B. Tech.

IN

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

(For students admitted in 2015-16)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 015

TAMIL NADU, INDIA

CURRICULUM
 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

The total minimum credits for completing the B.Tech. Programme in Electronics and
Communication Engineering is 179.
MINIMUM CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR THE VARIOUS COURSE CATEGORIES
The structure of B.Tech. programmes shall have General Institute Requirements
(GIR), Programme Core (PC), Elective Courses(PE, OE and MI)and Essential
Programme Laboratory Requirements (ELR)are as follows:
Number Number
Sl.
COURSE CATEGORY of of
No.
Courses Credits
1 General Institute Requirement (GIR) 17 68
2 Programme Core (PC) 20 65
2 per
3 Essential Programme Laboratory Requirement (ELR) 16
session
Elective courses
a. Programme Electives (PE)
b. Open Electives (OE)
4 c. Minor (MI) 10-15 30
A student should be allowed a minimum of 50% of the
total electives of a programme from (b) and (c) if so
desired by the student.
TOTAL 179

(I) GENERAL INSTITUTE REQUIREMENTS

Sl. Number of Maximum
Name of the course
No. Courses Credits
1 Mathematics 4 14
2 Physics* 2 7
3 Chemistry* 2 7
4 Humanities 1 3
5 Communication 2 6
6 Energy and Environmental Engineering 1 2
7 Professional Ethics 1 3
8 Engineering Graphics 1 3
9 Engineering Practice 1 2
10 Basic Engineering 2 4
11 Introduction to Computer Programming 1 3
Branch Specific Course**
12 1 2
(Introduction to Branch of Study)
13 Summer Internship 1 2
14 Project work 1 6
15 Comprehensive Viva 1 3
16 Industrial lecture - 1
17 NSS / NCC / NSC - 0
17
TOTAL 68
(Excluding Italics)
* **
Including Lab Commence During Orientation Programme

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I. GENERAL INSTITUTE REQUIREMENTS

1. MATHEMATICS

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 MAIR 11 MATHEMATICS - I 4
2 MAIR 21 MATHEMATICS -II 4
REAL ANALYSIS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
3 MAIR34 3
EQUATIONS
4 MAIR45 PROBABILITY THEORY AND RANDOM PROCESSES 3
Total 14

2. PHYSICS

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 PHIR 11 PHYSICS I 3
2 PHIR 13 PHYSICS II 4
Total 7

3. CHEMISTRY

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 CHIR 11 CHEMISTRY I 3
2 CHIR 12 CHEMISTRY II 4
Total 7

4. COMMUNICATION

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 HSIR11 ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION 3
2 HSIR12 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION 3
Total 6

5. HUMANITIES

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 HSIR 13* INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN TRADE 3
Total 3

*
For CS, EE, EC, IC, the above course is to be offered in July session

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6. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 ENIR11 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2
Total 2

7. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 HSIR14+ PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 3
Total 3
+
For CS, EE, EC, IC, the above course is to be offered in January session

8. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 MEIR12 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 3
Total 3

9. ENGINEERING PRACTICE

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 PRIR11 ENGINEERING PRACTICE 2
Total 2

10. BASIC ENGINEERING

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 CEIR11 BASICS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 2
2 MEIR11 BASICS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2
Total 4
11. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 CSIR11 BASICS OF PROGRAMMING 3
Total 3

12. BRANCH SPECIFIC COURSE

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 ECIR15 BRANCH SPECIFIC COURSE 2
Total 2

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13. SUMMER INTERNSHIP

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
INTERNSHIP / INDUSTRIAL TRAINING / ACADEMIC
1 ECIR16 ATTACHMENT (2 to 3 months duration during summer 2
vacation)
Total 2

The student should undergo industrial training/internship for a minimum period oftwo
months during the summer vacation of 3rdyear. Attachment with an academic
institution within the country (IISc/IITs/NITs/IIITsand CFTIs) or university abroad is
also permitted instead of industrial training.
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To be evaluated at the beginning of VII semester by assessing the report and
seminar presentations.

14. PROJECT WORK

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 ECIR17 PROJECT WORK 6
Total 6

15. COMPREHENSIVE VIVA

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 ECIR18 COMPREHENSIVE VIVA 3
Total 3

16. INDUSTRIAL LECTURE

Sl. Course
Course Title Credits
No. Code
1 ECIR19 INDUSTRIAL LECTURE 1
Total 1

A course based on industrial lectures shall be offered for 1 credit. A minimum of five
lectures of two hours duration by industry experts will be arranged by the
Department. The evaluation methodology,will in general,be based on quizzes at the
end of each lecture.

17. NSS / NCC / NSO

Sl. Course Course Title Credits

No. Code
1 SWIR11 NSS / NCC / NSO 0
Total 0

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(II) PROGRAMME CORE (PC)

[Note: (1) Number of programme core: 16 to 20 (2) Credits: 56 - 65]

Sl. Course
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
No. Code
1. ECPC10 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS NONE 4
NETWORK ANALYSIS AND
2. ECPC11 NONE 4
SYNTHESIS
ELECTRODYNAMICS AND
3. ECPC12 NONE 4
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS
4. ECPC13 NONE 3
AND DEVICES
DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND
5. ECPC14 NONE 3
SYSTEMS
6. ECPC15 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC10 4
TRANSMISSION LINES AND
7. ECPC16 ECPC12 3
WAVEGUIDES
8. ECPC17 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ECPC13 3
MICROPROCESSORS AND
9. ECPC18 ECPC14 3
MICRO CONTROLLERS
STATISTICAL THEORY OF
10. ECPC19 MAIR 45 4
COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS
11. ECPC20 ECPC15 3
AND APPLICATIONS
ECPC10
12. ECPC21 ANALOG COMMUNICATION 3
&MAIR 45
ANTENNAS AND
13. ECPC22 ECPC12 3
PROPAGATION
ANALOG INTEGRATED
14. ECPC23 ECPC17 3
CIRCUITS
15. ECPC24 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ECPC19 3
MICROWAVE COMPONENTS
16. ECPC25 ECPC16 3
AND CIRCUITS
17. ECPC26 VLSI SYSTEMS ECPC23 3
18. ECPC27 WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON NONE 3
ECPC12
19. ECPC28 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION 3
&ECPC21
20. ECPC29 MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS ECPC25 3
Total 65

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(III) ELECTIVES

a. PROGRAMME ELECTIVE (PE)

[Note: Number of programme elective:at least 3 courses]

Students who are pursuing B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication

Engineeringshould take at least three courses from the Programme Electives listed
below.

Sl. Course
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
No. Code
1. ECPE10 PRINCIPLES OF RADAR ECPC19 3
2. ECPE11 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ECPC24 3
3. ECPE12 COGNITIVE RADIO ECPC15 3
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION
4. ECPE13 ECPC15 3
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION SWITCHING
5. ECPE14 ECPC21 3
SYSTEMS
BROADBAND ACCESS ECPC21 &
6. ECPE15 3
TECHNOLOGIES ECPC24
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR ECPC15 &
7. ECPE16 3
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ECPC27
MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ECPC16 &
8. ECPE17 3
DESIGN ECPC25
ECPC16 &
9. ECPE18 RF MEMS CIRCUIT DESIGN 3
ECPC25
10. ECPE19 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ECPE24 3
11. ECPE20 ELECTRONIC PACKAGING NONE 3
12. ECPE21 DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING ECPC15 3
13. ECPE22 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING NONE 3
14. ECPE23 PATTERN RECOGNITION NONE 3
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND
15. ECPE24 NONE 3
ORGANIZATION
16. ECPE25 ARM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ECPE24 3
17. ECPE26 OPERATING SYSTEMS NONE 3
18. ECPE27 DISPLAY SYSTEMS ECPC13 3
19. ECPE28 STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC15 3
20. ECPE29 NETWORKS AND PROTOCOLS NONE 3
21. ECPE30 ADHOC WIRELESS NETWORKS ECPE29 3
22. ECPE31 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS ECPE29 3
Total 66

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b. OPEN ELECTIVE (OE)

Sl. Course
Course Title Prerequisites Credits
No. Code
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION
1. ECOE10 ECPC15 3
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR ECPC15 &
2. ECOE11 3
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ECPC27
MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ECPC16 &
3. ECOE12 3
DESIGN ECPC25
ECPC16 &
4. ECOE13 RF MEMS CIRCUIT DESIGN 3
ECPC25
5. ECOE14 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ECPE24 3
6. ECOE15 ELECTRONIC PACKAGING NONE 3
7. ECOE16 DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING ECPC15 3
8. ECOE17 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING NONE 3
9. ECOE18 PATTERN RECOGNITION NONE 3
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND
10. ECOE19 NONE 3
ORGANIZATION
11. ECOE20 ARM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ECPE24 3
12. ECOE21 OPERATING SYSTEMS NONE 3
13. ECOE22 DISPLAY SYSTEMS ECPC13 3
14. ECOE23 STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC15 3
15. ECOE24 ADHOC WIRELESS NETWORKS ECPE29 3
16. ECOE25 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS ECPE29 3
Total 48

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c. MINOR (MI)

Students who have registered for B.Tech Minor in ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

[Note: Number of Minor courses: 5 courses(Minimum)]

Course
Sl.No. Course Title Prerequisites Credits
Code
1. ECMI10 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS NONE 3
NETWORK ANALYSIS AND
2. ECMI11 NONE 3
SYNTHESIS
ELECTRODYNAMICS AND
3. ECMI12 NONE 3
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND
4. ECMI13 NONE 3
DEVICES
DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND
5. ECMI14 NONE 3
SYSTEMS
6. ECMI15 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC10 3
TRANSMISSION LINES AND
7. ECMI16 ECPC12 3
WAVEGUIDES
8. ECMI17 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ECPC13 3
MICROPROCESSORS AND
9. ECMI18 ECPC14 3
MICRO CONTROLLERS
STATISTICAL THEORY OF
10. ECMI19 MAIR 45 3
COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS
11. ECMI20 ECPC15 3
AND APPLICATIONS
ECPC10
12. ECMI21 ANALOG COMMUNICATION 3
&MAIR 45
13. ECMI22 ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION ECPC12 3
14. ECMI23 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ECPC17 3
15. ECMI24 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ECPC19 3
MICROWAVE COMPONENTS
16. ECMI25 ECPC16 3
AND CIRCUITS
17. ECMI26 VLSI SYSTEMS ECPC23 3
18. ECMI27 WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON NONE 3
ECPC12
19. ECMI28 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION 3
&ECPC21
20. ECMI29 MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS ECPC25 3
Total 60

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(IV) ESSENTIAL PROGRAMME LABORATORY REQUIREMENT (ELR)

Course
Sl.No. Course Title Co requisites Credits
Code
DEVICES AND NETWORKS ECPC11&
1. ECLR10 1
LABORATORY ECPC13
DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
2. ECLR11 ECPC14 1
LABORATORY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
3. ECLR12 ECPC17 2
LABORATORY
MICROPROCESSOR AND
4. ECLR13 MICROCONTROLLER ECPC18 2
LABORATORY
ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
5. ECLR14 ECPC23 2
LABORATORY
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC15 &
6. ECLR15 2
AND SIMULATION LABORATORY ECPC20
VLSI AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM
7. ECLR16 ECPC26 2
DESIGN LABORATORY
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING ECPC21 &
8. ECLR17 2
LABORATORY ECPC24
FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION
9. ECLR18 ECPC28 1
LABORATORY
ECPC25 &
10. ECLR19 MICROWAVE LABORATORY 1
ECPC29
Total 16

NOTE: Students can register for 2 laboratory courses during one session
along with regular courses (PC / PE / OE / MI).

V. ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES FOR B.Tech. (HONOURS)

A student can obtain B.Tech. (Honours) degree provided the student has;
i. Registered at least for 12 theory courses and 2 ELRs in the second year.
ii. Consistently obtained a minimum GPA of 8.5 in the first four sessions
iii. Continue to maintain the same GPA of 8.5 in the subsequent sessions
(including the Honours courses)
iv. Completed 3 additional theory courses specified for the Honors degree of the
programme.
v. Completed all the courses registered, in the first attemptandin four years of
study.

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Course
Sl.No. Course Title Co requisites Credits
Code
ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL
1. ECHO10 ECPC15 3
PROCESSING
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF
2. ECHO11 ECPC15 3
SIGNALS
3. ECHO12 DETECTION AND ESTIMATION MAIR 45 3
4. ECHO13 WAVELET SIGNAL PROCESSING ECPC15 3
5. ECHO14 RF CIRCUITS NONE 3
NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES FOR
6. ECHO15 ECPC25 3
MIC
7. ECHO16 APPLIED PHOTONICS NONE 3
ADVANCED RADIATION
8. ECHO17 ECPC22 3
SYSTEMS
9. ECHO18 BIO MEMS ECPC18 3
10. ECHO19 ANALOG IC DESIGN ECPC23 3
11. ECHO20 VLSI SYSTEM TESTING ECPC26 3
ELECTRONIC DESIGN
12. ECHO21 NONE 3
AUTOMATION TOOLS
13. ECHO22 DESIGN OF ASICS NONE 3
14. ECHO23 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN ECPC14 3
OPTIMIZATIONS OF DIGITAL
ECPC20 &
15. ECHO24 SIGNAL PROCESSING 3
ECPC26
STRUCTURES FOR VLSI
16. ECHO25 LOW POWER VLSI CIRCUITS ECPC26 3
VLSI DIGITAL SIGNAL ECPC15 &
17. ECHO26 3
PROCESSING SYSTEMS ECPC26
ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM
18. ECHO27 ECPC14 3
DESIGN
19. ECHO28 PHYSICAL DESIGN AUTOMATION NONE 3
MIXED - SIGNAL CIRCUIT
20. ECHO29 NONE 3
DESIGN
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
21. ECHO30 ECPC20 3
FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
Total 63

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE CODES FOR B.TECH. PROGRAMME

Sl. No. Type of the course Course Code and range

1. General Institute requirements ECIR10 to 32
2. Programme core ECPC10 to 29
3. Programme Elective ECPE10 to 31
4. Essential Laboratory Requirement ECLR10 to 19
5. Open Electives ECOE10 to 25
6. Minors ECMI10 to 29
7. Honours ECHO10 to 30

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DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENT CODES FOR B.TECH. PROGRAMME

Sl. No. Department Code

1. Architecture AR
2. Chemical CL
3. Civil Engineering CE
4. Computer Applications CA
5. Computer Science and Engineering CS
6. Chemistry CH
7. Electronics and Communication Engineering EC
8. Electrical and Electronics Engineering EE
9. Energy and Environmental Engineering EN
10. Humanities HM
11. Instrumentation and control IC
12. Mathematics MA
13. Mechanical Engineering ME
14. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering MT
15. Production Engineering PR
16. Physics PH
17. Management Studies (DoMS) MB
18. Office of Dean, Student Welfare (NSS/NSC/NSO) SW

Details of the flow of courses for a particular programme should be made

available to the students at the beginning of the programme(I Year). The
feasible year (I to IV year of study) and session of study for each core course
should also be given.

