Electronics and Communication Syllabus
Electronics and Communication Syllabus
Probabi|ityandStatistics:Mean,median,mode,
probability, probability distributions, binomial distribution, Poisson distribution,
exponential
distribution, normal distribution, joint and conditional probabili
Section 2: Networ Signals and Svstems
Circuit Analysis: Node and mesh analysis
theorem, reciprocity. Sinusoidal steady state analysis; phasors, complex power, maxrmum
power transfer. Time and frequency domain analysis of linear circuits: RL,
RC and RLC
circuits, solution of network equations using Laplace transform.
Li near 2-port network parameters, wye-d ettalEnstorrnati
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Continuous-time Signals: Fourier series
applications.
Discrete-time Signals: DTFT, DFT, z-transfo
time signals. LTI systems: definition and properties, causality, stability, im"pulse response,
convolution, poles and zeroes, frequency response, group cetay, phase delav..
Section 3: Electroiric Devices
Energy bands in intrinsic and extri nsic sem icqnd uctors, eq ui li bri um ca rrierionEentratr on
direct and indirect band- semiconductors.
Carrier Transport: diffusion current, drift current, mobility and resistivity, generation and
recombination of carriers, Poisson and continui
P-N junction, Zener diode, BJT, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, photo diode and solar cell.
Section 4: Analoq Circuits
Diode Circuits: cl clampinq and rectifiers.
BJT and MOSFET Amplifiers: Oiasrng, ac coupting, small signal analysis, frequency
response. Current mirrors and differential amplifiers.
Op-amp Circuits: Amplifiers, summers, differentiators. integrators, active filters, Schmitt
triggers and oscillators.
Section 5: ital Circurits
Number Representations: binary, integer and floating-point-numbers. Combinatorial
circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of functions using boolean identities and Karnaugh
map, logic aates and their static cMos implementations, arithmetic circuits, code
converters, multiplexers, decoders.
Sequential Circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers, finite state machines,
tion dela and hold time, critical oath
Data Converters: sample and hold circuits, ADCs and DACs. Semiconductor Memories:
ROM, SRAM, DRAM.
Computer Organization: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU, data-path and
control unit, instruction
Section 6: Gontrol Systems
Basic control system components; Feedback principle; Transfe.r function; Block diagram
representation; Signal flow graph; Transient and steady-state analysis of LTI systems;
Frequency response; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criteria; Bode and root-locus
plots; Lag, lead and lag-lead compensation; State variable model and solution of state
equation of LTI systems.
Section 7: Communications
Random Processes: auto correlation and power spectral density, properties of white noise,
filtering of random signals through LTI systems.
Analog Communications: amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and
demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, super heterodyne receivers.
Information Theory: entropy, mutual information and channel capacity theorem.
Digital Communications: PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK,
QAM), bandwidth, inter-symbol interference, MAP, ML detection, matched filter receiver,
SNR and BER.
Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes, CRC.
Section 8: Electrornaqnetics
Maxwell's Equations. differential and integral forms and their interpretation, boundary
conditions, wave equation, Poynting vector.
Plane Waves and Properties: reflection and refraction, polarization, phase and group
velocitv, propaqation throuqh various media, skin depth.
Transmission Lines. equations, characteristic impedance, impedance matching,
im pedance tra nsformation, S-parameters, S m ith chart.
Rectangular and circular waveguides, light propagation in optical fibers, dipole and
monopole antennas, linear antenna arrays.