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factor correction; economic operation; symmetrical components, analysis of symmetrical

and unsymmetrical faults. Concept of system stability: swing curves and equal area criterion.

Static VAR system. Basic concepts of HVDC transmission.

Power System Protection: Principles of overcurrent, differential and distance protection.

Concept of solid state relays. Circuit breakers. Computer aided protection: Introduction; line

bus, generator, transformer protection; numeric relays and application of DSP to protection.

Digital Communication: Pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation

(DPCM), delta modulation (DM), Digital modulation and demodulation schemes: amplitude,

phase and frequency keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK). Error control coding: error

detection and correction, linear block codes, convolution codes. Information measure and

source coding. Data networks, 7-layer architecture.

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Materials and Components

Structure and properties of Electrical Engineering materials; Conductors, Semiconductors

and Insulators, magnetic, Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, Ceramic, Optical and Super-

conducting materials. Passive components and characteristics Resistors, Capacitors and

Inductors; Ferrities, Quartz crystal Ceramic resonators, Electromagnetic an

Electromechanical components.

Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and ICs

Electrons and holes in semiconductors, Carrier Statistics, Mechanism of current flow in a

semiconductor, Hall effect; Junction theory; Different types of diodes and their

characteristics; Bipolar Junction transistor; Field effect transistors; Power switching

devices like SCRs, CTOs, power MOSFETs; Basics of ICs - bipolar, MOS and CMOS

types; basic of Opto Electronics.

Signals and Systems

Classification of signals and systems: System modelling in terms of differential and

difference equations; State variable representation; Fourier series; Fourier representation;

Fourier series; Fourier transforms and their application to system analysis; Laplace

transforms and their application to system analysis; Convolution and superposition integrals

and their applications; Z-transforms and their applications to the analysis and

characterisation of discrete time systems; Random signals and probability, Correlation

functions; Spectral density; Response of linear system to random inputs.

Network theory

Network analysis techniques; Network theorems, transient response, steady state sinusoidal

response; Network graphs and their applications in network analysis; Tellegen’s theorem. Two port networks; Z, Y, h and transmission parameters. Combination of two

ports, analysis of common two ports. Network functions : parts of network functions,

obtaining a network function from a given part. Transmission criteria : delay and rise

time, Elmore’s and other definitions effect of cascading. Elements of network synthesis.

Electromagnetic Theory

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Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; Laplace’s and Piossons’s equations; Boundary value problems and their solutions; Maxwell’s equations; application to wave

propagation in bounded and unbounded media; Transmission lines : basic theory, standing

waves, matching applications, misconstrue lines; Basics of wave guides and resonators;

Elements of antenna theory.

Electronic Measurements and instrumentation

Basic concepts, standards and error analysis; Measurements of basic electrical quantities and

parameters; Electronic measuring instruments and their principles of working : analog and

digital, comparison, characteristics, application. Transducers; Electronic measurements of

non electrical quantities like temperature, pressure, humidity etc; basics of telemetry for

industrial use.

Analog Electronic Circuits

Transistor biasing and stabilization. Small signal analysis. Power amplifiers. Frequency

response. Wide banding techniques. Feedback amplifiers. Tuned amplifiers. Oscillators.

Rectifiers and power supplies. Op Amp PLL, other linear integrated circuits and

applications. Pulse shaping circuits and waveform generators.

Digital Electronic Circuits

Transistor as a switching element; Boolean algebra, simplification of Boolean functions,

Karnaguh map and applications; IC Logic gates and their characteristics; IC logic families :

DTL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, PMOS and CMOS gates and their comparison; Combinational

logic Circuits; Half adder, Full adder; Digital comparator; Multiplexer Demultiplexer; ROM

and their applications. Flip flops. R-S, J.K, D and T flip-flops; Different types of

counters and registers Waveform generators. A/D and D/A converters. Semiconductor

memories.

Control Systems

Transient and steady state response of control systems; Effect of feedback on stability and

sensitivity; Root locus techniques; Frequency response analysis. Concepts of gain and

phase margins: Constant-M and Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approximation of transient

response from Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approximation of transient response from closed loop frequency response; Design of Control Systems, Compensators; Industrial controllers.

Communication Systems

Basic information theory; Modulation and detection in analogue and digital systems;

Sampling and data reconstructions; Quantization & coding; Time division and frequency

division multiplexing; Equalization; Optical Communication : in free space & fiber

optic; Propagation of signals oat HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency; Satellite

Communication.

Microwave Engineering

Microwave Tubes and solid state devices, Microwave generation and amplifiers,

Waveguides and other Microwave Components and Circuits, Misconstrue circuits,

Microwave Antennas, Microwave Measurements, Masers, lasers; Microwave

propagation. Microwave Communication Systems terrestrial and Satellite based.

Computer Engineering

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Number Systems. Data representation; Programming; Elements of a high level programming

language PASCAL/C; Use of basic data structures; Fundamentals of computer architecture;

Processor design; Control unit design; Memory organisation, I/o System Organisation.

Microprocessors : Architecture and instruction set of Microprocessors 8085 and 8086,

Assembly language Programming. Microprocessor Based system design typical examples.

Personal computers and their typical uses.

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Engineering Mechanics:

Units and Dimensions, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept of particle and rigid

body. Concurrent, Non Concurrent and parallel forces in a plane, moment of force, free body

diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Principle of virtual work, equivalent force system.

First and Second Moment of area, Mass moment of Inertia.

Static Friction.

Kinematics and Kinetics:

Kinematics in Cartesian Co-ordinates, motion under uniform and nonuniform acceleration,

motion under gravity. Kinetics of particle: Momentum and Energy principles, collision of

elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies.

Strength of Materials:

Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear

force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across cross

sections, Beams of uniform strength.

Deflection of beams: Macaulay’s method, Mohr’s Moment area method, Conjugate beam

method, unit load method. Torsion of Shafts, Elastic stability of columns, Euler’s Rankine’s and Secant formulae.

Structural Analysis:

Castiglianio’s theorems I and II, unit load method of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses. Slope-deflection, moment distribution,

Rolling loads and Influences lines: Influences lines for Shear Force and Bending moment at

a section of beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and bending Moment in beams

traversed by a system of moving loads. Influences lines for simply supported plane pin

jointed trusses.

Arches: Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature effects.

Matrix methods of analysis: Force method and displacement method of analysis of

indeterminate beams and rigid frames.

Plastic Analysis of beams and frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical

method, Mechanism method.

Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, product of inertia, position of Neutral Axis and

Principle axes, calculation of bending stresses.