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1 Engineering Linear Algebra

Mathematics Calculus

Differential Equations

Vector Analysis

Complex Analysis

Numerical Methods

Probability and Statistics

2 Networks, Circuit analysis

Signals and Continuous-time signals


Systems Discrete-time signals

3 Electronic Energy bands in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, equilibrium

Devices carrier concentration, direct and indirect band-gap semiconductors.

Carrier transport: diffusion current, drift current, mobility and

resistivity, generation and recombination of carriers, Poisson, and

continuity equations. P-N junction, Zener diode, BJT, MOS capacitor,

MOSFET, LED, photodiode, and solar cell.

4 Analog Circuits Diode circuits: clipping, clamping, and rectifiers.

BJT and MOSFET amplifiers: biasing, ac coupling, small-signal analysis,

frequency response. Current mirrors and differential amplifiers.

Op-amp circuits: Amplifiers, summers, differentiators, integrators,

active filters, Schmitt triggers, and oscillators

5 Digital Circuits Number representations: binary, integer, and floating-point- numbers.

Combinatorial circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of functions using

Boolean identities and Karnaugh map, logic gates, and their static

CMOS implementations, arithmetic circuits, code converters,

multiplexers, decoders.

Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers, finite


state machines, propagation delay, setup and hold time, critical path

delay.

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 pipelining

6 Control Systems Basic control system components; Feedback principle; Transfer

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.

7 Communications Random processes: autocorrelation 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,

superheterodyne 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.

8 Electromagnetics 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 velocity, propagation through various media, skin

depth.

Transmission lines: equations, characteristic impedance, impedance


matching, impedance transformation, S-parameters, Smith chart.

Rectangular and circular waveguides, light propagation in optical fibers,

dipole and monopole antennas, linear antenna arrays.

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