ANNA UNIVERSITY

Chennai-25.
Syllabus for
M.E.(Full Time) Applied Electronics

AX033 Neural Networks and its Applications 3 0 0 3

1. INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS 9

Neuro-physiology - General Processing Element - ADALINE - LMS learning rule - MADALINE - MR2
training algorithm.

2. BPN AND BAM 9

Back Propagation Network - updating of output and hidden layer weights -application of BPN - associative
memory - Bi-directional Associative Memory - Hopfield memory - traveling sales man problem.

3. SIMULATED ANNEALING AND CPN 9

Annealing, Boltzmann machine - learning - application - Counter Propagation network - architecture -
training - Applications.

4. SOM AND ART 9

Self organizing map - learning algorithm - feature map classifier - applications - architecture of Adaptive
Resonance Theory - pattern matching in ART network.

5. NEOCOGNITRON 9
Architecture of Neocognitron - Data processing and performance of architecture of spacio - temporal networks
for speech recognition.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. J.A. Freeman and B.M.Skapura , "Neural Networks, Algorithms Applications and Programming
Techniques", Addison-Wesely, 1990.
2. Laurene Fausett, "Fundamentals of Neural Networks: Architecture, Algorithms and Applications",
Prentice Hall, 1994

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 AX131 Advanced Digital Signal Processing 3 0 0 3

1. DISCRETE RANDOM SIGNAL PROCESSING 9

Discrete Random Processes, Expectations, Variance, Co -Variance, Scalar Product, Energy of Discrete Signals
- Parseval's Theorem, Wiener Khintchine Relation- Power Spectral Density-Periodogram -Sample
Autocorrelation- Sum Decomposition Theorem, Spectral Factorization Theorem - Discrete Random Signal
Processing by Linear Systems - Simulation of White Noise - Low Pass Filtering of White Noise.
2. SPECTRUM ESTIMATION 9
Non-Parametric Methods-Correlation Method - Co-Variance Estimator- Performance Analysis of Estimators -
Unbiased, Consistent Estimators-Periodogram Estimator-Barlett Spectrum Estimation-Welch Estimation-
Model based Approach - AR, MA, ARMA Signal Modeling-Parameter Estimation using Yule-Walker Method
3. LINEAR ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION 9
Maximum likelihood criterion-efficiency of estimator-Least mean squared error criterion -Wiener filter-
Discrete Wiener Hoff equations-Recursive estimators-Kalman filter-Linear prediction, prediction error-
whitening filter, inverse filter-Levinson recursion, Lattice realization, and Levinson recursion algorithm for
solving Toeplitz system of equations.
4. ADPATIVE FILTERS 9
FIR adaptive filters-Newton's steepest descent method -adaptive filter based on steepest descent method-
Widrow Hoff LMS adaptive algorithm- Adaptive channel equalization-Adaptive echo chancellor-Adaptive
noise cancellation-RLS adaptive filters-Exponentially weighted RLS-sliding window RLS-Simplified IIR
LMS adaptive filter.
5. MULTIRATE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING 9
Mathematical description of change of sampling rate - Interpolation and Decimation - continuous time model -
Direct digital domain approach - Decimation by an integer factor - Interpolation by an integer factor - Single
and multistage realization - poly phase realization - Application to sub band coding - Wavelet transform and
filter bank implementation of wavelet expansion of signals.
Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. Monson H.Hayes, Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
New York, 1996.

References:

1. Sopocles J.Orfanidis, Optimum Signal Processing, McGraw Hill, 1990.

2. John G.Proakis, Dimitris G.Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing Prentice Hall of India, 1995.

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 AX132 Introduction to VLSI Design 3 0 0 3

1. MOS TECHNOLOGY AND CIRCUITS 9

MOS Technology and VLSI, Process parameters and considerations for BJT, MOS and CMOS, Electrical
properties of MOS circuits and Device modeling.

2. MOS CIRCUIT DESIGN PROCESS 9

MOS Layers, Stick diagram, Layout diagram, Propagation delays, Examples of combinational logic design,
Sealing of MOS circuits.

3. DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 9

Programmable Logic Array ( PLA ) and Finite State Machines, Design of ALUs, Memories and Registers.

4. ANALOG VLSI AND HIGH SPEED VLSI 9

Introduction to Analog VLSI, Realisation of Neural Networks and Switched capacitor filters, Sub-micron
technology and GaAs VLSI technology.

5. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 9

VHDL background and basic concepts, Structural specifications of hardware design organisation and
parametrisation.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Douglas A. Pucknell and Kamran Eshraghian, Basic VLSI Design Systems and Circuits, Prentice Hall of
India Pvt Ltd.,1993.
2. Wayne Wolf , Modern VLSI Design, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall,1998.
3. Amar Mukherjee, Introduction to NMOS and CMOS VLSI System Design, Prentice Hall, 1986.
4. Randall .L.Geiger and P.E. Allen, VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital Circuits, McGraw
Hill International Company, 1990.
5. Fabricious. E , Introduction to VLSI Design, McGraw Hill, 1990.
6. Navabi .Z., VHDL Analysis and Modeling of Digital Systems, McGraw Hill, 1993.
7. Mohmmed Ismail and Terri Fiez, Analog VLSI Signal and Information Processing, McGraw Hill, 1994.
8. Peter J. Ashenden, The Designer¿s Guide to VHDL, Harcourt Asia Private Limited & Morgan Kauffman,
1996.

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 AX133 Advanced Digital System Design 3 0 0 3

1. ADVANCED TOPICS IN BOOLEAN ALGEBRA 9

Shannon's expansion theorem, Conseusus theorem, Octal designation, Run measure, INHIBIT / INCLUSION /
AOI / Driver / Buffer gates, Gate expander, Reed Muller expansion, Synthesis of multiple output
combinational logic circuits by product map method, Design of static hazard free and dynamic hazard free
logic circuits.
2. THRESHOLD LOGIC 9
Linear seperability, Unateness, Physical implementation, Dual comparability, Reduced functions, Various
theorems in threshold logic, Synthesis of single gate and multigate threshold Network.

3. SYMMETRIC FUNCTIONS 9
Elementary symmetric functions, Partially symmetric and totally symmetric functions, Mc Cluskey
decomposition method, Unity ratio symmetric ratio functions, Synthesis of symmetric function by contact
networks.
4. SEQUENTIAL LOGIC CIRCUITS 9
Mealy machine, Moore machine, Trivial / Reversible / Isomorphic sequential machines, State diagrams, State
table minimization, Incompletely specified sequential machines, State assignments, Design of synchronous
and asynchronous sequential logic circuits working in the fundamental mode and pulse mode, Essential
hazards Unger's theorem.
5. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES 9
Basic concepts, Programming technologies, Programmable Logic Element (PLE), Programmable Logic Array
(PLA), Programmable Array Logic (PAL), Structure of Standard PLD's, Complex PLD's (CPLD).
System Design Using PLD's - Design of combinational and sequential circuits using PLD's, Programming
PAL device using PALASM, Design of state machine using Algorithmic State Machines (ASM) chart as a
design tool.
Introduction To Field Programmable Gate Arrays - Types of FPGA, Xilinx XC3000 series, Logic Cell array
(LCA), Configurable Logic Blocks (CLB) Input/Output Block (IOB)- Programmable Interconnect Point (PIP),
Introduction to Actel ACT2 family and Xilinx XC4000 families, Design examples.
Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. William I. Fletcher, "An Engineering Approach to Digital Design" , Prentice Hall of India, 1996.
2. James E. Palmer, David E. Perlman, "Introduction to Digital Systems", Tata McGraw Hill, 1996.
3. N.N. Biswas, "Logic Design Theory", Prentice Hall of India, 1993.
4. S. Devadas, A. Ghosh and K. Keutzer, "Logic Synthesis", Mc Graw Hill, 1994.

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 MA151 Applied Mathematics for Electronics Engineers 3 1 0 4

1. THE WAVE EQUATIONS 10

Solution of initial and boundary value problems- Characteristics- D'Alembert's Solution - Significance of
characteristic curves - Laplace transform solutions for displacement in a long string- a long string under its
weight - a bar with prescribed force on one end- free vibrations of a string.
2. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 13
Series solutions- Bessel's equation - Bessel Functions-Legendre's equation - Legendre polynomials -
Rodrigue's formula - Recurrence relations- generating functions and orthogonal property for Bessel functions
of the first kind - Legendre polynomials.
3. PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES 12
Probability Concepts -Random Variables, Moment generating function - standard distributions- Two
dimensional random variables- Transformation of Random Variables - Correlation - Regression system -
queueing applications.
4. QUEUEING THEORY 10
Single and Multiple server Markovian queueing models - customer impatience - Priority queues - M/G/1
queueing system - queueing applications.