Course flow: X  Y Z Where X, Y, Z are courses

The following table should be prepared before the commencement of the programme

Course Course Title Year Session/s

Sl. No. Code of
Study
REAL ANALYSIS AND PARTIAL
1. MAIR 34 II July
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
2. ECPC10 SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS II July

3. ECPC11 NETWORK ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS II July

ELECTRODYNAMICS AND II July

4. ECPC12
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

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SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND II July

5. ECPC13
DEVICES
6. ECPC14 DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II July

DEVICES AND NETWORKS II July

7. ECLR10
LABORATORY
8. ECLR11 DIGITAL ELECTRONICS LABORATORY II July

MAIR 45 PROBABILITY THEORY AND RANDOM II

9. January
PROCESS
10. ECPC15 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING II January
TRANSMISSION LINES AND
11. ECPC16 II January
WAVEGUIDES
12. ECPC17 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS II January
MICROPROCESSORS AND MICRO
13. ECPC18 II January
CONTROLLERS
14. ECLR12 ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY II January

15. ECLR13 MICROPROCESSOR AND

II January
MICROCONTROLLER LABORATORY
STATISTICAL THEORY OF
16. ECPC19 III July
COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS AND
17. ECPC20 III July
APPLICATIONS
18. ECPC21 ANALOG COMMUNICATION III July
19. ECPC22 ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION III July
20. ECPC23 ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS III July
ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
21. ECLR14 III July
LABORATORY

22. ECLR15 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND III July

SIMULATION LABORATORY
23. ECPC24 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION III January
MICROWAVE COMPONENTS AND
24. ECPC25 III January
CIRCUITS
25. ECPC26 VLSI SYSTEMS III January
ECLR16 VLSI AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN
26. III January
LABORATORY
27. ECLR17 COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
III January
LABORATORY
28. ECPC27 WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON IV July
29. ECPC28 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION IV July
30. ECPC29 MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS IV July
ECLR18 FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION
31. IV July
LABORATORY
32. ECLR19 MICROWAVE LABORATORY IV July

33. ECPE10 PRINCIPLES OF RADAR III & IV July / January

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34. ECPE11 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION III & IV July / January

35. ECPE12 COGNITIVE RADIO III & IV July / January

ECPE13/ MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION III & IV July / January

36.
ECOE10 TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION SWITCHING III & IV July / January
37. ECPE14
SYSTEMS
38. ECPE15 BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES III & IV July / January
ECPE16/ DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR III & IV July / January
39.
ECOE11 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
ECPE17/ MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT III & IV July / January
40.
ECOE12 DESIGN
ECPE18/
41. RF MEMS CIRCUIT DESIGN III & IV July / January
ECOE13
ECPE19/ III & IV July / January
42. EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
ECOE14
ECPE20/ III & IV July / January
43. ELECTRONIC PACKAGING
ECOE15
ECPE21/
III & IV July / January
44. ECOE16 DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING

ECPE22/ III & IV July / January

45. DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
ECOE17
ECPE23/ III & IV July / January
46. PATTERN RECOGNITION
ECOE18
ECPE24/ COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND III & IV July / January
47.
ECOE19 ORGANIZATION
ECPE25/ III & IV July / January
48. ARM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
ECOE20
ECPE26/ III & IV July / January
49. OPERATING SYSTEMS
ECOE21
ECPE27/ III & IV July / January
50. DISPLAY SYSTEMS
ECOE22
ECPE28/ III & IV July / January
51. STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ECOE23
III & IV July / January
52. ECPE29 NETWORKS AND PROTOCOLS
ECPE30/ III & IV July / January
53. ADHOC WIRELESS NETWORKS
ECOE24
ECPE31/ III & IV July / January
54. WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
ECOE25

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Course Code : MAIR34

Course Title : REAL ANALYSIS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : GIR

Course Learning Objectives

 To expose the students to the basics of real analysis and partial differential equations
required for their subsequent course work.

Course Content
Properties of real numbers, Numerical sequences. Cauchy sequences. Bolzano-Weierstrass
and Heine-Borel properties.

Functions of real variables, Limits, continuity and differentiability, Taylor’s formula, Extrema
of functions.

Riemann integral, mean value theorems, Differentiation under integral sign, Change-of-
variables formula, Sequences and series of functions, Point wise and uniform convergence.

Method of separation of variables-Fourier series solution applications to one dimensional

wave equation and one-dimensional heat flow equation.

Laplace and Helmholtz equations, Boundary and initial value problems, Solution by
separation of variables and Eigen Function Expansion.

Text Books
1. Guenther, R.B. &Lee, J.W., “Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics
and Integral Equations”, Prentice Hall, 1996.
2. W.Rudin, “Introduction to Principles of Mathematical Analysis”, McGraw-Hill
International Editions, Third Edition, 1976.

Reference Books
1. Kreyszig.E., “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, John Wiley, 1999.
2. S.C. Malik, Savita Arora, “Mathematical Analysis”, New Age International Ltd, 4th
Edition, 2012.
3. G.B.Gustafson&C.H. Wilcox, “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, Springer Verlag,
1998.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Develops an understanding for the construction of proofs and an appreciation for
deductive logic.
CO2: Explore the already familiar properties of the derivative and the Riemann Integral,
set on a more rigorous and formal footing which is central to avoiding inconsistencies in
engineering applications.
CO3: Explore new theoretical dimensions of uniform convergence, completeness and
important consequences as interchange of limit operations.
CO4: Develop an intuition for analyzing sets of higher dimension (mostly of the Rn type)
space.
CO5: Solve the most common PDEs, recurrent in engineering using standard techniques
and understanding of an appreciation for the need of numerical techniques.

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Course Code : MAIR 45

Course Title : PROBABILITY THEORY AND RANDOM PROCESS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : MAIR 34
(Course code)
Course Type : GIR

Course Learning Objectives

 To expose the students to the basics of probability theory and random processes
essential for their subsequent study of analog and digital communication.

Course Content
Axioms of probability theory. Probability spaces. Joint and conditional probabilities. Bayes’
Theorem-Independent events.

Random variables and random vectors. Distributions and densities. Independent random
variables. Functions of one and two random variables.

Moments and characteristic functions. Inequalities of Chebyshev and Schwartz.

Convergence concepts.

Random processes. Stationarity and ergodicity. Strict sense and wide sense stationary
processes. Covariance functions and their properties. Spectral representation. Wiener-
Khinchine theorem.

Gaussian processes. Processes with independent increments. Poisson processes. Low

pass and Band pass noise representations.

Text Books
1. Davenport,” Probability and Random Processes for Scientist and Engineers”,
McGraw-Hill, 1970.
2. Papoulis. A.,” Probability, Random variables and Stochastic Processes”, McGraw
Hill, 2002.

Reference Books
1. E.Wong, “Introduction to Random Processes”, Springer Verlag,1983.
2. W.A.Gardner, “Introduction to Random Processes”, (2/e), McGraw Hill,1990.
3. H.Stark & J.W.Woods, “Probability, Random Processes and Estimations Theory for
Engineers”, (2/e), Prentice Hall, 1994.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: understand the axiomatic formulation of modern Probability Theory and think of
random variables as an intrinsic need for the analysis of random phenomena.
CO2: characterize probability models and function of random variables based on single
& multiples random variables.
CO3: evaluate and apply moments & characteristic functions and understand the
concept of inequalities and probabilistic limits.
CO4: understand the concept of random processes and determine covariance and
spectral density of stationary random processes.
CO5: demonstrate the specific applications to Poisson and Gaussian processes and
representation of low pass and band pass noise models.

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Course Code : ECPC10 / ECMI10

Course Title : SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 4/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

The aim of the course is for
 understanding the fundamental characteristics of signals and systems.
 understanding the concepts of vector space, inner product space and orthogonal
series.
 understanding signals and systems in terms of both the time and transform domains,
taking advantage of the complementary insights and tools that these different
perspectives provide.
 development of the mathematical skills to solve problems involving convolution,
filtering, modulation and sampling.

Course Content
Vector spaces. Inner Product spaces. Schwartzin equality. Hilbertspaces. Orthogonal
expansions. Bessel’s inequality and Parseval’s relations.

Continuous-time signals, classifications. Periodic signals. Fourier series representation,

Hilbert transform and its properties.

Laplace transforms. Continuous - time systems: LTI system analysis using Laplace and
Fourier transforms.

Sampling and reconstruction of band limited signals. Low pass and band pass sampling
theorems. Aliasing. Anti-aliasing filter. Practical Sampling-aperture effect.

Discrete-time signals and systems. Z-transform and its properties. Analysis of LSI systems
using Z – transform.

Text Books
1. A.V.Oppenheim, A. Willsky, S. Hamid Nawab, “Signals and Systems (2/e)”, Pearson
200.
2. S.Haykin and B.VanVeen “Signals and Systems, Wiley, 1998.
3. M.Mandal and A.Asif, “Continuous and Discrete Time Signals and Systems,
Cambridge, 2007.

Reference Books
1. D.C.Lay, “Linear Algebra and its Applications (2/e)”, Pearson, 200.
2. K.Huffman&R.Kunz, “Linear Algebra”, Prentice- Hall, 1971.
3. S.S.Soliman&M.D.Srinath, “Continuous and Discrete Signals and Systems”,
Prentice- Hall, 1990.

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Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: apply the knowledge of linear algebra topics like vector space, basis, dimension,
inner product, norm and orthogonal basis to signals.
CO2: analyse the spectral characteristics of continuous-time periodic and a periodic
signals using Fourier analysis.
CO3: classify systems based on their properties and determine the response of LSI
system using convolution.
CO4: analyze system properties based on impulse response and Fourier analysis.
CO5: apply the Laplace transform and Z- transform for analyze of continuous-time and
discrete-time signals and systems.
CO6: understand the process of sampling and the effects of under sampling.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC11/ ECMI11

Course Title : NETWORK ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
Number of Credits 4/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To make the students capable of analyzing any given electrical network.
 To make the students to learn synthesis of an electrical network for a given
impedance/ admittance function.

Course Content
Network concept. Elements and sources. Kirchoff’s laws. Tellegen’s theorem. Network
equilibrium equations. Node and Mesh method. Source superposition. Thevenin’s and
Norton’s theorems. Network graphs.

First and second order networks. State equations. Transient response. Network functions.
Determination of the natural frequencies and mode vectors from network functions.

Sinusoidal steady-state analysis. Maximum power-transfer theorem. Resonance. Equivalent

and dual networks. Design of equalizers.

Two-port network parameters. Interconnection of two port networks. Barlett’s bisection

theorem. Image and
Iterative parameters. Design of attenuators.

Two-terminal network synthesis. Properties of Hurwitz polynomial and Positive real function.
Synthesis of LC, RC and RL Networks, Foster Forms and Cauer Forms.

Text Books
1. Hayt W. H., Kemmerly J. E. and Durbin S. M., “Engineering Circuit Analysis”, 6th Ed.,
Tata
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.,2008.
2. F.F. Kuo, “Network analysis and Synthesis”, Wiley International Edition ,2008.

Reference Books
1. Valkenberg V., “Network Analysis”, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall International Edition, 2007.
2. B.S.Nair and S.R.Deepa, “Network analysis and Synthesis”, Elsevier,2012.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: analyze the electric circuit using network theorems
CO2: understand and Obtain Transient & Forced response
CO3: determine Sinusoidal steady state response; understand the real time applications
of maximum power transfer theorem and equalizer
CO4: understand the two–port network parameters, are able to find out two-port network
parameters & overall response for interconnection of two-port networks.
CO5: synthesize one port network using Foster form, Cauer form.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC12 / / ECMI12

Course Title : ELECTRODYNAMICS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
Number of Credits 4/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To expose the students to the rudiments of Electromagnetic theory and wave
propagation essential for subsequent courses on microwave engineering,
antennas and wireless communication

Course Content
Electrostatics. Coulomb’slaw. Gauss’s law and applications. Electric potential. Poisson’s and
Laplace equations. Method of images. Multipole Expansion.

Electrostatic fields in matter. Dielectrics and electric polarization. Capacitors with dielectric
substrates. Linear dielectrics. Force and energy in dielectric systems.

Magnetostatics. Magnetic fields of steady currents. Biot-Savart’s and Ampere’s laws.

Magnetic vector potential. Magnetic properties of matter.

Electrodynamics. Flux rule for motional emf. Faraday’s law. Self and mutual inductances.
Maxwell’sEquations. Electromagnetic Boundary conditions. Poynting theorem.

Electromagnetic wave propagation. Uniform plane waves. Wave polarization. Waves in

matter. Reflection and transmission at boundaries. Propagation in an ionized medium.

Text Books
1. D.J.Griffiths, “Introduction to Electrodynamics (3/e)”, PHI, 2001
2. E.C. Jordan & G. Balmain, “Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems”, PHI,
1995.

Reference Books
1. W.H.Hayt, “Engineering Electromagnetics, (7/e)”, McGraw Hill, 2006.
2. D.K.Cheng, “Field and Wave Electromagnetics, (2/e)”, Addison Wesley, 1999.
3. M.N.O.Sadiku,”Principles of Electromagnetics, (4/e)”, Oxford University Press, 2011.
4. N.NarayanaRao, “Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics, (6/e)”, Pearson, 2006.
5. R.E.Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering (2/e)”, McGraw –Hill, 2002.
6. R.E.Collin, “Antennas and Radiowave Propagation”, McGraw-Hill, 1985.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: recognize and classify the basic Electrostatic theorems and laws and to derive
them.
CO2: discuss the behavior of Electric fields in matter and Polarization concepts.
CO3: classify the basic Magneto static theorems and laws and infer the magnetic
properties of matter.
CO4: summarize the concepts of electrodynamics &to derive and discuss the Maxwell’s
equations.
CO5: students are expected to be familiar with Electromagnetic wave propagation and
wave polarization.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC13/ ECMI13

Course Title : SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND DEVICES
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC/ MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To make the students understand the fundamentals of electronic devices.
 To train them to apply these devices in mostly used and important applications.

Course Content
Semiconductor materials: crystal growth, film formation, lithography, etching and doping.
Formation of energy bands in solids, Concept of hole, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors,
conductivity, Equilibrium Carrier concentration, Density of states and Fermi level, Carrier
transport – Drift and Diffusion, continuity equation,Hall effect and its applications.

P-N junction diodes, Energy band diagram, biasing, V-I characteristics, capacitances. Diode
models, Break down Mechanisms, Rectifiers, Limiting and Clamping Circuits, types of
diodes.

BJT Physics and Characteristics modes of operation, Ebers-Moll Model, BJT as a switch and
Amplifier, breakdown mechanisms, Photo devices.

MOSFET: Ideal I-V characteristics, non-ideal I-V effects, MOS Capacitor, MOSFET as
switch, CMOS Logic gate Circuits, Bi-CMOS circuits, CCDs.

Power devices, operation and characteristics. Thyristor family. Power diodes. Power
transistors. Display devices, Operation of LCDs, Plasma, LED and HDTV

Text Books
1. S.M.Sze, Semiconductors Devices, Physics and Technology, (2/e), Wiley, 2002
2. A.S.Sedra & K.C.Smith, Microelectronic Circuits (5/e), Oxford, 2004
3. L.Macdonald &A.C.Lowe, Display Systems, Wiley, 2003
Reference Books
1. Robert Pierret, “Semiconductor Device Fundamentals,” Pearson Education, 2006
2. J.Millman and C.C.Halkias : Electronic devices and Circuits, McGraw Hill, 1976.
3. B.G.Streetman : Solid state devices, (4/e), PHI, 1995.
4. N.H.E.Weste, D. Harris, “CMOS VLSI Design (3/e)”, Pearson, 2005.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Apply the knowledge of basic semiconductor material physics and understand
fabrication processes.
CO2: Analyze the characteristics of various electronic devices like diode, transistor etc.,
CO3:Classify and analyze the various circuit configurations of Transistor and MOSFETs.
CO4: Illustrate the qualitative knowledge of Power electronic Devices.
CO5: Become Aware of the latest technological changes in Display Devices.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC14/ ECMI14

Course Title : DIGITAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To introduce the theoretical and circuit aspects of digital electronics, which is the
back bone for the basics of the hardware aspect of digital computers?

Course Content
Review of number systems-representation-conversions, error detection and error correction.
Review of Boolean algebra- theorems, sum of product and product of sum simplification,
canonical forms-minterm and maxterm, Simplification of Boolean expressions-Karnaugh
map, completely and incompletely specified functions, Implementation of Boolean
expressions using universal gates.

Combinational logic circuits- adders, subtractors, BCD adder, ripple carry look ahead
adders, parity generator, decoders, encoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, Realization of
Boolean expressions- using decoders-using multiplexers. Memories – ROM- organization,
expansion. PROMs. Types of RAMs – Basic structure, organization, Static and dynamic
RAMs, PLDs, PLAs.

