engineering Mathematics” vol. I , University science Press, New
Delhi, 2010.
2. H.C.Taneja., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics” vol. I, I.K.International Pub.House Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi,
2007.
3. Baburam., “Engineering Mathematics” vol. I, Pearson, New Delhi, 2010.
4. B.V.Ramana., “Higher Engineering Mathematics” Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 2007.
5. Grewal B.S., “Higher Engineering Mathematics” 40th Edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi., 2007

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12L106 PROGRAMMING IN C
(Common to Civil, EEE, EIE, CSE, IT & IBT)
L T P C
3 1 0 4
BASICS OF COMPUTER, PROGRAMMINGAND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (9)
Digital Computer fundamentals- Block diagram of a computer-Components of a Computer system-Applications of
Computers-Hardware and Software definitions-Categories of Software-Booting-Installing and Uninstalling Software-
Software privacy-Software terminologies-Information Technology Basics-History of Internet-Internet Tools. Problem
solving Techniques-Program-Program development cycle-Algorithm-Flow Chart-Pseudo Code-Program control structures-
Types and generation of programming languages-Development of algorithms for simple problems.

BASIC ELEMENTS OF C (9)

Introduction to C-C Declaration- Operators and Expressions-Input and output Functions- Decision statements: If-If else-
Nested If else-If else If ladder-break-continue-goto-switch-nested switch case-Switch case and nested ifs-Loop control:
for, nested for, while, do-while- do while statement with while loop-Arrays: initialization, characteristics, types and
operations.

POINTERS AND FUNCTIONS (9)

Strings and Standard functions: Declaration and initialization, formats, standard, conversion and memory functions,
applications; Pointers-pointers and address- declaration-void ,wild, constant pointers -arithmetic operations with pointers-
pointers and arrays- pointers to pointers -pointers and strings; Functions-return statement-types-call by value and reference-
returning more values, function as an argument, function with operators, decision statements, loop statements, arrays and
pointers, recursion-Tower of Hanoi.

STORAGE CLASSES, STRUCTURE AND UNION (9)

Storage classes: auto-extern-static-register; Preprocessor directives; Structures: Declaration and initialization, structure
within structure-Array of Structures-pointer to structure-structure and functions-typedef-bit fields- enumerated data types;
union: calling BIOS and DOS services-union of structures.

FILES, GRAPHICS AND DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION (9)

Files: streams and file types-operations-File I/O-read and write-other - creating, processing and updating files-simple file
handling programs-low level programming-command line arguments- Environment variables; Graphics: initialization-
functions-library functions-text-patterns and styles-mouse programming-drawing non common figures; Dynamic memory
allocation.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS

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Text books
1. ITL Education solutions Limited, “Introduction to Information Technology”,Pearson Education(India), 2005.
(Unit I)(Chapter:1,7,9,10,15,16)
2. Ashok N. Kamthane, “ Programming in C”, Pearson Education, 2 nd Edition,2012.

Reference books
1. Byron Gottfried, “Programming with C”, 2 nd Edition,(Indian Adapted Edition),TMH publications,2006.
2. Brain W. Kernighan and Dennis M.Ritchie, “The C Programming Language” , Pearson Education Inc.(2005).
3. E. Balagurusamy, “Programming in ANSI C”, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.

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12L206 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

L T P C
3 0 0 3
PN JUNCTION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES (9)
Energy band structure of conductors, semiconductors and insulators-Classification of semiconductors- Conductivity of
semiconductors-Drift and diffusion currents-Continuity Equation-Energy band structure of PN junction diode-Diode current
equation-Transition or Space charge capacitance-Diffusion capacitance-Effect of temperature on PN junction diodes-
Diode switching characteristics -PN diode and Zener diode applications.

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS (9)

Transistor current components-Eber moll’s model of transistor-Transistor as an amplifier -CE, CB and CC configurations:
Analysis of cut-off and saturation regions- Transistor switching times- Maximum voltage rating.

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (9)

Operation and Characteristics of JFET,FET as a Voltage variable resistor, Metal oxide semiconductor field effect
transistor(MOSFET)-Enhancement and Depletion mode MOSFET-Characteristics of n-MOS and p-MOS-CMOS
characteristics-Inverted T FET-Operation and Characteristics.

BIASING OF BJT AND FET (9)

DC operating point and Load line-Q point-Bias stability - Transistor biasing methods: Fixed bias-Collector to base bias-
Self bias - Bias compensation methods, Thermistor and sensistor compensation techniques, thermal runaway, thermal
stability - FET biasing methods: Self bias-Source bias-Voltage divider bias-Biasing enhancement and depletion MOSFET.

DISPLAY DEVICES AND SPECIAL DIODES (9)

Photo emissitivity and Photoconductivity-Construction and characteristics of LCD,LED, Photoconductive cell, Photo
voltaic cell, Photo diode, Solar cell, Photo transistors - Plasma display, Numeric displays - Optocouplers and LASER
diodes-Theory and Characteristics of Schottky diode, Tunnel diode and Varactor diode, SCR, TRIAC, LDR.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Jacob Millman, Christos Halkias & Satyabrata Jit, Millman’s”Electronic Devices and Circuits”, 2nd Edition, McGraw
Hill, 2008.
2. Robert L.Boylestad, Louis Nashelsky, “Electronic Devices and Circuit theory”, Pearson education, 9th Edition,
2006.
Reference books
1. S.Salivahanan, N.Sureshkumar and A.Vallavaraj, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, 2008.
2. Allen Mottershead “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Prentice Hall of India, 2008.
3. Douglas.A.Pucknell, Kamran Eshraghian, “Basic VLSI Design, Principles and Application”, PHI 2009.

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12L302 CIRCUIT THEORY

L T P C
3 1 0 4
DC AND AC CIRCUITS (9)
DC circuits-Circuit elements - Current and voltage sources - Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws - Resistive circuits - Series and
parallel reduction method and analysis- Voltage and current division-Source transformation-Star delta transformation.
AC circuits-Introduction to alternating quantities- Average and RMS values-Circuits elements, series and parallel
combination of circuit elements - Use of complex notation- Phasor representation of variables - Steady state solution
using phasor algebra - Analysis of series, parallel and series, parallel circuits - Active and reactive power.

NETWORK ANALYSIS AND THEOREMS (9)

Mesh and nodal analysis-Matrix method of solving network equations-Superposition theorem -Thevenin’s and Norton’s
theorem- Maximum power transfer theorem - Millman’s theorem - Compensation theorem - Reciprocity theorem - Tellegen’s
theorem.

RESONANCE AND COUPLED CIRCUITS (9)

Series and parallel resonance - Variation of impedance with frequency- Bandwidth of RLC circuit - Q factor - Impedance
of RLC circuit near resonance - Selectivity - Effect of variation in circuit reactive elements on selectivity-Self inductance-
Coefficient of coupling-Dot convention analysis of coupled circuits-Ideal transformer-Analysis of single tuned and double
tuned circuits

NETWORK TRANSIENTS (9)

Transient concepts-Transient response of simple RL and RC series, RL and RC parallel circuits-Transient response of
RLC series and parallel circuits - Solution of RL,RC and RLC series and parallel circuits for step input and sinusoidal input
using Laplace transform method.

GRAPH THEORY (9)

Linear graph of a network - Trees-Tie-set and Cut-set schedules - Incidence matrix - Reduction-solution of resistive
networks using tie-set and cut-set schedules-Principle of duality-Dual networks.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. William Hart Hayt, Jack Ellsworth Kemmerly, “Engineering Circuit Analysis”, Tata McGraw- Hill, New Delhi, 7th
Edition, 2007.
2. Boylestad R.L, “Introductory Circuit Analysis”, Prentice Hall, 10th Edition, 2003.
3. Decarlo R.A,Pen-MinLin, “Linear Circuit Analysis”, Oxford University press,2001.

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Reference books
1. Umesh Sinha, “Network Analysis and Synthesis”, Satya Prakashan,New Delhi, Reprint edition, 1997.
2. Charles Alexander, Mathew Sadiku, “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi,2009.
3. Sudhahar.A, Shyammohan S.P, “Circuits and Networks: Analysis and Synthesis”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi, 3rd
Edition, 2007.
4. D.R. Cunningham, J.A Stuller, “Basic Circuit Analysis”, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai, 2000.

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12L402 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

(Common to all branches)
L T P C
3 0 0 3
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES (9)
Earth structure - Internal and external earth processes - Plate tectonics - erosion - Weathering - deforestation - Anomalous
properties of water -Hydrological cycle - Effect of modern agriculture - fertilizers - pesticides - eutrophication -
biomagnifications - Land degradation - Minerals - Rocks - Rock cycle - mining - types of mining - desertification - soil
erosion - methods of conservation of soil erosion - renewable energy resources - wind - solar - geothermal - tidal - OTEC.

ECO SYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY (9)

Weather and climate - ocean current - upwelling - EL Nino - Ecology - ecosystem - biomes - physical and chemical
components of ecosystem - biological components of ecosystem - forest ecosystem - desert ecosystem and pond ecosystem
- Energy flow in ecosystem - nitrogen cycle - carbon dioxide cycle - phosphorous cycle - food pyramid - Ecological -
succession - types - biodiversity - need for biodiversity - values of biodiversity - hot spots of biodiversity - endangered
and endemic species - conservation of biodiversity insitu-exitu conservation.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (9)

Air pollution, classification of air pollutants gaseous particulars - sources effects and control of gaseous pollutants SO2 -
NO2 - H2S - CO - CO2 and particulates - control methods - cyclone separator - electrostatic precipitator - catalytic combustion-
water pollution-classification of water pollutants - inorganic pollutants - sources - effects and control of heavy metals -
organic pollutants - oxygen demanding wastes - aerobic and anaerobic decomposition - soil pollution - Noise pollution -
sources - effects - decibel scale.

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS (9)

Acid rain - green house effect - global warming - disaster management flood - drought - earthquake - tsunami - threats to
biodiversity - destruction of habitat - habit fragmentation- hunting - over exploitation – man- wildlife conflicts - The
IUCN red list categories - status of threatened species.

SOCIAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENT (9)

Sustainable development- sustainable technologies - need for energy and water conservation- rain water harvesting -
water shed management - waste land reclamation - Air act - Wild life protection act - forest conservation act - population
growth - exponential and logistic growth - variation in population among nations - population policy - women and child
welfare programs - Role of information technology in human and health - HIV/AIDS - effects and preventive measures.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS

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Text books
1. Sharma J.P., ‘Environmental Studies’, 3rd Edition, University Science Press, New Delhi 2009.
2. Anubha Kaushik and C.P.Kaushik, ‘Environmental Science and Engineering’, 3rd Edition, New Age International
Publishers, New Delhi 2008.
Reference books
1. R.K.Trivedi, ‘Hand book of Environmental Laws, Rules, Guidelines, Compliances and Standards’, Vol.I &II, Environ
Media 2006.
2. G.Tyler Miller, ‘Environmental Science’, 10 th Edition, Thomson BROOKS/COLE 2004.
3. Gilbert M.Masters, ‘Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science’, 2nd Edition Pearson Education
2004.

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12L2Z2 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II

(Common to all branches)
L T P C
3 1 0 4
VECTOR CALCULUS (9)
Gradient , Divergence , Curl -Directional derivative - Irrotational and Solenoidal fields-Vector identities - Line, Surface and
Volume Integrals -Green’s Theorem in a Plane , Gauss Divergence and Stoke’s Theorems ( Statements only) -
Verifications and Applications.

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIALEQUATIONS (9)

Linear equations of Second and Higher order with constant coefficients-Simultaneous first order Linear equations with
constant coefficients - Linear equations of Second and Higher order with variable coefficients -Legendre type Method
of variation of parameters-method of reduction of order.

COMPLEX DIFFERENTIATION (9)

Functions of a Complex variable-Analytic functions- Cauchy Riemann equations and sufficient conditions(excluding
proof) -Harmonic and orthogonal properties of analytic functions -Construction of analytic functions-Conformal mappings
: w = z + a , az ,1/z , z2, ez ,cosz, sinz and Bilinear Transformation.

COMPLEX INTEGRATION (9)

Cauchy’s integral theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula -Taylor’s and Laurent’s theorems (Statements only) and expansions
-Poles and Residues -Cauchy’s Residue theorem -Contour integration -Circular and semicircular contours.

LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS (9)

Laplace transforms - Properties and standard transforms-Transforms of unit step, unit impulse and error functions -
Transforms of periodic functions - Inverse Laplace transforms - Initial and Final value theorems - Convolution
theorem(statement only) and applications - Applications to Solution of Linear differential equations of second order with
constant coefficients.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. Veerarajan.T., “Engineering Mathematics” for Semesters I and II , Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New
Delhi., 2010.
2. Dr.Kandasamy.P., Dr.Thilagavathy.K and Dr.Gunavathy.K., “Engineering Mathematics” for First Year B.E/
B.Tech, S. Chand & Co., Ram Nagar, New Delhi, 2010.

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Reference books
1. N.P.Bali., Dr. Manish Goyal., “A Text Book of Engineering Mathematics” vol. II , University science Press, New
Delhi, 2010.
2. H.C.Taneja., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics” vol.II, I.K.International Pub. House Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, 2007.
3. Baburam., “Engineering Mathematics”, Pearson, New Delhi, 2010.
4. B.V.Ramana., “Higher Engineering Mathematics” Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 2007.
5. Grewal B.S., “Higher Engineering Mathematics”,40th Edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi., 2007.

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12L303 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGN

L T P C
3 1 0 4
RECTIFIERS AND POWER SUPPLIES (9)
Classification of power supplies, Rectifiers - Half-wave, full-wave and bridge rectifiers -Rectifiers with filters- C, L, LC and
CLC filter- Voltage regulators - Zener diode as a voltage regulator - Over voltage protection - Switched mode power supply
-Power control using SCR-Uninterrupted Power supplies.

LOW FREQUENCY AND HIGH FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF AMPLIFIERS (9)

Frequency response of amplifiers - BJT AC Analysis- Hybrid and π equivalent models -Low frequency analysis of BJT
and FET - High frequency analysis of BJT and FET -Miller’s theorem -Midband analysis of amplifiers-Multistage
frequency effects.

