03.701 VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN (TA) 3-1-0

Module I

Introduction to integrated circuit fabrication-Wafer processing, oxidation, Epitaxy, Deposition, Ion implantation and diffusion (Basics only), CMOS technology – n well, p well, and twin tub process –SOI –fully depleted and partially depleted SOI devices. Interconnects and circuit elements – Resistors and capacitors, Lay out designing rules and SOI rules. ( l and m rule)

Module II

MOS transistor theory- Long channel MOSFET, Short channel effects of MOSFET – Velocity saturation, Channel length modulation, source drain series resistance effect, Second order effects of MOS characteristics. CMOS inverter.

DC characteristics, Noise margin – Static load inverters, pseudo NMOS, Saturated load inverters. Propagation delays, Power dissipation – Static and dynamic. CMOS logic design - Pass transistor logic, Domino logic, np- CMOS.

Module III

CMOS circuit design & implementation of Adder – Full adder, Dynamic adder, Carry bypass adder, Carry select adder, Square root carry selector adder, Carry look head adder, Multipliers, and array multipliers. Memory elements- SRAM, DRAM, ROM, Sense amplifiers – Differential, Single ended. Reliability and testing of VLSI circuits – General concept, CMOS testing, Test generation methods.

Text Books:

1. Jan M Rabaey: Digital Integrated Circuits, 2^nd ed., Pearson Education, 2003 / PHI

2. John P Uyemura: Introduction to VLSI Circuits and Systems .

References:

1. Neil H E Weste & Kamram Eshrahian: Principles of CMOS VLSI Design, Addison Wesley, India.

2. Yuan Taur, Tak H ning : Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices, Cambridge Uni. Press

3. S K Gandhi: VLSI Fabrication Principles., Prentice Hall.

4. C.A.Mead & L.A.Conway: Introduction to VLSI Systems, Addison Wesley Publishing Company.

5. Wayne Wolf : Modern VLSI Design Systems on Chip – Pearson Education, 2^nd ed.

6. Baker , Li , Boyce: CMOS, PHI.

7. Pucknell, VLSI Design, PHI.

Question Paper

The question paper shall consist of two parts. Part I is to cover the entire syllabus, and carries 40 marks. This shall contain 10 compulsory questions of 4 marks each. Part II is to cover 3 modules, and carries 60 marks. There shall be 3 questions from each module (10 marks each) out of which 2 are to be answered.

03 .702 INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING (T) 3-1-0

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to Information Theory : Concept of amount of information, units- entropy, marginal, conditional and joint entropies - relation among entropies - mutual information, information rate.

Source coding : Instantaneous codes- construction of instantaneous codes - Kraft’s inequality, coding efficiency and redundancy, Noiseless coding theorem - construction of basic source codes - Shannon - Fano Algorithm, Huffman coding, Lempel - Ziv algorithm, run length encoding, JPEG standard for loss less and lossy image compression.

Channel capacity -redundancy and efficiency of a channel., binary symmetric channel (BSC), Binary erasure channel (BEC)- capacity of bandlimited gaussian channels, Shannon- Hartley theorem - bandwidth - SNR trade off - capacity of a channel of infinite bandwidth, Shannon’s limit.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Codes for error detection & correction - parity check coding - linear block codes - error detecting and correcting capabilities - generator and parity check matrices - Standard array and syndrome decoding –Perfect codes, Hamming codes - encoding and decoding, cyclic codes – polynomial and matrix descriptions- generation of cyclic codes, decoding of cyclic codes, BCH codes - description & decoding, Reed-Solomon Codes, Burst error correction - block and convolutional interleaving.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Convolutional Codes - encoding - time and frequency domain approaches, State, Tree & Trellis diagrams - transfer function and minimum free distance- Maximum likelihood decoding of convolutional codes - The Viterbi Algorithm. Sequential decoding, Trellis Coded Modulation.