Sequential circuits – latches, flip flops, edge triggering, asynchronous inputs. Shift registers,
Universal shift register, applications. Binary counters – Synchronous and asynchronous
up/down counters, mod-N counter, Counters for random sequence.

Synchronous circuit analysis and design: structure and operation, analysis-transition

equations, state tables and state diagrams, Modelling- Moore machine and Mealy machine-
serial binary adder, sequence recogniser, state table reduction, state assignment. Hazard;
Overview and comparison of logic families.

Introduction to Verilog HDL, Structural, Dataflow and behavioral modelling of combinational

and sequential logic circuits.

Text Books
1. Wakerly J F, “Digital Design: Principles and Practices, Prentice-Hall”, 2nd Ed., 2002.
2. D. D. Givone, “Digital Principles and Design”, Tata Mc-Graw Hill, New Delhi, 2003.
3. S.Brown and Z.Vranesic, “Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design”, Tata
Mc-Graw Hill, 2008.

Reference Books
1. D.P. Leach, A. P. Malvino, GoutamGuha, “Digital Principles and Applications”, Tata
Mc-Graw Hill, New Delhi, 2011.
2. M. M. Mano, “Digital Design”, 3rd ed., Pearson Education, Delhi, 2003.
3. R.J.Tocci and N.S.Widner, “Digital Systems - Principles& Applications”, PHI, 10th
Ed., 2007 .
4. Roth C.H., “Fundamentals of Logic Design”, Jaico Publishers. V Ed., 2009.
5. T. L. Floyd and Jain ,”Digital Fundamentals”, 8th ed., Pearson Education, 2003.

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Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Apply the knowledge of Boolean algebra and simplification of Boolean expressions
to deduce optimal digital networks.
CO2: Study and examine the SSI, MSI and Programmable combinational networks.
CO3: Study and investigate the sequential networks suing counters and shift registers;
summarize the performance of logic families with respect to their speed, power
consumption, number of ICs and cost.
CO4: Work out SSI and MSI digital networks given a state di agram based on Mealy and
Moore configurations.
CO5: Code combinational and sequential networks using Virology HDL.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC15/ ECMI15

Course Title : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Number of Credits 4/3
Prerequisites : ECPC10
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 The subject aims to introduce the mathematical approach to manipulate discrete time
signals, which are useful to learn digital tele-communication.

Course Content
Review of VLSI system theory, DTFT, Frequency response of discrete time systems, All
pass inverse and minimum phase systems.

DFT, Relationship of DFT to other transforms, FFT, DIT and DIF, FFT algorithm, Linear
filtering using DFT and FFT.

Frequency response of FIR filter types, Design of FIR filters, IIR filter design, Mapping
formulas, Frequency transformations.

Direct form realization of FIR and IIR systems, Lattice structure for FIR and IIR systems,
Finite-word length effects. Limit cycle oscillations.

Sampling rate conversion by an integer and rational factor, Poly phase FIR structures for
sampling rate conversion.

Text Books
1. J.G.Proakis, D.G. Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing”, (4/e) Pearson, 2007.
2. A.V.Oppenheim&R.W.Schafer, " Discrete Time Signal processing", (2/e),Pearson
Education, 2003.
3. S.K.Mitra, “Digital Signal Processing (3/e)”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2006.

Reference Books
1. P.S.R.Diniz, E.A.B.da Silva and S.L.Netto, “ Digital Signal Processing”,
Cambridge,2002.
2. E.C.Ifeachor&B.W.Jervis, “Digital Signal Processing”, (2/e), Pearson Education,
2002.
3. J.R.Jhonson, “Introduction to Digital Signal Processing”, Prentice-Hall, 1989.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: analyze discrete-time systems in both time & transform domain and also through
pole-zero placement.
CO2: analyze discrete-time signals and systems using DFT and FFT.
CO3: design and implement digital finite impulse response (FIR) filters.
CO4: design and implement digital infinite impulse response (IIR) filters.
CO5: understand and develop multirate digital signal processing systems.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC16/ ECMI16

Course Title : TRANSMISSION LINES AND WAVEGUIDES
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC12
(Course code)
Course Type : PC/ MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To expose students to the complete fundamentals and essential feature of
waveguides, resonators and microwave components and also able to give an
introduction to microwave integrated circuit design.

Course Content

Classification of guided wave solutions-TE, TM and TEM waves.Field analysis transmission

lines.

Rectangular and circular waveguides. Excitation of waveguides. Rectangular and circular

cavity resonators.

Transmission line equations.Voltage and current waves.Solutions for different

terminations.Transmission-line loading.

Impedance transformation and matching.Smith Chart, Quarter-wave and half-wave

transformers.Binomial and Tchebeyshev transformers. Single, double and triple stub
matching .

Microstriplines, stripline, slot lines, coplanar waveguide and fin line. Micro strip MIC design
aspects. Computer- aided analysis and synthesis.

Text Books
1. D.M.Pozar, “Microwave Engineering (3/e)” Wiley,2004.
2. J.D.Ryder, “Networks, Lines and Fields”, PHI, 2003.

Reference Books
1. R.E.Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering (2/e)”, McGraw-Hill,2002.
2. S.Y.Liao , “ Microwave Devices and Circuits”,(3/e) PHI, 2005.
3. J. A. Seeger, “Microwave Theory, Components, and Devices” Prentice-Hall-A
division of Simon & Schuster Inc Englewood Cliffs, New Jersy 07632, 1986.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: classify the Guided Wave solutions -TE, TM, and TEM.
CO2: analyze and design rectangular waveguides and understand the propagation of
electromagnetic waves.
CO3: evaluate the resonance frequency of cavity Resonators and the associated modal
field.
CO4: analyze the transmission lines and their parameters using the Smith Chart.
CO5: apply the knowledge to understand various planar transmission lines.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC17/ ECMI17

Course Title : ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC13
(Course code)
Course Type : PC/ MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To make the students understand the fundamentals of electronic circuits.

Course Content
Load line, operating point, biasing methods for BJT and MOSFET. Low frequency and high
models of BJT and MOSFET, Small signal Analysis of CE, CS, CD and Cascode amplifier

MOSFET amplifiers: Current mirrors: Basic current mirror, Cascode current mirror, Single-
ended amplifiers: CS amplifier – with resistive load, diode connected load, current source
load, triode load, source degeneration. CG and CD amplifiers, Cascode amplifier,

Frequency response of amplifiers, Differential Amplifiers, CMRR, Differential amplifiers with

active load, Two stage amplifiers

Feedback concept, Properties, Feedback amplifiers, Stability analysis, Condition for

oscillation,
Sinusoidal oscillators.

Power amplifiers- class A, class B, class AB, Biasing circuits, class C and class D

Text Books
1. A.S.Sedra &K.C.Smith, “Microelectronic Circuits (5/e)”, Oxford, 2004.
2. D.L.Schilling&C.Belove,”Electronic Circuits: Discrete and Integrated”, (3/e), McGraw
Hill, 1989.

Reference Books
1. J.Millman&A., “Microelectronics”, McGraw Hill, 1987.
2. K.V.Ramanan, “Functional Electronics” ,Tata McGraw Hill ,1984.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: illustrate about rectifiers, transistor and FET amplifiers and its biasing. Also
compare the performances of its low frequency models.
CO 2: discuss about the frequency response of MOSFET and BJT amplifiers.
CO 3: illustrate about MOS and BJT differential amplifiers and its characteristics.
CO4: discuss about the feedback concepts and construct feedback amplifiers and
oscillators. Also summarizes its performance parameters.
CO 5: explain about power amplifiers and its types and also analyze its characteristics.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC18/ ECMI18

Course Title : MICROPROCESSORS AND MICRO CONTROLLERS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC14
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

This subject deals about the basics of 16-bit Microprocessor, 8-bit and 16-bit Micro controllers, their
architectures, internal organization and their functions, peripherals, and interfacing.

Course Content
Microprocessor based personal computer system. Software model of 8086. Segmented memory
operation. Instruction set. Addressing modes. Assembly language programming. Interrupts.
Programming with DOS and BIOS function calls.

Hardware detail of 8086. . Bus timing. Minimum vs Maximum mode of operation. Memory interface.
Parallel and serial data transfer methods. 8255 PPI chip. 8259 Interrupt controller. 8237 DMA
controller.

Microcontroller. Von-Neumann Vs Harvard architecture. Programming model. Instruction set of

8051 Microcontroller. Addressing modes. Programming. Timer operation.

Mixed Signal Microcontroller: MSP430 series. Block diagram. Address space. On-chip peripherals -
analog and digital. Register sets. Addressing Modes. Instruction set. Programming. FRAM vs flash
for low power and reliability.

Peripheral Interfacing using 8051 and Mixed signal microcontroller. Serial data transfer - UART, SPI
and I2C. Interrupts. I/O ports and port expansion. DAC, ADC, PWM, DC motor, Stepper motor and
LCD interfacing.

Text Books
1. J.L.Antonakos, “An Introduction to the Intel Family of Microprocessors”, Pearson, 1999.
2. M.A.Mazidi&J.C.Mazidi “Microcontroller and Embedded systems using Assembly & C. (2/e)”,
Pearson Education, 2007.
3.John H. Davies,“ MSP430 Microcontroller Basics”, Elsevier Ltd., 2008

Reference Books
1. B.B. Brey, “The Intel Microprocessors, (7/e), Eastern Economy Edition” , 2006.
2. K.J. Ayala, “The 8051 Microcontroller “, (3/e), Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004.
3. I. S. MacKenzie and R.C.W.Phan., “ The 8051 Microcontroller.(4/e)”, Pearson education, 2008.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able

CO1: recall and apply the basic concept of digital fundamentals to Microprocessor based personal
computer system.
CO2: identify the detailed s/w & h/w structure of the Microprocessor.
CO3: illustrate how the different peripherals are interfaced with Microprocessor.
CO4: distinguish and analyze the properties of Microprocessors & Microcontrollers.
CO5: analyze the data transfer information through serial & parallel ports.
CO6: train their practical knowledge through laboratory experiments.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC19/ ECMI19

Course Title : STATISTICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 4/3
Prerequisites : MAIR 45
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 The subject aims to make the students to understand the statistical theory of
telecommunication, which are the basics to learn analog and digital
telecommunication.

Course Content
Information measure. Discrete entropy. Joint and conditional entropies. Uniquely
decipherable and instantaneous codes. Kraft-Mcmillan inequality. Noiseless coding theorem.
Construction of optimal codes.

DMC. Mutual information and channel capacity. Shannon’s fundamental theorem. Entropy in
the continuous case. Shannon-Hartley law.

Binary hypothesis testing. Baye’s, minimax and Neyman-Pearson tests. Random parameter
estimation-MMSE,MMAE and MAP estimates. Nonrandom parameters – ML estimation.

Coherent signal detection in the presence of additive white and non-white Gaussian
noise.Matched filter.

Discrete optimum linear filtering. Orthogonality principle. Spectral factorization. FIR and IIR
Wiener filters.

Text Books
1. R.B.Ash,” Information Theory”, Wiley,1965.
2. M.D.Srinath, P.K.Rajasekaran&R.Viswanathan, “Statistical Signal Processing with
Applications”, PHI 1999.

Reference Books
1. H.V.Poor, “An Introduction to Signal Detection and Estimation,(2/e)”, Spring
Verlag.1994.
2. M.Mansuripur , “ Introduction to Information Theory”, Prentice Hall.1987.
3. J.G.Proakis, D G Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing”, (4/e), Pearson Education,
2007.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: show how the information is measured and able to use it for effective coding.
CO2: summarize how the channel capacity is computed for various channels.
CO3: use various techniques involved in basic detection and estimation theory to solve
the problem.
CO4: summarize the applications of detection theory in telecommunication.
CO5: summarize the application of estimation theory in telecommunication.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC20/ ECMI20

Course Title : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS AND APPLICATIONS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To give an exposure to the various fixed point and floating point DSP architectures,
to understand the techniques to interface sensors and I/O circuits and to implement
applications using these processors.

Course Content
Fixed-point DSP architectures. Basic Signal processing system. Need for DSPs. Difference
between DSP and other processor architectures. TMS320C54X, ADSP21XX, DSP56XX
architecture details. Addressing modes. Control and repeat operations. Interrupts. Pipeline
operation. Memory Map and Buses.

Floating-point DSP architectures. TMS320C3X, DSP96XX architectures. Cache architecture.

Floating-point Data formats. On-chip peripherals. Memory Map and Buses.

On-chip peripherals. Hardware details and its programming. Clock generator with PLL. Serial
port. McBSP. Parallel port. DMA. EMIF. I2C. Real-time-clock(RTC). Watchdog timer.

Interfacing. Serial interface- Audio codec. Sensors - Humidity/temperature sensor, flow

sensor, accelerometer, pulse sensor and finger print scanner. A/D and D/A interfaces.
Parallel interface- Memory interface. RF transceiver interface – Wi-Fi and Zigbee modules.

DSP tools and applications. Implementation of Filters, DFT, QPSK Modem, Speech
processing. Video processing, Video Encoding/Decoding. Biometrics. Machine Vision. High
performance computing (HPC).

Text Books
1. B.Venkataramani&M.Bhaskar, “Digital Signal Processor, Architecture, Programming
and Applications”,(2/e), McGraw- Hill,2010
2. S.Srinivasan&Avtar Singh, “Digital Signal Processing, Implementations using DSP
Microprocessors with Examples from TMS320C54X”, Brooks/Cole, 2004.

Reference Books
1. S.M.Kuo&W.S.S.Gan,” Digital Signal Processors: Architectures, Implementations,
and Applications”, Printice Hall, 2004
2. C.Marven&G.Ewers, “A Simple approach to digital signal processing”, Wiley Inter
science, 1996.
3. R.A.Haddad&T.W.Parson, “Digital Signal Processing: Theory, Applications and
Hardware”, Computer Science Press NY, 1991.

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Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able

CO1: learn the architecture details of fixed point DSPs.

CO2: learn the architecture details of floating point DSPs
CO3: infer about the control instructions, interrupts, pipeline operations, memory and buses.
CO4: illustrate the features of on-chip peripheral devices and its interfacing with real time
application devices.
CO5: learn to implement the signal processing algorithms and applications in DSPs

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC21/ ECMI21

Course Title : ANALOG COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC10 &MAIR 45
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To develop a fundamental understanding on Communication Systems with emphasis
on analog modulation techniques and noise performance.

Course Content
Basic blocks of Communication System. Amplitude (Linear) Modulation – AM, DSB-SC,
SSB-SC and VSB-SC. Methods of generation and detection. FDM. Super Heterodyne
Receivers.

Angle (Non-Linear) Modulation - Frequency and Phase modulation. Transmission Bandwidth

of FM signals, Methods of generation and detection. FM Stereo Multiplexing.

Noise - Internal and External Noise, Noise Calculation, Noise Figure. Noise in linear and
nonlinear AMreceivers, Threshold effect.

Noise in FM receivers, Threshold effect, Capture effect, FM Threshold reduction, Pre-

emphasis and De-emphasis.

Pulse Modulation techniques – Sampling Process, PAM, PWM and PPM concepts, Methods
of generation and detection. TDM. Noise performance.

Text Books
1. S.Haykins, Communication Systems , Wiley, (4/e), Reprint 2009.
2. Kennedy, Davis, Electronic Communication Systems (4/e), McGraw Hill, Reprint 2008.

Reference Books
1. B.Carlson, Introduction to Communication Systems, McGraw-Hill, (4/e), 2009.
2. J.Smith, Modern Communication Circuits (2/e), McGraw Hill, 1997.
3. J.S.Beasley&G.M.Miler, Modern Electronic Communication (9/e), Prentice-Hall, 2008.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Understand the basics of communication system and analog modulation techniques
CO2: Apply the basic knowledge of signals and systems and understand the concept of
Frequency modulation.
CO3: Apply the basic knowledge of electronic circuits and understand the effect of Noise
in communication system and noise performance of AM system
CO4: Understand the effect of noise performance of FM system.
CO5: Understand TDM and Pulse Modulation techniques.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECPC22/ ECMI22
Course Title : ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC12
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To impart knowledge on basics of antenna theory and to analyze and design a start
of art antenna for wireless communications.
Course Content
Radiation fundamentals. Potential theory. Helmholtz integrals. Radiation from a current
element. Basic antenna parameters. Radiation field of an arbitrary current distribution. Small
loop antennas.