5. TUTORIALS 15

Total No of periods: 60

References:

1. Sankara Rao.K. "Introduction to Partial Differential Equation", PHI, 1995.

2. Taha. H.A., "Operations Research- An Introduction" 6th Edition, PHI, 1997.
3. Churchil. R.V., "Operational Mathematics", McGraw Hill, 1972.
4. Richard A.Johnson, Miller and Freund's Probability and Statistics for Engineers, 5th Edition, PHI, 1994.
5. S.Narayanan, T.K.Manickvachagam Pillay and G.Ramanaiah- Advanced Mathematics for Engineering
Students Vol.II, S.Viswanathan Pvt. Ltd., 1986.

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 AX035 Digital Control Engineering 3 0 0 3

1. PRINCIPLES OF CONTROLLERS 9
Review of frequency and time response analysis and specifications of control systems, need for controllers,
continues time compensations, continues time PI, PD, PID controllers, digital PID controllers.

2. SIGNAL PROCESSING IN DIGITAL CONTROL 9

Sampling, time and frequency domain description, aliasing, hold operation, mathematical model of sample and
hold, zero and first order hold, factors limiting the choice of sampling rate, reconstruction.

3. MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLED DATA CONTROL LANGUAGE 9

Difference equation description, Z-transform method of description, pulse transfer function, time and
frequency response of discrete time control systems, stability of digital control systems, Jury's stability test,
state variable concepts, first companion, second companion, Jordan canonical models, discrete state variable
models, elementary principles.
4. DESIGN OF DIGITAL CONTROL ALGORITHMS 9
Review of principle of compensator design, Z-plane specifications, digital compensator design using
frequency response plots, discrete integrator, discrete differentiator, development of digital PID controller,
transfer function, design in the Z-plane.
5. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF DIGITAL CONTROL ALGORITHMS 9
Algorithm development of PID control algorithms, software implementation, implementation using
microprocessors and microcontrollers, finite word length effects, choice of data acquisition systems,
microcontroller based temperature control systems, microcontroller based motor speed control systems.
Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. M.Gopal, "Digital Control and Static Variable Methods", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1997.

References:

1. John J. D'Azzo, "Constantive Houpios, Linear Control System Analysis and Design", Mc Graw Hill, 1995.
2. Kenneth J. Ayala, "The 8051 Microcontroller- Architecture, Programming and Applications", Penram
International, 2nd Edition, 1996.

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 AX134 Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits 3 0 0 3

1. CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR LINEAR IC 9

Current sources, analysis of difference amplifiers with active load, supply and temperature independent
biasing techniques, voltage references.

2. OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS 9
Analysis of Operational amplifier circuits, slew rate model and high frequency analysis, operational amplifier
noise analysis and low noise operational amplifiers.

3. ANALOG MULTIPLIER AND PLL 9

Analysis of four quadrant and variable transconductance multiplier, voltage controlled oscillator, closed loop
analysis of PLL.

4. MOS ANALOG ICs 9

Design of MOS Operational Amplifier, CMOS voltage references, MOS Power amplifier and analog switches.

5. MOS SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTERS 9

Design techniques for switched capacitor filter, CMOS switched capacitor filters, MOS integrated active RC
Filters.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Gray and Meyer, "Analysis and Design of Analog ICs", Wiley International, 1996.
2. Gray, Wooley, Brodersen, "Analog MOS Integrated Circuits", IEEE Press, 1989.
3. Kenneth R. Laker, Willy M.C. Sansen, William M.C.Sansen, "Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and
Systems", McGraw Hill, 1994.
4. Behzad Razavi, "Principles of Data Conversion System Design", S. Chand & Company Ltd, 2000.

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 AX141 Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing 3 0 0 3

1. THEORY OF PARALLELISM 15
Parallel computer models - the state of computing, Multiprocessors and Multicomputers and Multivectors and
SIMD computers, PRAM and VLSI models, Architectural development tracks. Program and network
properties ¿ Conditions of parallelism, Program partitioning and scheduling, Program flow mechanisms,
System interconnect architectures. Principles of scalable performance - performance matrices and measures,
Parallel processing applications, speedup performance laws, scalability analysis and approaches.
2. HARDWARE TECHNOLOGIES 10
Processor and memory hierarchy advanced processor technology, superscalar and vector processors, memory
hierarchy technology, virtual memory technology, bus cache and shared memory - backplane bus systems,
cache memory organisations, shared memory organisations, sequential and weak consistency models.
3. PIPELINING AND SUPERSCLAR TECHNOLOGIES 10
Parallel and scalable architectures, Multiprocessor and Multicomputers, Multivector and SIMD computers,
Scalable, Multithreaded and data flow architectures.