Cryptography: Secret key cryptography, block and stream ciphers, DES, Public key cryptography, Diffie - Hellman Public key distribution - RSA algorithm, Pretty Good Privacy, digital signatures.

Text Books:

Module I Module II

1. Ref (1) (ch 9) (1) Ref (5) (ch 3,4,6,9)

2. Ref (2) (ch 13) (2) Ref (4) (ch 5)

3. Ref (3) (ch 1,2) (3) Ref (1) (ch 10)

4. Ref (4) (ch 1,2,3,4) (4) Ref (3) (ch 3,4,5)

5. Ref (6) (ch 5) (5) Ref (2) (ch 13)

6. Ref (6) (ch 4)

Module III (1) Ref (5) (ch 10,11,12),(2) Ref (4) (ch 5), (3) Ref (1) (ch 11, Appendix 10),

(4) Ref (2) (ch 13), (5) Ref (3) (ch 6,7,8) (6) Ref (6) (ch 4)

References

1. Simon Haykin: Communication Systems, 4^th ed., John Wiley & Sons Pvt. Ltd.

2. Taub & Schilling: Principles of Communication Systems, 2^nd ed., TMH, New Delhi.

3. Ranjan Bose.: Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography, TMH, New Delhi

4. Dr. P.S.Sathya Narayana : Concepts of Information Theory & Coding , Dynaram Publications, Bangalore.

5. Shu Lin & Daniel J. Costello.Jr.,: Error Control Coding : Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice Hall Inc.,Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

6. Das, Mullick & Chatterjee: Principles of Digital Communication, Wiley Eastern Ltd.

Question Paper

The question paper will consist of two parts. Part I is to cover the entire syllabus, and carries 40 marks. This will contain 10 compulsory questions of 4 marks each. Part II is to cover 3 modules, and carries 60 marks. There will be 3 questions from each module (10 marks each) out of which 2 are to be answered.

03.703 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING (T) 2-1-0

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction, Resonators - Rectangular and Circular wave guide resonators. Limitations of vacuum tubes at microwave frequencies. Klystrons - Re-entrant cavities, Velocity modulation, Bunching (including analysis), Output power and beam loading, Reflex Klystron, Power output and efficiency, Admittance. Travelling wave tubes – Slow wave structures, Helix TWT, Amplification process, convection current, Axial electric field, Wave modes, Gain consideration.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Magnetron oscillators – Cylindrical magnetron, Cyclotron angular frequency, Power output and efficiency. Solid state microwave devices – Microwave bipolar transistors – Physical structures, Power-frequency limitations. Heterojunction bipolar transistors – Physical structures. Principle of operation of Tunnel diode, MESFET. Gunn diodes - Gunn oscillation modes. Working principles of Avalanche diode oscillators (no analysis).

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Microwave hybrid circuits – Waveguide tees, Magic tees, Hybrid rings, Corners, Bends, Twists. Formulation of S-matrix. Directional couplers – Two hole couplers, S-matrix of a directional coupler. Circulators and isolators. Measurement of Microwave power, Frequency and Impedance.

Microwave Communication – Advantages – Analog and digital microwave – FM microwave radio system, Repeaters, Diversity reception, Protection Switching arrangements, FM microwave radio stations, Path characteristics, System gain.

Text Books:

1. Samuel Y. Liao: Microwave Devices and Circuits, 3 ed., Pearson Education, 2003.

2. Wayne Tomasi : Advanced Electronic Communication Systems, PHI, (Chap. 7), 5^th Ed, Pearson Education, 2001

References:

1. K. C. Gupta : Microwaves, New Age International.

2. Robert E. Collin: Foundation of Microwave Engineering, Mc. Graw Hill.

3. David M Pozar : Microwave Engineering, 2^nd Edn., John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd.

Question Paper

03.704 CONTROL SYSTEMS (T) 2-1-0

Module I (Quantitative approach)

History – Components of a control system – Examples of control system application - Open loop and closed loop control systems - Modelling in frequency domain - Mechanical and electromechanical systems. Modelling in time domain: State – space representation – Converting transfer function to state space and state space to transfer function. Design process of control system – Signal flow graphs - Mason’s rule formula. Standard test signals, natural frequency and damping ratio, time response specifications.