Receiving antenna. Reciprocity relations. Receiving cross section, and its relation to gain.
Reception of completely polarized waves. Linear antennas. Current distribution. Radiation
field of a thin dipole. Folded dipole. Feeding methods. Baluns.

Antenna arrays. Array factorization. Array parameters. Broad side and end fire arrays. Yagi-
Uda arrays Log-periodic arrays.

Aperture antennas. Fields as sources of radiation. Horn antennas. Babinet’s principle.

Parabolic reflector antenna. Microstrip antennas.

Wave Propagation: Propagation in free space. Propagation around the earth, surface wave
propagation, structure of the ionosphere, propagation of plane waves in ionized medium,
Determination of critical frequency, MUF. Fading, tropospheric propagation, Super refraction.

Text Books
1. R.E.Collin, “Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation”, McGraw – Hill,1985.
2. W.L.Stutzman&G.A.Thiele , “Antenna Theory and Design”, Wiley.

Reference Books
1. K.F.Lee, “Principles of Antenna Theory”, Wiley,1984.
2. F.E. Terman , “Electronic Radio Engineering (4/e)”, McGraw Hill.
3. J.R. James, P. S. Hall, and C. Wood, “Microstrip Antenna Theory and Design”, IEE,
1981.
4. C. A.Balanis,“Modern Antenna Handbook”, Wiley India Pvt. Limited, 2008.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: select the appropriate portion of electromagnetic theory and its application to
antennas.
CO2: distinguish the receiving antennas from transmitting antennas, analyze and justify
their characteristics.
CO3: assess the need for antenna arrays and mathematically analyze the types of
antenna arrays.
CO4: distinguish primary from secondary antennas and analyze their characteristics by
applying optics and acoustics principles.
CO5: outline the factors involved in the propagation of radio waves using practical
antennas.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC23/ ECMI23

Course Title : ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC17
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To introduce the theoretical & circuit aspects of an Op-amp.

Course Content
Operational Amplifiers, DC and AC characteristics, Typical op-amp parameters: Finite gain,
finite bandwidth, Offset voltages and currents, Common-mode rejection ratio, Power supply
rejection ratio, Slew rate, Applications of Op-amp: Precision rectifiers. Summing amplifier,
Integrators and differentiators, Log and antilog amplifiers. Instrumentation amplifiers, voltage
to current converters.

Active filters: Second order filter transfer function (low pass, high pass, band pass and band
reject), Butterworth, Chebyshev and Bessel filters. Switched capacitor filter. notch filter, All
pass filters, self-tuned filters

Opamp as a comparator, Schmitt trigger, Astable and monostable multivibrators, Triangular

wave generator, Multivibrators using 555 timer, Data converters: A/D and D/A converters

PLL- basic block diagram and operation, Four quadrant multipliers. Phase detector, VCO,
Applications of PLL:Frequency synthesizers, AM detection, FM detection and FSK
demodulation.

CMOS differential amplifiers: DC analysis and small signal analysis of differential amplifer
with Restive load, current mirror load and current source load, Input common-mode range
and Common-mode feedback circuits. OTAs vs Opamps. Slew rate, CMRR, PSRR. Two
stage amplifiers, Compensation in amplifiers (Dominant pole compensation).

Text Books
1. S.Franco, Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits (3/e)
TMH, 2003.
2. Sedra and Smith, Microelectronics Circuits, Oxford Univ. Press, 2004
3. Coughlin, Driscoll, OP-AMPS and Linear Integrated Circuits, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: infer the DC and AC characteristics of operational amplifiers and its effect on
output and their compensation techniques.
CO2: elucidate and design the linear and non linear applications of an opamp and
special application Ics. CO3: explain and compare the working of multi vibrators using
special application IC 555 and general purpose opamp.
CO4: classify and comprehend the working principle of data converters.
CO5: illustrate the function of application specific ICs such as Voltage regulators, PLL
and its application in communication.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECPC24/ ECMI24
Course Title : DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC19
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To understand the key modules of digital communication systems with emphasis on
digital modulation techniques.
 To get introduced to the basics of source and channel coding/decoding and Spread
Spectrum Modulation.

Course Content
Base band transmission. Sampling theorem, Pulse code modulation (PCM), DM, Destination
SNR in PCM systems with noise. Matched filter. Nyquist criterion for zero ISI. Optimum
transmit and receive filters. Correlative Coding, M-ary PAM. Equalization- zero-forcing and
basics of adaptive linear equalizers.
BASK, BFSK, and BPSK- Transmitter, Receiver, Signal space diagram, Error probabilities.

M-ary PSK, M-ary FSK, QAM, MSK and GMSK- Optimum detector, Signal constellation, error
probability.

Linear block codes-Encoding and decoding. Cyclic codes – Encoder, Syndrome Calculator.
Convolutional codes – encoding ,Viterbi decoding. TCM.

Spread Spectrum (SS) Techniques- Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum modulation,

Frequency-hop Spread Spectrum modulation - Processing gain and jamming margin.

Text Books
1. S.Haykin, “Communication Systems”, Wiley,(4/e),2001.
2. J.G.Proakis, “Digital Communication” , Tata McGraw – Hill,(4/e),2001.

Reference Books
1. B.Sklar, “Digital Communications: Fundamentals & Applications”, Pearson Education,
(2/e), 2001.
2. A.B.Carlson, “ Communication Systems”, McGraw Hill, 3/e,2002
3. R.E.Zimer & R.L.Peterson,” Introduction to Digital Communication”, PHI,3/e, 2001

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Apply the knowledge of statistical theory of communication and explain the
conventional digital communication system.
CO2: Apply the knowledge of signals and system and evaluate the performance of
digital communication system in the presence of noise.
CO3: Apply the knowledge of digital electronics and describe the error control codes
like block code, cyclic code.
CO4: Describe and analyze the digital communication system with spread spectrum
modulation.
CO5: Design as well as conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results to
provide valid conclusions for digital modulators and demodulator using hardware
components and communication systems using CAD tool.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC25/ ECMI25

Course Title : MICROWAVE COMPONENTS AND CIRCUITS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC16
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 The subject introduces the essential Microwave Circuit Theory and the design aspects of
Microwave Integrated Circuit components.

Course Content
Scattering matrix formulation.Passive microwave devices; terminations, bends, corners,
attenuators, phase changers, directional couplers and hybrid junctions. Basics and design
considerations of Microstripline, strip line, coplanar waveguide, Slot line and Finline.

Microwave measurements; frequency, wavelength, VSWR.I mpedance determination.S-

parameter measurements. Network analyzer.

Microwave network parameters. Basic circuit elements for microwaves. Transmission line
sections and stubs.Richardtransformation.Kuroda identities.

MIC filter design. Low pass to high pass, band pass and band stop transformations.
Realization using microstriplines and strip lines.

Design and realization of MIC components.3 dB hybrid design. Ratrace Hybrid Ring,
Backward wave directional coupler, power divider; realization using microstrip lines and strip
lines.

Text Books
1. I.J.Bahl&P.Bhartia, “Microwave Solid state Circuit Design”, Wiley, 2003.
2. D.M.Pozar, “Microwave Engineering (2/e)”, Wiley, 2004.

Reference Books
1. A. Das, “Microwave Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000
2. B.Bhat, S. K. Koul,,”Stripline like transmission lines for Microwave Integrated
Circuits”, New age International Pvt.Ltd. Publishers 2007.
3. G. Matthaei , E.M.T. Jones , L. Young , George Matthaei , Leo Young , George L.
Matthaei “Microwave filters, Impedance Matching Network, Coupling Structures
(Updated)”,Hardcover, 1,096 Pages, Published 1980 by Artech House Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-89006-099-5, ISBN: 0-89006-099-1

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Learn the basics of S parameters and use them in describing the components
CO2: Expose to the Microwave Measurements Principle
CO3: Realize the importance of the theory of Microwave circuit theory.
CO4: Work out the complete design aspects of various M.I.C. Filters
CO5: Confidently design all M.I.C. components to meet the industry standard

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC26/ ECMI26

Course Title : VLSI SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC23
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To introduce various aspects of VLSI circuits and their design including testing.

Course Content
VLSI design methodology, VLSI technology- NMOS, CMOS and BICMOS circuit fabrication.
Layout design rules. Stick diagram. Latch up.

Characteristics of MOS and CMOS switches. Implementation of logic circuits using MOS and
CMOS technology, multiplexers and memory, MOS transistors, threshold voltage, MOS device
design equations. MOS models, small-signal AC analysis. CMOS inverters, propagation delay
of inverters, Pseudo NMOS, Dynamic CMOS logic circuits, power dissipation.

Programmable logic devices- antifuse, EPROM and SRAM techniques. Programmable logic
cells.Programmable inversion and expander logic. Computation of interconnect delay,
Techniques for driving large off-chip capacitors, long lines, Computation of interconnect delays
in FPGAs Implementation of PLD, EPROM, EEPROM, static and dynamic RAM in CMOS.

An overview of the features of advanced FPGAs, IP cores, Softcore processors, Various

factors determining the cost of a VLSI, Comparison of ASICs, FPGAs , PDSPs and CBICs .
Fault tolerant VLSI architectures

VLSI testing -need for testing , manufacturing test principles, design strategies for test, chip
level and system level test techniques.

Text Books
1. N. H. E. Weste, D.F. Harris, “CMOS VLSI design”, (3/e), Pearson , 2005.
2. J. Smith, “Application Specific Integrated Circuits,Pearson”, 1997.
3. M.M.Vai, “VLSI design”, CRC Press, 2001.

Reference Books
1. Pucknell & Eshraghian, “Basic VLSI Design”, PHI, (3/e), 2003.
2. Uyemura, “Introduction to VLSI Circuits and Systems”, Wiley, 2002.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Describe the techniques used for VLSI fabrication, design of CMOS logic circuits,
switches and memory
CO2: Describe the techniques used the design of CMOS logic circuits, switches and
memory in VLSI
CO3: Generalize the design techniques and analyze the characteristics of VLSI circuits
such as area, speed and power dissipation
CO4: Explain and compare the architectures for FPGA, PAL and PLDs and evaluate their
characteristics such as area, power dissipation and reliability
CO4: Use the advanced FPGAs to realize Digital signal processing systems
CO5: Describe the techniques for fault tolerant VLSI circuits
CO6: Explain and compare the techniques for chip level and board level testing

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC27/ ECMI27

Course Title : WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To get an understanding of mobile radio communication principles, types and to study
the recent trends adopted in cellular and wireless systems and standards.

Course Content

Introduction to Wireless Communication.Cellularconcept.System design

fundamentals.Coverage and Capacity improvement in Cellular system.Technical
Challenges.

Mobile Radio Propagation; Reflection, Diffraction, Fading.Multipathpropagation.Statistical

characterization of multipath fading.Diversity Techniques.

Path loss prediction over hilly terrain.Practicallink budget design using Path loss models.
Design parameters at base station. Antenna location, spacing, heights and configurations.

Multiple access techniques; FDMA, TDMA and CDMA. Spread spectrum. Power
control.WCDMA.CDMA network design.OFDM and MC-CDMA.

GSM.3G,4G(LTE), NFCsystems,.WLANtechnology.WLL.HiperLAN. Ad hoc networks.

Bluetooth.

Text Books:
1. T.S.Rappaport, Wireless Communication Principles (2/e), Pearson, 2002.
2. A.F.Molisch, Wireless Communications, Wiley, 2005.

Reference Books:
1. P.MuthuChidambaraNathan, Wireless Communications, PHI, 2008.
2. W.C.Y.Lee, Mobile Communication Engineering. (2/e), McGraw- Hill,1998.
3. A.Goldsmith, Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
4. S.G.Glisic, Adaptive CDMA, Wiley, 2003.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Apply the knowledge of basic communication systems and its principles.
CO2: Describe the cellular concept and analyze capacity improvement Techniques.
CO3: Mathematically analyze mobile radio propagation mechanisms.
CO4: Summarize diversity reception techniques.
CO5: Design Base Station (BS) parameters and analyze the antenna configurations.
CO6: Analyze and examine the multiple access techniques and its application.
CO7: Assess the latest wireless technologies.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC28/ ECMI28

Course Title : FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC12 & ECPC21
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To expose the students to the basics of signal propagation through optical fibers, fiber
impairments, components and devices and system design.

Course Content
Optical Fibers: Structure, Wave guiding. Step-index and graded index optical fibers. Modal
analysis.Classification of modes.Single Mode Fibers.

Pulse dispersion. Material and waveguide dispersion.Polarization Mode

Dispersion.Absorption, scattering and bending losses. Dispersion Shifted Fibers, Dispersion
Compensating Fibers.

Optical Power Launching and Coupling. Lensing schemes for coupling improvement.Fiber-
to-fiber joints.Splicingtechniques. Optical fiber connectors.

Optical sources and detectors.Laser fundamentals. Semiconductor Laser basics. LEDs.PIN

and Avalanche photodiodes, Optical Tx/Rx Circuits.

Design considerations of fiber optic systems: Analog and digital modulation. Noise in
detection process. Bit error rate. Optical receiver operation. Power Budget and Rise time
Budget. WDM.

Text Books
1. G.Keiser, “Optical Fiber Communications (5/e)”, McGraw Hill ,2013.
2. G.P.Agarwal, “Fiber Optic Communication Systems”, (3/e), Wiley, 2002.

Reference Books
4. M.M.K.Liu, “Principles and Applications of Optical Communications”, Tata McGeaw
Hill, 2010.
5. A.Ghatak&K.Thygarajan, “Introduction to Fiber Optics”, Cambridge, 1999.
6. J.Gowar, “Optical Communication Systems”, (2/e), PHI, 2001.
7. A.Selvarajan, S.Kar and T.Srinivas, “Optical Fiber Communication Principles and
Systems”, TataMcGraw Hill, 2002.
.
Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Recognize and classify the structures of Optical fiber and types.
CO2: Discuss the channel impairments like losses and dispersion.
CO3: Analyze various coupling losses.
CO4: Classify the Optical sources and detectors and to discuss their principle.
CO5: Familiar with Design considerations of fiber optic systems.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPC29/ ECMI29

Course Title : MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS
Number of Credits 3/3
Prerequisites : ECPC25
(Course code)
Course Type : PC / MI

Course Learning Objectives

 To impart knowledge on basics of microwave electron beam devices and their
applications in X band frequency.

Course Content
Limitations of conventional vacuum tubes, Klystrons: Reentrant cavities, Two cavity klystron,
Velocity modulation process, Bunching process ,Power output and efficiency; Multi-cavity
klystron , Reflex klystron-Velocity modulation process, Mode Characteristics ,Electronic
admittance spiral.

Travelling-wave tubes: Slow-wave structures, Helix TWT- Amplification process, Convection

current, Wave modes and gain; Coupled cavity TWT, Backward wave oscillator.

Crossed -field devices: Magnetrons- Principle of operation, characteristics, Hull cut-off

condition; Carcinotron, Gyrotron.

Microwave transistors and FETs: Microwave bipolar transistors-Physical structures,

characteristics, Power-frequency limitations; Microwave tunnel diode, Microwave unipolar
transistor – Physical structure, principle of operation, characteristics, High electron-mobility
transistors.

Transferred electron and Avalanche transit-time devices: Gunn diode, Gunn diode as an
oscillator. IMPATT, TRAPATT and BARITT.

Text Book
1. S.Y.Liao, “Microwave Devices and Circuits (3/e)”, PHI, 2005.
2. R. F. Soohoo, “Microwave Electronics”, Wesley publication,1971.