4. SOFTWARE AND PARALLEL PROGRAMMING 10

Parallel models, Languages and compilers, Parallel program development and environments, UNIX, MACH
and OSF/1 for parallel computers.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Kai Hwang, "Advanced Computer Architecture", McGraw Hill International, 1993.

2. William Stallings, "Computer Organization and Architecture", Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990.
3. M. J. Quinn, "Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers", McGraw Hill International, 1994.

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 AX142 Electronic Design Laboratory 0 0 3 2

. 45
1. Schematic Capture and PCB layout design using EDA tools like ORCAD etc.
2. System Design using Microcontrollers.
3. Microcontroller based timers, Stepper motor controller, LCD & CRT Interfacing.
4. System design using 16 bit Microprocessors.
5. SPICE simulation of electronic circuits.
6. Design of Power electronic circuits-SMPS, High Frequency DC/DC Converters using Power MOSFET.
.

Total No of periods: 45

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 AX031 ASIC Design 3 0 0 3

1. INTRODUCTION TO ASICS, CMOS LOGIC AND ASIC LIBRARY DESIGN 9

Types of ASICs - Design flow - CMOS transistors CMOS Design rules - Combinational Logic Cell -
Sequential logic cell - Data path logic cell - Transistors as Resistors - Transistor Parasitic Capacitance-
Logical effort - Library cell design - Library architecture .
2. PROGRAMMABLE ASICS, PROGRAMMABLE ASIC LOGIC CELLS AND 9
PROGRAMMABLE ASIC I/O CELLS
Anti fuse - static RAM - EPROM and EEPROM technology - PREP benchmarks - Actel ACT - Xilinx LCA -
Altera FLEX - Altera MAX DC & AC inputs and outputs - Clock & Power inputs - Xilinx I/O blocks.

3. PROGRAMMABLE ASIC INTERCONNECT, PROGRAMMABLE ASIC DESIGN 9

SOFTWARE AND LOW LEVEL DESIGN ENTRY
Actel ACT -Xilinx LCA - Xilinx EPLD - Altera MAX 5000 and 7000 - Altera MAX 9000 - Altera FLEX -
Design systems - Logic Synthesis - Half gate ASIC -Schematic entry - Low level design language - PLA tools
-EDIF- CFI design representation.
4. LOGIC SYNTHESIS, SIMULATION AND TESTING 9
Verilog and logic synthesis -VHDL and logic synthesis - types of simulation -boundary scan test - fault
simulation - automatic test pattern generation.

5. ASIC CONSTRUCTION, FLOOR PLANNING, PLACEMENT AND ROUTING 9

System partition - FPGA partitioning - partitioning methods - floor planning - placement - physical design
flow - global routing - detailed routing - special routing - circuit extraction - DRC.

Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. M.J.S .Smith, - Application - Specific Integrated Circuits - Addison -Wesley Longman Inc., 1997.

References:

1. Andrew Brown, - VLSI Circuits and Systems in Silicon -, McGraw Hill, 1991.
2. S.D. Brown, R.J. Francis, J. Rox, Z.G. Uranesic, "Field Programmable Gate Arrays"- Kluever Academic
Publishers, 1992.
3. Mohammed Ismail and Terri Fiez, "Analog VLSI Signal and Information Processing" Mc Graw Hill, 1994.
4. S. Y. Kung, H. J. Whilo House, T. Kailath, " VLSI and Modern Signal Processing ", Prentice Hall, 1985.
5. Jose E. France, Yannis Tsividis, " Design of Analog - Digital VLSI Circuits for Telecommunication and
Signal Processing", Prentice Hall, 1994.

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 AX032 Design and Analysis of Algorithms 3 0 0 3

1. INTRODUCTION 9
Polynomial and Exponential algorithms, big "oh" and small "oh" notation, exact algorithms and heuristics,
direct / indirect / deterministic algorithms, static and dynamic complexity, stepwise refinement.