Module II (Quantitative approach)

Time response of first and second order systems - Steady state and dynamic error coefficients - Routh’s stability criterion- Root locus techniques. Frequency response techniques: Nyquist criterion – Stability with the Nyquist diagram – gain margin and phase margin - stability with Bode plots – Steady state error characteristics from frequency response

Module III (Quantitative approach)

Design specification – controller configuration – fundamental principle of design – design with PD, PI,

PID, Phase – Lead, Phase – Lag and Lead – Lag controllers.

Design of discrete data control systems – digital implementation of PID, Lead and Lag controllers. Physical realization of digital controllers.

Text Book :

Benjamin C. Kuo: Automatic Control Systems, 7^th Edn. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi

References:

1. Norman S Nise : Control System Engineering, Addison Wesley.

2. K.Ogata: Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 4^th ed., Pearson Education, 2002.

3. Richard C Dorf and Robert H Bishop : Modern Control Systems, 9^th ed., Pearson Education, 2001.

4. Dean Fredrick & Joe Chow: Feedback Control Problems using MATLAB, Addison Wesley.

5. Graham C. Goodwin, Control System Design, Pearson Education, 2001.

6. Bandyopadya , Control Engineering , PHI

Question Paper

Assignment for Sessional marks may be problems based on MATLAB / any other software packages covering the syllabus above.

03.705 (1) IMAGE PROCESSING (TA) 3-1-0

(Elective III)

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to Digital Image Processing. Introduction to two dimensional sequences , convolution correlation, separability etc. 2D-Fourier and Z- transform and it's properties. 2D DFT and it's properties. Convolution of two dimensional sequences .convolutional filtering . Basics of 2D transform coding , 2D DCT, DST, Walsh Transform. RGB and HSV color model. contrast ,brightness, match-band effect etc. Image formation model - Perspective projection. Equation (derivation). Stereoscopic imaging - Depth extraction and Stereoscopic display. Two dimensional sampling theorem, aliasing and reconstruction with problems. Practical limitations in sampling and reconstruction. Moire effect and flat field response.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Histogram of an image. Computation of histogram. Image Enhancement operations . Point operations - Histogram equalization , Histogram specification, Contrast stretching, window slicing, bit extraction , change detection, gray scale reversal etc. Median filtering, Spatial low pass high pass and band pass operations. Enhancement using transform domain operations. Root filtering and homomorphic filtering. Edge detection techniques – sobel, robert etc. Edge enhancement techniques. False colouring using sinusoidal transfer function and digital filtering approach. Geometric transforms, Digital Image morphing and warping.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Image restoration, system identification, DTF from degraded image spectrum, noise modelling . Wiener filtering - Derivation of filter transfer function - Pseudo and inverse psuedo filtering. Image segmentation by thresholding, Optimal threshold selection – Interactive thresholding and using two peales of histogram. Image segmentation using region growing, region merging and watershed. Image compression - lossy and non lossy compression. Introduction to JPEG and JPEG 2000.

Text books:

1. B. Chandra and D. Dutta Majumdar: Digital Image Processing and Analysis, PHI, Eastern Economy Edition.

2. Rafael C Gonzalez, Richard E Woods : Digital Image Processing, 2/e, Pearson Education.

3. Anil K Jain : Fundamentals of Image Processing , PHI, 1999.

References:

1. Kenneth R Castleman: Digital Image Processing, 2/e, Prentice Hall / Pearson Education.

2. Oppenheim & Schafer: Discrete Time Signal Processing ,2/e, Prentice Hall of India / Pearson Education.

3. J. R. Parker : Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision , Wiley Computer Publications,1997.

4. M.A. Sid Ahmed : Image Processing , Mc Graw Hill Publications Inc., 1995.

Question Paper

Assignment for Sessional marks shall be problems based on Matlab / any other software packages covering the syllabus above.