Reference Books
1. R.E.Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering (2/e)”,Wiley India, 2007.
2. D.M.Pozar,” Microwave Engineering (3/e)”, Wiley India, 2009.
3. K C Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,” Microwaves”, Wiley Eastern
Limited, 1995.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Apply the basic knowledge of waveguide and microwave resonator circuits.
CO2: Asses the methods used for generation and amplification of the microwave power.
CO3: Distinguish between the linear and cross field electron beam microwave tubes.
CO4: Critically analyze the operating principles and performances of the microwave
semiconductor devices.
CO5: Identify the suitable microwave power sources of given specification for the
selected application.
CO6: Aware of current technological changes in the engineering aspects of microwave

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
components.

Course Code : ECPE10

Course Title : PRINCIPLES OF RADAR
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC19
(Course code)
Course Type : PE

Course learning Objectives

 To expose the students to the working principles of a radar from a signal
processingperspective.

Course content
Radar equation. Radar cross section. Cross section of small targets. Target scattering
matrices. Area and volumetargets.
Radar signals. Ambiguity function and its properties. Uncertainty principle. Pulse
compression. linear FM pulse. Pulse compression by Costas FM and binary phasecoding.
Radar detection. Optimum Bayesian decision rules. Detection criteria for different
targetmodels.
Range and Doppler measurements and tracking. Range and Doppler frequency resolutions.
Optimum receivers. Optimum filters for Doppler measurements. Coherent and non
coherentimplementations.
Angle measurement and tracking. Angle measurement and tracking by conical scan and
mono pulse. Optimum mono pulsesystems.

Text books:
1. P.Z.Peebles, Radar Principles, Wiley,1998.
2. Merrill I. Skolink, Introduction to Radar Systems, (3/e), Tata MG Graw Hill,2001

Reference Books:
1. N.Levanon, Radar Signals, Wiley,2005.
2. D.Wehnar : High Resolution Radar, Artech Hous,1987.
3. D.K.Barton : Radar systems Analysis , Prentice Hall,1976.
4. Recent literature in Principles of Radar.

Course outcomes
Students are ableto
CO1: Understand the principle behind radar range equation and different types of
targets available.
CO2: Appreciate the different compression techniques of radar pulsesignals.
CO3: Distinguish between different detection methods of radarsignals.
CO4: Appreciate the building blocks for optimum receiver and Doppler measurements.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
CO5: Understand the tracking and scanning methods in the mono pulsesystems.

Course Code : ECPE11

Course Title : SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC24
(Course code)
Course Type : PE
Course learning Objectives
 To introduce and to make understand the radio propagation channel for Earth station to
satellite & satellite to Earth station.
To introduce various aspects in the design of communication & multiple access systems for
satellite communication.
To introduce the concept of launchers and design of Earth station and satellite link.

Course content
Elements of orbital mechanics. Equations of motion. Tracking and orbit determination.
Orbital correction/control. Satellite launch systems. Multistage rocket launchers and their
performance.

Elements of communication satellite design. Spacecraft subsystems. Reliability

considerations. Spacecraft integration.

Multiple access techniques. FDMA,TDMA,CDMA. Random access techniques. Satellite

onboard processing.

Satellite Link Design: Performance requirement and standards. VSAT, Mobile satellite
services: GSM, GPS, DBS, DTH, MATV, CATV, Satellite based personal communication.

Earth station design. Configurations. Antenna and tracking systems. Satellite broadcasting.
satellite navigation-recent advances.

Text books:
1. D.Roddy,“Satellite Communication (4/e)”, McGraw-Hill, 2009.
2. T.Pratt&C.W.Bostain, “Satellite Communication”, Wiley 2000.
3. Bruce R. Elbert, „The Satellite Communication Applications‟ Hand Book, Artech
HouseBostan London, 1997.

Reference Books:
1. B.N.Agrawal, “Design of Geosynchrons Spacecraft”, Prentice-Hall,1986.
2. A.K. Maini, V.Agrawal, “Satellite Communications”, Wiley India PvtLtd,1999.
3. Recent literature in Satellite Communication.
Course outcomes
Students are ableto
CO1: understand how analog and digital technologies are used for satellite
communication networks.
CO2: To understand the radio frequency channel from earthstation to satellite.
CO3: learn the dynamics of the satellite
CO4: learn the keplerianelements
CO5: study the design of Earth station and tracking of thesatellites

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE12

Course Title : COGNITIVE RADIO
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : PE
Course learning Objectives

 This subject introduces the fundamentals of multi rate signal processing and
cognitiveradio.
Course content

Filter banks-uniform filter bank. direct and DFT approaches. Introduction to ADSL Modem.
Discrete multitone modulation and its realization using DFT. QMF. STFT.Computation of
DWT using filterbanks.
DDFS- ROM LUT approach. Spurious signals, jitter. Computation of special functions using
CORDIC. Vector and rotation mode of CORDIC.CORDICarchitectures.
Block diagram of a software radio. Digital down converters and demodulators Universal
modulator and demodulator using CORDIC. Incoherent demodulation - digital approach for
I and Q generation, special sampling schemes. CIC filters. Residue number system and
high speed filters using RNS. Down conversion using discrete Hilbert transform. Under
sampling receivers, Coherent demodulationschemes.
Concept of Cognitive Radio, Benefits of Using SDR, Problems Faced by SDR, Cognitive
Networks, Cognitive Radio Architecture. Cognitive Radio Design, Cognitive EngineDesign,
A Basic OFDM System Model, OFDM based cognitive radio, Cognitive OFDM Systems,
MIMO channel estimation, Multi-band OFDM, MIMO-OFDM synchronization and frequency
offset estimation. Spectrum Sensing to detect Specific Primary System, Spectrum Sensing
for Cognitive OFDMASystems.

TextBooks
1. J. H. Reed, “Software Radio”, Pearson,2002.
2. U. Meyer – Baese , “Digital Signal Processing with FPGAs”, Springer,2004.
3. H. Arslan “Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio and Adaptive Wireless
Systems”, ,University of South Florida, USA, Springer,2007.
ReferenceBooks
1. S. K. Mitra, “Digital Signal processing”, McGrawHill,1998
2. K.C.Chen, R.Prasad , “Cognitive Radio Networks” , Wiley,2009-06-15.
3. T. W. Rondeau, C.W.Bostian, “Artificial Intelligence in Wireless
Communications”,2009.
4. Tusi, “Digital Techniques for Wideband receivers”, Artech House,2001.
5. T. DarcChiueh, P. Yun Tsai,” OFDM baseband receiver design for wireless
communications”, Wiley,2007
6. Recent literature in Cognitive Radio
Course outcomesStudents are ableto
CO1: gain knowledge on multiratesystems.
CO2: develop the ability to analyze, design, and implement any application
usingFPGA.
CO3: be aware of how signal processing concepts can be used for efficient FPGA
based system design.
CO4: understand the rapid advances in Cognitive radiotechnologies.
CO5: explore DDFS, CORDIC and itsapplication

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE13 & ECOE10

Course Title : MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

Course learning Objectives

 To made the students to understand various encoding and decoding techniques of

audios and videos in multimediasystems.
Course content

Components of multimedia system, Desirable features, Applications of multimedia systems,

Introduction to different types, Multimedia storagedevice.
Digital audio representation and processing-time domain and transform domain
representations. Coding standards, transmission and processing of digital audio. Musical
instrumentsynthesizers.
Still image coding-JPEG. Discrete cosine Transform. Sequential and Progressive DCT
based encoding algorithms, lossless coding, hierarchical coding. Basic concepts of discrete
wavelet transform coding and embedded image coding algorithms. Introduction to
JPEG2000.
Feature of MPEG 1, structure of encoding and decoding process, MPEG 2 enhancements,
different blocks of MPEG videoencoder.
Content based video coding-overview of MPEG 4 video, motion estimation and
compensation. Different coding techniques and verification models. Block diagram of
MPEG 4 video encoder and decoder. An overview of H261 and H263 video
codingtechniques.
TextBooks
1. Y.Q.Shi&H.Sun, Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering, CRC
Press,2000.
2. S.V.Raghavan & S,K,Tripathi, Networked Multimedia Systems, Prentice-Hall,1998.
ReferenceBooks
1. J.F.K.Buford, Multimedia Systems, Pearson,2000.
2. Recent literature in Multimedia Communication Technology.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: analyze various components of the multimedia systems and its storagedevices.
CO2: appreciate the different coding standards for the digital audio and musical
synthesizers.
CO3: understand the various types of DCT based image
encodingalgorithms
CO4: understand the encoding and decoding process of the MPEG standards
CO5: analyse the different content based video processingtechniques.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE14

Course Title : COMMUNICATION SWITCHING SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC21
(Course code)
Course Type : PE

Course learning Objectives

 To understand the working principles of switching systems from manual and
electromechanical systems to stored program controlsystems.

Coursecontent
Basic elements of communication network. Switching systems. Signaling and
signalingfunctions.
Digital telephone network. TDM Principles. PCM primary multiplex group. Plesiochronous
digital hierarchy. Synchronous digital hierarchy. Echocancellers.
Digital transmission and multiplexing. Synchronous versus Asynchronous transmission. Line
coding . Error performance. TDM. Framing, TDM loops andrings.
Space division switching. Multiple-stage switching. Design examples. Switching matrix
control. Time division switching. Multiple-stage time and spaceswitching.
Timing recovery. Jitter. Network synchronization. Digital subscriber access-ISDN . ADSL.
HFC. Traffic analysis.

TextBooks
1. J.C. Bellamy, “Digital Telephony”, Wiley, 3rd edition,2011.
2. J.E. Flood, “Telecommunications Switching, Traffic and Networks” Pearson,1st
edition,2012

ReferenceBooks
1. T.Viswanathan, “Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks”, PHI,2006.
2. E.Keiser&E.Strange, “Digital Telephony and Network Integration”, Springer, 2nd
edition,1995.
3. R. L.Freeman, “Fundamentals of Telecommunications”, John Wiley and Sons,
2ndedition, 1999.
4. Recent literature in Communication Switching Systems.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: explain the working principle of switching systems involved in telecommunication
switching
CO2: assess the need for voice digitization and T Carriersystems
CO3: compare and analyze Line coding techniques and examine its error performance
CO4: design multi stage switching structures involving time and space switchingstages
CO5: analyze basic telecommunication traffictheory

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE15

Course Title : BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC21 & ECPC24
(Course code)
Course Type : PE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To impart fundamentals and latest technologies related to the design of broadband
last mile-Access technologies for multimediacommunication

COURSECONTENT
Wired access technologies using Phone line modem, ISDN modem. Comparison-Cable,
DSL, fiber and wireless accesstechnologies.
Last mile copper access, Flavors of Digital subscriber lines,DSL deployment, Common local
loop impairments, discrete multitone modulation, VDSL deployment and frequency plans.
Standards for XDSL and comparison.
Last mile HFC access, Cable modems. Modulation schemes, DOCSIS.Standards-
comparison,physical and MAC layer protocols for HFC networks, ATM and IP-centric
modem. Switched digitalvideo.
Fiber access technologies and architectures. ATM passive optical networks,Upstream and
downstream transport, Frame format, Ethernet passive optical network, Gigabit passive
opticalnetworks.
Survey on emerging broadband wireless access technologies. LMDS,MMDS,WIMAX and
WIFI, Satellite technologies serving as last mile solutions, Wireless LAN, Wireless personal
area networking, 3G and 4G wirelesssystems.
TextBooks
1. N.Jayant, “Broadband last mile”-Taylor and Francisgroup,2005
2. N.Ransom& A.A. Azzam, “Broadband Access Technologies”, McGraw Hill,1999.
3. M.P. Clarke, “Wireless Access Network”, Wiley,2000.
ReferenceBooks
1. T.Starr,M.Sorbara,J.M.Cioffi and P.J.Silverman,”DSLadvances”,PrenticeHall,2002
2. S. Mervana&C.Le, “Design and Implementation of DSL-based Access Solutions”,
Cisco Press, 2001.
3. W. Vermillion, “End-to-End DSL Architecture”, Cisco Press,2003.
4. DOCSIS 2.0 “Radio frequency interface specification”www.cablemodem.com
5. ITU-T Rec., G.983.1 “Broadband Optical Access systems based on Passive
OpticalNetworks”,1998
6. Recent literature in Broadband Access Technologies.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: recall and identify the basics of broadband technology systems and differentiate
the differences between the various wired and wireless technologysystem
CO2: illustrate the aspects of last mile data transport on copper wire networks and
flavors of DSL
CO3: summarize the versions of cable network standard and MAC protocols for
HFCnetworks
CO4: distinguish the cost effective broadband services for residential users and ATM
based and Ethernet based passive opticalnetworks
CO5: outline the types of broadband wireless access technologies and
theircharacteristics.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE16 & ECOE11

Course Title : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15 & ECPC27
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE
COURSEOBJECTIVE
 The subject aims to make the students to understand the signal processing
approach for wireless communication
COURSECONTENT
Physical model for wireless channel- Input /Output models for wireless channel: System
function and impulse response of LTV system-Doppler spread-Coherence time-Delay
spread-Coherence frequency-Base band system functions and impulseresponse.
Statistical channel model-Binary detection in flat Rayleigh fading- Non-cohernent detection
in flat Rician fading-Channel measurement-Use of probing signals to estimatethe channel-
Rakereceiver-Jakes model- Jakes spectrum-Ground reflections-Okumura model-Log normal
shadowing- Hatamodel.
Cellular communication-Frequency reuse- Practical Link budget design using path loss
models- Design parameters at base station-Antennal location, spacing, heights and
configurations- Tele traffictheory.
Multiple access techniques: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA: PN sequences-Multipath diversity-Rake
receiver- Receiver synchronization-Multicarrier modulation. Orthogonal frequency division
Multiplexing (OFDM): Cyclic prefix-Frequency offset-Peak to average power ratioproblem.
MIMO-Channel capacity-Spatial Multiplexing-Diversity- Beam forming- MIMO-OFDM-
Wireless standards: GSM-WCDMA-LTE-IS 95-Wireless networks-Video overwireless.
Textbooks
1. D. Tse and P.Viswanath, “Fundamentals of Wireless Communication”, Cambridge
university press, 2005
2. A. Goldsmith, “Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press,2005
3. E.S.Gopi, “Digital signal processing for wireless communication using Matlab‟‟,
Springer, 2016
ReferenceBooks
1. T.S.Rappaport, “Wireless Communication Principles (2/e)”, Pearson,2002.
2. E. Biglieri, R.Calderbank, A. Constantinides, A. Goldsmith, A.Paulraj, H.Vincent
poor, “MIMO Wireless Communications”, Cambridge University Press,2007.
3. Robert Gallager, Chapter 9: “Wireless communication”, course materials for 6.450
Principles of Digital communication I,Fall 2006.MIT Open
coursewarehttp://ocw.mit.edu/.
4. A. K.Jagannatham,” Advanced 3G and 4G wireless mobile communications”-, IIT
Kanpur, NPTEL Video lectures.http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
5. Recent literature in Digital Signal Processing for Wireless Communication.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: describe the Coherence time, Coherence frequency, Doppler spread and Delay
spread
CO2: model the wireless channel using statisticalapproach
CO3: prepare the link budget for the wirelesscommunication
CO4: describe various multiple access techniques and diversity techniques
CO5: compare various wirelessstandards

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE17 & ECOE12

Course Title : MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC16 & ECPC25
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To impart knowledge on basics of microwave electron beam devices and their
applications in X bandfrequency.

COURSECONTENT
Design and realization of power dividers, hybrids, directional couplers etc using strip lines
and microstrip lines.
Filter design; Kuroda identities. K and J inverters. Filter transformations. Realization using
strip lines and microstriplines.
Transistor amplifiers; Power gain equations.Stabilityconsiderations.Analysis.Design
usingMICs.
Transistor oscillators.Active devices for microwave oscillators. Three port S parameter
characterization of transistors. Oscillation and stabilityconditions.
Diode mixers.Mixer design. Single ended mixer. Balanced mixer.Image rejection mixer.
Phase shifter design. PIN diode. Phaseshifter.
TextBooks
1. I.J.Bahl&Bhartia, Micrwave Solid State Circuit Design, Wiley,1987.
2. G.D.Vendelin, Design of Amplifiers and Oscillators by the S Parameter Method,
Wiley,1982.
3. Stripline-like Transmission Lines for Microwave Integrated Circuits - Bharathi
Bhat, Shiban Koul, New Age International(P) Limited, Publishers, 2007
4. Microwave Engineering , David M Pozar, John Wiley & Sons, Inc
International StudentEdition

ReferenceBooks
1. T.C.Edwards, Foundations for MicrostripCircuir Design (2/e), Wiley,1992.
2. Recent literature in Microwave Integrated Circuit Design.