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS (9)

Types of feedback amplifiers-Analysis of voltage and current feedback amplifiers-Oscillators- Barkhausen criterion-
Design of Oscillators - Colpitts oscillator, Hartley oscillator, RC Phase Shift Oscillator, Wein Bridge oscillator and Crystal
Oscillators.

LARGE SIGNAL AND TUNED AMPLIFIERS (9)

Classification of large signal amplifiers-Class A, B, C, D and AB amplifiers operation -efficiency - Class A amplifier with
load- Class B push-pull amplifier - Distortion in amplifiers - MOSFET power amplifier-Tuned Amplifiers-Single, Double
Tuned and Stagger Tuned Amplifiers.
MULTIVIBRATORS (9)
Design of Monostable, bistable and astable multivibrators-Schmitt trigger-Monostable and astable blocking oscillators
using emitter based timing-UJT Saw tooth generator.
LECTURE: 45 TUTORIAL: 15 TOTAL: 60 HOURS
Text books
1. Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, “Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory”, 9 th Edition, Pearson Education
/ PHI, 2007.
2. Millman.J and Halkias .C, “Integrated Electronics”, TMH, 2007.
Reference books
1. David A. Bell, “Electronic Devices & Circuits”, 4th Ediion, PHI, 2007
2. Floyd, “Electronic Devices”, 6th Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
3. I.J. Nagrath, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, PHI, 2007.
4. S. Salivahanan, N. Suresh Kumar and A. Vallavaraj, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, 2nd Edition, TMH, 2007.
5. Jacob Millman &Taub, “ Pulse, Digital and Switching Waveforms”,2nd Edition, 2007

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12L403 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
IC FABRICATION AND CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR LINEAR ICS (9)
Advantages of ICs over discrete components - Fabrication of monolithic ICs - Current mirror and current sources - Current
sources as active loads - BJT Differential amplifier with active loads - General operational amplifier stages and internal
circuit diagram of IC 741 - DC and AC performance characteristics - slew rate - Open and closed loop configurations.

APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS (9)

Sign Changer - Scale Changer- Voltage Follower - V-to-I and I-to-V converters - adder - subtractor - Instrumentation
amplifier - Integrator - Differentiator - Logarithmic amplifier - Antilogarithmic amplifier - Comparators - Schmitt trigger
- Precision rectifier - peak detector - clipper and clamper - Low-pass - High-pass and Band-pass Butterworth filters.

ANALOG MULTIPLIER AND PLL (9)

Analog Multiplier using Emitter Coupled Transistor Pair - Gilbert Multiplier cell - Variable transconductance technique
- analog multiplier ICs and their applications - Operation of the basic PLL - Closed loop analysis - Voltage controlled
oscillator - Monolithic PLL IC 565 - Application of PLL for AM detection - FM detection and Frequency synthesizing.

DATA CONVERTERS (9)

Analog and Digital Conversions, D/A converter - specifications - weighted resistor type, R-2R Ladder type, Inverted R-
2R Ladder type - Switches for D/A converters, A/D Converters - specifications - Flash type - counter type -Successive
Approximation type - charge balancing type and Dual Slope type .

WAVEFORM GENERATORS AND SPECIAL FUNCTION ICs (9)

Sine-wave generators - Multivibrators and Triangular wave generator - Saw-tooth wave generator - Timer IC 555 - IC
Voltage regulators - Three terminal fixed and adjustable voltage regulators - IC 723 general purpose regulator - Monolithic
switching regulator - Switched capacitor filter IC MF10 - Frequency to Voltage and Voltage to Frequency converters -
Audio Power amplifier and Video Amplifier
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. D.Roy Choudhry, Shail Jain, “Linear Integrated Circuits”, New Age International Pvt. Ltd., 2000.
2. Sergio Franco, “Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-
Hill, 2007.

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Reference books
1. B.S.Sonde, “System Design Using Integrated Circuits” , New Age Pub, 2 nd Edition, 2001
2. Gray and Meyer, “Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits”, Wiley International, 2005.
3. Ramakant A.Gayakwad, “OP-AMP and Linear ICs”, Prentice Hall / Pearson Education, 4th Edition, 2001.
4. J.Michael Jacob, “Applications and Design with Analog Integrated Circuits”, Prentice Hall of India, 1996.
5. William D.Stanley, “Operational Amplifiers with Linear Integrated Circuits”, Pearson Education, 2004.

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12L405 DIGITAL LOGIC WITH HDL

L T P C
3 1 0 4
NUMBER SYSTEMS (9)
Number Systems - Number base conversions - Complements - Signed Binary Numbers - Binary codes -Boolean Algebra -
Boolean functions - Canonical and Standard Forms - Minimization of Boolean expressions - Karnaugh map minimization
- Don’t care conditions - Tabulation Method - Implementation of logic functions using gates - NAND and NOR
implementation.

COMBINATIONAL LOGIC CIRCUITS (9)

Binary Adder - Binary Subtractor - BCD adder - Binary Multiplier - Magnitude comparator - Multiplexers/Demultiplexers -
Decoders/Encoders - Code converters - Implementation of combinational logic using MUX - Introduction to Verilog -
Verilog code for full adder, mux/demux and code converters.

SEQUENTIAL LOGIC CIRCUITS (9)

Latches - Flip flops - Analysis of Clocked Sequential Circuits - State Reduction and Assignment - Design Procedure -
Design of Asynchronous counters - Design of Synchronous counters - Modulo-n counter - Shift registers - Universal
Shift Register - Ring counter -Johnson counter - Verilog code for Flip Flops, Registers and Counters.

ASYNCHRONOUS SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS (9)

Block Diagram - Modes of Operation - Analysis of Sequential Circuits-Circuits with Latches - Design Procedure - Reduction
of State and Flow Tables - Races - Hazards.

MEMORY AND PROGRAMMING LOGIC (9)

Classification of memories - RAM organization - Memory decoding - Memory expansion - Static RAM cell - Dynamic
RAM cell - ROM organization - Types of ROM - Programmable Logic Array - Programmable Array Logic - Field
Programmable Gate Arrays.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. M. Morris Mano, “Digital Design”, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2011.
Reference books
1. Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic, “Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill Education Pvt.Ltd., 2010.
2. A.Anand Kumar, “Fundamentals of Digital Circuits”, 2nd Edition, PHI Learning Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi, 2011.
3. Charles H.Roth, Jr, “Fundamentals of Logic Design”, 4th Edition, Jaico Publishing House, 2006.
4. Samir Palnitkar, “Verilog HDL”, Pearson Education, 2009.
5. Donald D.Givone,” Digital Principles and Design”, Tata Mc-Graw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi,
2003.

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12L407 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LABORATORY

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0 0 3 2
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Implementation of Simple Boolean expression using Universal gates
2. Half Adder and Full adder
3. Multiplexer and Demultiplexer
4. Flip-flops
5. Synchronous and Asynchronous Counters
6. Data transfer using shift register
7. Applications of op-amp
8. Schmitt trigger using op-amp
9. Active filters using op-amp
10. Multivibrators using 555 timer

TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Reference books
1. D.Roy Choudhury and Shail Jain, “Linear Integrated Circuits” New Age international (P) Ltd. 1998.
2. M. Morris Mano, “Digital Design”, 3 rd Edition., Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003

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12L305 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

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3 1 0 4
CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS (9)
Continuous Time (CT) signals - Discrete Time (DT) signals - Step, Ramp, Pulse, Impulse, Exponential, classification of
CT and DT signals - periodic and aperiodic signals, random signals, Energy and Power signals - CT systems and DT
systems, Classification of systems.

ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS TIME SIGNALS (9)

Fourier series analysis - Spectrum of Continuous Time signals- Fourier and Laplace Transforms in signal Analysis.

LINEAR TIME INVARIANT CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS (9)

Differential Equation - Block diagram representation-impulse response, Convolution integrals-Fourier and Laplace
transforms in Analysis - State variable equations and matrix representation of systems.

ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE TIME SIGNALS (9)

Baseband Sampling of CT signals - Aliasing - DTFT and properties - Z transform and properties.

LINEAR TIME INVARIANT DISCRETE TIME SYSTEMS (9)

Difference Equations-Block diagram representation-Impulse response-Convolution sum- DTFT and
Z Transform analysis of Recursive and Non-Recursive systems- State variable equations and matrix representation of
systems.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. Allan V.Oppenheim, S.Wilsky and S.H.Nawab, “Signals and Systems”, Pearson, Indian Reprint, 2007.
2. Simon Haykins and Barry Van Veen, “Signals and Systems”, John Wiley & sons, 2004.
Reference books
1. H P Hsu, Rakesh Ranjan, “Signals and Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill, 7th Reprint, 2010
2. Edward W. Kamen, Bonnie S. Heck, “Fundamentals of Signals and Systems Using the Web and MATLAB”, Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2007.
3. John Alan Stuller, “An Introduction to Signals and Systems”, Thomson, 2008
4. M.J.Roberts,”Signals and Systems, Analysis using Transform methods & MATLAB”, Tata McGraw Hill (India),2nd
Edition, 2011.
5. Robert A. Gabel and Richard A.Roberts, “Signals and Linear Systems”, John Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2009.

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12L306 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND WAVEGUIDES

L T P C
3 1 0 4
ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS (9)
Vector analysis- Orthogonal co-ordinate systems-Coulomb’s Law-Electric field intensity-Field due to continuous Volume
charge distribution-Field due to line charge-Field due to sheet of charge-Electric flux-Gauss law-Application of Gauss
law-Divergence theorem-Electric scalar potential-Equipotential surface-Poisson’s and Laplace equations-Capacitance of
parallel plate-Capacitance of Coaxial cable-Parallel wire capacitance-Boundary conditions-Energy stored in electric field-
Energy density.

STEADY MAGNETIC FIELDS (9)

Biot-Savat’s Law-Ampere’s circuital law-Magnetic flux density-Scalar and Vector potential-Force on a moving charge
and differential current element-Magnetic Boundary conditions-Magnetic circuit-Faraday’s law of electromagnetic
inductance-Inductance and Mutual inductance-Inductance of transmission line-Energy stored in magnetic field-Energy
density.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (9)

Displacement current-Maxwell’s equation-Equation of continuity-Inconsistency of Ampere’s law-Wave motion in free
space-Uniform plane waves-Sinusoidal time variations-Conductors and Dielectrics-Propagation in good conductors and
good dielectrics-Skin effect-Polarization-Reflection and Refraction of plane waves-Reflection by a conductor -Normal and
Oblique incidence-Reflection by a Dielectric-Reflection at the surface of a conducting medium-Surface impedance-Poynting
Theorem-Power loss in a plane conductor.

GUIDED WAVESAND RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES (9)

General solutions for TE and TM waves-Waves between parallel planes of perfect conductors-Velocities of wave
propagation-Attenuation in parallel plate waveguide-Wave impedance of TE and TM waves in a parallel plate waveguide-
Types of waveguides-Mode theory of a Rectangular waveguide(TE and TM waves)-Characteristics of TE and TM waves-
Impossibility of TEM waves in rectangular waveguides-Dominant mode -Wave impedances of TE and TM waves -
Characteristic impedance of a waveguide-Attenuation factor -Excitation of various modes-Quality Factor.

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES , CAVITY RESONATORS AND WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS (9)

Bessel functions-TE and TM modes in circular Waveguides-Wave impedances-Dominant mode-Field configuration-
Comparison of Circular and Rectangular waveguides-Excitation of modes-Microwave cavity resonators-Rectangular and
Circular cavity resonators-Q factor of a cavity resonator for the TE101 mode-Cavity excitation and tuning-Applications-
TEM wave in co-axial lines-Waveguide components.
LECTURE : 45 TUTORIAL : 15 TOTAL: 60 HOURS

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Text books
1. William H.Hayt,”Engineering Electrmagnetics”, Tata McGraw-Hill,2011.
2. Edward.C.Jordan&Keith.G.Balmai,, “Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems”, Prentice Hall of India,1995

Reference books
1. S.Baskaran, “Transmission Lines and Waveguides”, Scitech Publications (India), 2011
2. D avid K.Cheng , “Field and Wave Electromagnetics”’, Pearson Edition ,1999.
3. Umesh Shinha,”Electromagnetic Theory and its Applications”,Satya Prakashan,1996.
4. Gangadhar.K.A,”Field Theory”Khanna Publishers,2002.

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12L404 ANALOG COMMUNICATION

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3 0 0 3
AMPLITUDE MODULATION (9)
Spectral characteristics of periodic and non periodic signals - Generation and demodulation of AM, DSBSC, SSB and VSB
signals - Comparison of amplitude modulation systems.

ANGLE MODULATIONAND PULSE MODULATION (9)

Phase and Frequency modulation - Single tone, narrow band and wideband FM - Transmission bandwidth - Generation
and demodulation of FM signal, Phase Modulation - Pulse Amplitude Modulation - Pulse Time Modulation.

NOISE THEORY (9)

Review of probability - Random variables and random process - Gaussian process - Noise - Shot noise - Thermal noise -
White noise - Narrow band noise - Noise temperature - Noise figure.

PERFORMANCE OF CW MODULATION SYSTEMS (9)

Super heterodyne radio receiver and its characteristics - SNR - Noise in DSBSC systems using coherent detection - Noise
in AM system using envelope detection - Noise in FM system - FM threshold effect - Pre emphasis and De emphasis in FM
- Comparison of performances.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION (9)

Satellite communication - Orbit dynamics - Kepler’s law - Orbitary parameters - Orbital perturbations - Station keeping -
Geostationary -Frequency allocation - Units of visibility -Launching vehicles and propulsion.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Simon Haykin, “Communication Systems”, John Wiley & sons, NY, 4th Edition, 2009.
2. Wayne Tomasi, “Electronic Communications Systems: Fundamentals Through Advanced Telecommunications
Series”, Edition5, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004
Reference books
1. Dennis Roddy & John Coolen , “ Electronic Communication”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2008.
2. Herbert Taub & Donald L Schilling – “Principles of Communication Systems” 3rd Edition – Tata McGraw Hill,
2008.
3. B.P.Lathi, “ Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems”, 3rd Edition, Oxford Press,2007.
4. John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, “Fundamentals of Communication Systems”, Pearson Education, 2006.
5. George Kennedy, “Electronic Communication Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition,1999.