03.705 (2) SPEECH PROCESSING (TA) 3-1-0

(Elective III)

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Production and Classification of Speech Sounds. Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production. Spectrographic Analysis of Speech. Categorization of Speech Sounds. Speech Perception. Acoustics of Speech Production. Physics of Sound. Uniform Tube Model. A Discrete-Time Model Based on Tube Concatenation. Vocal Fold/Vocal Tract Interaction. Analysis and Synthesis of Pole-Zero Speech Models. Time-Dependent Processing. All-Pole Modeling of Deterministic Signals. Linear Prediction Analysis of Stochastic Speech Sounds. Criterion of "Goodness". Synthesis Based on All-Pole Modeling. Pole-Zero Estimation. Decomposition of the Glottal Flow Derivative.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Homomorphic Signal Processing. Homomorphic Systems for Convolution. Complex Cepstrum of Speech-Like Sequences. Spectral Root Homomorphic Filtering. Short-Time Homomorphic Analysis of Periodic Sequences. Short-Time Speech Analysis. Analysis/Synthesis Structures. Short-Time Fourier Transform Analysis and Synthesis. Short-Time Analysis. Short-Time Synthesis. Short-Time Fourier Transform Magnitude. Signal Estimation from the Modified STFT or STFTM. Time-Scale Modification and Enhancement of Speech. Filter-Bank Analysis/Synthesis. Phase Vocoder. Phase Coherence in the Phase Vocoder. Constant-Q Analysis/Synthesis. Auditory Modeling.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Frequency-Domain Pitch Estimation. A Correlation-Based Pitch Estimator. Pitch Estimation Based on a Comb Filter. Speech Coding. Statistical Models of Speech. Scaler Quantization. Vector Quantization (VQ). Frequency-Domain Coding. Model-Based Coding. LPC Residual Coding. Speech Enhancement. Wiener Filtering. Model-Based Processing. Enhancement Based on Auditory Masking. Speaker Recognition. Introduction. Spectral Features for Speaker Recognition. Speaker Recognition Algorithms. Non-Spectral Features in Speaker Recognition.

References:

1. Thomas F. Quatieri: Discrete Time Speech Signal Processing: Principles and Practice, Pearson Education Asia.

2. L R Rabiner, R W Schafer : Digital Processing of Speech Signals , Prentice Hall Signal Processing Series, 1978.

3. J R Deller Jr, et al: Discrete-Time Processing of Speech Signals, IEEE Press, 2000.

4. Ben Gold, Nelson Morgan: Speech and Audio Signal Processing.

5. Douglas O’Shaughnessy, Speech Communication : Human and Machine, Universities Press, 2000.

Question Paper

Assignment for Sessional marks shall be problems based on MATLAB / any other software packages covering the syllabus above.

03.705 (3) PATTERN RECOGNITION (Ta) 3-1-0

(ELECTIVE III)