2. DESIGN TECHNIQUES 9
Subgoals method, working backwards, work tracking, branch and bound algorithms for traveling salesman
problem and knapsack problem, hill climbing techniques, divide and conquer method, dynamic programming,
greedy methods.
3. SEARCHING AND SORTING 9
Sequential search, binary search, block search, Fibbonacci search, bubble sort, bucket sorting, quick sort, heap
sort, average case and worst case behavior,
FFT.
4. GRAPH ALGORITHMS 9
Minimum spanning, tree, shortest path algorithms, R-connected graphs, Even's and Kleitman's algorithms,
max-flow min cut theorem, Steiglitz's link deficit algorithm.

5. SELECTED TOPICS 9
NP Completeness Approximation Algorithms, NP Hard Problems, Strasseu's Matrix Multiplication
Algorithms, Magic Squares, Introduction To Parallel Algorithms and Genetic Algorithms, Monti-Carlo
Methods, Amortised Analysis.
Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Sara Baase, "Computer Algorithms : Introduction to Design and Analysis", Addison Wesley, 1988.
2. T.H.Corman, C.E.Leiserson and R.L.Rioest, "Introduction to Algorithms", Mc Graw Hill, 1994.
3. E.Horowitz and S.Sahni, "Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms", Galgotia Publications, 1988.
4. D.E.Goldberg, "Genetic Algorithms : Search Optimization and Machine Learning", Addison Wesley, 1989.

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 AX034 Digital Image Processing 3 0 0 3

1. CONTIUOUS AND DISCRETE IMAGES AND SYSTEMS 9

Light, Luminance, Brightness and Contrast, Eye, The Monochrome Vision Model, Image Processing Problems
and Applications, Vision Camera, Digital Processing System, 2-D Sampling Theory, Aliasing, Image
Quantization, Lloyd Max Quantizer, Dither, Color Images, Linear Systems And Shift Invariance, Fourier
Transform, Z-Transform, Matrix Theory Results, Block Matrices and Kronecker Products.
2. IMAGE TRANSFORMS 9
2-D orthogonal and Unitary transforms, 1-D and 2-D DFT, Cosine, Sine, Walsh, Hadamard, Haar, Slant,
Karhunen-loeve, Singular value Decomposition transforms.

3. IMAGE ENHANCEMENT 9
Point operations - contrast stretching, clipping and thresholding density slicing, Histogram equalization,
modification and specification, spatial operations - spatial averaging, low pass, high pass, band pass filtering,
direction smoothing, medium filtering, generalized cepstrum and homomorphic filtering, edge enhancement
using 2-D IIR and FIR filters, color image enhancement.
4. IMAGE RESTORATION 9
Image observation models, sources of degradation, inverse and Wiener filtering, geometric mean filter, non
linear filters, smoothing splines and interpolation, constrained least squares restoration.

5. IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM 9

PROJECTIONS
Image data rates, pixel coding, predictive techniques transform coding and vector DPCM, Block truncation
coding, wavelet transform coding of images, color image coding. Random transform, back projection operator,
inverse random transform, back projection algorithm, fan beam and algebraic restoration techniques.
Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Anil K.Jain, "Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing", PHI 1995.

2. M.A.Sid Ahmed ,"Image Processing", McGraw Hill, Inc, 1995.
3. R.Gonzalaz and P.Wintz, "Digital Image Processing", Addison Wesley 2nd Ed, 1987.
4. William. K.Pratt, "Digital Image Processing", Wiley Interscience, 2nd Ed, 1991.

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 AX036 Reliability Engineering 3 0 0 3

1. INTRODUCTION 9
Reliability fundamentals and bath tub curve, Reliability measures and parameters, Electronic system
reliability, Hazard rate model, Probability concepts and failure time distribution.

2. SYSTEM RELIABILITY 9
System reliability modeling, v-out of 'n' system, Analysis of complex reliability structures, System reliability
estimation.

3. DEVICE RELIABILITY 9
Accelerated life testing, Early life reliability, Long term device reliability, Electrostatic discharge, Electrical
stress, Steady state hazard rate.

4. RELIABILITY TECHNIQUES 9
Reliability prediction, Cut set, Tie set, FME set, PTA, Markov, Monte Carlo Simulation, Application to
electronic systems.