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12L502 MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS

L T P C
3 0 2 4
8086 ARCHITECTURE (9)
8086 Micro processor Architecture - Pin Description- Minimum/Maximum mode system configuration - Memory and I/O
interfacing - Bus cycles -Timing diagram - Interrupts.

8086 PROGRAMMINGAND INTERFACING (9)

8086 Instruction set, Addressing Modes- Procedures, Macros, Assembler Directives - Assembly language programming -
Peripheral Interfacing using 8255 PPI - 8279 Keyboard/Display controller - 8251 USART.

8051 MICROCONTROLLER (9)

8051 Microcontroller Architecture - Signals - Memory organization - SFRs- Interrupts - Timer/Counter- Port operation -
Serial communication.

8051 PROGRAMMINGAND INTERFACING (9)

8051 Instruction Set -Programming 8051Timers - Serial Port Programming - Interrupts Programming. LCD and Keyboard
Interfacing- ADC, DAC and Sensor Interfacing, External Memory Interface - RTC Interfacing - Motor Control.

PIC MICROCONTROLLER (9)

16C7X PIC Microcontroller Architecture - Signals - Memory organization - SFRs - Interrupts - Timer/Counter- I/O Expansion
- I2C bus- EEPROM - A/D Converter - PWM module - MSSP module - USART - Instruction set - Addressing modes.
List of Experiments:
8086 Programming:
• Array Processing
• Code Conversions
• String Manipulation
• Peripheral Interfacing
8051 Programming :
• Bit manipulation
• Peripheral programming and Interfacing
LECTURE : 45 PRACTICALS : 30 TOTAL: 75 HOURS

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Text books
1. Krishna Kant, “Microprocessor and Microcontroller Architecture, Programming and System Design using 8085,
8086, 8051 and 8096”, PHI, 2011.
2. Ajay Deshmukh, “ Microcontrollers : Theory and Applications”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.

Reference books
1. Douglas V.Hall, “Microprocessor and Interfacing, Programming and Hardware”, Revised 2 nd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, Indian edition 2007.
2. Kenneth J.Ayala., “The 8051 Microcontroller”, 3rd Edition, Thompson Delmar Learning, 2007, New Delhi.
3. Muhammad Ali Mazidi, Janice GillispieMazidi, Rolin D. McKinlay, “The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded
Systems”, 2 nd Edition, Pearson Education 2008.
4. A.K. Ray, K.M.Bhurchandi, “Advanced Microprocessor and Peripherals”, 2 nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2007.

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12L506 CONTROL SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 1 0 4
CONTROL SYSTEM MODELING (9)
Basic Elements of Control System - Open loop and Closed loop systems - Differential equation - Transfer function
- Modeling of Electric systems, Translational and rotational mechanical systems - Block diagram reduction
Techniques - Signal flow graph.

TIME RESPONSE ANALYSIS (9)

Time response analysis - First Order Systems - Impulse and Step Response analysis of second order systems - Steady
state errors - P, PI, PD and PID Compensation.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS (9)

Frequency Response - Bode Plot, Polar Plot, Nyquist Plot - Frequency Domain specifications from the plots -
Constant M and N Circles - Nichol’s Chart - Use of Nichol’s Chart in Control System Analysis-Series, Parallel,
Series-parallel Compensators - Lead, Lag, and Lead Lag Compensators.

STABILITY ANALYSIS (9)

Stability - Routh-Hurwitz Criterion, Root Locus Technique- Construction of Root Locus - Dominant Poles, Application
of Root Locus Diagram - Nyquist Stability Criterion - Relative Stability.

STATE VARIABLE ANALYSIS (9)

State space representation of Continuous Time systems - State equations - Transfer function from State Variable
Representation - Solutions of the state equations - Concepts of Controllability and Observability - State space
representation for Discrete time systems- Sampled Data control systems- Sampling Theorem- Sampler and Hold - Open
loop and Closed loop sampled data systems.
Case study: Any two examples of control systems.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. J.Nagrath and M.Gopal, “Control System Engineering”, New Age International Publishers, 5th Edition, 2007.
Reference books
1. Benjamin.C.Kuo, “Automatic Control Systems”, Prentice Hall of India, 7th Edition,1995.
2. M.Gopal, “Control System – Principles and Design”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2002.
3. Schaum’s Outline Series, “Feedback and Control Systems”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2007.
4. John J.D’azzo, Constantine H.Houpis, “Linear Control System Analysis and Design”, Tata McGraw-Hill, Inc.,
1995.
5. Richard C. Dorf , Robert H. Bishop, “Modern Control Systems”, Addison – Wesley, 1999.

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12L406 NETWORKS AND TRANSMISSION LINES

L T P C
3 0 0 3
SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRICAL TWO PORT NETWORKS (9)
Two port networks- Characterization in terms of impedance, Admittance, Hybrid and Transmission parameters - Inter
relationships among parameter sets - Interconnection of two port networks - Series, parallel and cascade. Lattice Networks-
Symmetrical two port networks: T and π Equivalent of a two port network - Image impedance - Characteristic impedance
and propagation constant of a symmetrical two port network.

PASSIVE NETWORKS (9)

Constant K filters-m derived filters-Composite filters-Design procedures-Series and shunt equalizer- Symmetrical and
asymmetrical attenuators - T and π sections.

PASSIVE NETWORK SYNTHESIS (9)

Synthesis: Positive real functions - Driving point functions - Brune’s positive real functions - Properties of positive real
functions. Testing driving point functions - Application of maximum modulus theorem - Properties of Hurwitz polynomials
- Even and odd functions - Strum’s theorem - Driving point synthesis - RC elementary synthesis operations - LC network
synthesis - Properties of RC network functions - Foster and Cauer forms of RC and RL networks.

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY (9)

Line parameters and transmission constants-Transmission line equation-Physical significance of the equation-Infinite
line-Input and transfer impedance-Waveform distortion- Distortionless line- Loading-Reflection phenomena-Reflection
loss and insertion loss-Skin and proximity effect-T and π equivalent of transmission lines.

LINEAT RADIO FREQUENCIES (9)

Parameters of open wire line and co-axial line at high frequencies-Standing waves-Standing wave ratio-Input impedance of
open and short circuited lines-Relation between VSWR and reflection co-efficient-Quarter wave transformer-Single and
double stub matching-Smith chart and its applications.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. John.D.Ryder “Networks Lines and Fields”, Prentice hall of India Pvt.Ltd,2 nd Edition, 1997.
2. Sudhahar.A, Shyammohan S.P, “Circuits and Networks : Analysis and Synthesis”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi,
3rd Edition, 2007.

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Reference books
1. Umesh Sinha “Network Analysis And Synthesis”, Sathya Prakashan Publishers, 1997.
2. Van Valkenburg “Introduction to Modern Synthesis”, Wiley Eastern Publication, 2007.
3. B. P. Lathi, “Linear Systems and Signals”, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 2009.
4. D.Roy Choudhary, “Network and Systems”, New Academic Science, 2nd Edition, 2009.

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12L501 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

L T P C
3 1 0 4
DISCRETE – TIME SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS (9)
Review of discrete time signals and systems - DFT and its properties - FFT algorithms and its application to convolution
- Overlap-add and overlap-save methods.

DESIGN OF INFINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTERS (9)

Analog filters - Butter worth and Chebyshev Type I .Analog Transformation of prototype LPF to BPF /BSF/ HPF.
Transformation of analog filters into equivalent digital filters using Impulse invariant method and Bilinear transform
method- Realization structures for IIR filters - Direct, cascade, parallel forms.

DESIGN OF FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTERS (9)

Linear phase response of FIR-FIR design using window method- Rectangular, Hamming, Hanning and Blackmann Windows-
Frequency sampling method - Realization structures for FIR filters - Transversal and Linear phase structures- Comparison
of FIR and IIR filters.

QUANTIZATION EFFECTS AND DSP ARCHITECTURE (9)

Representation of numbers-ADC Quantization noise-Coefficient Quantization error-Product Quantization error-
truncation and rounding errors - Limit cycle due to product round off error-Round off noise power-limit cycle
oscillation due to overflow in digital filters- Principle of scaling- Introduction to PDSP - Special features-TMS320C54x
DSP processor architecture and addressing schemes.

MULTIRATE SIGNAL PROCESSING (9)

Introduction to Multirate signal processing-Decimation Interpolation (by an integer and rational factor)-Poly phase
Decomposition of FIR filter-Multistage implementation of sampling rate conversion- Applications.
LECTURE:45 TUTORIAL:15 TOTAL:60 HOURS
Text books
1. A.V.Oppenheim, R.W. Schafer and J.R. Buck, “Discrete-Time Signal Processing”, Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2010.
2. John G Proakis and Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing Principles, Algorithms and Applications”, Pearson
Education, 4th Edition, 2009.
Reference books
1. Emmanuel C. Ifeacher, Barry W. Jervis, “Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Approach” 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education, 2004.
2. Lonnie C. Ludeman, “Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing” John Wiley& Sons, 1986.

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3. S.K. Mitra, “Digital Signal Processing, A Computer Based approach”, McGraw-Hill, 4th Edition, 2010.
4. P.Ramesh Babu, “Digital Signal Processing”, Scitech Publications, 4th Edition, 2011.
5. V.Udayashankara, “Real Time Digital Signal Processing”, PHI learning, 2010.

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12L503 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

L T P C
3 0 0 3
PULSE MODULATION (9)
Sampling process -PAM- Other forms of pulse modulation-Bandwidth -Noise tradeoff-Quantization-PCM-Noise
considerations in PCM Systems-TDM- Digital multiplexers-Limitation and modification of PCM-Delta modulation-Linear
prediction-differential pulse code modulation-Adaptive Delta Modulation - Source coders based on probability -Shannon
Fano coding, Shannon binary coding, Huffman coding.

ERROR CONTROL CODING (9)

Discrete memoryless channels - Linear block codes - Cyclic codes - Convolutional codes -Maximum likelihood decoding
of convolutional codes-Viterbi Algorithm-Trellis coded Modulation-Turbo codes -Applications.

BASEBAND PULSE TRANSMISSION (9)

Line coding - Intersymbol Interference- Nyquist’s criterion for Distortion less Base band Binary Transmission- Correlative
level coding-Baseband M-ary PAM transmission-Adaptive Equalization -Eye patterns.

DIGITAL MODULATION TECHNIQUES (9)

Generation of ASK,PSK,FSK - Signal space diagram - Matched filter-detection - Bit error probability and Power spectra
of BPSK, QPSK, FSK -Differential phase shift keying - Comparison of Digital modulation systems - Carrier and symbol
synchronization.

SPREAD SPECTRUM MODULATION (9)

Pseudo- noise sequences-A notion of spread spectrum -Direct sequence spread spectrum with coherent binary phase shift
keying - Signal space dimensionality and processing gain -Probability of error - Frequency -Hop spread spectrum -Code
Division Multiplexing.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. Simon Haykins, “Communication Systems” John Wiley, 2009.
2. Amitabha Battacharya, “Digital Communications”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006.
Reference books
1. Sam K.Shanmugam, “Digital & Analog Communication Systems”, John Wiley, 2008.
2. John G.Proakis, Masoud Salehi, “Digital Communications”, McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2008.
3. Taub & Schilling , “Principles of Communication Systems”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition,2008.
4. B.P.Lathi, “Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems”, 3 rd Edition, Oxford Press,2007

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12L504 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION

L T P C
3 0 0 3
BASICS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN (9)
Machine computation - Evolution: First, Second, Third and Fourth generation of computer systems - Recent developments
- Different layers of Computer systems - Complexity of computing - Computer system Design Layers - RTL structure of
computer system.

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (9)

Data path and Control path support - Microoperations and Control signals on Data path: Memory, Bus and Inter register
transfer - Arithmetic and Logic microoperations - Machine language instructions - Execution of instructions - ALU - Bit
sliced ALU.

CONTROLLER DESIGN (9)

Controller functions - Control transfer: Instruction control and Program control transfers - Hardwired Control : Sequence
counter method - Delay element method - State table method - Microprogrammed Control : Encoding of control signals -
Next address generation - Microprogram sequencer - Microinstruction execution -Control memory optimization.

MEMORY SUBSYSTEM (9)

CPU - Memory interaction - Performance measures - Memory array organization : 2D, 3D and 2.5D memory organization -
Memory Hierarchy - Cache memory - address mapping techniques - Associate memory : Principle of CAM - Associative
memory block diagram and Applications -Virtual memory : organization - Address translation schemes.

ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES (9)

RISC architecture - Instruction pipelining - R2000/R3000 functional block diagram and Instruction pipeline - Parallel
architectures : models of computation - classification - dataflow architecture - reduction machine - Control driven machines
- Multiprocessing architecture - MIMD model - Key issues of Multiprocessing.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text book
1. P.Pal Chaudhuri, “ Computer Organization and Design”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2010.
Reference books
1. Hayes J.P., “ Computer Architecture and Organization”, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2002.
2. Harry F. Jordan and Gita Alaghband, “Fundamentals of Parallel Processing”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,
2002.
3. Kai Hwang and F.A. Briggs, “ Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”, McGraw Hill, 1999.

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12L507 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY

L T P C
0 0 3 2
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (IMPLEMENTATION USING MATLAB/ TMS320C5X)

1. Fast Fourier Transform algorithms, Linear convolution/ circular convolution.

2. IIR filter Design- Impulse invariant and Bilinear transformation methods.
3. FIR Filter Design - Window-based method.
4. Multi rate filters, Decimation by poly phase decomposition.
5. Study of various addressing modes of DSP using simple programming examples.

