Crystal structures: Types of crystals, lattice and basis, Bravais lattice and Miller indices. Classical theory of electrical and thermal conduction: scattering, mobility and resistivity, temperature dependence of metal resistivity, Mathiessen’s rule, Hall effect and thermal conductivity. Introduction to quantum mechanics: Wave nature of electrons, Schrödinger’s equation, one dimensional quantum problems infinite quantum well, potential step and potential barriers, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and quantum box. Band theory of solids: Band theory from molecular orbital, Bloch
theorem, kronig-penny model, effective mass, density of states. Carrier statistics: Maxwell-Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac distributions, Fermi energy. Modern theory of metals: Determination of Fermi energy and average energy of electrons, classical and quantum mechanical calculation of specific heat. Dielectric properties of materials: Dielectric constant, polarization- electronic, ionic and orientational; internal field, Clausius-Mosotti equation, spontaneous polarization, frequency, dependence of dielectric constant, dielectric loss and piezoelectricity. Magnetic properties of materials: Magnetic moment, magnetization and relative permittivity, different types of magnetic materials, origin of ferromagnetism and magnetic domains. Introduction to superconductivity: Zero resistance and Meissner effect, Type I and Type II superconductors and critical current density. Magnetic recording materials. Introduction to meta-materials.
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Network representation: single line and reactance diagram of power system and per unit. Line representation: equivalent circuit of short, medium and long lines. Reactive compensation of lines. Introduction to DC transmission. Load flow: Gauss – Seidel and Newton Raphson Methods. Power flow control: Tap Changing transformer, Phase shifting, booster and regulating transformer and shunt capacitor. Fault analysis: Short circuit current and reactance of a synchronous machine. Symmetrical fault calculation methods: symmetrical components, sequence networks and unsymmetrical fault calculation. Protection: Introduction to circuit breakers. Typical Layout of a substation. Load curves: Demand factor, diversity factor, load duration curves, energy load curves, load factor, capacity factor and plant factor. Power plants: types, general layout of thermal power plant, and major components of gas turbine, steam turbine and combined
cycle power plants.
In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 307.
Overview of Communication Systems: Basic principles, fundamental elements, system limitations, message source, bandwidth requirements, transmission media types, bandwidth and transmission capacity. Noise: Source, characteristics of various types of noise and S/N ratio. Information Theory: Measure of information, source encoding, error free communication over a noisy channel, channel capacity of a continuous system and channel capacity of a discrete memory less system, communication entropy, data compression. Communication Systems: Analog and digital communication, carrier, baseband, band pass and broadband communication; broadcast- and point to point mode of communication. Continuous Wave Modulation: AM- DSB, SSB, VSB, QAM, spectral analysis of each type, envelope and synchronous detection; angle modulation instantaneous frequency, FM, PM, spectral analysis, demodulation of FM and PM. Pulse Modulation: Sampling- sampling theorem, Nyquist criterion, aliasing, instantaneous and natural sampling; PAM principle, bandwidth requirements; PCM quantization principle, quantization noise, non-uniform quantization, signal to quantization error ratio, demodulation of PCM, DPCM and DM principle, adaptive DM; line coding formats and bandwidths. Digital Modulation: ASK principle, bandwidth requirements, detection, noise performance; PSK principle, bandwidth requirements, detection, DPSK, QPSK- noise performance, FSK- principle, continuous and discontinuous phase FSK, detection of FSK, MSK- bandwidth requirements. Multiplexing: TDM- principle, receiver synchronization, frame synchronization, TDM of multiple bit rate systems; FDM- principle, demultiplexing; WDM, multiple access network- TDMA, FDMA, CDMA- spread spectrum multiplexing, coding technique and constraints of CDMA. Communication Systems Design: Design parameters, channel selection criteria and performance simulation.
In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 309.
Basic components of a computer system. Simple-As-Possible (SAP)
computer: SAP-1, selected concepts from SAP-2 and SAP-3 (jump, call, return, stack, push and pop). Evolution of microprocessors. Introduction to Intel 8086 microprocessor: features, architecture, Minimum mode operation of 8086 microprocessor: system timing diagrams of read and write cycles, memory banks, design of decoders for RAM, ROM and PORT. Introduction to Intel 8086 Assembly Language Programming: basic instructions, logic, shift and rotate instructions, addressing modes, stack management and procedures, advanced arithmetic instructions for multiplication and division, instructions for BCD and double precision numbers, introduction to 8086 programming with C language. Hardware Interfacing with Intel 8086 microprocessor: programmable peripheral interface, programmable interrupt controller, programmable timer, serial communication interface, keyboard and display interface (LED, 7 segment, dot matrix and LCD).