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to pattern recognition, Pattern Recognition Methods, Pattern Recognition System Design, Statistical pattern recognition – Classification, Principle, Classifier learning, Neural networks for pattern classification. Basics of Image Processing - Sampling, 2 dimensional transforms, Image Enhancement, Smoothening, Sharpening, Edge detection, Image Segmentation, Boundary extraction.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to Shape Analysis, Shape Representation, Irregular Shape Representation, Shape Representation in Image Processing , Shape Representation by Convex Hull , SPCH Algorithm for Convex Hull Finding, Stair-Climbing Method for Simple Polygon Finding , Properties of the Simple Polygon, Sklansky’s Algorithm for Convex Hull Finding, Convex Hull Based Shape Representation, Boundary and Convex Hull, Description Function, Feature Extraction and Shape Classification, Measurements, Feature Extraction, Shape Classification, Examples of Shape Analysis, Fractals, Self-similarity, Fractal Dimension, Multi-fractals, Fractals Based Shape Representation, Boundary and Fractal Dimension, Region and Fractal Dimension. Introduction to Roundness / Sharpness Analysis, The Problem of Roundness Analysis, The Problem of Circle and Arc Detection, Hough Transform, Definition of Hough Transform, Algorithm of Hough Transform, Circular Hough Transform, Algorithms for Circular Hough Transform Curve Detection, Basic Method, Directional Gradient Method, Centre Method, Gradient Centre Method, Radius Method, Threshold Function , Sharp Corners, Examples of Roundness/Sharpness Analysis.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to Orientation Analysis, Problem of Orientation Analysis , Development of Orientation Analysis, Directed Vein Method, Directed Vein Image, Orientation of a Vein, Algorithm, Convex Hull Method, Principal Component Transformation, Theory of Principal Component Transformation, Orientation by Principal Component Transformation, Theory of Moments, Central Moments, Orientation by Moments, Examples of Orientation Analysis, Introduction to Arrangement Analysis, Aggregates, Examples of Arrangements, Extended Hough Transform, Hough Transform, Extension of Hough Transform, Simplified Extended Hough Transform, Arrangement Features, Orientation and Position, Description in Hough Space, Feature Extraction, More Arrangements , Measurements , More Features Description and classification of Arrangements.

References:

1. Daisheng Luo, Pattern recognition and image processing –Horwood publishing , England

2. Milam Sonka, Vaclav HLAVAC, Roger Boyle, Image Processing, Analysis and Machine Vision, 2/e, Thomson Learning.

3. Jr. Parker – Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision, John Wiley.

Question Paper

Assignment for Sessional marks shall be problems based on MATLAB / any other software packages covering the syllabus above.

03.705 (4) QUANTUM COMPUTING (TA) 3-1-0

(ELECTIVE III )

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Foundations of quantum theory. States, Observable, Measurement and unitary evolution. Spin-half systems and photon polarizations, qubits versus classical bits. Pure and mixed states, density matrices. Extension to positive operator valued measures and superoperators. Decoherence and master equation. Quantum entanglement and Bell’s theorems.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to classical information theory and generalization to quantum information. Dense coding, teleportation and quantum cryptography. Turing machines and computational complexity. Reversible computation.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Universal quantum logic gates and circuits. Quantum algorithms: database search, FFT and prime factorization. Quantum error correction and fault tolerant computation. Physical implementations of quantum computers.

Text Books:

1. Berman G.P., Dooten G.D., Mainieri. R. & Tsifrinovich V., Introduction to Quantum Computers,

World Scientific

2. Lo H.K., Popescu S. & Spiller T., Introduction to Quantum Computation and Information, World

Scientific

3. Press A., Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods, Kluwer Academic

Reference:

1. Preskill J., Lecture Notes for the Course on Quantum Computation

2. Neil Gershenfeld : The Physics of Information Technology – Cambridge University Press, 2000

Question Paper

03.705 (5) ANTENNA THEORY AND DESIGN (T) 3-1-0

(ELECTIVE III )

Module I

Cylindrical antenna – Current distributions, Input impedance, Patterns. Thin cylindrical antenna, Antennas of other shapes – Current distribution on long cylindrical antennas. The moment method in Electrostatics. The moment method and its application to a wire antenna.

Continuous aperture distribution, Fourier transform relations between the far – field pattern and the aperture distribution. Spatial frequency response and pattern smoothing. Aperture synthesis – Multi aperture arrays, Grating lobes.

Module II

Lens antenna – Fermat’s principle. Artificial dielectric lens antennas. E-plane and H-plane metal-plate Lens antennas , Electrically Small antennas, Physically Small antennas – Antenna siting, Ground plane antennas, Sleeve antennas, Turnstile antennas, Super turnstile antennas, Omnidirectional antennas – circularly polarized antennas, Antenna design considerations for satellite communication – Receiving, Transmitting and Bandwidth consideration. ILS antennas.

Module III

Antennas for terrestrial mobile communication. Antennas for ground penetrating radar, UWB antennas for digital applications.