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION (IMPLEMENTATION USING SIMULINK/ HARDWARE)

6. Signal sampling and reconstruction.

7. Pulse Code Modulation/ Delta Modulation.
8. Convolutional coder.
9. Generation and study of eye patterns.
10. ASK, FSK, PSK schemes.
11. Code Division Multiplexing.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Reference books
1. John G Proakis and Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing Principles, Algorithms and Applications”, Pearson
Education, 4th Edition, 2009.
2. S.K. Mitra, “Digital Signal Processing, A Computer Based approach”, McGraw-Hill, 4th Edition, 2010.
3. The Manuals of the Digital Signal Processors manufactured by Texas Instruments (Available online on the web
pages of Texas Instruments)
4. Amitabha Battacharya, “Digital Communications”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006.
5. Taub & Schilling , “Principles of Communication Systems”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition,2008.

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12L505 CMOS VLSI SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
OVERVIEW OF VLSI (9)
Complexity and Design - MOSFETs as switches -Basic Logic Gates in CMOS - Complex Logic Gates in CMOS -Transmission
Gate circuits - CMOS Layers - Designing FET Arrays.

MOS PHYSICS (9)

nFET Current-Voltage Equations - The FET RC Model - pFET Characteristics- DC characteristics of CMOS Inverter -
Inverter Switching Characteristics - Power Dissipation - Transmission Gates and Pass Transistors.

CMOS CIRCUITS (9)

Pseudo-NMOS - Tri-State Circuits- Clocked CMOS - Dynamic CMOS - Logic circuits - Interconnect Delay Modeling -
Crosstalk- Floor planning and Routing - Input and Output circuits - Power distribution and consumption - Low Power
Design Considerations.

CLOCKING AND TESTING (9)

CMOS clocking styles -Pipelined systems - System Design Considerations - Reliability and Testing of VLSI circuits -
General Concepts - CMOS testing - Test Generation Methods.

VLSI SYSTEMS SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPONENTS (9)

Systems Specifications - Structural Gate Level Modeling - Switch Level Modeling - Design Hierarchy - Behavioral and RTL
Modeling - Multiplexer - Binary Decoders - priority Encoders - Latches - Flip Flops and Registers -Arithmetic Circuits in
CMOS VLSI: Adders and Multipliers.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. John P.Uyemura, “Introduction to VLSI Circuits and Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
2. Keng, Lable Bick, “CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1999.
Reference books
1. Neel H.E.WesteEshraghian, “Principles of CMOS VLSI Design”, Addison Wesley, 1999
2. Sjohoem S. & Lindh L., “VHDL for Designers”, Prentice Hall, 1997.
3. Smith, “Application Specific Integrated Circuits”, Addison Wesley, 1997.
4. Mukherjee, “Introduction NMOS and CMOS VLSI System Design”, PH 1986.
5. Douglas A. Pucknell & K. Eshranghian, “Basic VLSI Design”, PHI 3rd edition 1994.

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12L603 ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION

L T P C
3 0 0 3
ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALSAND PARAMETERS (9)
Introduction -Types of antennas-Radiation mechanism current distribution-Radiation pattern - Power density - Radiation
intensity-Directivity-gain-antenna efficiency beamwidth - Bandwidth - Polarization radiation efficiency - Effective aperture-
Friss equation and radar range equation-antenna temperature-Far field radiation - Duality theorem.

LINEAR WIRE AND LOOP ANTENNAS (9)

Linear wire antenna- Infinitesimal dipole-small dipole-finite length dipole- Half wavelength dipole, Loop antenna- Circular
loop antenna of constant current-ferrite loop.

PLANAR AND LINEAR ARRAYS (9)

Two-element array - N element linear array-Uniform spacing and amplitude-Broadside, end-fire, phased array-N element
linear array directivity and characteristics-N element linear array-Uniform spacing and non-uniform amplitude-Planar
array-Circular array.

TRAVELING WAVE AND BROADBAND ANTENNAS (9)

Folded dipole, V antenna, Rhombic antenna, Helical antenna, Yagi-uda array of linear elements - Spiral antenna-Log
periodic antenna, Patch antenna. Concept of Horn antenna-Parabolic reflector, Antenna measurement - Radiation pattern,
far and near field measurement- Anechoic chamber.

WAVE PROPAGATION (9)

Fundamental equation for free space propagation - Modes of propagationstructure of atmosphere and characteristics-sky
wave propagation-effects of Earths magnetic field- Application of Bartree magnetic ionic formula-Hartree formula-effective
dielectric constant and conductivity of the ionosphere and collision frequency -Lowest Usable frequency - Skip distance-
Optimum working frequency - Ionospheric Abnormalities - Multi hop propagations - Space wave propagation - Duct
propagation.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. Constantine A,Balanis “Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design”, John Wiley Publishers, 2003.
2. K.D.Prasad “Antennas and Wave Propagation”, Satya prakashan, 1996.
Reference books
1. John D.Kraus “Antennas”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2002.
2. H.Griffiths, J.Encianas, A.Papiernik & Serge Drabowitch “Modern Antennas”, Chapman & Hall, 2005.

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12L605 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

L T PC
3 0 0 3
DATACOMMUNICATION (9)
OSI reference model, Open system standard, Transmission of Digital Data -Electrical Interface, MODEMS, Line
Configuration, Encoding and Decoding, Multiplexing, Error Detection and Correction .

DATA LINK CONTROL AND PROTOCOLS (9)

Flow control and error control, stop and wait, Sliding windows, Automatic Repeat (ARQ), Asynchronous Protocols, - X
MODEM, Y MODEM, Synchronous protocols -Character Oriented and Bit oriented protocols (HDLC).

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND METROPOLITAN NETWORKS (9)

IEEE 802 standards, LLC, MAC layer protocols - CSMA/CD Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, Distributed Queue
Dual Bus, Switched Multimega Bit Data Service.

WIDE AREA NETWORKS (9)

Circuit Switch packet Switch, Message Switching, X .25 Protocols- Architecture and Layers of
Protocol, Frame Delay, ISDN and ATM Protocol, Internetworking Device- Repeater, Bridge, Routes and Gateways,
Routing Algorithms.

UPPER OSI LAYERS AND INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING (9)

Session layer protocols, Presentation layer - Data Security, Encryption/Decryption, Authentication, Data Composition,
Application layer protocols -MHS, File transfer, Virtual terminal, CMIP.
Cloud Computing -History of Cloud Computing - Cloud Architecture - Cloud Storage - Advantages and disadvantages of
Cloud Computing - Companies in the Cloud Today -Cloud Services- Developing Cloud Services
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data Communications and Networks”, 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publication, 2006.
2. Michael Miller, “Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications that Change the Way You Work and Collaborate
Online,” Que Publishing, August 2008.
Reference books
1. William Stallings ,”Data and Computer Communications”, 6th Edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2002.
2. Andrew. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, 4th edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
3. Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie ,” Computer Networks: A Systems Approach” , 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers, 2003.

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12L701 MICRO WAVE AND RF SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
Z, Y & S PARAMETERS AND PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES (9)
Impedance and Admittance matrices-reciprocal networks-Lossless networks-Scattering matrices-Generalized scattering
matrix - Transmission matrix - Relation between impedance, admittance, scattering and transmission matrices. Planar
transmission lines - Microstrip- Formula for effective dielectric constant characteristic impedance and attenuation.

IMPEDANCE MATCHING (9)

Matching with lumped elements-Single stub and Double Stub matching - Analytic and Smith Chart solutions, Quarter
wave Transformer-Tapered lines-Exponential taper-Triangular taper. Passive Microwaves Circuits : Dividers and couplers-
Three port networks- T Junction - Lossless divider –Resistive divider - Branch line coupler-hybrid coupler-maximally flat
low pass filter - Stepped impedance filter.

ACTIVE MICROWAVE CIRCUITS (9)

Ferrite devices-Phase shifters-Isolator-circulator-Low noise amplifier-Mixers-Single ended mixers- Single Balanced mixers-
Single pole switch-PIN diode switches-One port negative resistance oscillator. High power sources Klystron -Magnetron-
TWT-Low power source-GUNN, IMPATT, TRAPATT

WIRELESS RF SYSTEMS (9)

Introduction to wireless systems -Design and performance issue -Wireless Antennas - Propagation and Fading -Power
Amplifier -Diode Mixer -SAW Filters - Frequency Synthesizer - PLL Analysis - Oscillator Phase Noise - Receiver Architecture
- Dynamic Range - Digital Cellular Receiver.

RF CIRCUITS (9)
Linearity and Distortion in RF Circuits - Intercept Points - Review of Technology - Bipolar transistors - current dependence
- High frequency effects - Bipolar transistor design considerations - CMOS transistors - NMOS - CMOS small signal
models - Square Law Equations . Block Diagram of RFID - Readers - Tags - middleware RFID Applications - Merits and
Demerits.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. David M.Pozar, “Microwave Engineering”, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
2. Annapurna Das & Sisir K.Das, “Microwave Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000.
3. John Rogers & Calvin Plett, “Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits”, Artech House, 2003.
Reference books
1. R.E.Collin, “Foundations of Microwave Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 2007.
2. www.trenster.com, www.activewaveinc.com, www.chipcon.com,
3. www.microcircuits.com

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12L601 MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE

L T P C
3 1 0 3
BASICS OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT (9)
Evolution of Management - definition-Levels-Principles-Differences with administration-Roles of Managers-Social
Responsibility of Business-External environment of business-Management Ethics

PLANNING (9)
Nature-Purpose-Types-Steps-Management by Objectives-Strategic planning process-Decision-making- Types of decisions-
Approaches to decision - Making under uncertainty.

ORGANIZING (9)
Formal, Informal organization- Span of Management- Departmentation -Line, Staff authority, Decentralization and Delegation
of authority- Effective organization and organization culture.

STAFFINGAND LEADING (9)

Systems Approach to staffing- Performance appraisal process and career strategy formulation, Leadership theories, Theories
of motivation, Communication - Process, Barriers, Guidelines for effective communication - Electronic media in communication.

CONTROLLING (9)
Process, Feedback loop of Management control, Requirements for effective control - Control techniques- Operations
research for controlling, Overall and Preventive control.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Harold Koontz, Weihrich, “Essentials of Management”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2010
2. Tripathy,P.C And Reddy, P.N., “Principles of Management”, Tata McGraw Hill,2010

Reference books
1. Joseph Massie, “Essentials of Management”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,2007.
2. Prasad, L.M., “Principles and Practice of Management”, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi, 2010

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12L604 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED COMPUTING (9)
Complex systems and microprocessors - Embedded system design process - Formalism for system design - Instruction
sets Preliminaries - ARM Processor - CPU Programming input and output - Supervisor mode, exception and traps -
Coprocessor - Memory system mechanism - CPU performance - CPU power consumption.

COMPUTING PLATFORM AND DESIGN ANALYSIS (9)

CPU buses - Memory devices - I/O devices - Component interfacing - Design with microprocessors - Development and
Debugging - Program design - Model of programs - Assembly and Linking - Basic compilation techniques - Analysis and
optimization of execution time - power - energy - program size -Program validation and testing.

PROCESS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS (9)

Multiple tasks and multi processes - Processes - Context Switching - Operating Systems Scheduling policies - Multiprocessor
- Inter Process Communication mechanisms - Evaluating operating system performance - Power optimization strategies for
processes.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTEGRATION (9)

Compiler - Cross compiler - Emulator, Simulators - Host and target machines - Linkers/locators for embedded software -
Getting embedded software into the target system and testing on host machine.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM APPLICATIONS (9)

Applications of Embedded systems - Recent trends in Embedded systems - Case study of Embedded systems like Digital
camera-Smart card-Flight simulation and control.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components - Principles of Embedded Computer System Design”, Morgan Kaufmann
Publisher, 2006.
2. Rajkamal, “Embedded Systems Architecture, Programming and Design”, TATA McGraw-Hill, First Reprint, 2003.
Reference books
1. Steve Heath, “Embedded Systems Design”, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Publications, 2006.
2. David E-Simon, “An Embedded Software Primer”, Pearson Education, 2007.
3. Frank Vahid and Tony Gwasrgie, “Embedded System Design”, John Wiley and Sons, 2002.

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12L508 VLSI LABORATORY

L T P C
3 0 3 2
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
DESIGN AND SIMULATION USING HDL
1. Combinational Logic circuits
2. Synchronous Sequential Logic circuits
3. Asynchronous Sequential Logic circuits
4. Architecture level :
a. Memory devices
b. ALU
c. RISC CPU (3 bit opcode, 5 bit address)
5. Implementation of Traffic light controller
6. Study of Synthesis tools
7. Layout Design of Logic gates & Combinational circuits
8. Study of development tool for FPGAs for schematic entry and Verilog

TOOLS :
Xilinx Tools, Cadence Tools, Model SIM, Mentor Graphics Tools, T-SPICE
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Reference books
1. Cyril, “ Fundamentals of HDL Design”, Pearson Education, 2009.
2. Samir Palnitkar, “Verilog HDL”, Pearson Education, 2003.

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12L703 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

L T P C
3 1 0 3
WIRELESS CHANNELS (9)
Large scale path loss - Path loss models -Link Budget design - small scale fading- Fading due to Multipath time delay
spread - flat fading - frequency selective fading - Fading due to Doppler spread - fast fading - slow fading - Parameters of
mobile multipath channels - Time dispersion parameters-coherence bandwidth - Doppler spread and Coherence time.

CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE (9)

Evolution of Mobile Communication- trends in Cellular radio and personal communications- Cellular concept-Frequency
reuse - channel assignment- hand offinterference and system capacity- trunking and grade of service.

DIGITAL SIGNALING FOR FADING CHANNELS (9)

Structure of a wireless communication link, Modulation and demodulation - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, π/4-Differential
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying- Offset-Quadrature Phase Shift Keying-Binary Frequency Shift Keying-Minimum Shift
Keying-Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying-Power spectrum and Error performance in fading channels-OFDM principle -
Transceiver implementation-Cyclic prefix-PAPR-Intercarrier interference.

MULTIPATH MITIGATION TECHNIQUES (9)

Diversity -Micro- and Macrodiversity-Diversity combining techniques-Error probability in fading channels with diversity
reception, Rake receiver, MIMO systems -Spatial Multiplexing, System Model, Channel state information, Capacity in
fading and non-fading channels.

