College - Tele Syllabus - Sem 6

Principles of Computer Engineering

State Machine: Hardware Description Language, Standard symbols for Algorithmic State Machine (ASM) Chart, Realization techniques of Sequential circuits / Logic functions using ASM charts, Top-down design example, Generalized ASM output.

Register Transfer Implementation: Generalized ASM output, ASM chart representation of a control unit, Register Transfer Language (RTL) notation, construction of a data unit from RTL description. Timing of connections and transfers, Sequencing of control, Combinational logic and conditional transfers, Graphical and RTL Bus notation, Timing refinements in RTL systems, Design examples.

Computer Systems Organization: General organization of digital computers, processor organization and classification, Instruction execution, Parallel instruction execution.

Memory Management: Brief review of Bits, Metabits and Secondary memory along with that of I/O devices. Character codes, Error correction codes, Frequency dependent codes. Memory organization, memory technology and classification, pipeline processing, associative memory, cache memory, interleaved memory, Virtual memory management - segmentation, paging.

The Microprogramming Level: Instruction sequencing format, its interpretation, hardwired and microprogram control, sequencing of control signals and microinstructions.

Computer in Communication: Serial input/output, Serial to Parallel conversion, Serial Communication Interface Adapter - TBSIA, Interconnection of RS-232 equipment through TBSIA. Long-Haul Networks, Local Networks, Distributed Systems.

Antenna & Wave Propagation

Communication with Radio Waves: Types of communication systems, Antenna systems, Propagation of Electromagnetic waves, Frequency bands.

Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Radiation, Antenna Impedance: Maxwell's equations and boundary condition, Vector and scalar potentials, radiation from a short current filament, Basic antenna parameters - Radiation pattern, directivity and gain, radiation resistance, Radiation from a small current loop, Radiation from arbitrary current distribution, Half wave dipole antennas, Antenna impedance.

Dipoles, Arrays: Biconical antennas, Folded dipole antennas, Short dipole antennas, Monopole antennas, Introduction to antenna arrays, Principle of pattern multiplication, Uniform one dimensional arrays, Array pattern synthesis - Fourier series method, Binomial arrays, The array polynomial, Chebyshev arrays, Superdirective arrays, Parasitic arrays, Long-wire antennas, Radiation from a resonant long wire antenna with travelling wave current, Groud interface effects.

Aperture Type Antennas: Radiation from a planar aperture, Radiation from rectangular aperture, radiation from a circular aperture, Uniform aperture field with a linear phase variation, Tapered aperture fields. Open waveguides and Horn Antennas, Rectangular waveguides, Circular waveguides, H-plane Horns, E-plane Horns, Pyramidal Horns.

Ray Optics: Microwave Lens, Parabolic reflector antennas, Aperture Efficiency, Aperture Directivity, Aperture Radiated Power. Offset Paraboloidal Reflectors, Radiation field. Radiation from slots. Rectangular waveguide slot arrays, Resonant arrays, Non-Resonant arrays. Microstrip antennas, Radiation from Microstrip antennas.

Receiving Antennas: Reciprocity Theorem and Effective area for antennas, Polarization mismatch for antennas, Friis transmission formula. Noise in communication systems, Antenna noise temperature.

Radio Wave Propagation: Antennas located over a flat earth, Antennas located over a spherical earth, The field in the diffraction zone, Midpath obstacle, Diffraction loss, Surface wave propagation, Ionospheric propagation, Microwave and millimeter wave propagation, Scattering by rain, Tropospheric scatter propagation, Extremely low to very low frequency propagation, Propagation into seawater, Atmospheric ducts and non standard refraction.

Wave Shaping Techniques

Switching Characteristics: Steady state and switching characteristics of diodes and transistors. Use of diodes and transistors as switches.

Clipping and Clamping circuits: Diode and transistor clippers, Emmiter coupled clippers, temperature effect. Diode clamping circuit, Transient waveforms of clamping circuits, Clamping in base current.

Multivibrators: Analysis of collector coupled astable multivibrator waveforms, Analysis of collector and emmiter coupled monostable multi and their waveforms. Analysis of collector coupled bistable multivibrator, self-biased binary, different methods of triggering. Schmitt trigger circuits.

Comparators: Differential amplifiers as comparators, Comparator applications. All the above circuits using Op-Amps.

Voltage time-base generators: Sweep speed, displacement errors etc., Time-base circuits using negative resistance switching devices like dias, UJT, Linearisation of time-base waveforms. Square and triangular waveform generators, pulse generators, IC 555 timer, step generators, modulation of square wave, voltage controlled oscillators, 565, XR 2206, sweep generators, Miller integrator, Bootstrap circuit, sweep frequency generator, Analog multiplier 1496.

Principles of Switching Mode Regulators and Controlled Rectifiers

Signal Conditioning and Data Conversion: Signals and signal conditioning, S/H circuits, Analog Multiplexer / Demultiplexer, D/A and A/D convertors.