In this course students will perform experiments to verify practically the theories and concepts learned in EEE 311. The student will also design and implement a small scale microprocessor system learned in EEE 311.
Static electric field: Postulates of electrostatics, Coulomb’s law for discrete and continuously distributed charges, Gauss’s law and its application, electric potential due to charge distribution, conductors and dielectrics in static electric field, flux density boundary
conditions; capacitance- electrostatic energy and forces, energy in terms of field equations, capacitance calculation of different geometries; boundary value problems- Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations in different co-ordinate systems. Steady electric current: Ohm’s law, continuity equation, Joule’s law, resistance calculation. Static Magnetic field: Postulates of magnetostatics, Biot-Savart’s law, Ampere’s law and applications, vector magnetic potential, magnetic dipole, magnetization, magnetic field intensity and relative permeability, boundary conditions for magnetic field, magnetic energy, magnetic forces, torque and inductance of different geometries. Time varying fields and Maxwell’s equations: Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations – differential and integral forms, boundary conditions, potential functions; time harmonic fields and Poynting theorem. Plane electromagnetic wave: plane wave in loss less media- Doppler effect, transverse electromagnetic wave, polarization of plane wave; plane wave in lossy media- low-loss dielectrics, good conductors; group velocity, instantaneous and average power densities, normal and oblique incidence of plane waves at plane boundaries for different polarization.
Familiarization with CAD tools for building services design. Introduction to Building regulations, codes and standards: BNBC, NFPA etc. Terminology and definitions: fuses, circuit breakers, distribution boxes, cables, bus-bars and conduits. Familiarization with symbols and legends used for electrical services design. Classification of wiring. Design for illumination and lighting: lux, lumen, choice of luminaries for various applications- domestic building, office building and industry. Wattage rating of common electrical equipment. Designing electrical distribution system for low and high rise domestic, office and academic buildings, for multipurpose buildings. Size selection of conductors and breakers, bus-bar trunking (BBT) system for various applications. Single line diagram (SLD) of a typical sub-station and pole-mounted transformer. Earthing requirements, various earthing methods. Earthing and lightning protection system design. Familiarization with indoor and underground telephone and fiber optic cables, Designing routing layout and installation of intercom, PABX, telephone, public address (PA) systems, cable TV distribution, LAN and wireless data systems for a building. Safety regulations, design of security systems including CCTV, burglar alarm. Concept of fire prevention and its importance. Fire detection (smoke, heat etc.) and alarm system (with voice evacuation), firefighting system (sprinkler system, hose). Installation of air-conditioning, heating, lifts and elevators.
Semiconductors in equilibrium: Energy bands, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Fermi levels, electron and hole concentrations, temperature dependence of carrier concentrations and invariance of Fermi level. Carrier transport processes and excess carriers: Drift and diffusion, generation and recombination of excess carriers, built-infield, recombination-generation SRH formula, surface recombination, Einstein relations, continuity and diffusion equations for holes and electrons and quasi-Fermi level. PN junction: Basic structure, equilibrium conditions, contact potential, equilibrium Fermi level, space charge, non-equilibrium condition, forward and reverse bias, carrier injection, minority and majority carrier currents, transient and AC conditions, time variation of stored charge, reverse recovery transient and capacitance. Bipolar Junction Transistor: Basic principle of pnp and npn transistors, emitter efficiency, base transport factor and current gain, diffusion equation in the base, terminal currents, coupled-diode model and charge control analysis, Ebers-Moll model and circuit synthesis. BJT non-ideal effects; Hetero-junction transistors. Metal semiconductor junction: Energy band diagram of metal semiconductor junctions, rectifying and ohmic contacts. MOS structure: MOS capacitor, energy band diagrams and flat band voltage, threshold voltage and control of threshold voltage, static C-V characteristics, qualitative theory of MOSFET operation, body effect and current voltage relationship of a MOSFET. Non-ideal characteristics of MOSFET: channel length modulation and short-channel effects in MOSFETs. MOS scaling. Introduction to Multigate FET architecture: Double gate MOSFET, FinFET, Surrounding gate FET, high-K dielectric FETs.