WIRELESS STANDARDS (9)

Principles of Spread Spectrum Techniques, FDMA, TDMA and CDMA - Capacity Calculations -GSM and GPRS, CDMA
in IS-95 / CDMA 2000, Wi-Fi, WiMax.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Andreas.F. Molisch, “Wireless Communications”, John Wiley , 2nd Edition- India, 2006.
2. Rappaport,T.S., “Wireless Communications”, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition 2009.
Reference books
1. David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, “Fundamentals of Wireless Communication”, Cambridge University Press,
2005.
2. Gordon L. Stuber, “Principles of Mobile Communication”, Springer International Ltd.,3rd Edition , 2011.
3. Simon Haykins & Michael Moher, “Modern Wireless Communications”, Pearson Education, 3rd Edition,2007.
4. Vijay. K. Garg, “Wireless Communication and Networking”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2007, http://
books.elsevier.com/9780123735805:,
5. Van Nee, R. and Ramji Prasad, “OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications”, Artech House, 2000.
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12L704 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL FIBERS (9)
Review of Electrical communication systems - Need for optical communication. Electrical and Optical communication -
Advantages and applications - EM spectrum - System model description - Selection of system components -Choice of
operating wave length - System performance .Mode theory of Circular Wave guides - Overview of Modes - Key Modal
concepts -Linearly Polarized Modes -Single Mode Fibers -Graded Index fiber structure.

FIBER OPTICAL SOURCES & PHOTO DETECTORS (9)

Characteristics and requirements - Spontaneous and stimulated emission - Source classifications: Ruby, He-Ne lasers,
Homo & Hetero structures, Laser Diodes and LED’s characteristics, Comparison and applications - Physical principles of
Photodiodes, Photo detector Noise, Detector response time - Avalanche multiplication Noise - Comparisons of photo
detectors.

MODULATION TECHNIQUES (9)

Classifications, Direct/Internal modulation: Analog and Digital modulation formats–External modulators: Electro-optic
and Acousto - Optic modulators.

TRANSMISSION MEDIA & OPTICAL RECEIVERS (9)

Fiber-optics Vs Coaxial cables - Optical fiber modes and configurations - Fiber transmission properties-Choice of wave
length for fiber-optic transmission - Cable configurations - Splices, connectors and couplers -Requirements - Methods of
detection process - Comparison - Basic principles of photo detection -Photo diode - Avalanche photo multiplier - Receiver
configurations - Pre amplifiers for detectors.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS AND FIBER OPTIC APPLICATIONS (9)

Laser radar system - Fiber optic link for computers - Multichannel audio/video communication systems-Repeater/Regenerator
for fiber-optic systems - Power Budget and Rise-time Budget- Basic networks - SONET/SDH -WDM concepts and
components - Optical CDMA - Generation of optical fiber link - Introduction to Ultra High Capacity Networks - optical
networking technology in enterprise.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Keiser G, “Optical Fiber Communications”, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2001.
2. Hohn M. Senior, “Optical Fiber Communications Principles and Practice”, PHI, New Delhi, 3rd Edition, 2008.
3. Gower, J “Optical Communication Systems”, PHI, New Delhi, 2nd edition, Fifth reprint, 1995.
Reference books
1. Franz J.H. Jain V.K, “Optical Communication, Components And Systems”, Narosa publications,New Delhi, 2000.
2. K. Mynbaev and Lowell L Scheiner, “Fiber Optic Communication Technology”, Pearson Education Asia, New
Delhi, 2009
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12L6E0 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
ELECTRONICS INAUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (9)
Overview of Automotive Mechanical systems - Need for Automotive Electronics System - Performance (Speed, Power and
Torque)-Control (Emission, Fuel Economy, Drivability and Safety) & Legislation (Environmental legislation for pollution
and safety norms) - Overview of vehicle electronic systems: Basic electrical components and their operation in an automobile:
Power train subsystem(Starting systems, Charging systems - Ignition systems - Electronic fuel control), Chassis
subsystem(ABS,TCS and ESP) - Comfort and safety subsystems (Night vision, airbags, Seatbelt Tensioners, Cruise
Control-Lane-departure-warning, Parking)

EMBEDDED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE (9)

Hardware module - Introduction to an embedded board -components - Software Module: IDE - Getting started: Creating
new project, creating new files, adding files to project, compile, build, debug and simulation of a project.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM PROGRAMMING AND DEBUGGING (9)

Embedded System Programming - Up-loaders- ISP - ROM Emulators, In-Circuit Emulators - Debug Interfaces: BDM
and JTAG.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS (9)

Engine management systems - Gasoline/ Diesel systems - various sensors used in system - Electronic transmission control
- Vehicle safety system - Electronic control of braking and traction - Body electronics - Infotainment systems - Navigation
systems - System level tests - Software calibration using engine and vehicle dynamometers - Environmental tests for
Electronic Control Unit - Application Control Unit - Application of Control elements and control methodology in Automotive
System.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS (9)

Introduction to control networking - Communication protocols in embedded systems - SPI, I2C, USB - Vehicle
communication protocols - Introduction to CAN, LIN, FLEXRAY, MOST, KWP2000.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. Denton.T, “Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems”, Edward Arnold Publishers, 4th Edition 2012.
2. Nicholas Navit, “Automotive Embedded System Handbook”, CRC press,2009 .
Reference books
1. Robert Bosch GmbH, “Automotive Handbook”, John Wiley & Sons, 6th Edition, 2004.
2. Knowles.D, “Automotive Electronic and Computer Controlled Ignition Systems”, Prentice Hall,1998.
3. William B. Ribbens, “Understanding Automotive Electronics”, Newnes Publishing, 6th Edition 2003.
4. Joerg Schaeuffele, Thomas Zurawka - “Automotive Software Engineering - Principles, Processes, Methods and
Tools”, SAE Publications,2005
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12L6E1 RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTIONAND CONCEPTUALMODELING (9)
Introduction to File and Database systems- Database system structure -Data Models -Introduction to Network and
Hierarchical Models -ER model -Relational Model -Relational Algebra and Calculus.

RELATIONALMODEL (9)
SQL -Data definition- Queries in SQL- Updates- Views -Integrity and Security -Relational Database design -Functional
dependences and Normalization for Relational Databases (up to BCNF).

DATA STORAGE AND QUERY PROCESSING (9)

Record storage and Primary file organization- Secondary storage Devices- Operations on Files- Heap File- Sorted Files-
Hashing Techniques - Index Structure for files - Different types of Indexes- B-Tree - B+Tree -Query Processing.

TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT (9)

Transaction Processing - Introduction- Need for Concurrency control- Desirable properties of Transaction- Schedule and
Recoverability- Serializability and Schedules - Concurrency Control -Types of Locks- Two Phases locking- Deadlock-
Time stamp based concurrency control - Recovery Techniques -Concepts- Immediate Update- Deferred Update - Shadow
Paging.

CURRENT TRENDS (9)

Object Oriented Databases - Need for Complex Data types- OO data Model- Nested relations- Complex Types- Inheritance
Reference Types - Distributed databases- Homogenous and Heterogenous- Distributed data Storage - XML - Structure of
XML- Data- XML Document- Schema- Querying and Transformation. - Data Mining and Data Warehousing.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text book
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth and S. Sudarshan- “Database System Concepts”, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill,
2010.
Reference books
1. Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant B. Navathe, “Fundamental Database Systems”, 6th Edition, Pearson Education,
2010.
2. Raghu Ramakrishnan, “Database Management System”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company,
2003.
3. Hector Garcia–Molina, Jeffrey D.Ullman and Jennifer Widom- “Database System Implentation”- 2nd Edition ,Pearson
Education- 2009.
4. Peter Rob and Corlos Coronel- “Database System, Design, Implementation and Management”, Thompson Learning
Course Technology- 5th Edition, 2003.

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12L6E2 OPERATING SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS (9)
Introduction - Multitasking - Multiprogramming - Multi user - Multithreading - Types of Operating Systems - Batch
operating system - Time sharing systems - Distributed OS - Network OS - Real Time OS - Operating system services -
Architectures - System programs and calls.

PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS SYNCHRONIZATION (9)

Process concept - Process scheduling - Scheduling criteria - Scheduling algorithms - First Come First Serve - Shortest Job
First - Priority Scheduling - Round Robin - Multilevel Queue Scheduling. Process synchronization and Deadlock - Critical
Section Problems - Semaphores - Methods for handling Deadlocks - Deadlock prevention, avoidance and detection -
Deadlock recovery.

MEMORY MANAGEMENT (9)

Logical and Physical address Space - Swapping - Contiguous memory allocation - Non-contiguous memory allocation -
Virtual memory management - Paging and Segmentation techniques - Segmentation with paging - Demand Paging - Page
replacement Algorithms.

FILE SYSTEM AND I/O SYSTEMS (9)

Different types of files - Access methods - Directory structures - Allocation methods - Disk scheduling and management
and its associated algorithms - Distributed file system. I/O Hardware - application I/O Interface - Kernel - Transforming
I/O requests - Performance Issues.

OVERVIEW OF UNIX SYSTEM AND WINDOWS (9)

UNIX system call for processes and file system management - Windows architecture overview - Windows file system -
Case studies: Linux System - Windows XP -Mach system.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, “Operating System Concepts”, John Wiley & Sons, 7ndEdition,
2005.
2. Dhamdhere D.M., “Operating Systems – A Concept-Based Approach “, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,
2012.
Reference books
1. William Stallings, “Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 6thEdition, 2005.
2. Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, David R. Choffnes, “Operating Systems”, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 3rdEdition,
2004.
3. Jean Bacon, Tim Harris, “Operating Systems”, Addison Wesley, New Delhi, 1stEdition, 2003.
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12L6E3 MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION

L T P C
3 0 0 3
BASICS OF MEASUREMENT (9)
Measurement System -Instrumentation -Characteristics of measurement systems -Static and Dynamic - Errors in
Measurements -Calibration and Standards.

TRANSDUCERS (9)
Classification of Transducers-Variable Resistive transducers-Strain gauges-Thermistor-RTD- Variable Inductive transducers-
LVDT, RVDT - Variable Capacitive Transducers - Capacitor microphone- Photo electric transducers Piezoelectric transducers-
Thermocouple-IC sensors-Fibre optic sensors-Smart/intelligent sensors.

SIGNAL CONDITIONING AND SIGNAL ANALYZERS (9)

DC and AC bridges - Wheatstone-Kelvin-Maxwell-Hay and Schering.Pre- amplifier - Isolation amplifier -Filters -Data
acquisition systems. Spectrum Analyzers -Wave analyzers-Frequency selective wave analysers,Heterodyne wave
analyser-Total harmonic distortion-Harmonic distortion analysers-Logic analyzers.

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS (9)

Digital instruments-Classification of Digital instruments-Digital methods of measuring frequency-period-phase difference-
pulse width-time interaval-AC and DC Voltage and current-Digital Voltmeters- automation in Voltmeter -Accuracy and
Resolution in DVM-Guarding techniques -Frequency counter-DMM-DPM and Digital Q- meter.

DATA DISPLAY AND RECORDING SYSTEMS (9)

Dual trace CRO -Digital storage and Analog storage oscilloscope. Analog and Digital Recorders and printers. Virtual
Instrumentation - Block diagram and architecture -Applications in various fields. Measurement systems applied to Micro
and Nanotechnology.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Albert D.Helfrick and William D. Cooper, “Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques”,
Prentice Hall of India, 2007.
2. A.K Sawhney, “Course In Electrical And Electronic Measurement And Instrumentation”, Dhanpat Rai Publisher,
2000.
Reference books
1. John P. Bentley, “Principles of Measurement Systems”, 4th edition, pearson Education Limited, 2005.
2. Ernest .o .Doebelin and Dhanesh. N. manik, “Measurement systems” ,5th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
3. Bouwens,A.J, “Digital Instrumentation”, Tata Mc-Graw Hill, 1986.
4. David A.Bell, “Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements”, 2nd edition, PHI, 2007.
5. Kalsi.H.S,”Electronics Instrumentation”.Tata Mc Graw Hill,4th edition,2004.
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12L6E4 TV AND VIDEO ENGINEERING

L T P C
3 0 0 3
FUNDAMENTALS OF TELEVISION (9)
Aspect ratio-image continuity - Number of scanning lines - Interlaced scanning - Picture resolution - Camera tubes - Image
orthicon - Vidicon- Plumbicon- Silicon diode array vidicon- Solid state image scanners - Monochrome picture tubes -
Composite video signal - Video signal dimension - Horizontal sync. Composition- vertical sync. Details-functions of
Vertical pulse train - Scanning sequence details. Picture signal transmission - Positive and negative modulation - VSB
transmission - Sound signal transmission - Standard channel bandwidth.

MONOCHROME TELEVISION TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER (9)

TV transmitter-TV signal propagation- interference- TV Transmission antennas- Monochrome TV receiver - RF tuner-
UHF , VHF tuner- digital tuning techniques - aft- IF subsystems - AGC noise cancellation - Video amplifier circuits- Sync
operation - Typical sync processing circuits - Deflection oscillators- Frame deflection circuits- Requirements- Line deflection
circuits - EHT generation - Receiver antennas.

ESSENTIALS OF COLOUR TELEVISION (9)

Compatibility- colour perception- three colour television cameras- values of luminance and colour difference signals-
Colour television display tubes - Delta- Gun precision-in-line and Trinitron colour picture tubes - Purity and convergence-
Purity and static and dynamic convergence adjustments- Pincushion - Correction techniques- Automatic degaussing circuits-
Gray scale tracking - Colour signal transmission - Bandwidth - Modulation of colour difference signals - Weighting
factors - Formation of chrominance signal.