Terahertz antennas – Pyramidal horn cavity with dipole. Planar antenna structure in dielectric lenses, Smart antennas.

Microstrip antennas – Rectangular patch – Models directivity, Circular patch – Design, Conductance and directivity, Quality factor, Band width, efficiency, Input impedance, Coupling.

References:

1. John D. Krans, Ronald J. Marhefka : Antennas for all Applications , 3/e, TMH.

2. Constantive A. Balanis: Antenna Theory – Analysis and Design, 2/e, John Wiley & Sons.

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03.706 (1) ADVANCED MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

AND PROGRAMMING (TA) 3-1-0

(Elective- IV )

Module I:

History of Intel Pentium 4 Processor Architecture, performance and Moores’s Law, Floating-point unit, Detailed description of Pentium Processor Net Burst Micro architecture, Hyper Threading, Basic Execution Environment-Modes of operation, overview, Execution trace Cache, MESI protocol, Real and Protected mode Memory organization, Registers, Operand size address size, procedure calls, Interrupts and exception. Overview of IA 64 architecture.

Module II:

Data type & Address modes-Fundamental data type, numeric, pointer, string data type, floating point, SIMD Techniques, MMX data type, operand addressing, I/O port addressing, instruction set, MMX and SSE instructions, floating point instructions, system instruction, string operations, segment register instruction.

Module III:

Introduction to assembly language programming, simple arithmetic programming, floating point programming, MMX Programming, Interrupt programming, Advanced I/O Programming, Exception handling, Real Mode and Protected Mode programming, communication programming.

Text Books:

1. Intel Architecture Software Developer’s Manual- Volume 1, Basic Architecture.

2. Peter Able: IBM Assembly Language & Programming, PHI, 2003.

3. Intel Architecture Software Developers Manual- Vol-3, System Programming Guide

References:

1. Intel Architecture Software Developers Manual- Volume-2, Instruction Set reference.

2. Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language Programming.

Question Paper

03.706 (2) OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES (TA) 3-1-0

(Elective IV)

Module I

Optical Waves: Maxwell’s equations, dielectric function, absorption coefficient and index of refraction, boundary conditions, plane waves, plane waves at interfaces, multilayer structures, Helmholtz wave equations, symmetric planar waveguides, rectangular waveguides, waveguide modes, periodic structures, Guassian beams, far field, photon generation, optical gain and spontaneous emission, heat generation and dissipation, thermal resistance, boundary conditions

Module II

Edge emitting lasers, models and material parameters, cavity length effects on loss parameters, slope efficiency limitations, thermal effects on laser performance, vertical cavity laser, model and parameters, carrier transport effects, thermal analysis, temperature effects on optical gain, nitride light emitters, material properties, InGaN/GaN LEDs, InGaN/GaN lasers, electroabsorption modulator, amplification photodetector, device structure and material properties

Module III

Planar optical devices, fabrication of planar optical devices, integrated optical circuits, splitters and couplers, isolators, circulators, polarization control, lenses and prisms, diffraction gratings, planar diffraction gratings and infiber bragg gratings, waveguide grating routers, filters, modulators and switches

Textbooks:

1. J. Piprek, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices: Introduction to physics and simulation, Academic

Press 2003

2. J.R. Dutton, Understanding optical communications, Prentice Hall 1999

References :

1. P Battacharya – Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices – 2/e –Pearson Education - 2001

2. S. Desmond Smith Optoelectronic Devices-, Prentice Hall (UK), London.

3. Wilson Hawkes, Optoelectronics –An Introduction - PHI New Delhi.

4. Pallab Bhatta Charya : Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices- Pearson Education New Delhi
5. Culshaw, Optical Fiber Sensor - Artech House, Norwood

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03.706 (3) SYSTEM SOFTWARE (Ta) 3-1-0

(ELECTIVE IV)

Module I

Simplified Instruction Computer. Assembler- Basic Functions, Machine dependent Assembler features, Machine Independent Assembler Features, One-pass Assembler, Multi-pass Assembler, MASM Assembler. Loaders and Linkers - Basic Loader functions, Machine Dependent Loader Features. Machine Independent Loader Features, Loader design Options, MS-DOS Linker. Macro Processors -Basic functions, Machine Independent Macro processor  Features, Macro processor design options, MASM macro processor, ANSI C Macro Language, Basic Blocks of Compiler.

