EC80001 Microelectronics Devices and Circuits (3-1-0)

BJT action, derivation of current components and gain expressions, breakdown voltages,
equivalent circuits, frequency response of transistors, physical description and theory of
MOSFET, static characteristics, small signal analysis, equivalent circuit, MOS structure,
MOS capacitance, threshold voltages, small signal parameters and equivalent circuit,
short channel effects, hot carrier effects, scaling laws of MOS transistors, LDD
MOSFET, Non-classical MOSFET structures. Bipolar and CMOS IC technology,
heterojunctions, device modelling. Introduction to mixed signal ICs, basic design
methodologies: full custom and semi-custom design.

EC80002 Modern Communication Systems (3-1-0)

Baseband, narrowband and wideband signals and noise representation and characteristics
of communication channels, Linear and optimal filtering. Baseband binary signal
transmission intersymbol interference bit time recevery and errors, partial
responsesignalling, line codes. M-ary signals orthogonal representation, Gram-Schmidt
procedure, signal space concepts. bandwidth efficient digital modulation techniques,
carrier synchronization. Spread spectrum techniques and codes, transmitters, receivers.

EC80003 Wireless Communications (3-0-0)

Introduction to RF propagation, multi-path fading mobile channel representation: RF

circuits and systems, mobile communication concepts, cellular engineering: cellular
concepts, frequency allocation, spectrum efficiency, speech coding,
modulation/demodulation techniques, multiple access techniques, error control coding for
mobile channel, communication applications, capacity of cellular communication
networks, mobile communication standards, wireless data communication systems.
wireless multimedia, ATM and IP, paging, wireless local loops, emerging technologies.

EC80004 Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering (3-1-0)

Maxwells equations, displacement current, equation of continuity, boundary condition.

propagation of uniform plain waves in perfect dielectric and in lossy medium, reflection,
refraction, phase and group velocities, transmission line: evaluation of line parameters,
design concepts, cutoff frequency, attenuation, dispersion, power handling capacity.
travelling waves, standing waves, Smith chart and matching techniques, pulse
propagation. radiation concept : elementary dipole, halfwave dipole, radiation patterns,
gain, pattern multiplication. basic antennas.
EC80005 Image Processing (3-0-0)

Digital image fundamentals, image digitization, sampling and quantization, image

resolution, colour perception & processing, geometric transformations and imaging, pixel
relation, interpolation. Image Transforms: DFT, DCT, Walsh Transform, Hadamard
Transform, Wavelet Transform, KLT. Image enhancement: Point processing, Mask
Processing, Linear and nonlinear filtering, Histogram Equalization, Histogram Matching,
Frequency domain technique. Image Restoration: Degradation Model, Inverse Filtering,
Weiner Filtering, Constrained least square filtering. Image registration: Cross correlation,
normalized cross correlation. Colour Image Processing: RGB and HSI models, primary
and secondary colours, colour enhancement. Image Segmentation: edge detection
techniques, Hough transform, Split and Merge technique, Region Growing.
Morphological Operations: Erosion, Dilation, Opening, Closing, Thinning.
Representation and recognition: Feature extraction, feature based recognition,
Compression and Coding: Lossy and lossless coding, JPEG, JPEG 2000.

EC80006 Advanced Signal Processing Techniques (3-1-0)

Signal representation using unitary transforms, DFT, DCT, Haar and Walsh Hadmard
transform, properties of DFT, circular convolution, linear convolution using DFT,
overlap add and save methods, FFT, filter structures for IIR and FIR filters, direct form I
and II, parallel and cascade forms, frequency sampling structure for FIR filters, linear
phase FIR filters, digital filter design techniques, IIR filter design by impulse invariance
and bilinear transformation, transformation of digital filters, FIR filter
design using windows, MATLAB based examples, introduction to multirate DSP,
decimation and interpolation, polyphase decomposition, uniform DFT filter banks,
quadrature mirror filters and perfect reconstruction, introduction to finite register length
effects on digital filter performance, spectral estimation.