COLOUR TELEVISION SYSTEMS (9)

NTSC colour TV systems- SECAM system- PAL colour TV systems- cancellation of phase errors- PAL-D colour system-
PAL coder- PAL- Decoder receiver- Chromo signal amplifier- Separation of U and V signals- Colour burst separation-
Burst phase discriminator- Acc amplifier- Reference oscillator- Ident and colour killer circuits - U and V demodulators-
Colour signal matrixing. Sound in TV

ADVANCED TELEVISION SYSTEMS (9)

Satellite TV technology- Geo stationary satellites - Satellite electronics - Domestic broadcast system- Cable TV - Cable
signal sources- Cable signal processing, Distribution and scrambling - Video recording- VCR electronics- Video home
formats- Video disc recording and playback- DVD players- Tele text signal coding and broadcast receiver- Digital television-
Transmission and reception- Projection- Flat panel display TV receivers- LCD and plasma screen receivers- 3DTV-
EDTV
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. R.R.Gulati,”Monochrome Television Practice,Principles, Technology and servicing” 3rd Edition 2006, New Age
International (P) Publishers.
2. R.R.Gulati, “Monochrome & Colour Television”, New Age International (P) Publishers, 2003.
Reference book
1. A.M Dhake, “Television and video Engineering”, 2nd Edition., TMH,2003

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12L7E0 SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO SPREAD SPECTRUM (9)
Introduction-Application and advantages Of Spread Spectrum (SS)-Classification of SS Pseudo Noise Sequences-Direct
Sequence SS-Frequency Hopping-Chirp-Hybrid Spectrum Methods.

SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES (9)

Frequency hop SS signals, performance of FHSS-Fast hopping and Slow hopping-DS and FH, CDMA system based on
FHSS signals - Types of SS signals - Time hoping SS systems.

SPREAD SPECTRUM ANALYSIS (9)

Synchronization of SS System-Acquisition, Tracking, Jamming Considerations-Broad Band-Partial-Multiple Tone-Pulse-
Repeat Band Jamming Blade Systems.

CRYPTOGRAPHY (9)
Fundamental concepts of cryptosystems - Authentication - digital signature - key schedule - Encipherment, Decipherment,
stream cipher system, public key - Cryptosystem - Public key distribution system - RSA Cryptosystem and authentication
scheme- Protocols - Internetworking security mechanisms - Private and public key encryption.

APPLICATIONS (9)
Commercial application of SS-CDMA-multi path channels- FCC part 15 rules-direct sequence CDMA-IS-95 CDMA digital
cellular systems - SS applications in cellular - PCS and mobile communication.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. Bernard sklar, “Digital Communication-Fundamentals and Application”, Pearson Edition, 2001.
2. M.K.Simon, J.K.Scholtz and B.K.Levitt,”Spread Spectrum Communications Vol-1, Vol-2, Vol-3", computer science
press Inc, 2002.
Reference books
1. John G. Proakias,”Digital Communications”, McGraw Hill Inc, 2001.
2. Feher.K.,”Wireless Digital Communications”, Pearson education,1995.
3. John.G.Proakias,”Digital Communications”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, 4th Edition, 2006.

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12L7E1 ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

L T P C
3 0 0 3
DISCRETE RANDOM SIGNAL PROCESSING (9)
Discrete Random Processes - Ensemble Averages - Stationary processes - Bias and Estimation - Autocovariance -
Autocorrelation - Parseval’s theorem - Wiener- Khintchine relation - White noise - Power Spectral Density - Spectral
factorization - Filtering Random Processes - Special types of Random Processes - ARMA, AR, MA - Yule-Walker equations.

SPECTRAL ESTIMATION (9)

Estimation of spectra from finite duration signals - Nonparametric methods - Periodogram - Modified periodogram -
Bartlett - Welch and Blackman-Tukey methods - Parametric methods - ARMA - AR and MA model based spectral estimation
- Solution using Levinson-Durbin algorithm.

LINEAR ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION (9)

Linear prediction - Forward and Backward prediction - Solution of Prony’s normal equations - Least mean - squared error
criterion - Wiener filter for filtering and prediction - FIR and IIR Wiener filters - Discrete Kalman filter.

ADAPTIVE FILTERS (9)

FIR adaptive filters - Adaptive filter based on steepest descent method - Widrow - Hopf LMS algorithm - Normalized LMS
algorithm - Adaptive channel equalization - Adaptive echo cancellation - Adaptive noise cancellation - RLS adaptive
algorithm.

MULTIRATE DIGITALSIGNALPROCESSING (9)

Mathematical description of change of sampling rate – Interpolation and Decimation - Decimation by an integer factor -
Interpolation by an integer factor - Sampling rate conversion by a rational factor Polyphase filter structures - Time
invariant structures - Multistage implementation of multirate system, Application to subband coding - Wavelet transform.

TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text book
1. Monson H. Hayes, “Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling”, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, Singapore,
2008.
Reference books
1. John J. Proakis, Dimitris G. Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing”, Pearson Education,4th Edition, 2009.
2. Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, “Digital Image Processing”, Pearson Education Inc.,3rd Edition, 2008.

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12L7E2 VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING

L T P C
3 0 0 3
ITERATION BOUND (9)
Introduction to DSP Systems -Typical DSP algorithms.Iteration Bound - Data flow graph representations - loop bound
and iteration bound - Longest Path Matrix algorithm - Pipelining and parallel processing - Pipelining in FIR digital filters
- parallel processing - pipelining and parallel processing for low power- Retiming - Definitions and properties-Solving
systems of Inequalities Techniques.

UNFOLDING (9)
Unfolding - Algorithm - Properties and Applications of Unfolding - Unfolding for retiming-1D & 2D systollic architecture
design -selection of scheduling vectors-Algorithmic strength reduction in filters - 2-parallel FIR filter- 2-parallel fast FIR
filters - DCT algorithm architecture transformation - parallel architectures for rank-order filters - Odd- Even, Merge Sort
architectures - Parallel rank-order filters.

FAST CONVOLUTION (9)

Fast convolution - Cook-Toom algorithm - modified Cook-Took algorithm- Pipelined and parallel recursive and adaptive
filters - inefficient/efficient single channel interleaving- Look- Ahead pipelining in first- order IIR filters - Look-Ahead
pipelining with power-of-two decomposition - Clustered Look-Ahead pipelining - parallel processing of IIR filters - combined
pipelining and parallel processing of IIR filters - pipelined adaptive digital filters - Relaxed look-ahead - pipelined LMS
adaptive filter.

BITLEVEL ARIHTMETIC ARCHITECTURES (9)

Bit-Level Arithmetic Architectures Scaling and roundoff noise- scaling operation, roundoff noise, state variable description
of digital filters - scaling and roundoff noise computation - roundoff noise in pipelined first-order filters - Bit-Level
Arithmetic Architectures-parallel multipliers with sign extension - parallel carry-ripple array multipliers, parallel carry-save
multiplier, 4x4 bit Baugh- Wooley carry-save multiplication tabular form and implementation - bit-serial FIR filter - CSD
representation - CSD multiplication using Horner’s rule for precision improvement.

NUMERICAL STRENGTH REDUCTION (9)

Numerical Strength Reduction – sub expression elimination, multiple constant multiplications, iterative matching. Linear
transformations, Synchronous, Wave and asynchronous pipelining- synchronous pipelining and clocking styles, clock
skew in edge-triggered single-phase clocking, two-phase clocking, wave pipelining, asynchronous pipelining bundled
data versus dual rail protocol.
TOTAL:45 HOURS

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Text books
1. Keshab K.Parhi, “VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems, Design and Iplementation”, Wiley, Inter Science, 2007.
Reference books
1. Mohammed Isamail and Terri Fiez, “Analog VLSI Signal and Information Processing”, Mc Graw-Hill, 1994.
2. S.Y. Kung, H.J. White House, T. Kailath, “VLSI and Modern Signal Processing”, Prentice Hall, 1985.
3. Jose E. France, Yannis Tsividis, “Design of Analog - Digital VLSI Circuits for Telecommunication and Signal
Processing”, Prentice Hall, 1994.

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12L7E3 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

[Common to CSE and IT]
L T P C
3 0 0 3
SOFTWARE PROCESS (9)
Introduction - S/W Engineering Paradigm - Life cycle models (water fall, incremental, spiral, WINWIN spiral, evolutionary,
prototyping, object oriented) - System engineering - Computer based system - Cerification - Calidation - Life cycle process
- Development process - System engineering hierarchy.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS (9)

Functional and non-functional - User - System - Requirement engineering process - Feasibility studies - Requirements -
Elicitation - validation and management - Software prototyping - Prototyping in the software process - Rapid prototyping
techniques - User interface prototyping -S/W document. Analysis and modeling - Data, functional and behavioral models
- Structured analysis and data dictionary.

DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES (9)

Design process and concepts - Modular design - Design heuristic - Design model and document. Architectural design -
Software architecture - Data design - Architectural design - Transform and transaction mapping - User interface design -
User interface design principles. Real time systems - Real time software design - System design - Real time executives -
Data acquisition system - Monitoring and control system. SCM - Need for SCM - Version control - Introduction to SCM
process - Software configuration items.

TESTING (9)
Taxonomy of software testing - Levels - Test activities - Types of s/w test - Black box testing - Testing boundary conditions
- Structural testing - Test coverage criteria based on data flow mechanisms - Regression testing - Testing in the large. S/W
testing strategies - Strategic approach and issues - Unit testing - Integration testing - Validation testing - System testing
and debugging.

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (9)

Measures and measurements - S/W complexity and science measure - Size measure - Data and logic structure measure -
Information flow measure. Software cost estimation - Function point models - COCOMO model- Delphi method.- Defining
a Task Network - Scheduling - Earned Value Analysis - Error Tracking - Software changes - Program evolution dynamics -
Software maintenance - Architectural evolution. Taxonomy of CASE tools.
TOTAL:45 HOURS

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Text book
1. Roger S.Pressman, “Software Engineering- A Practitioner’s Approach”, McGraw-Hill International Edition, 6th
Edition, 2006.

Reference books
1. Ian Sommerville, “Software Engineering”, Pearson education Asia, 8th Edition, 2007.
2. Pankaj Jalote- An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering, Springer Verlag, 1997.
3. James F Peters and Witold Pedryez, “Software Engineering – An Engineering Approach”, John Wiley and Sons,
New Delhi, 2000.
4. Ali Behforooz and Frederick J Hudson, “Software Engineering Fundamentals”, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1996.

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12L7E4 NEURAL NETWORKS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION (9)
Artificial neural networks -History-Structure and function of single neuron-Weights, activation functions and bias-
Fundamental neuron models and learning-Neural net architectures-Learning algorithms, supervised and unsupervised-
Use of neural networks - Perceptron - Linear separability.

FEED FORWARD AND FEEDBACK NETWORKS (9)

Back propagation network-Architecture -Delta rule-Weight updation for output and hidden layer –Local and global minima-
practical considerations - Merits, demerits and applications-Pattern association-Associative memories-BAM-Energy
theorem-Architecture and processing-Hopfield memory-Discrete and continuous -Optimization using hopfield networks.

SIMULATEDANNEALINGAND COMPETITIVE NETWORKS (9)

Annealing- Boltzman machine architecture, learning and processing-Practical considerations-Neural networks based on
competition-Counter propagation network-Forward mapping CPN and complete CPN-Building blocks-Architecture,
Training and data processing-Practical considerations and applications.

SOM AND ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY (9)

Topologically organized network-Feature map classifier-Applications-Learning vector quantization-Adaptive resonance
theory-Fundamentals-Basic architecture and operation-Pattern matching-ART1 network - Architecture and processing
summary.

HANDWRITTEN CHARACTERAND SPEECH RECOGNITION (9)

Neocognetron - Architecture - Data processing and performance-Spatio-temporal pattern classification-STN - Architecture-
Speech recognition-SCAF-Training - Time dilation effect.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text book
1. James A. Freeman, David M. Skapura, “Neural Networks Algorithms, Applications, and Programming Techniques”,
Pearson Education (Singapore) Private Limited, Delhi, 2003.
Reference books
1. Satish Kumar, “Neural Networks: A Classroom Approach”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New
Delhi, 2004.
2. Simon Haykin, “Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation”, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley Longman
(Singapore) Private Limited, Delhi, 2001.
3. Laurence Fausett, “Fundamentals of neural networks, Architectures, Algorithms and Applications”, Pearson
education Private Limited, Delhi, 2004.
4. Sivanandam.S.N, Sumathi.S, Deepa.S.N, “Introduction to Neural networks using MATLAB 6.0”, Tata Mc-Graw-
Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2006
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12L7E5 RADAR SYSTEMS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO RADAR (9)
Fundamentals of Radar - Elements - Functions - System considerations - Radar Targets - Basic Principle. Radar equation.
Radar cross section. Cross section of small targets. Target scattering matrices. Area and volume targets.

RADAR SIGNALS (9)

Real, Complex, Analytic Radar signals - Duration, Frequency, Bandwidth of radar signals. Ambiguity function and its
properties. Uncertainty principle. Pulse compression - Linear FM pulse - Pulse compression by Costas FM and binary
phase coding.

RADAR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER (9)

Radar Transmitters- Introduction - Linear Beam Power Tubes - Solid State RF Power Sources - Magnetron - Crossed Field
Amplifiers - Other RF Power Sources - Other aspects of Radar Transmitter. Radar Receivers - The Radar Receiver - Receiver
noise Figure - Superheterodyne Receiver - Duplexers and Receiver Protectors- Radar Displays.

RADAR DETECTION (9)

Radar detection, Optimum Bayesian decision rules - Detection criteria for different target models.

MEASUREMENTAND TRACKING (9)

Range and Doppler measurements and tracking - Range and Doppler frequency resolutions - Optimum receivers - Optimum
filters for Doppler measurements - Coherent and non coherent implementations. Angle measurement and tracking, Angle
measurement and tracking by conical scan and monopulse - Optimum monopulse systems.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Peyton Z. Peebles, “Radar Principles”, Johnwiley, 2004.
2. Merrill I. Skolnik ,”Introduction to Radar Systems”, Tata McGraw-Hill 3rd Edition 2003

Reference books
1. J.C Toomay, “Principles of Radar”, 2nd Edition –PHI, 2004

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12L7E6 IMAGE PROCESSING

L T P C
3 0 0 3
DIGITALIMAGE FUNDAMENTALS (9)
Elements of digital image processing systems - Vidicon and Digital Camera working principles - Elements of visual perception
- brightness contrast hue saturation Mach Band effect - Image sampling - Quantization - Dither - Two -dimensional
mathematical preliminaries.