COURSEOUTCOMES
CO1: the topics will make students design of the important and
essentialM.I.C.components
CO2: Filter is the most needed circuit for many applications and the unit will make the
student confident in filterdesign
CO3:All aspects and different parameters, design factors and properties will me made
thorough
CO4: One will be confident to handle any oscillatordesign
CO5: The student will become familiar and confident in the design of Mixers, the other
essential circuits.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE18 & ECOE13

Course Title : RF MEMS CIRCUIT DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC16& ECPC25
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To impart knowledge on basics of MEMS and their applications in RF
circuitdesign.

COURSECONTENT
Introduction to MichomachiningProcesses.RF MEMS relays and switches. Switch
parameters. Actuation mechanisms.Bistable relays and micro actuators.Dynamics of
switchingoperation.
MEMS inductors and capacitors.Micromachinedinductor.Effect of inductor layout. Modeling
and design issues of planar inductor. Gap-tuning and area-tuning capacitors.Dielectric
tunablecapacitors.
MEMS phase shifters. Types.Limitations. Switched delay lines. Fundamentals of RF
MEMSFilters. Micromachined transmission lines.Coplanarlines.Micromachined directional
coupler andmixer.
Micromachinedantennas.Microstrip antennas – design parameters.Micromachining to
improve performance.Reconfigurableantennas.

TextBook
1. Vijay.K.Varadanetal, “RF MEMS and their Applications”, Wiley-India,2011.
ReferenceBooks
1. H.J.D.Santos, “RF MEMS Circuit Design for Wireless Communications”, Artech
House,2002.
2. G.M.Rebeiz, “RF MEMS Theory, Design, and Technology”, Wiley,2003.
3. Recent literature in RF MEMS Circuit Design.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: learn the MicromachiningProcesses
CO2: learn the design and applications of RF MEMS inductors and capacitors.
CO3: learn about RF MEMS Filters and RF MEMS PhaseShifters.
CO4: learn about the suitability of micromachined transmission lines for RF MEMS
CO5: learn about the Micromachined Antennas and ReconfigurableAntennas

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE19 & ECOE14

Course Title : EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPE24
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To introduce students to the modern embedded system concepts.
 To make the students to understand and program modern embedded systems using
modern embedded processors.

COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Embedded Computing: Characteristics of Embedding Computing
Applications, Concept of Real time Systems, Challenges in Embedded System Design,
Design Process. Embedded System Architecture: Instruction Set Architecture, CISC and
RISC instruction set architecture, Basic Embedded Processor/Microcontroller Architecture
(ATOM processor, Introduction to Tiva family etc.)

Designing Embedded Computing Platform: Bus Protocols, Bus Organization, Memory

Devices and their Characteristics, Memory mapped I/O, I/O Devices, I/O mapped I/O, Timers
and Counters, Watchdog Timers, Interrupt Controllers, Interrupt programming, DMA
Controllers, GPIO control, A/D and D/A Converters, Need of low power for embedded
systems, Mixed Signals Processing.

Programming Embedded Systems: Basic Features of an Operating System, Kernel

Features, Real-time Kernels, Processes and Threads, Context Switching, Scheduling,
Shared Memory Communication, Message-Based Communication, Real-time Memory
Management, Dynamic Allocation, Device Drivers, Real-time Transactions and Files, Real-
time OS ( VxWorks, RT-Linux, Psos).

Network Based Embedded Applications: Embedded Networking Fundamentals, Layers and

Protocols, Distributed Embedded Architectures, Internet-Enabled Systems, IoT overview and
architecture, Interfacing Protocols (like UART, SPI, I2C, GPIB, FIREWIRE, USB,). Various
wireless protocols and its applications: NFC, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-
Fi. CAN. Overview of wireless sensor networks and design examples

Case studies: Embedded system design using ATOM processors, Galileo and Tiva based
embedded system applications.

Text Books
1. Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components- Principles of Embedded Computing
System Design”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Second edition, 2008.
2. C.M. Krishna, Kang G. Shin, “Real time systems”, Mc- Graw Hill, 2010.

Reference Books
1. Tim Wilmshurst, “The design of Small –Scale Embedded Systems, Palgrave, 2003.
2. Marwedel Peter, “Embedded System Design, Kluwer Publications, 2004.
3. Recent literature in Embedded Systems.

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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

COURSE OUTCOMES
Students are able to
CO1: get an insight into the overall landscape and characteristics of embedded systems.
CO2: become familiar with the architecture and programming aspects of the embedded
processor (ATOM).
CO3: develop application software for embedded systems using the RTOS functions. CO4:
become aware of Linux capabilities and will be able to develop embedded Linux systems.
CO5: analyse various examples embedded systems and become familiar with the design
of embedded systems.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE20 & ECOE15

Course Title : ELECTRONIC PACKAGING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To introduce and discuss various issues related to the systempackaging.
COURSECONTENT

Functions of an Electronic Package, Packaging Hierarchy, IC packaging: MEMS packaging,

consumer electronics packaging, medical electronics packaging, Trends, Challenges,
Driving Forces on Packaging Technology, Materials for Microelectronic packaging,
Packaging Material Properties, Ceramics, Polymers, and Metals in Packaging, Material for
high density interconnectsubstrates.
Electrical Anatomy of Systems Packaging, Signal Distribution, Power Distribution,
Electromagnetic Interference, Design Process Electrical Design: Interconnect Capacitance,
Resistance and Inductance fundamentals; Transmission Lines , Clock Distribution, Noise
Sources, power Distribution, signal distribution, EMI, Digital and RF Issues. Processing
Technologies, Thin Film deposition, Patterning, Metal to Metaljoining.
IC Assembly – Purpose, Requirements, Technologies, Wire bonding, Tape Automated
Bonding, Flip Chip, Wafer Level Packaging , reliability, wafer level burn – in and test.Single
chip packaging : functions, types, materials processes, properties, characteristics,
trends.Multi chip packaging : types, design, comparison, trends. Passives: discrete,
integrated, embedded –encapsulation and sealing : fundamentals, requirements,
materials,processes.
Printed Circuit Board: Anatomy, CAD tools for PCB design, Standard fabrication, Micro via
Boards. Board Assembly: Surface Mount Technology, Through Hole Technology, Process
Control and Design challenges.Thermal Management, Heat transfer fundamentals, Thermal
conductivity and resistance, Conduction, convection and radiation – Coolingrequirements.
Reliability, Basic concepts, Environmental interactions. Thermal mismatch and fatigue –
failures – thermo mechanically induced – electrically induced – chemically induced.
Electrical Testing: System level electrical testing, Interconnection tests, Active Circuit
Testing, Design forTestability.
TextBook
1. Tummala, Rao R., “Fundamentals of Microsystems Packaging”, McGraw Hill,2001.

ReferenceBooks
1. Blackwell (Ed), “The electronic packaging handbook”, CRCPress,2000.
2. Tummala, Rao R, “Microelectronics packaging handbook”, McGraw Hill,1963.
2. Bosshart, “Printed Circuit Boards Design and Technology”,TataMcGrawHill,1983.
3. R.G. Kaduskar and V.B.Baru, “Electronic Product design”, Wiley India,2011.
4. R.S.Khandpur, “Printed Circuit Board”, Tata McGraw Hill,2005.
5. Recent literature in Electronic Packaging.

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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: describe the functions and applications of packages and materials used
forpackaging.
CO2: explain the procedure used for evaluating the electrical aspects of packaging
including delay, cross talk
CO3: apply the design technique and analyse the electrical characteristics of VLSI
circuits.
CO4: describe about the single chip and multi chip packages andtechniques.
CO5: explain the techniques for bonding the packages todies.
CO6: explain the technique used for fabrication and characteristics of single layer and
multi layer PCBs and compare theirperformances.
CO7: describe about thermal management techniques for packages and reliability
ofpackages.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECPE21 & ECOE16
Course Title : DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 The purpose of this course is to explain how DSP techniques could be used for
solving problems in speechcommunication.

COURSECONTENT
Speech production model-1D sound waves-functional block of the Vocal tract model –Linear
predictive co- efficients (LPC) -Auto-correlation method-Levinson-durbin algorithm-Auto-co-
variance method-Lattice structure-Computation of Lattice co-efficient from LPC-Phonetic
Representation of speech-Perception ofLoudness - Critical bands – Pitch perception –
Auditorymasking.
Feature extraction of the speech signal: Endpoint detection-Dynamic time warping- Pitch
frequency estimation: Autocorrelation approach- Homomorphic approach-Formant
frequency estimation using vocal tract model and Homomorphic approach-Linear predictive
co-efficient -Poles of the vocal tract-Reflection co-efficient-Log Arearatio.
Cepstrum- Line spectral frequencies- Functional blocks of the ear- Mel frequency cepstral
co-efficients- Spectrogram-Time resolution versus frequency resolution-Discrete
wavelettransformation.
Pattern recognition for speech detection: Back-propagation Neural Network-Support Vector
Machine- Hidden Markov Model (HMM)-Gaussian Mixture Model(GMM) -Unsupervised
Learning system: K-Means and Fuzzy K-means clustering - Kohonen self-organizing map-
Dimensionality reduction techniques: Principle component analysis (PCA), Linear
discriminant analysis (LDA), Kernel-LDA (KLDA), Independent component analysis(ICA).
Non-uniform quantization for Gaussian distributed data- Adaptive quantization-Differential
pulse code modulation- Code Exited Linear prediction (CELP)-Quality assessment of the
compressed speech signal Text to Speech (TTS) analysis –Evolution of speech synthesis
systems-Unitselection methods - TTS Applications.
TextBooks
1. L.R.Rabiner and R.W.Schafer,” Introduction to Digital speech processing”,now
publishers USA,2007
2. E.S.Gopi,”Digital speech processing using matlab”,Springer,2014.
ReferenceBooks
1. L.R.Rabiner and R.W.Schafer,”Digital processing of speech signals”,
PrenticeHall,1978
2. T.F.Quatieri,”Discrete-time Speech Signal Processing”, Prentice-Hall, PTR,2001
3. L.Hanzaetal, “Voice Compression and Communications”, Wiley/ IEEE ,2001.
4. Recent literature in Digital speech processing.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: illustrate how the speech production ismodeled
CO2: summarize the various techniques involved in collecting the features from the
speech signal in both time and frequencydomain
CO3: summarize the functional blocks of theear
CO4: compare the various pattern recognition techniques involved in speech and
speaker detection
CO5: summarize the various speech compressiontechniques

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE22 & ECOE17

Course Title : DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To treat the 2D systems as an extension of 1D system design and discuss
techniques specific to 2D systems.

COURSECONTENT
Linearity and space-invariance. PSF, Discrete images and image transforms, 2-D sampling
and reconstruction, Image quantization, 2-D transforms andproperties.
Image enhancement- Histogram modelling, equalization and modification. Image smoothing
, Image crispening. Spatial filtering, Replication and zooming, Generalized cepstrum and
homomorphicfiltering.
Image restoration- image observation models.Inverse and Wiener filtering. Filtering using
image transforms. Constrained least-squares restoration. Generalized inverse, SVD and
interactive methods. Recursive filtering.Maximum entropy restoration. Bayesianmethods.
Image data compression- sub sampling, Coarse quantization and frame repetition. Pixel
coding - PCM, entropy coding, runlength coding Bit-plane coding. Predictive coding.
Transform coding of images. Hybrid coding and vector DPCM. Interframe hybridcoding.
Image analysis- applications, Spatial and transform features. Edge detection, boundary
extraction, AR models and region representation. Moments as features. Image
structure.Morphological operations and transforms.Texture.Scene matching and detection.
Segmentation andclassification.
TextBooks
1. A.K. Jain, “ Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing” , PHI,1995.
2. R.C.Gonzalez& R.E. Woods,” Digital Image Processing”, (2/e),Pearson,2002.
ReferenceBooks
1. J.C. Russ, “The Image Processing Handbook”, (5/e), CRC,2006.
2. E.S.Gopi,''Digital Image processing using Matlab'', Scitechpublications,2006.
3. Recent literature in Digital Image processing.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: analyze the need for image transforms, types and theirproperties.
CO2: become skilled at different techniques employed for the enhancement of images
both in spatial and frequencydomain.
CO3: explore causes for image degradation and to teach various restorationtechniques.
CO4: evaluate the image compression techniques in spatial and frequencydomain.
CO5: gain knowledge of feature extraction techniques for image analysis
andrecognition.

Course Code : ECPE23 & ECOE18

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Title : PATTERN RECOGNITION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 The subject aims to make the students to understand the mathematical approach
for pattern recognition.

COURSECONTENT
Polynomial curve fitting – The curse of dimensionality - Decision theory - Information theory -
The beta distribution - Dirichlet distribution-Gaussian distribution-The exponent family:
Maximum likelihood and sufficient statistics -Non-parametric method: kernel-density
estimators - Nearest neighbourmethods.
Linear models for regression and classification: Linear basis function models for regression -
Bias variance decomposition-Bayesian linear regression-Discriminant functions - Fisher’s
linear discriminant analysis (LDA) - Principal Component Analysis (PCA) - Probabilistic
generative model - Probabilistic discriminative model.
Kernel methods: Dual representations-Constructing kernels-Radial basis function networks-
Gaussian process-Maximum margin classifier (Support Vector Machine) –Relevance Vector
Machines-Kernel-PCA, Kernel-LDA.
Mixture models: K-means clustering - Mixtures of Gaussian - Expectation-Maximization
algorithm- Sequential models: Markov model, Hidden-Markov Model (HMM) - Linear
Dynamical Systems(LDS).
Neural networks: Feed- forward Network functions-Network training - Error Back
propagation - The Hessian Matrix - Regularization in Neural Network - Mixture density
networks – Bayesian Neural Networks
TextBooks
1. C.M.Bishop,''Pattern recognition and machinelearning'',Springer,2006
2. J.I.Tou&R.C.Gonzalez,” Pattern Recognition Priciples”, Addition –Wesley,1977.