5. MAINTAINABILITY AND AVAILABILITY CONCEPTS 9

Guidelines for design for maintainability, MITR, BIT / BITE facility, Spares provisioning, Electronics system
packaging and interconnections.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. David J. Klinger, Yoshinao Nakada and Maria A. Menendez, Von Nostrand Reinhold, New York, "AT & T
Reliability Manual", 5th Edition, 1998.
2. Gregg K. Hobbs, "Accelerated Reliability Engineering - HALT and HASS", John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 2000.
3. Lewis, "Introduction to Reliability Engineering", 2nd Edition, Wiley International, 1996.
4. O' Connor, P. D. T., "Practical Reliability Engineering", Hayden Book Company, New Jersey, 1981.

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 AX037 Robotics 3 0 0 3

1. ROBOT ORGANIZATION 9
Coordinate transformation, kinematics and inverse kinematics. Trajectory planning and remote manipulation.

2. ROBOT HARDWARE 9
Robot sensors. Proximity sensors. Range sensors. Visual sensors. Auditory sensors. Robot manipulators.
Manipulator dynamics. Manipulator control. Wrists. End efforts. Robot grippers.

3. ROBOT AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 9

Principles of AI. Basics of learning. Planning movement. Basics of knowledge representations, Robot
programming languages.

4. ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS 9

Principles of edge detection. Determining optical flow and shape. Image segmentation. Pattern recognition.
Model directed scene analysis.

5. ROBOT CONTROL AND APPLICATION 9

Robot control using voice and infrared. Overview of robot applications. Prosthetic devices. Robots in material
handling, processing assembly and storage.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Koren, : "Robotics for Engineers", McGraw Hill International Company, Tokyo, 1995.
2. Vokopravotic, "Introduction to Robotics", Springer, 1988.
3. Rathmill K., "Robot Technology and Application", Springer, 1985.
4. Charniak and McDarmott, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence", McGraw Hill, 1986.
5. K.S. Fu, R.C. Gonzally, C.S.G. Lee, "Robotics Control, Sensing, Vision and Intelligence", McGraw Hill
Book Company, 1997.
6. Barry Leatham, Jones, "Elements of Industrial Robotics", Pittman Publishing, 1987.
7. Mikell P. Groover, Mitchell Weiss, Roger. N, Nagel, Nicholas G. Odrey, "Industrial Robotic Technology
Programming and Applications", McGraw Hill Book Company, 1986.
8. Bernard Hodges and Paul Hallam, " Industrial Robotics ", British Library Cataloguing Publication, 1990.

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 AX038 VLSI Signal Processing 3 0 0 3

1. 9
Introduction to DSP systems - Iteration Bound - Pipelined and parallel processing.

2. 9
Retiming - Unfolding - Algorithmic strength reduction in filters and transforms.

3. 9
Systolic architecture design - fast convolution - Pipelined and parallel recursive and adaptive fileters.

4. 9
Scaling and round off noise - Digital lattice filter structures - Bit level arithmetic architecture - Redundant
arithmetic.

5. 9
Numerical strength reduction - Synchronous, wave and asynchronous pipe lines - low power design -
programmable digital signal processors.

Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. Keshab K.Parthi, "VLSI Digital Signal Processing systems", Design and implementation , Wiley, Inter
Science,1999.

References:

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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 AX039 Internetworking Multimedia 3 0 0 3

1. INTRODUCTION 9
Digital sound, video and graphics, basic multimedia networking, multimedia characteristics, evolution of
Internet services model, network requirements for audio/video transform, multimedia coding and compression
for text, image, audio and video.
2. SUBNETWORK TECHNOLOGY 9
Broadband services, ATM and IP , IPV6, High speed switching, resource reservation, Buffer management,
traffic shaping, caching, scheduling and policing, throughput, delay and jitter performance.

3. MULTICAST AND TRANSPORT PROTOCOL 9

Multicast over shared media network, multicast routing and addressing, scaping multicast and NBMA
networks, Reliable transport protocols, TCP adaptation algorithm, RTP, RTCP.

4. MEDIA - ON - DEMAND 9
Storage and media servers, voice and video over IP, MPEG-2 over ATM/IP, indexing synchronization of
requests, recording and remote control.

5. APPLICATIONS 9
MIME, Peer-to-peer computing, shared application, video conferencing, centralized and distributed
conference control, distributed virtual reality, light weight session philosophy.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Jon Crowcroft, Mark Handley, Ian Wakeman. Internetworking Multimedia,

Harcourt Asia Pvt.Ltd.Singapore, 1998.
2. B.O. Szuprowicz, Multimedia Networking, McGraw Hill, NewYork. 1995
3. Tay Vaughan,Multimedia making it to work, 4ed,Tata McGrawHill, NewDelhi,2000.