IMAGE TRANSFORMS (9)

1D DFT, 2D transforms - DFT, DCT, Discrete Sine, Walsh, Hadamard, Slant, Haar, KLT, SVD, Wavelet transform.

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION (9)

Histogram modification - Noise distributions - Spatial averaging - Directional Smoothing - Median, Geometric mean,
Harmonic mean, Contraharmonic and Yp mean filters . Design of 2D FIR filters. Image restoration - Degradation model,
Unconstrained and Constrained restoration - Inverse filtering - Removal of blur caused by uniform linear motion, Wiener
filtering, Geometric transformations - Spatial transformations, Gray - Level interpolation.

IMAGE SEGMENTATIONAND RECOGNITION (9)

Image segmentation - Edge detection, Edge linking and boundary detection, Region growing, Region splitting and Merging
- Image Recognition - Patterns and pattern classes, Matching by minimum distance classifier, Matching by correlation -
Neural networks-Backpropagation network and training, Neural network to recognize shapes.

IMAGE COMPRESSION (9)

Need for data compression - Huffman - Run Length Encoding - Shift codes - Arithmetic coding - Vector Quantization -
Block Truncation Coding - Transform coding - JPEG standard - JPEG 2000 - EZW - SPIHT - MPEG.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, “Digital Image Processing”, Pearson Education, Inc., 2ndEdition, 2004
2. Anil K. Jain, “Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing”, Prentice Hall of India, 2002.
Reference books
1. Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Steven Eddins, “Digital Image Processing using MATLAB”, Pearson
Education, Inc., 2004.
2. Milan Sonka et al, “Image Processing, Analysis and Machine Vision”, Brookes/Cole, Vikas Publishing House,
2nd Edition, 1999;
3. Jayaraman S, Esakkirajan S and Veerakumar J, “Digital Image Processing”, Tata McGrawHill Education pvt ltd,
2010.

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12L7E7 MULTIMEDIA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

L T P C
3 0 0 3
MULTIMEDIACOMPONENTS (9)
Introduction - Multimedia skills - Multimedia components and their characteristics - Text, Sound, images, Graphics,
Animation, Video, Hardware.

TEXT COMPRESSION (9)

Compression principles-source encoders and destination encoders - Lossless and Lossy compression - Entropy encoding
–Source encoding -Text compression - Static Huffman coding dynamic coding - Arithmetic coding - LZW Compression -
Entropy and Quality measures.

IMAGE COMPRESSION (9)

Approaches to image compression - Predictive Techniques - PCM, DPCM, DM - Progressive based compression - Vector
quantization - Binary Tree Predictive - Quad trees - DCT coding - Wavelet methods - Filter banks - EZW, SPIHT -
Compression standards..

AUDIO COMPRESSION (9)

Audio compression - Companding laws - frequency domain filtering - Basic subband coding - application to speech
coding - G.722 - Application to Audio coding - MPEG Audio - Progressive encoding for Audio - Silence compression -
Speech compression techniques - CELP Vocoders - LPC.

VIDEO COMPRESSION (9)

Video compression techniques - Standards - MPEG 1, 2, 4, 7 Video coding - Motion estimation and compensation techniques
- H.261-H.263.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Fred Halshall, “Multimedia Communication - Applications, Networks, Protocols And Standards”, Pearson
education, 2007.
2. Khalid Sayood, “ Introduction to Data Compression”, 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information
and Systems,2006.
Reference books
1. KR. Rao,Z S Bojkovic, D A Milovanovic, “Multimedia Communication Systems:Techniques, Standards, and
Networks”, Pearson Education 2007
2. R. Steimnetz, K. Nahrstedt, “Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications”, Pearson Education,
First ed, 1995.
3. Ranjan Parekh, “Principles of Multimedia”, TMH, 2006.
4. Tay Vaughan, “Multideai: making it work”, 7/e, TMH, 2007.

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12L7E8 MEMS
L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO MEMS (9)
MEMS and Microsystems - Miniaturization - Typical products - Micro sensors - Micro actuation - MEMS with micro
actuators - Micro accelerometers and Micro fluidics - MEMS materials - Micro fabrication.

MECHANICS FOR MEMS DESIGN (9)

Elasticity - Stress - strain and material properties - Bending of thin plates - Spring configurations - torsional deflection -
Mechanical vibration - Resonance - Thermo mechanics - actuators, force and response time, Fracture and thin film
mechanics.

ELECTRO STATIC DESIGN AND SYSTEM ISSUES (9)

Electrostatics: basic theory - electro static instability. Surface tension, gap and finger pull up - Electro static actuators,
Comb generators - gap closers - rotary motors - inch worms - Electromagnetic actuators - bistable actuators - Electronic
Interfaces - Feed back systems - Noise - Circuit and system issues.

MEMSAPPLICATION (9)
Case studies-Capacitive accelerometer - Piezo electric pressure sensor - Microfluidics application - Modeling of MEMS
systems - CAD for MEMS.

INTRODUCTION TO OPTICALAND RF MEMS (9)

Optical MEMS - System design basics-Gaussian optics - matrix operations - resolution. Case studies - MEMS scanners
and retinal scanning display - Digital Micro mirror devices. RF Memes -design basics, case study-Capacitive RF MEMS
switch, performance issues.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Stephen Santeria, “ Microsystems Design”, Kluwer publishers, 2000.
2. N.P.Mahalik, “MEMS”,Tata McGraw hill, 2007
Reference books
1. Vijay.K.Varadan, K.J.Vinoy,K.A.Jose, “RF MEMS and applications”,John Wiley&Sons,2003.
2. Nadim Maluf,” An Introduction to Micro Electro Mechanical System Design”, Artech House, 2000.
3. Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, editor,” The MEMS Handbook”, CRC press Baco Raton,2000.
4. Tai Ran Hsu,” MEMS & Micro systems Design and Manufacture” Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2002.
5. Liu,”MEMS”, Pearson education, 2007.
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12L7E9 AVIONICS
L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION (9)
Introduction to aircraft - Axes system - Parts, importance and role of Avionics - systems which interface directly
with pilot - Aircraft state sensor systems - Navigation systems - External world sensor systems -Task automation
systems. Avionics architecture evolution. Avionics Data buses - MIL STD 1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 629.

RADIO NAVIGATION (9)

Types of Radio Navigation - ADF, DME, VOR, LORAN, DECCA, OMEGA. ILS, MLS

INERTIAL AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (9)

Inertial sensors - Gyroscopes, Accelerometers, Inertial navigation systems - Block diagram, Platform and strap down
INS. Satellite Navigation - GPS

AIR DATA SYSTEMS AND AUTOPILOT (9)

Air data quantities - Altitude, Airspeed, Mach no., Vertical speed, Total Air temperature, Stall warning, Altitude
warning. Autopilot - Basic principles - Longitudinal and lateral autopilot.

AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS (9)

Display technologies - LED, LCD, CRT, Flat Panel Display. Primary Flight parameter displays - Head Up Display, Helmet
Mounted Display, Night vision goggles, Head Down Display, MFD, MFK, Virtual cockpit.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. Albert Helfrick. D, “Principles of Avionics”, Avionics communications Inc., 2004
2. Collinson, R.P.G, “Introduction to Avionics”, Chapman and Hall, 1996.
Reference books
1. Middleton, D.H, “Avionics Systems”, Longman Scientific and Technical, Longman Group UK Ltd, England, 1989.
2. Spitzer, C.R. “Digital Avionics Systems”, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA 1993.
3. Spitzer, C.R, “The Avionics Handbook”, CRC Press, 2000.
4. Pallet, E.H.J, “Aircraft Instruments and Integrated Systems”, Longman Scientific

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12L8E0 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
ENGINEERING ETHICS (9)
Senses of ‘Engineering Ethics’ - Variety of moral issued - Types of inquiry - moral dilemmas - Moral autonomy - Kohlberg’s
theory - Gilligan’s theory - Consensus and Controversy - Models of Professional Roles - Theories about right action - Self-
Interest - Customs and religion - Uses of ethical theories.

ENGINEERINGAS SOCIALEXPERIMENTATION (9)

Engineering as experimentation - engineers as responsible experimenters - Codes of ethics - A balanced outlook on law -
The challenger case study

SAFETY (9)
Safety and risk - Assessment of safety and risk - Risk benefit analysis and reducing risk - The three mile island and
chernobyl case studies.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS (9)

Collegiality and loyalty - Respect for authority - Collective bargaining - Confidentiality - Conflicts of interest - Occupational
crime - Professional rights - Employee rights - Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - discrimination.

GLOBAL ISSUES (9)

Multinational corporations - Environmental ethics - Computer ethics - Weapons development - Engineers as managers-
Consulting Engineers - Engineers as expert witnesses and advisors - Moral leadership - Sample code of Ethics like
ASME, ASCE, IEEE, Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institute of Materials Management, Institution of electronics
and telecommunication engineers (IETE),India
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, McGraw-Hill, New York 1996.
2. Govindarajan M, Natarajan S, Senthil Kumar V. S, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2004.
Reference books
1. Charles D. Fleddermann, “Engineering Ethics”, Pearson Education / Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2004 (Indian
Reprint)
2. Charles E Harris, Michael S. Protchard and Michael J Rabins, “Engineering Ethics – Concepts and Cases”,
Wadsworth Thompson Learning, United States, 2000 (Indian Reprint now available)
3. John R Boatright, “Ethics and the Conduct of Business”, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2003.
4. Edmund G Seebauer and Robert L Barry, “Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers”, Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 2001.

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12L8E1 DSP SYTEM DESIGN

L T P C
3 0 0 3
ADSP 21XX ARCHITECTURE AND PROGRAMMING (9)
Introduction to ADSP- 2100 family of processors - Assembly language overview - Development systems - Single precision
fixed point division , Multiprecision fixed point addition , subtraction , multiplication and division - Fixed point to
floating point conversion and vice versa - Floating point addition , subtraction ,multiplication and division-Sine,
arctangent, square root and logarithm approximation - Uniform random number generation.

FFT AND FILTER IMPLEMENTATION USING ADSP 21XX (9)

Implementation of FFT : Radix- 2 fast Fourier transforms - Block floating point scaling - Optimized radix - 2 DIT FFT-
Leakage- Implementation of digital filters: single and double precision FIR Filters, IIR Filters - Multirate filters.

TMS320C6X ARCHITECTURE (9)

CPU Operation - Pipelined CPU- VelociTI - C64x DSP- Software tools: EVM - DSK Target C6x board Assembly file -
Memory management- Compiler utility- Code initialization - Code composer studio - Interrupt data processing.

CODE OPTIMIZATION (9)

Word-wide optimization - Mixing C and assembly- Software pipelining - C64x improvements - Real time filtering - Circular
buffering- Adaptive filtering.

FRAME PROCESSING, REALTIME ANALYSIS AND SCHEDULING (9)

Frame processing: DMA DSP Host Communication- DFT and FFT Implementation- Real time FFT - Real time analysis- Real
time scheduling - Real time data exchange - DSP / BIOS - Data synchronization and communication.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. “Digital Signal Processing Applications using the ADSP – 2100 Family”, Volume 1 Analog devices, DSP Division
Prentice Hall, 1992.
2. Nasser Kehtarnavaz and Mansour Keramat, “DSP System Design Using The TMS320C600”, Prentice hall, 2001.
Reference books
1. Sophocles J.Orfanidis,”Introduction to signal processing” , Prentice Hall,1998.
2. Sen M.Kuo ,Bob H.Lee, “Real – time digital signal processing- Implementations, Applications And Experiments
With The TMS320C55x” , John Wiley and Sons, 2001.
3. John G Proakis and Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing Principles, Algorithms and Applications”, Pearson
Education, 4th Edition, 2009.

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12L8E2 NANO ELECTRONICS

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY (9)
Background to nanotechnology: Types of nanotechnology and nanomachines - Periodic table - atomic structure - Molecules
and phases - Energy - Molecular and atomic size - Surface and dimensional space - Top down and bottom up; Molecular
Nanotechnology: Electron microscope - Scanning electron microscope - Atomic force microscope - Scanning tunnelling
Microscope - Nanomanipulator - Nanotweezers - Atom manipulation - Nanodots - Self assembly - Dip pen nanolithography.
Nanomaterials: preparation - Plasma arcing - Chemical vapor deposition - Sol-gels - Electrodeposition - Ball milling -
Applications of nanomaterials;

FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOELECTRONICS (9)

Fundamentals of logic devices:- Requirements - Dynamic properties - Threshold gates; physical limits to computations;
concepts of logic devices:- classifications - Two terminal devices - Field effect devices - Coulomb blockade devices -
Spintronics - Quantum cellular automata - Quantum computing - DNA computer; performance of information processing
systems;- basic binary operations, measure of performance processing capability of biological neurons - Performance
estimation for the human brain. Ultimate computation:- Power dissipation limit - Dissipation in reversible computation -
The ultimate computer.

SILICON MOSFETs & QUANTUM TRANSPORT DEVICES (9)

Silicon MOSFETS - Novel materials and alternate concepts:- fundamentals of MOSFET Devices- scaling rules - silicon-
dioxide based gate dielectrics - metal gates - junctions & contacts - advanced MOSFET concepts. Quantum transport
devices based on resonant tunneling:- Electron tunneling - resonant tunneling diodes - resonant tunneling devices;
Single electron devices for logic applications:- Single electron devices - applications of single electron devices to logic
circuits.

CARBON NANOTUBES (9)

Carbon Nanotube: Fullerenes - Types of nanotubes - Formation of nanotubes - Assemblies - Purification of carbon
nanotubes - Electronic propertics - Synthesis of carbon nanotubes - Carbon nanotube interconnects - Carbon nanotube
FETs - Nanotube for memory applications - Prospects of an all carbon nanotube nanoelectronics.