Module II

Introduction to unix, shells, environment variables, files and directories, user and group

permissions, kernel and system calls, shell programming, kernel and user process, context switching, process memory, shared libraries and linking, a.out and ELF file structure. Creation of Process, Process ID, parent process ID, Process Group ID, real and effective

group ID, process resource limits. Signaling the process, command line values, usage of fork, execlp, execvp system calls, error messages. Inter process communication(IPC) using- Lock files, pipes, message queues and semaphores. Shared memories, using file as a shared memory, remote procedure calls(RPC), RPC Execution, RPC Broadcast, Debugging RPC applications.


Module III

Sockets: Addressing, Protocol families, types, IPC using socket pair, Sockets for connection oriented communication (Streaming) and connectionless communication (datagrams). unix domain and internet domain sockets. multiplexing I/O with sockets. Threads :basic concepts, creation and exiting, thread management, scheduling. signals in threads. thread synchronization, thread specific data. debugging multithreaded programs. Software Engineering: Concepts, System specification, Procedural system design, Object oriented design and analysis. Iterative development and unified process. Introduction to Unified Modeling Language and UML Diagrams. System testing strategies.


Text books :

1. Leland L Beck, System Software : An Introduction to System Programming, 3rd edition, Pearson

2. John Shapley Gray, Interprocess Communication in Unix, the nooks and crannies, 2nd Edition, PHI

3. Martin Fowler, UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Third

    Edition  AW


References:

1. WR Stevens, Advanced Programming in theUunix Environment, AW

2. R Stevens, Unix Network Programming Vol 1 & Vol 2, PHI

3. R Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated , Volume 2, AW

4. Larman C, Applying UML & Patterns: An Introduction to Object - Oriented Analysis & Design,

    Addison Wesley,

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03.706 (4) DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEM SIMULATION (TA) 3-1-0

(ELECTIVE IV)

Module I (Quantitative Approach)

Introduction to simulation. Motivational examples. Discrete Event Models. Modeling of Uncertainty. Random Number generation and Random Variate Generation. Test of Random number sequences and goodness of fit tests. Simulation languages. GPSS, SIMSCRIPT.

Module II (Quantitative Approach)

Statistical models. Continuous and discrete distributions. Poison process. Empirical distributions. Queuing models – characteristics – long-run performance- steady state behavior infinite population markov models. Steady state behavior of finite population models.

Module III (Quantitative Approach)

Selection of Input Probability distribution. Multivariate and time-series input models. Verification of Simulation models. Validation of Simulation models. Variance reduction and output analysis.

Text Book:

1) Banks J, Carson J S and Nelson B – Discrete-Event System Simulation, 3/e, Pearson

Reference:

1) Law AW, Kelton WD, Simulation Modeling and Analysis, McGraw Hill, 1991

2) Raj Jain, The Art of Computer System Performance Analysis, Wiley and Sons, 1991

3) Trivedi KS, Probability and statistics with reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications, PHI, 1990

Question Paper

Assignment for Sessional marks shall be problems based on MATLAB / any other software packages covering the syllabus above.

03.706 (5) Microwave Solid State Devices AND CIRCUITS ( T) 3-1-0

(Elective IV)

Module I

Microwave Network Analysis – Equivalent voltages and currents, Impedance, Impedance and Admittance matrices, Scattering matrix, The transmission matrix. Signal flow graphs. Impedance matching and tuning – Matching with lumped elements, Single stub tuning, Double stub tuning. Quarter wave transformer, Theory of small reflections:

Bipolar transistors – biasing, FET – biasing, MESFET – Structure, Operation, High Electron mobility transistors (HEMT) – Physical structure, Operation, Characteristics.