ReferenceBooks
1. P.A.Devijer&J.Kittler, “Pattern Recognition-A Statistical Approach” , Prentice –
Hall,1990.
2. R.Schalkoff, “Pattern Recognition –Statistical, Structural and Neural Approaches”,
John Wiley, 1992.
3. Recent literature in Pattern Recognition.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: summarize the various techniques involved in patternrecognition
CO2: identify the suitable pattern recognition techniques for the particular applications.
CO3: categorize the various pattern recognition techniques into supervised
andunsupervised.
CO4: summarize the mixture models based pattern recognitiontechniques
CO5: summarize the artificial neural network based pattern recognitiontechniques

Course Code : ECPE24 & ECOE 19

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Title : COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE
COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To understand how computers are constructed out of a set of functional units and
how the functional units operate, interact, andcommunicate.
 To make the students to understand the concept of interfacing memory and various
I/O devices to a computer system using a suitable bussystem.
COURSECONTENT
Introduction: Function and structure of a computer, Functional components of a Computer,
Interconnection of components, Performance of acomputer.
Representation of Instructions: Machine instructions, Memory locations & Addresses,
Operands, Addressing modes, Instruction formats, Instruction sets, Instruction set
architectures - CISC and RISC architectures, Super scalar Architectures, Fixed point and
floating pointoperations.
Basic Processing Unit: Fundamental concepts, ALU, Control unit, Multiple bus
organization, Hardwired control, Micro programmed control, Pipelining, Data hazards,
Instruction hazards, Influence on instruction sets, Data path and control considerations,
Performanceconsiderations.
Memory organization: Basic concepts, Semiconductor RAM memories, ROM, Speed -
Size and cost, Memory Interfacing circuits, Cache memory, Improving cache performance,
Memory management unit, Shared/Distributed Memory, Cache coherency in multiprocessor,
Segmentation, Paging, Concept of virtual memory, Address translation, Secondary
storagedevices.
I/O Organization: Accessing I/O devices, Input/output programming, Interrupts, Exception
Handling, DMA, Buses, I/O interfaces- Serial port, Parallel port, PCI bus, SCSI bus, USB
bus, Firewall and Infini band, I/Operipherals.
TextBooks
1. C.Hamacher Z. Vranesic and S. Zaky, "Computer Organization", McGraw-Hill,2002.
2. W. Stallings, "Computer Organization and Architecture - Designing for
Performance", Prentice Hall of India,2002.
3. B,Parhami, “Computer Architecture, From Microprocessors to Supercomputers,”
Oxford University Press, Reprint2014.
ReferencesBooks
1. D. A. Patterson and J. L. Hennessy, "Computer Organization andDesign,
2. Morgan Kaufmann,”The Hardware/Software Interface",1998.
3. J .P. Hayes, "Computer Architecture and Organization", McGraw-Hill,1998.
4. Recent literature in Computer Architecture and Organization.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: apply the basic knowledge of digital concept to the functional components of a
Computer System.
CO2: analyze the addressing mode concepts and design the instruction
setArchitecture.
CO3: identify the functions of various processing units within the CPU of a
ComputerSystem.
CO4: analyze the function of the memory management unit and create suitable
memory interface to theCPU.
CO5: recognize the need for recent Bus standards and I/Odevices.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECPE25 & ECOE20
Course Title : ARM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPE24
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 The objective of this course is to give the students a thorough exposure to ARM
architecture and make the students to learn the ARM programming & Thumb
programmingmodels.

COURSECONTENT
RISC machine.ARM programmer’s model. ARM Instruction Set. Assembly level language
programming. Developmenttools.
ARM organization.ARM instruction execution.ARMimplementation.ARM coprocessor
interface. . Interrupt response.
Floating point architecture.Expressions.Conditionalstatements.Loops.Functions and
procedures. Run time environment.
Thumb programmer’s model. Thumb Instruction set. Thumbimplementation.
Memory hierarchy.Architectural support for operating system.Memory size and speed.Cache
memory management.Operatingsystem.ARM processorchips.

TextBooks
1. S. Furber, “ARM System Architecture”,Addison-Wesley,1996.
2. A. Sloss, D.Symes& C.Wright, “ARM system Developer‟s guide”,Elsevier.2005.

ReferenceBooks
1. Technical reference manual for ARM processor cores, including Cortex, ARM 11,
ARM 9 & ARM 7 processorfamilies.
2. User guides and reference manuals for ARM software development and modeling
tools. David Seal, ARM Architecture Reference Manual,Addison-Wesley.
3. Recent literature in ARM System Architecture.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: describe the programmer’s model of ARM processor and create and test
assembly level programming.
CO2: analyze various types of coprocessors and design suitable co-processor
interface to ARM processor.
CO3: analyze floating point processor architecture and its architectural support for
higher level language.
CO4: become aware of the Thumb mode of operation ofARM.
CO5: identify the architectural support of ARM for operating system and analyze the
function of memory Management unit ofARM.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE26 & ECOE21

Course Title : OPERATING SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To expose the principles and practice of operating system design and to illustrate
the current design practices using DOS and UNIX operatingsystems.

COURSECONTENT
Types of operating systems, Different views of the operating system, Principles of Design
and Implementation. The process and threads. System programmer's view of
processes, Operating system's views of processes, Operating system services for process
management. Process scheduling, Schedulers, Scheduling algorithms.Overview of Linux
operatingsystem.
Interprocess synchronization, Mutual exclusionalgorithms,Hardware
support,Semaphores,C
oncurrent programming usingsemaphores.
Conditional critical regions, Monitors,Interprocess communication:Messages,
Pipes.Deadlocks: Characterization. Prevention.Avoidance.detection and recovery.
Combined approach to deadlockhandling.
Contiguous allocation. Static and dynamic partitioned memory allocation.
Segmentation.Non- contiguous allocation. Paging, Hardware support, VirtualMemory.
Need for files.File abstraction. File naming.File system organization.File system
optimization. Reliability.Security and protection.I/O management and disk
scheduling.Recent trends anddevelopments.
TextBooks
1. Gary: Operating Systems- A modern Perspective, (2/e), Addison Wesley,2000.
2. M.Milenkovic: Operating systems, Concepts and Design, McGraw Hill,1992.

ReferenceBooks
1. C. Crowley: Operating Systems, Irwin,1997.
2. J.l. Peterson & A.S. Chatz: Operating System Concepts, Addison Wesley,1985.
3. W. Stallings: Operating Systems, (2/e), Prentice Hall,1995.
4. Mattuck,A., Introduction to Analysis,Prentice-Hall,1998.
5. Recent literature in Operating Systems.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1:.Understand the different types of Operating systems and schedulingalgorithms.
CO2: Understand the synchronization algorithms andsemaphores.
CO3: Appreciate the inter process communication and deadlockhandling.
CO4: Critically evaluate the different memory allocationtechniques.
CO5: Appreciate the importance of file system organization, I/O management and
diskscheduling.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE27 & ECOE22

Course Title : DISPLAY SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC13
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To expose the students to the basics of the display systems and to illustrate the
current design practices of the displaysystems.

COURSECONTENT
Introduction to displays. Requirements of displays. Display technologies, CRT, Flat panel
and advanced display technologies. Technical issues indisplays.
Head mounted displays. Displays less than and greater than 0.5 m diagonal. Low power
and light emitting displays.
Operation of TFTs and MIMS. LCDs, Brightness. Types of LCDdisplays.
Emissive displays, ACTFEL, Plasma display and Field emission displays, operating
principle and performance.
Types of Displays: 3D, HDTV, LED, Touchscreen.
TextBooks
1. L.W. Mackonald& A.C. Lowe,Display Systems, Design and Applications,
Wiley,2003.
2. E.H. Stupp&M. S. Brennesholtz, Projection Displays, Wiley,1999

ReferenceBooks
1. Peter A. Keller, Electronic Display Measurement: Concepts, Techniques, and
Instrumentation, Wiley-Interscience, 1997.
2. Recent literature in Display Systems.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: appreciate the technical requirement of different types of displayssystems
CO2: analyse the various low power lightingsystems
CO3: understand the operation of TFTs and LCD displays.
CO4: analyse the various kinds of emissivedisplays
CO5: critically evaluate the recent advancements in the displays devicetechnology.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE28 & ECOE23

Course Title : STATISTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To develop algorithms for optimum filtering (and prediction) and for adaptive
filtering for the given observationprocesses.
 To enable the students understand the frequency analysis and estimationmethods

COURSECONTENT

Random processes: Stationary processes, wide-sense stationary processes,

autocorrelation and auto covariance functions, Spectral representation of random signals,
Wiener Khinchin theorem Properties of power spectral density, Gaussian Process and
White noise process, Linear System with random input, Spectral factorization theorem and
its importance, innovation process and whitening filter, .Random signal modeling: MA, AR,
ARMAmodels.
Optimum Linear Filtering: Linear Minimum Mean-Square Error (LMMSE) Filtering: Wiener
Hoff Equation, FIR Wiener filter, Causal IIR Wiener filter, Non causal IIR Wiener filter,
Linear Prediction of Signals, Forward and Backward Predictions, Levinson Durbin
Algorithm, Lattice filter realization of prediction errorfilters.
Adaptive Filtering : Principle and Application, Steepest Descent Algorithm, Convergence
characteristics; LMS algorithm, convergence, excess mean square error, Leaky LMS
algorithm; Application of Adaptive filters. RLS algorithm: Exponentially weighted RLS
algorithm derivation, Matrix inversion Lemma, Initialization.
Spectrum Estimation: Principle of estimation and applications, Properties of estimates,
unbiased and consistent estimators, Estimated autocorrelation function, periodogram,
Averaging the periodogram (Bartlett Method), Welch modification, Blackman and Tukey
method of smoothing periodogram, Prametric method, AR spectralestimation.
Frequency Estimation, Eigen decomposition of Autocorrelation matrix, Detection of
Harmonic signals: Pisarenko’s method, MUSIC algorithm, ESPRIT method,
Propagatormethod.

ReferencesBooks
1. M.H. Hayes, “Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modelling”, John Wiley,1996.
2. P.Stroica & R.Moses,” Spectral Analysis of signals”,Pearson, 2005.
3. Recent literature in Statistical Signal Processing.

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COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: apply the knowledge of the discrete-time stochastic processes & its
measures and understand various stochasticmodels.
CO2: develop algorithms for optimum linear filtering and prediction for the given
observation processes
CO3: develop steepest descent, Least Mean Square (LMS), and Recursive Least
Squares (RLS) adaptive filteralgorithms
CO4: derive and analyse the statistical properties of the conventional spectral
estimators, namely the periodogram, averaged & modified periodogram and
Blackman-Tukeymethods
CO5: formulate parametric spectral estimators based upon autoregressive (AR),
moving average (MA), and autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models, and
detail their statisticalproperties.
CO6:
selectanappropriatearrayprocessingalgorithmsforfrequencyestimationbase
donthe observationmodels.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE29

Course Title : NETWORKS AND PROTOCOLS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : PE

Course Learning Objectives

 To get an understanding on the fundamentals of networks and issues involved.
 To acquire an understanding on the set of rules and procedures that mediates the
exchange of information between communicating devices.

Course Content
Network Components, Topologies, Network hardware and software, Network Models: OSI
Model & TCP/IP Protocol stack, HTTP FTP, SMTP, POP, SNMP, DNS, Socket programming
with TCP and UDP.

Transport Layer services, UDP, TCP, SCTP, Principles of reliable data transfer, Flow
control, Congestion Control, Quality of Service.

Network Layer services, Datagram and Virtual circuit service, DHCP, IPV4, IPV6, ICMP,
Unicast routing protocols: DV, LS and Path vector routing, Multicast routing.

Data Link Layer services, Overview of Circuit and Packet switches, ARP, Data link control:
HDLC & PPP, Multiple access protocols, Wireless LAN, Comparison wired and wireless
LAN.

Network security threats, Cryptography, Security in the Internet: IPSecurity & Firewalls,
Multimedia: Streaming stored video/ audio, RTP, Network Troubleshooting.

Text Books
1. J.F.Kurose&K.W.Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach featuring the
th
Internet”, Pearson, 5 edition, 2010.
2. B.A. Forouzan,” Data Communications & Networking”, Tata McGraw- Hill, 4th edition,
2006

Reference Books
1. W.Stallings, “Data & Computer Communications”, PHI, 9th edition, 2011.
th
2. W.Stallings, “Cryptography & Network Security”, Pearson, 5 edition, 2011.
th
3. A.S.Tanenbaum & D.J. Wetherall, “Computer Networks”, Pearson, 5 edition, 2014.
4. Recent literature in Networks and Protocols.

Course outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able
CO1: Compare and examine, OSI and TCP/IP protocol stacks
CO2: Categorize services offered by all layers in TCP/IP protocol stack
CO3: Analyze a network under congestion and propose solutions for reliable data
transfer
CO4: Examine the protocols operating at different layers of TCP/IP model
CO5: Assess the cryptographic techniques.
CO6: Manage a network and propose solutions under network security threats.

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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE30 & ECOE24

Course Title : ADHOC WIRELESS NETWORKS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPE29
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To analyse the various design issues and challenges in the layered architecture of
Ad hoc wireless networks

COURSECONTENT
Cellular and ad hoc wireless networks, Applications of ad hoc wireless networks. Issues in
ad hoc wireless networks-medium access scheme, routing, transport layer protocols,
security and energy management. Ad hoc wirelessinternet.
Design goals of a MAC protocol, Contention based protocols; Contention based protocols
with reservation mechanisms and scheduling mechanisms, MAC protocols using
directionalantennas.
Table driven routing protocols, On demand routing protocols, hybrid routing protocols,
Hierarchical routing protocols, Power aware routing protocols, Tree based and mesh based
multicast routingprotocols
Network security requirements-Issues and challenges, network security attacks, key
management, secure routingprotocols
Energy management schemes-Battery management, transmission power
management, system power management schemes. Quality of service solutions in ad
hoc wirelessnetworks.
Textbooks
1. C.Siva ram murthy,B.S. Manoj, “Ad hoc wireless networks-Architectures and
protocols” Pearson Education, 2005
2. S.Basagni, M.Conti, “Mobile ad hoc networking”, Wielyinterscience2004
3. C. E.Perkins ,”Ad hoc networking”, AddisonWesley,2001
Referencesbooks
1. X.Cheng, X.Huang ,D.Z. DU ,”Ad hoc wireless networking”, Kluwer
AcademicPublishers,2004
2. G. Aggelou,”Mobile ad hoc networks-From wireless LANs to 4G networks”,
McGraw Hill publishers,2005
3. Recent literature in ADHOC Wireless Networks.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: compare the differences between cellular and ad hoc networks and the analyse
the challenges at various layers andapplications
CO2: summarize the protocols used at the MAC layer and schedulingmechanisms
CO3: compare and analyse types of routing protocols used for unicast and
multicastrouting
CO4: examine the network security solution and routingmechanism
CO5: evaluate the energy management schemes and Quality of service solution in ad
hocnetworks

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECPE31 & ECOE25

Course Title : WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPE29
(Course code)
Course Type : PE & OE

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To overview the various design issues and challenges in the layered architecture of
Wireless sensor networks

COURSECONTENT
Motivation for a network of wireless sensor nodes-Definitions and background-challenges
and constraints for wireless sensor networks-Applications. Node architecture-sensing
subsystems, processing Subsystems, Communication interfaces,Prototypes.
Physical layer- Introduction, wireless channel and communication fundamentals –
frequency allocation, modulation and demodulation, wave propagation effects and noise,
channels models, spread spectrum communication, packet transmission and
synchronization, quality of wireless channels and measures for improvement, physical layer
and transceiver design consideration in wireless sensor networks, Energy usage profile,
choice of modulation, PowerManagement

Data link layer- Fundamentals of wireless MAC protocols, Characteristics of MAC protocol
in wireless sensor networks contention-based protocols, Contention free MAC
protocols,HybridMACprotocols

Network layer-routing metrics-Flooding and gossiping, Data centric routing, proactive routing
On demand routing, hierarchical routing, Location based routing, QOS based routing. Data
Aggregation – Various aggregationtechniques.

Case study-Target detection tracking, Habitat monitoring, Environmental disaster

monitoring, Practical implementation issues, IEEE 802.15.4 low rate WPAN, Operating
System Design Issues. Simulationtools.

Textbooks
1. W. Dargie,C. Poellabauer,”Fundamentals of Wireless sensor networks-Theory and
Practice”,John Wiley & Sons Publication2010
2. K. Sohraby, D.Minoli and T.Znati, “Wireless Sensor Network Technology- Protocols
and Applications”, John Wiley & Sons,2007.
3. F.Zhao, L.Guibas, “Wireless Sensor Networks: an information processing
approach”, Elsevier publication,2004.
4. C.S.Raghavendra Krishna,M.Sivalingam and Taribznati, “Wireless Sensor
Networks”, Springer publication,2004.
5. H. Karl, A.willig, “Protocol and Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks”, John
Wiley publication, Jan2006.