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS (9)

Electrodes & contacts - Functions - Molecular electronic devices - First test systems - simulation and circuit design -
Fabrication; Future applications: MEMS - Robots - Random access memory - Mass storage devices.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Michael Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, Geoff Smith, Michelle Simmons and Burkhard Raguse, “Nanotechnology:
Basic Science and Emerging Technologies”, Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2002
Reference books
1. T.Pradeep, “NANO: The Essentials – Understanding Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, TMH, 2007
2. Rainer Waser (Ed.), “Nanoelectronics and Information Technology: Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel
Devices”, Wiley-VCH, 2003

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12L8E3 SOFT COMPUTING

L T P C
3 0 0 3
FUZZY SET THEORY (9)
Introduction to Neuro Fuzzy and Soft Computing-Fuzzy Sets -Basic Definition and Terminology-Set-theoretic Operations-
Member Function Formulation and Parameterization-Fuzzy Rules and Fuzzy Reasoning-Extension Principle and Fuzzy
Relations-Fuzzy If-Then Rules -Fuzzy Reasoning -Fuzzy Inference Systems-Mamdani Fuzzy Models-Sugeno Fuzzy Models-
Tsukamoto Fuzzy Models-Input Space Partitioning and Fuzzy Modeling.

OPTIMIZATION (9)
Derivative-based Optimization -Descent Methods - Method of Steepest Descent-Classical Newton’s Method -Step Size
Determination-Derivative free Optimization- Simulated Annealing -Random Search Down hill Simplex Search-Genetic
Algorithms.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (9)

Introduction - Knowledge Representation -Reasoning, Issues and Acquisition: Prepositional and Predicate Calculus Rule
Based knowledge Representation,Symbolic Reasoning - Under Uncertainity - Basic knowledge Representation Issues-
Knowledge acquisition-Heuristic Search: Techniques for Heuristic search, Heuristic Classification - State Space Search:
Strategies Implementation of Graph Search - Search based on Recursion Patent-directed Search Production System and
Learning.

NEURO FUZZY MODELING (9)

Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems-Architecture - Hybrid Learning Algorithm -Learning Methods that Cross-fertilize
ANFIS and RBFN-Coactive Neuro Fuzzy Modeling -Framework Neuron Functions for Adaptive Networks Neuro Fuzzy
Spectrum.

APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (9)

Printed Character Recognition-Inverse Kinematics Problems-Automobile Fuel Efficiency Prediction-Soft Computing for
Color Recipe Prediction.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. J.S.R.Jang, C.T.Sun and E.Mizutani, “Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing”, PHI, 2004, Pearson Education 2004.
2. N.P.Padhy, “Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems”, Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Reference books
1. Elaine Rich & Kevin Knight, “Artificial Intelligence”,2nd Edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing Comp., 2006, New
Delhi.
2. Timothy J.Ross, “Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications”, McGraw-Hill, 1997.
3. Davis E.Goldberg, “Genetic Algorithms: Search, Optimization and Machine Learning”, Addison Wesley, N.Y.,1989.
4. S. Rajasekaran and G.A.V.Pai, “Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms”, PHI, 2003.

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12L8E4 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

L T P C
3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION (9)
Introduction - Need for quality - Evolution of quality - Definition of quality - Dimensions of manufacturing and service
quality - Basic concepts of TQM - Definition of TQM - TQM Framework - Contributions of Deming, Juran and Crosby -
Barriers to TQM.

PRINCIPLES OF TQM (9)

Leadership - Strategic quality planning, Quality statements - Customer focus - Customer orientation, Customer satisfaction,
complaints, and retention - Employee involvement - Motivation, Empowerment, Team and Teamwork, Recognition and
Reward, Appraisal of Performance

TQM TOOLS & TECHNIQUES (9)

The seven traditional tools of quality - New management tools – Six-sigma: Concepts, methodology, applications to
manufacturing, service sector including IT - Bench marking - process - FMEA - Stages, Types.

TQM TOOLS & TECHNIQUES II (9)

Quality circles – 5s, Kaizen, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) - Taguchi Quality loss function - TPM - Concepts,
improvement needs - Cost of Quality - Performance measures.

QUALITY SYSTEMS (9)

Need for ISO 9000- ISO 9000-2000 Quality System - Elements, Documentation, Quality auditing- QS 9000 – ISO 14000 -
Concepts, Requirements and Benefits - Case studies of TQM implementation in manufacturing and service sectors including
IT.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Dale H.Besterfiled, et at., “Total Quality Management”, Pearson Education Asia, 3rd Edition, Indian Reprint 2009.
2. Suganthi,L and Anand Samuel, “Total Quality Management”, Prentice Hall (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2006.
3. Janakiraman,B and Gopal, R.K, “Total Quality Management – Text and Cases”, Prentice Hall (India) Pvt. Ltd.,
2006.
Reference books
1. James R. Evans and William M. Lindsay, “The Management and Control of Quality”, 6th Edition, South-Western
(Thomson Learning), 2005.
2. Oakland, J.S. “TQM – Text with Cases”, Butterworth – Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, 3rd Edition,2003.

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12L8E5 BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION

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PHYSIOLOGYAND TRANSDUCERS (9)
Cell and its structure - Resting and Action Potential - Nervous system: Functional organization of the nervous system -
Structure of nervous system, neurons - synapse - transmitters and neural communication - Cardiovascular system - respiratory
system , Basic components of a biomedical system .Transducers - selection criteria - Piezo electric, ultrasonic transducers
,Temperature measurements - Fibre optic temperature sensors.

ELECTRO – PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS (9)

Electrodes - Limb electrodes-floating electrodes - pregelled disposable electrodes - micro - needle and surface electrodes
- Amplifiers: Preamplifiers - differential amplifiers - chopper amplifiers - Isolation amplifier. Physiological measurements-
ECG - EEG - EMG - ERG - Lead systems and recording methods-Typical waveforms. Electrical safety in medical environment:
shock hazards-leakage current.

NON-ELECTRICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS (9)

Measurement of blood pressure - Cardiac output - Heart rate- Heart sounds,Pulmonary function measurements - spirometer
-Photo Plethysmography, Body Plethysmography-Blood Gas analysers : pH of blood -measurement of blood pCO2,
pO2, finger-tip oxymeter - ESR, GSR measurements.

MEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOTELEMETRY (9)

Radio graphic and fluoroscopic techniques -Computer tomography-Magnetic Resonance Imaging –Ultrasonography-A
mode,B mode ,M mode- Endoscopy-Thermography-Different types of biotelemetry systems and patient monitoring-
Wireless telemetry,single channel,multi channel,multi patient and implantable telemetry systems.

ASSISTING AND THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENTS (9)

Pacemakers-External and internal pacemakers-Defibrillators-DC defibrillator,implantable defibrillators-Ventilators -Nerve
and muscle stimulators -TENS-Surgical diathermy machine,safety aspects in Electro surgical units- Heart Lung machine-
Audiometers-Dialysers-Lithotripsy.
TOTAL : 45 HOURS
Text books
1. R.S.Khandpur, “Hand book of Bio-Medical instrumentation”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co Ltd., 2004.
2. Leslie Cromwell, Fred J.Weibell, Erich A.Pfeiffer, “Bio-Medical Instrumentation and Measurements”, 2nd Edition,
Pearson Education, 2002 .
Reference books
1. M.Arumugam, “Bio-Medical Instrumentation”, Anuradha Agencies, 2003.
2. L.A. Geddes and L.E.Baker, “Principles of Applied Bio-Medical Instrumentation”, John Wiley & Sons, 1975.
3. J.Webster, “Medical Instrumentation”, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

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12L8E6 POWER ELECTRONICS

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3 0 0 3
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (9)
Power transistors - Fast recovery diodes- Thyristors, Power TRIAC, MOSFET, IGBT, GTO- characteristics, Rating, Protection
circuits, Driver Circuits.

CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS AND AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS (9)

Single Phase and Three Phase Controlled rectifiers- Design of Trigger circuits - Dual Converters- AC Voltage controllers

POWER SUPPLIES (9)

DC - DC Converters - Gating requirements, Switching mode regulators - Boost, Buck, Buck-Boost and Cuk regulators,
DC and AC Power supplies - Switched mode, Resonant and Bidirectional Power supplies.

INVERTERS (9)
Voltage and current source inverters, Resonant - Series inverter - PWM inverter.

APPLICATIONS (9)
DC motor drives-Induction and Synchronous motor drives - Switched reluctance and brushless motor drives - Solid state
relays - Microelectronic relays
TOTAL : 45 HOURS

Text book
1. Muhammad H.Rashid, “Power Electronics - Circuits, Devices and Applications”, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall of
India, 2004.

Reference books
1. M.D.Singh, K.B. Khanchandani, “Power Electronics”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1998.
2. Ned Mohan, Tore M.Undeland, William P.Robbins, “Power Electronics, Converters, Applications and Design”,
John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
3. B.K.Bose, “Modern Power Electronics”, Jaico Publishing House, 1999.
4. Sen, “Power Electronics”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1987.

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12L8E7 VLSI TESTING

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3 0 0 3
FAULT SIMULATION (9)
Introduction to Testing - Faults in digital circuits - Modelling of faults - Logical Fault Models - Fault detection - Fault
location - Fault dominance - Logic Simulation - Types of simulation - Delay models - Gate level Event-driven
simulation.

TEST GENERATION (9)

Test generation for combinational logic circuits - Testable combinational logic circuit design - Test generation for
sequential circuits - design of testable sequential circuits.

TESTABLE DESIGN (9)

Design for Testability - Ad-hoc design - Generic scan based design - Classical scan based design - System level DFT
approaches.

BUILT IN SELF TEST (9)

Built-In Self Test - Test pattern generation for BIST - Circular BIST - BIST Architectures - Testable Memory
Design - Test algorithms - Test generation for Embedded RAMs

FAULT DIAGNOSIS (9)

Logic Level Diagnosis - Diagnosis by UUT reduction - Fault Diagnosis for Combinational Circuits - Self-checking
design - System Level Diagnosis.
TOTAL: 45 HOURS
Text books
1. Abramovici .M,Breuer M.A and Friedman A.D, “Digital Systems and Testable Design” Jaico Publishing House,
2002.
2. Bushnell M.L and Agrawal V.D, “Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory and Mixed-Signal VLSI
Circuits”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Reference books
1. Lala P.K, “Digital Circuit Testing and Testability”, Academic Press, 2002.
2. Crouch.A.L, “Design for Test for Digital IC’s and Embedded Core Systems”, Prentice Hall International, 2002.

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12L8E8 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

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SATELLITE ORBITS AND TRAJECTORIES (9)
Orbital Mechanics - Orbit Equations - Kepler’s Laws - Orbital Period - Orbits and their types - Look angle calculation;
Satellite Launch.

SATELLITE SUBSYSTEM (9)

Satellite Subsystems - AOCS, TTC and M - Power - Transponders, Antennas; earth control-Effects of earth-Perturbation,
Sun transit, Moon transit, Satellite power design, MTBF. Basic Equations - System Noise and G/T ratio- Uplink, Downlink
and Design for a specified C/N ratio with GEO and LEO examples; Atmospheric and Rain effects on link performance.

LINK DESIGN, MODULATION AND ERROR CONTROL (9)

Single link design-Double link design aspects - PAM - Baseband processing - Digital Modulation for satellite links-
BPSK,QPSK and QAM - TDM standards for satellite systems - Error control requirements for satellite link - ARQ,
Concatenated Codes, Interleaving, Turbo codes.

MULTIPLEACCESS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (9)

FDM-FM-FDMA - TDMA-structure and system design; Onboard Processing systems; DAMA and PAMA; CDMA-
System design and capacity.

APPLICATIONS (9)
Remote sensing, Navigation, Scientific and military application, VSAT - Network architecture, Access Control protocols
and techniques, VSAT Earth stations; Satellite Mobile Telephony - Global star, DBS/DTH Television, GPS, Weather
satellites.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text books
1. T.Pratt, C. Bostian and J.Allnut,; “Satellite Communications”, John Wiley and Sons, 2nd Edition, 2006.
2. D.Rody, “Satellite Communications”, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
3. M. Richharia, “Satellite Communication Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition, 2011.
Reference books
1. W.L.Pritchard,H G Suyderhoud and R A Nelson, “Satellite Communication System Engineering”, 2nd Edition,
Prentice Hall, 1993.
2. Tri. T. Ha, “Digital Satellite Communications”, Tata McGraw Hill, Indian reprint, 2009.
3. B.N.Agarwal, “Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft”, Prentice Hall, 2007.

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12L8E9 NETWORK SECURITY

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3 0 0 3
INTRODUCTION (9)
OSI Security Architecture - Classical Encryption techniques - Cipher Principles - Data Encryption Standard - Block Cipher
Design Principles and Modes of Operation - Evaluation criteria for AES - AES Cipher - Triple DES - Placement of Encryption
Function - Traffic Confidentiality

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY (9)

Key Management - Diffie-Hellman key Exchange - Elliptic Curve Architecture and Cryptography -Introduction to Number
Theory - Confidentiality using Symmetric Encryption - Public Key Cryptography and RSA.

AUTHENTICATIONAND HASH FUNCTION (9)

Authentication requirements - Authentication functions - Message Authentication Codes - Hash Functions - Security of
Hash Functions and MACs - MD5 message Digest algorithm - Secure Hash Algorithm - RIPEMD - HMAC Digital Signatures
- Authentication Protocols - Digital Signature Standard

NETWORK SECURITY (9)

Authentication Applications: Kerberos - X.509 Authentication Service - Electronic Mail Security - PGP - S/MIME - IP
Security - Web Security.

SYSTEM LEVEL SECURITY (9)

Intrusion detection - password management - Viruses and related Threats - Virus Counter measures - Firewall Design
Principles - Trusted Systems.
TOTAL:45 HOURS
Text book
1. Behrouz A Forouzan , “Cryptography and Network Security”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
2007.
Reference books
1. Atul Kahate, “Cryptography and Network Security”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2009
2. William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2006
3. Bruce Schneier, “Applied Cryptography”, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.
4. Chris Brenton, “Mastering Network Security”, BPB Publication, New Delhi, 2002.
5. Steven L Shaffer, Alan R Simon, “Network Security”, AP Professional, New York, 2001.

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