Module II

Gunn – effect diodes – Gunn effect, Ridley – Watkins-Hilsum theory, Modes of operation, Limited space – Charge accumulation (LSA) mode of gunn diode, InP diodes. Microwave generation and amplification.

The Read diode, IMPATT diodes – Structure, Operation, Power output and efficiency, TRAPATT diodes – Operation, Power output and efficiency BARITTdiodes – structure, Operation. Parametric devices, Parametric amplifiers. Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit – Materials, Growth, MOSFET fabrication.

Module III

Microwave filters – Periodic structures – Analysis of infinite periodic structures and terminated periodic structures, Filter design by image parameter method – Constant k, m-derived and composite. Filter design by insertion loss method. Filter transformation and implementation.

Microwave amplifiers and oscillators – Amplifiers – Gain and stability, Single stage transistor amplifier design. Oscillator design – One port negative resistance oscillators, transistor oscillators.

References:

1. David M. Pozar : Microwave Engineering , 2^nd edn., John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd.

2. Sitesh Kumar Roy, Monojit Mitra : Microwave Semiconductor Devices, PHI - 2003.

3. Liao: Microwave Devices and Circuits, 3^rd edn, Pearson Education, 2003.

4. Robert E Collin: Foundations of Microwave Engineering, Mc Graw Hill.

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03.707 MICROPROCESSOR lab (TA) 0-0-2

1)Study of 8086 kits
-To study hardware details, how to use kits (enter, edit and execute a program) giving importance to user RAM area, IN/OUT ports, interfacing details.

2) Assembly language programs

Addition / Subtraction of 64 bit Nos.
Average of N numbers
32 bit multiplication
32 bit division
Square root of 32 bit no.
LCM and HCF
Bubble sorting
Prime number generation
Average of even and odd numbers from a data block
Fibanocci series
Conversion between number systems (ASCII, HEX, BINARY, BCD, DECIMAL)

-To study the algorithm, handling, program entry and execution.

3) Interfacing

Elevator Simulator
EPROM Programmer
Data acquisition
Hardware single stepping
Video display
Moving graphic display
Keyboard interface
Stepper motor
Waveform Generator

4) Simulation of programs( Sl no 2) using TASM.

Note

For University examination, the following guidelines should be followed regarding award of marks

(a) Flow chart -25%

(b) Program & Results -50%

Practical examination to be conducted covering entire syllabus given above.

03.708 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING LAB (T) 0-0-2

The following experiments may be done using

a) DSP kits – Assembly / C language programming.

b) MATLAB

Generation of various signals.
Generation of AM, FM & PWM waveforms.
Implementation of Linear convolution, Circular convolution, Linear convolution using circular convolution.
DFT Implementation.
Design & implementation of IIR filters.
Design & implementation of FIR filters.
Real time filtering of signals.
Spectral analysis of Biomedical & Audio frequency signals.

Note

For University examination, the following guidelines should be followed regarding award of marks

(a) Design / Concept -25%

(b) Program & Results -50%

Practical examination to be conducted covering entire syllabus given above.

03.709 PROJECT DESIGN AND SEMINAR (TA) 0-0-3

a) Project design (75 marks) – Internal Evaluation

The student is expected to select and complete the design of the project work and submit the design phase report and presentation. The design phase report shall be submitted for evaluation. This shall be in soft binded form. This is the first volume of the Project report. The Second volume is the final project report in the eighth semester. (25 marks for evaluation of design report, 25 marks for presentation and 25 marks for viva).

The no. of students in a project batch shall be limited to a maximum of five.

b) Seminar (25 marks) – Internal Evaluation

The student is expected to present a seminar in one of the current topics in Electronics, Communication, Electronic Instrumentation and related areas.

The student will undertake a detailed study on the chosen subject and submit a seminar report at the end of the semester. (Presentation 15 marks, Report 10 marks)