EC80007 Optical Communications (3-0-0)

Introduction to optical communications; Optical fibers - Multimode and single-mode

propagations of light through fibers, loss mechanisms, Numerical aperture, V-Parameter,
Dispersion mechanisms; Optical sources: LEDs and Lasers - Principles of operation,
Modulation characteristics, Driver circuits; Photodetectors: Principles of operation,
Preamplifier and post-amplifier circuits for optical receivers; Fiber optic cables,
Connector and couplers; Digital fiber optic communication systems using intensity
modulation and direct detection: Transmitter and receiver block diagrams, Line coding,
Shot noise process in receiver, Quantum limit operation, Evaluation of BER in presence
of shot and thermal noise components, Power and rise time budgets; SONET/SDH;
Analog fiber optic communication systems; Wavelength Division Multiplexing; Optical
amplifiers.
EC80008 Computer Communication and Networks (3-0-0)

Computer Communication Networks - overview and introduction, The ISO reference

Model, Network Topologies, TCP/IP networks, LAN model, Queing theory, MAC, layer
protocols, WLAN, Connectivity and Delay Analysis, Backbone Design, TCP layer
issues, The Physical Layer, Data Link Layer Protocol with Case Studies, Point to Point
Networks, Routing and Flow Control, Packet Communication Technology, Packet
Broadcasting, Terrestrial Networks, Local Area Networks, Mixed Media and Large Scale
Integrated Networks, transport and Session Layers, Presentation Layer Protocols and
Data Link Layer Concepts of Distributed Systems, Computer Networks and Distributed
Systems.

EC80009 Satellite Communications (3-0-0)

Evolution and growth of communication satellites, Kepler's Law of Motion, orbits,
altitude control; Spectrum allocation and Bandwidth considerations; Propagation
Characteristics, satellite transponders and other systems; Earth station technology;
Analog and Digital link design; Multiple access techniques, FDMA, TDMA, SSTDMA;
Frequency reuse, satellite switched TDMA; Time slot assignment; Inter satellite links.

EC80010 Multimedia Systems (3-0-0)

Requirements and challenges of multimedia systems, audio and video compression

techniques and standards, multimedia synchronization, storage and retrieval, multimedia
networking, applications - video conferencing and streaming.

EC80011 Technology CAD (3 - 0 - 0 )

Modelling of Oxidation, Diffusion, Ion implantation, Epitaxy, Lithography, Etching and

Peposition; Introduction to process simulators, plasma process simulation tools;
Advanced processing technologies - CMOS/NMOS Poly process/BICMOS; Ion/plasma
CVD for advanced materials; Multilevel metallization; Plasma ion beam processing,
Equipment design, kintetics, RF, microwave ECR plasma equipment, Deposition
techniques, Applications; Advanced materials processing, SiGe, GaAs processing
equipment MBE, RTCVD, UHV-CVD etc.; Various characterization tools like AUGER /
ESCA, SIMS, RBS, AFM; Plasma reactor design considerations, Transport of species,
kinetics.
EC80012 Biomedical Electronics (3-0-0)

Biomedical signals, origins and dynamic characteristics, Concurrent Coupled and

Correlated Processes; Biomedical signal acquisition and Filtering for removal of artifacts;
Biomedical Signal analysis : Event detection, Wave shape and Waveform Complexity,
Frequency Domain characterization; Modeling of Biomedical Systems; Analysis of Non-
stationary Signals; Pattern recognition and Diagnostic Decision; Compression of
biomedical signals.

EC80013 Information Theory and Error Control (3 – 0 – 0)

Information measure, Entropy, Mutual information, Channel capacity, Linear block
codes, Hamming code, Cuclic code, BCH code, Convolutional codes.

EC80014 Nanoelectronic Devices (3 – 0 – 0)

Shrinking of device dimensions from micrometres to nanometres, limitations of
conventional devices; Quantum mechanics of nanometric structures, concept of quantum
wells, quantum wires and quantum dots; Fundamentals of carrier transport in quantum
structures, temperature effects; MODFETs, HBTs and other ultra-high-performance
devices for future ULSI; Superlattices, resonant tunneling phenomena; Opto-electronic
interactions in quantum structures, Quantum lasers; Single-carrier devices; Formation of
quantum structures, element of nano electronic device processing.