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 CM038 Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility in System 3 0 0 3
Design

1. EMI ENVIRONMENT 6
Sources of EMI, counducted and radiated EMI, Transient EMI, EMI-EMC Definitions and units of
parameters.

2. EMI COUPLING PRINCIPLES 9

Conducted, Radiated and Transient Coupling, Common Impedance Ground Coupling, Radiated Common
Mode and Ground Loop Coupling, Radiated Differential Mode Coupling, Near Field Cable to Cable Coupling,
Power Mains and Power Supply Coupling.
3. EMI SPECIFICATION / STANDARDS / LIMITS 7
Units of specifications, Civilian standards Military standards.

4. EMI MEASUREMENTS 7
EMI Test Instruments /Systems, EMI Test, EMI Shielded Chamber, Open Area Test Site, TEM Cell Antennas,
Conductors Sensors/Injectors/Couplers, Military Test Method and Procedures, Calibration Procedures.

5. EMI CONTROL TECHNIQUES 7

Shielding, Filtering, Grounding, Bonding, Isolation Transformer, Transient Suppressors, Cable Routing,
Signal Control, Component Selection and Mounting.

6. EMC DESIGN OF PCBs 9

PCB Traces Cross Talk, Impedance Control, Power Distribution Decoupling, Zoning, Motherboard Designs
and Propagation Delay Performance Models.

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Bernhard Keiser, "Principles of Electromagnetic Compatibility", Artech house, 3rd Ed, 1986.
2. Henry W.Ott, "Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems", John Wiley and Sons, NewYork. 1988.
3. V.P.Kodali, "Engineering EMC Principles, Measurements and Technologies", IEEE Press, 1996.

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 CM143 High Performance Communication Networks 3 0 0 3

1. BASICS OF NETWORKS 9
Telephone,computer,Cable television and Wireless network,networking principles,Digitilization:Service
intergration,network services and layered architecture,traffic charecterization and QOS,networks
services:network elements and network mechanisms
2. PACKET SWITCHED NETWORKS 9
OSI and IP models:Ethernet (IEEE 802.3);token ring(I EEE 802.5),FDDI,DQDB,frame relay,:SMDS:Internet
working with SMDS

3. INTERNET AND TCP/IP NETWORKS 9

Overview;internet protocol;TCP and VDP;performance of TCP/IP networks circuit switched
networks:SONET;DWDM,Fibre to home,DSL.Intelligent networks,CATV.

4. ATM AND WIRELESS NETWORKS 9

Main features-adressing,signalling and routing;ATM headre structure-adaptation layer, management and
control;BISDN;Interworking with ATM ,Wireless channel,link level design,channel access;Network designn
and wireless networks
5. OPTICAL NETWORKS AND SWITCHING 9
Optical links- WDM systems,cross-connects ,optical LAN's, optical paths and networks;TDS and
SDS:modular switch designs-Packet switching,distributed,shared,input and output buffers

Total No of periods: 45

References:

1. Jean warland and Pravin Varaiya,High,Performance Communication Networks,2nd Edition,Harcourt and

Morgan Kauffman,London,2000
2. Leon Gracia,Widjaja,Communication networks,Tata Mc Graw Hill,New Delhi,2000
3. Sumit Kasera,Pankaj Sethi,ATM Networks,Tata McGraw Hill,New Delhi,2000
4. Behrouz.a. Forouzan,Dta Communication and Networking,Tata Mc Graw Hill,New Delhi,2000

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 VL033 Analog VLSI Design 3 0 0 3