Op Amp Circuits: Integrators and Differentiators using Op-Amps, electronic analog computers, log and exponential amplifiers, precision rectifiers.

Microprocessors II

Overview of microcomputer system, Hardware and Software principles.

Introduction to single chip microprocessor Intel MCS51 family. Architectural and operational features, instruction set , timings , machine cycles, interrupt structures and priorities, internal timer / counter, serial interface. connection of external memory, power saving modes, EPROM programming for EPROM versions

Architecture and organisation of 8086/8088 microprocessor. Study of instruction set, assembly language programming, introduction to mixed language programming using C and assembly languages.8086 minimum and maximum mode operation, timing diagrams, 8288 bus controller.8086 interrupt structure.

Memory system design for 8086 Interface of dynamic read/write memory, timing for memory interfacing, connection of I/O controllers,chips:8255,8259,UART 8250 programmable DMA 8237, data communications, EIA RS-232C & IEEE 488, error detection & correction--parity &cyclic redundancy check

The 8087 Co- Processor. Study of architecture of 8087 co-processor, host & 8087 interface, assembly language programming for 8086-8087 interface

Introduction to multi processors systems Multiprocessor configurations, Study of 8289 bus arbiter, deign of 8086 based multi processors systems( without timing considerations)

Television and Video Engineering:

Basic Television System: Sound and picture transmission, scanning process, camera pick-up devices, video signals, transmission & reception.

Visual characteristics, colour specifications & signal analysis Resolving power of the eye, storage characteristics of brightness & colour in the visual process, system requirements for presentation of image details, scanning methods and video signals, low frequency requirements, estimate of system requirements, other aspects of the theory of scanning, bandwidth requirements for the adding of chrominance information.

Video Signal Analysis Construction of composite video signal picture information and video signal amplitude and frequencies, Oscilloscope waveforms, colour information in the video signals.

Synchronisation & picture standards: Transmission of synchronising information, timing relation for interlaced scanning, basic synchronising wave form, standard NTSC/PAL picture signal, modulation property standards

T.V. Cameras. Camera lenses, tubes, image orthicon, vidicon, plumbicon, comparison of tubes, video processing of camera pick up tube signals, silicon diode array vidicon / multi diode vidicon, colour TV cameras.

Colour Television: Colour fundamentals, mixing of colours, colour perception, chromaticity diagram, colour TV picture tubes, colour TV transmission & reception, SECAM and PAL systems.

Broadcast TV receivers. Block schematic and functional requirements, trends in circuit design, receiving antennae, RF transmission lines, detectors, video amplifiers, audio systems and AGC methods.

Video Test Signal ELA Test pattern, test for streaking and smear in picture, tests for imaging in the picture, monoscope signals, colour bar signals, window signal, sine-squared test signals, stair-step test signals, test signal in the vertical blanking interval.

Principles of Digital TV, HDTV

Fascimile Group three, CCD camera, scanning of CCD camera image, sampling, coding, data compression, Modem for group three FAX receivers.

Principles of Economics and Management.

Nature and significance of economics, science, engineering, technology and their relationship with economic development, appropriate technology for developing countries.

Demand, supply, elasticity of demand and supply, Competition : monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, causes creating categories of monopoly organisation, price determination under perfedt competition and monopoly, price discrimination, equilibrium of firm under competition and monopoly.

Functions of money, supply & demand for money, money price level & inflation, black money, meaning, magnitude & consequences

Functions of Commercial banks, multiple credit creation, banking system in India, shortcomings & improvements.

Central banking : function of central banking illustrated with reference to RBI, monetary policy making, objectives and features.

Sources of public revenue, principles of taxation, direct and indirect taxes, distribution of incidence, tax structures, reform of tax system

Theory of international trade, balance of trade and payment, theory of protection, tariffs and subsidies. foreign exchange control, devaluation

New economic policy : Liberalisation, extending privatisation, globalisation, market friendly state, export-led growth.

Causes of underdevelopment, determinants of economic development, economic and non-economic factors, stages of growth, strategy of development , big push , balanced & unbalanced, critical minimum effort strategy, necessity & type of economic planning.

Management functions, responsibilities of management to society, development of management thought, contribution of F.W. Taylor, Henri Fayol, Elton Mayo, system contingency approaches to management.

Nature of planning, decision making process, management by objectives.

Organisation structures : Functional product matrix, flat and vertical structures, authority relationships, de-centralisation and delegation of authority.

Communication process, media channels and barriers to effective communication.

Maslow, Herzberg and Macgregor's theory of motivation. McClelland's achievement motivation, Blanchard's situational leadership theory.

Production Management.

Production planning and control, work study, materials management.

Preventive maintenance, Quality control, Total quality management, Quality Circles.

Need for good cost accounting system, cost control techniques of financial control, financial statements, financial ratios, break-even analysis, budgeting and budgetary control.

Marketing functions. Management of sales and advertising marketing research.

Human Resource management - selection, training and appraisal and compensation administration.