EC80015 EMI and EMC (3 - 0 – 0)

Aspects of EMC with examples, Common EMC units, EMC requirements for electronic
systems, Radiated emissions, Conducted emissions, ESD. Application of EMC design,
Wires, PCB lands, Component leads, resistors, capacitors, inductors, ferrites.
Electromechanical devices,Digital circuit devices. Mechanical switches ( as suppression),
Simple emission models for wires and PCB lands, Lice impedance stabilisation network
(LISN) , Power supply filters. Power supplies including SMPS. Three conductor lines
and crosstalk, Shielded wires, Twisted wires, Multiconductor lines and effects of incident
fields, Shielding, Origin effects, prevention of ESD event, its harware and immunity.
System design for EMC, Grounding, System configuration, PCB design.
CS80037 Embedded System (3-0-0)

Introduction to Embedded Systems - definitions and constraints; hardware and processor

requirements; special purpose processors; input-output design and I/O communication
protocols; design space exploration for constraint satisfaction; co-design approach;
example system design; Formal approach to specification; specification languages;
specification refinement and design; design validation; Real Time operating system
issues with respect to embedded system applications; time constraints and performance
analysis.

EE80011 Optimal Control (3 - 0 - 0 )

Static optimization, Linear programming, Simplex methods. Dynamic

optimization.Calculus of variations, Euler's equation, application to control problems.
Pontryagin's maximum principle, control with constrains, time optimal control. Optimal
tracking control problem, Gain scheduling, Model reference and Self-tuning control
problem. Discrete optimal control, Bellman's dynamic programming method. Continuous
Kalman Filter, Square root Kalman filter. Non-linear system optimization, Gradient
optimization techniques, steepest ascent and decent in parameter plane, Rosenbrock's
conjugate gradient method, David' Fletcher-Power method, etc. Evolutionary methods,
Genetic algorithms

EE80014 Estimation of Signals & Systems: (3 - 0 - 0)

Recursive least squares (RLS), Consistency of estimation, Weighted LS; Full and reduced
order observers, Kalman filter; Parametric models, LS estimation, bias; Generalized least
squares (GLS) and instrumental variable (IV) method; Persistently exciting input signal;
Likelihood functions and maximum likelihood estimation (MLE); Singular value
decomposition (SVD); Stochastic approximation algorithm (STA); Order and structure
determination, Yule-Walker equation; Multi-variable system representation,
controllability and observability indices; Feedback system identification.
EE80021 Analog Signal Processing (3-0-0)
Bipolar operational amplifiers. MOS diode, active resistor and current mirrors, CMOS
amplifier and operational amplifier. Approximation functions: Butterworth, Chevyshev
and Bessel approximations, Frequency transformation. Continuous time filter: Active
filter; Second order filter: Single amplifier and multiple amplifier structures and filter
parameter sensitivities. Cascade filter. Sampled data filter: Switched Capacitor filter;
Switched capacitor integrator and filter. Filter transfer function in z-domain, Filter
parameter sensitivities with respect to capacitor ratios. Mixed signal circuits: Introduction
to Switched current filter, current cell. Simple second order structure. Analog
multiplexer, Sample and Hold Circuits, aliasing error and antialiasing filter, Digital to
analog converter (DAC), Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), flash, dual slope and multi
slope ADC. Over sampling method for A/D and D/A conversion. Delta-Sigma data
converter. Noise and noise reductions. Interference signals and their reduction:
Capacitive, inductive coupling and ground loop interferences and its reduction.
Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers, analog multipliers and divider, Voltage
controlled oscillator, Phase locked loop. Waveform generator and Oscillator.

EC 89001 VLSI Engineering Laboratory (0 –0 –3)

MOS Capacitor Fabrication and Characterization, MOSFET Characterization, Bipolar
Device Characterization, High frequency Characteristics of BJT, BJT SPICE Parameter
Extraction, Surface Roughness (AFM) Characterization, Familiarization with Cadence
Schematic Capture and Simulation Tool, Design of a CMOS inverter and CMOS push-
pull inverting amplifier, Familiarization with Cadence Layout and Post-layout
Simulation, Layout and post-layout simulation of the CMOS inverter and the CMOS
push-pull inverting amplifier, Building high-current output buffer and simple 2-input
logic-gates.

EC89002 Communication Systems Laboratory (0 – 0 – 3)

Coherent Amplitude Modulation System, Non-coherent Amplitude Modulation System,
Mixer and IF Stage with Automatic Gain Control, Pulse Amplitude Modulation, Pulse
Width Modulation, Pulse Code Modulation, Delta Modulation, Frequency Shift Keying,
Phase Shift Keying, Clock Recovery.