1. BASIC CMOS CIRCUIT TECHNIQUES, CONTINUOUS TIME AND LOW- 9

VOLTAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING
Mixed-Singal VLSI Chips-Basic CMOS Circuits-Basic Gain Stage-Gain Boosting Techniques-Super MOS
Transistor- Primitive Analog Cells-Linear Voltage-Current Converters-MOS Multipliers and Resistors-
CMOS, Bipolar and Low-Voltage BiCMOS Op-Amp Design-Instrumentation Amplifier Design-Low Voltage
Filters.
2. BASIC BiCMOS CIRCUIT TECHNIQUES, CURRENT -MODE SIGNAL 9
PROCESSING AND NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
Continuous-Time Signal Processing-Sampled-Data Signal Processing-Switched-Current Data Converters-
Practical Considerations in SI Circuits Biologically-Inspired Neural Networks - Floating - Gate, Low-Power
Neural Networks-CMOS Technology and Models-Design Methodology-Networks-Contrast Sensistive Silicon
Retina.
3. SAMPLED-DATA ANALOG FILTERS, OVER SAMPLED A/D CONVERTERS 9
AND ANALOG INTEGRATED SENSORS
First-order and Second SC Circuits-Bilinear Transformation - Cascade Design-Swtiched-Capacitor Ladder
Filter-Synthesis of Switched-Current Filter- Nyquist rate A/D Converters-Modulators for Over sampled A/D
Conversion-First and Second Order and Multibit Sigma-Delta Modulators-Interpolative Modulators -Cascaded
Architecture-Decimation Filters-mechanical, Thermal, Humidity and Magnetic Sensors-Sensor Interfaces.
4. DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY AND ANALOG VLSI INTERCONNECTS 9
Fault modeling and Simulation - Testability-Analysis Technique-Ad Hoc Methods and General Guidelines-
Scan Techniques-Boundary Scan-Buil-in Self Test-Analog Test Buses-Design for Electron -Beam Testablity-
Physics of Interconnects in VLSI-Scaling of Interconnects-A Model for Estimating Wiring Density-A
Configurable Architecture for Prototyping analog Circuits.
5. STATISTICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION, ANALOG COMPUTER-AIDED 9
DESIGN AND ANALOG AND MIXED ANALOG-DIGITAL LAYOUT
Review of Statistical Concepts - Statistical Device Modeling- Statistical Circuit Simulation-Automation
Analog Circuit Design-automatic Analog Layout-CMOS Transistor Layout-Resistor Layout-Capacitor Layout-
Analog Cell Layout-Mixed Analog -Digital Layout.
Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. Analog VLSI signal and Information Processing'. Mohammed Ismail, Terri Fiez,Mcgraw-Hill
International Editons,1994.

References:

1. Malcom R.Haskard, Lan C.May, " Analog VLSI Design - NMOS and CMOS".,Prentice Hall, 1998.
2. Randall L Geiger, Phillip E. Allen, "Noel K.Strader," VLSI Design Techniques for Analog and Digital
Circuits", Mc Graw Hill International Company, 1990.
3. Jose E.France, Yannis Tsividis, " Design of Analog-Digital VLSI Circuits for Telecommunication and
signal Processing", Prentice Hall, 1994.

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 VL034 Low Power VLSI Design 3 0 0 3

1. 9
Introduction - Simulation - Power Analysis-Probabilistic Power Analysis.

2. 9
Circuit -Logic - Special Techniques - Architecture and Systems.

3. 9
Advanced Techniques - Low Power CMOS VLSI Design - Physics of Power Dissipation in CMOS FET
Devices.

4. 9
Power Estimation - Synthesis for Low Power - Design and Test of Low Voltages - CMOS Circuits.

5. 9
Low Power Static RAM Architectures -Low Energy Computing Using Energy Recovery Techniques -
Software Design for Low Power.

Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. Gary Yeap " Practical Low Power Digital VLSI Design",1997.

2. Kaushik Roy, Sharat Prasad, "Low Power CMOS VLSI Circuit Design", 2000.

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 VL141 Computer Aided Design of VLSI Circuits 3 0 0 3

1. 9
Introduction to VLSI Methodologies - VLSI Physical Design Automation - Design and Fabrication of VLSI
Devices - Fabriction process and its impact on Physical Design.

2. 9
A Quick Tour of VLSI Design Automation Tools - Data structures and Basic Alogrithms - Algorithmic Graph
theory and computtional complexity - Tractable and Intractable problems.

3. 9
General purpose methods for combinational optimization - partitioning - floor planning and pin assignment -
placement - routing.

4. 9

Simulation-logic synthesis -Verification-High level synthesis- Compaction.

5. 9
Physcial Design Automation of FPGAs,MCMS-VHDL-Verilog-Implementation of Simple cirucuits using
VHDL and Verilog.

Total No of periods: 45

Text Books:

1. N.A. Sherwani, "Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation", 1999.

2. S.H.Gerez, "Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation", 1998.

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