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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

ReferencesBooks
1. K.Akkaya and M.Younis, “A Survey of routing protocols in wireless sensor
networks”, Elsevier Adhoc Network Journal, Vol.3, no.3,pp. 325-349,2005.
2. Philip Levis, “ TinyOS Programming”, 2006 –www.tinyos.net.
3. I.F. Akyildiz, W. Su, Sankarasubramaniam, E. Cayirci, “Wireless sensor
networks: a survey”, computer networks, Elsevier, 2002, 394 -422.
4. Jamal N. Al-karaki, Ahmed E. Kamal, “Routing Techniques in Wireless sensor
networks: A survey”, IEEE wireless communication, December 2004, 6 –28.
5. Recent literature in Wireless Sensor Networks.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: analyse the challenges and constraints of wireless sensor network and
itssubsystems
CO2: examine the physical layer specification, modulation and transceiver
design considerations
CO3: analyse the protocols used at the MAC layer and schedulingmechanisms
CO4: compare and analyse the types of routing protocols and data
aggregationtechniques
CO5: identify the application areas and practical implementationissues.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECLR10

Course Title : DEVICES AND NETWORKS LABORATORY
Number of Credits 1
Prerequisites : ECPC11 & ECPC13
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

1. Study Experiment
2. PN Junction Diode Characteristics
3. Zener diode characteristics and its application
4. Characteristics study of Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
5. Characteristics study of JFET
6. Response study of Series RLC
7. Constant K High pass Filter
8. Attenuators
9. Equalizers
10. Clippers and Clampers
11. SCR Characteristics
12. LAB view implementation

Course Code : ECLR11

Course Title : DIGITAL ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
Number of Credits 1
Prerequisites : ECPC14
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

1. Study of logic gates and verification of Boolean Laws.

2. Design of adders and subtractors.
3. Design of code converters.
4. Design of Multiplexers.
5. Design of De-multiplexers.
6. Design of Encoder and Decoder.
7. 2-bit and 8-bit magnitude comparators.
8. Study of flip-flops.
9. Design and implementation of counters using flip-flops.
10. Design and implementation of shift registers.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECLR12

Course Title : ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC17
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

Hardware Experiments
1. Stability of Q point
2. Single stage RC coupled CE amplifier
3. Single stage RC coupled Current series CE feedback amplifier
4. Darlington emitter follower
5. Differential Amplifier
6. RC phase shift oscillator
7. Colpitt’s Oscillator
8. Power amplifier – Class A & class AB

Simulation Experiments
1. MOS CS amplifier with with resistive load, diode connected load, current source load
2. MOS current mirrors

Course Code : ECLR13

Course Title : MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER
LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC18
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments

Intel 8086 – 16bit µP- Emulator.

1. Addressing modes of 8086 Microprocessor .

2. Block move and simple arithmetic operations .
3. Identification and displaying the activated key using DOS and BIOS function calls.

Intel 8051 (8-bit Microcontroller) - Proteus VSM Simulator and Trainer Kit.

4. Addressing modes of 8051 Microcontroller.

5. Delay generation - i) Nested loop and ii) Timers.
6. Toggling the ports and counting the pulses.
7. LCD Interfacing.
8. Generation of different waveforms using DAC (0808)
9. ADC interfacing.

Mixed-Signal Microcontroller – 16bit – MSP430 series

10. PWM generation and speed control of Motors using MSP430.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECLR14

Course Title : ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC23
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

HardwareExperiments
1. Study the characteristics of negative feedback amplifier
2. Design of an instrumentation amplifier
3. Study the characteristics of regenerative feedback system-Schmitt trigger
4. Study the characteristics of integrator circuit
5. Design of a second order butterworth band-pass filter for the given higher and lower cut-off
frequencies
6. Design of a high-Q Band pass self-tuned filter for a given center frequency
7. Design of a function generator- Square, Triangular
8. Design of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator
9. Design of a Phase Locked Loop(PLL) (Mini project)

SimulationExperiments
DC and small signal analysis of differential amplifer with Restive load, current mirror load
and current source load, Input common-mode range and Common-mode feedback
circuits, CMRR, PSRR.

Course Code : ECLR15

Course Title : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SIMULATION
LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC15 & ECPC20
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

MATLAB Experiments
1.
s Realization of correlation of two discrete signals
2. Realization of sub band filter using linear convolution
3. Design and implementation of FIR filter
4. Design and implementation of IIR filter
5. Realization of STFT using FFT
6. Demonstration of Bayes technique
7. Demonstration of Min-max technique
8. Realization of FIR Wiener filter

TMS320C54X Processor Experiments

9. Study of various addressing modes
10. Sequence generation and number sorting
11. Convolution using overlap add and overlap save methods
12. Wave pattern generation
13. FIR filter implementation

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECLR16

Course Title : VLSI AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC26
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:
USING QUARTUS II
1. Adders and subtractors
2. Mux &Demux
3. Encoders & Decoders
4. Flip-Flops
5. Shift-Registers & Counters
USING XILINX
6. Working with RAM
7. Comparators, parity generators & ALU
8. Counters and Shift Registers
9. Carry look ahead adder
10. MULTIPLIERS
WARP DESIGN
Lab1: Introduction to WARP Design Flows
Lab2: Building a Simple Transmitter
Lab3: Building a Simple and Unidirectional MAC
Lab4: Building a single-carrier streaming PHY.

Course Code : ECLR17

Course Title : COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Number of Credits 2
Prerequisites : ECPC21 & ECPC24
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:
1. AM Modulation and Demodulation
2. DSB-SC Modulation
3. Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation
4. Pulse Width Modulation and Demodulation
5. Pulse Position Modulation using PLL(IC 565)
6. Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) Modulation and Demodulation
7. Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) Modulation and Demodulation
8. Frequency Multiplier using PLL
9. Analog and digital modulation using COMMSIM simulation tool
10. Analog and digital modulation using MATLAB
11. Study of wireless communication system using Wi-Comm Kit

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECLR18

Course Title : FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION LABORATORY
Number of Credits 1
Prerequisites : ECPC28
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

1. Handling of Fibers
2. Characteristics of Laser Diode
3. Characteristics of Photo detector
4. Characteristics of APD
5. Numerical Aperture Measurement
6. Measurement of Attenuation and Bending Loss
7. Proximity Sensor
8. Photonics CAD-WDM link
9. LED Modulation
10. Fiber Dispersion Measurement
11. Study of BER and Q-factor estimation in the optical system simulation
12. Study the effect of optical Receiver Characteristics on a system performance

Course Code : ECLR19

Course Title : MICROWAVE LABORATORY
Number of Credits 1
Prerequisites : ECPC25& ECPC29
(Course code)
Course Type : ELR

List of Experiments:

1. Characteristics Of Gunn Diode

2. Characteristics Of Reflex Klystron
3. Measurement Of Directional Coupler Parameters
4. Characteristics Of Isolator And Circulator
5. Characteristics of Waveguide Tees
6. Frequency And Wavelength Measurement
7. Impedance Measurement
8. Antenna Measurement
9. Propagation Of Microwaves
10. VSWR measurement

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO10

Course Title : ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To provide rigorous foundations in multirate signal processing, power spectrum
estimation and adaptive filters.

COURSECONTENT
Review of sampling theory. Sampling rate conversion by integer and rational factors.
Efficient realization and applications of sampling rate conversion.

Wiener filtering. Optimum linear prediction. Levinson- Durbin algorithm. Prediction error
filters.

Adaptive filters. FIR adaptive LMS algorithm. Convergence of adaptive algorithms. Fast
algorithms. Applications: Noise canceller, echo canceller and equalizer.

Recursive least squares algorithms. Matrix inversion lemma. Convergence analysis of the
RLS algorithm. Adaptive beam forming. Kalman filtering.

Spectrum estimation. Estimation of autocorrelation. Periodogram method. Nonparametric

methods. Parametric methods.

Textbooks
1. J.G.Proakis, M. Salehi, “Advanced Digital Signal Processing”, McGraw –Hill, 1992.
2. S.Haykin, “Adaptive Filter Theory (3/e)”, Prentice- Hall, 1996.

ReferencesBooks
1. D.G.Manolakis, V. K. Ingle, and S. M. Kogon ,”Statistical and Adaptive Signal
Processing”, McGraw-Hill,2005
2. S.L.Marple,”Digital Spectral Analysis”, 1987.
3. M.H.Hays,” Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling”, John-Wiley, 2001.
4. Recent literature in Advanced Digital Signal Processing.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: summarize multirate DSP and design efficient digital filters.
CO2: construct multi-channel filter banks.
CO3: select linear filtering techniques to engineering problems.
CO4: describe the most important adaptive filter generic problems.
CO5: describe the various adaptive filter algorithms.
CO6: describe the statistical properties of the conventional spectral estimators.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO11

Course Title : SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SIGNALS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To give an exhaustive survey of methods available for power spectrum estimation.

COURSECONTENT
Periodogram and correlogram. Blackman – Tukey, Bartlett, Welch and Daniel methods.
Window design considerations.

Parametric methods for rational spectra. Covariance structure of ARMA processes. AR, MA
and ARMA signals. Multivariate ARMA signals.

Parametric methods for line spectra. Models of sinusoidal signals in noise. Nonlinear least
squares, high order Yule-Walker, min-norm, Pisarenko, MUSIC and ESPRIT methods.

Filter bank methods. Filter-bank interpretation of the periodogram. Refined filter-bank and
Capon methods.

Spatial methods. Array model. Nonparametric methods; beam forming and Capon method.
Parametric methods; nonlinear least squares, Yule-Walker, min-norm, Pisarenko, MUSIC
and ESPRIT methods.

Textbooks
1. P.Stoica & R.Moses, “Spectral Analysis of signals”, Pearson,2005.
2. Marple, “Introduction to Spectral Analysis”, Prentice Hall.

ReferencesBooks
1. S.M.Key, “Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing”, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998.
2. Recent literature in Spectral Analysis of Signals.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: derive and analyse the statistical properties of the conventional spectral
estimators, namely the periodogram, averaged & modified periodogram and Blackman-
Tukey methods.
CO2: formulate modern, parametric, spectral estimators based upon autoregressive
(AR), moving average (MA), and autoregresive moving average (ARMA) models, and
detail their statistical properties. Describe the consequence of the term resolution as
applied to a spectral estimator.
CO3: define techniques for calculating moments in spectral and temporal domains;
Analyze filter bank method, capon methods for spectrum estimation.
CO4: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of parametric and
non-parametric array processing algorithms.
CO5: select an appropriate array processing algorithms for frequency estimation and
sonar, radar applications.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO12

Course Title : DETECTION AND ESTIMATION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : MAIR 45
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 The objective of this course is to make the students conversant with those aspects
of statistical decision and estimation which are indispensable tools required for the
optimal design of digital communicationsystems.

COURSECONTENT
Binary hypothesis testing; Bayes, minimax and Neyman-Pearson tests. Composite
hypothesistesting.
Signal detection in discrete time: Models and detector structures. Coherent detection in
independent noise. Detection in Gaussian noise. Detection of signals with random
parameters. Detection of stochastic signals. Performance evaluation of signal
detectionprocedures.
Bayesian parameter estimation; MMSE, MMAE and MAP estimates. Nonrandom parameter
estimation. Exponential families. Completeness theorem. ML estimation. Information
inequality. Asymptotic properties ofMLEs.
Discrete time Kalman- Bucy filter. Linear estimation. Orthogonality principle. Wiener-
Kolmogorov filtering – causal and noncausalfilters.
Signal detection in continous time:Detection of deterministic signals in Gaussian noise.
Coherent detection in white Gaussiannoise.
TextBooks
1. H.V.Poor, “An Introduction to Signal Detection and Estimation (2/e) Springer”,1994.
2. B.C.Levy, “Priciples of Signal Detection and Parameter Estimatio”n, Springer,2008.
ReferenceBooks
1. H.L.Vantrees, “Detection, Estimation and Modulation theory”, Part I,Wiley, 1987.
2. M.D.Srinath & P.K.Rajasekaran, “Statistical Signal Processing with Applications”,
Wiley,1979.
3. J.C.Hancock & P.A. Wintz, “Signal Detection Theory”, Mc-Graw Hill,1966.
4. Recent literature in Detection And Estimation.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: summarize the fundamental concept on Statistical Decision Theory and
Hypothesis Testing
CO2: summarize the various signal estimation techniques with additivenoise
CO3: summarizer with Bayesian parameter estimation (minimum mean square error
(MMSE), minimum mean absolute error (MMAE), maximum a-posterior probability
(MAP) estimationmethods).
CO4: compare optimal filtering, linear estimation, and Wiener/Kalman filtering. CO5:
construct Wiener and Kalman filters (time discrete) and state spacemodels.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO13

Course Title : WAVELET SIGNAL PROCESSING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To expose the students to the basics of wavelet theory and to illustrate the use of
wavelet processing for data compression and noise suppression.

COURSECONTENT
Limitations of standard Fourier analysis. Windowed Fourier transform. Continuous wavelet
transform. Time-frequency resolution.

Wavelet bases. Balian-Low theorem. Multiresolution analysis. (MRA). Construction of

wavelets from MRA. Fast wavelet algorithm.

Compactly supported wavelets. Cascade algorithm. Franklin and spline wavelets. Wavelet
packets. Hilbert space frames. Frame representation. Representation of signals by frames.
Iterative reconstruction. Frame algorithm.

Wavelet methods for signal processing. Noise suppression. Representation of noise-

corrupted signals using frames. Algorithm for reconstruction from corrupted frame
representation.

Wavelet methods for image processing. Burt- Adelson and Mallat’s pyramidal
decomposition schemes. 2D-dyadic wavelet transform.

Textbooks
1. E.Hernandez & G.Weiss, A First Course on Wavelets, CRC Press, 1996.
2. L.Prasad & S.S.Iyengar, Wavelet Analysis with Applications to Image Processing,
CRC Press, 1997.

ReferencesBooks
1. A.Teolis, Computational Signal Processing with Wavelets, Birkhauser, 1998
2. R.M. Rao & A.S. Bopardikar, Wavelet Transforms, Addition Wesley, 1998.
3. J.C. Goswami & A.K. Chan, Fundamentals of Wavelets, John Wiley, 1999.
4. Recent literature in Wavelet Signal Processing.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: understand about windowed Fourier transform and difference between windowed
Fourier transform and wavelet transform.
CO2: understand wavelet basis and characterize continuous and discrete wavelet
transforms
CO3: understand multi resolution analysis and identify various wavelets and evaluate
their time-frequency resolution properties
CO4: implement discrete wavelet transforms with multirate digital filters
CO5: understand about wavelet packets
CO6: design certain classes of wavelets to specification and justify the basis of the
application of wavelet transforms to different fields.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO14

Course Title : RF CIRCUITS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To impart knowledge on basics of IC design at RFfrequencies.

COURSECONTENT
Characteristics of passive IC components at RF frequencies – interconnects, resistors,
capacitors, inductors and transformers – Transmission lines. Noise – classical two-port
noise theory, noise models for active and passivecomponentsHigh frequency amplifier
design – zeros as bandwidth enhancers, shunt-series amplifier,f doublers,neutralization
andunilateralization
Low noise amplifier design – LNA topologies, power constrained noise optimization,
linearity and large signalperformance
Mixers – multiplier-based mixers, subsampling mixers, diode-ringmixers
RF power amplifiers – Class A, AB, B, C, D, E and F amplifiers, modulation of power
amplifiers, linearity considerations
Oscillators & synthesizers – describing functions, resonators, negative resistance
oscillators, synthesis with static moduli, synthesis with dithering moduli, combination
synthesizers – phase noiseconsiderations.

TextBooks
1. T.homas H. Lee, “The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits”, 2nd
ed., Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,2004.
2. B.Razavi, “RF Microelectronics”,2nd Ed., Prentice Hall,1998.

ReferenceBooks
1. A.A. Abidi, P.R. Gray, and R.G. Meyer, eds., “Integrated Circuits for Wireless
Communications”, New York: IEEE Press,1999.
2. R. Ludwig and P. Bretchko, “RF Circuit Design, Theory and Applications”,
Pearson,2000.
3. Mattuck,A., “Introduction to Analysis”,Prentice-Hall,1998.
4. Recent literature in RF Circuits.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: Understand the Noise models for passive components and noise theory
CO2: Analyse the design of a high frequencyamplifier
CO3: Appreciate the different LNA topologies & design techniques
CO4: Distinguish between different types ofmixers
CO5: Analyse the various types of synthesizers, oscillators and theircharacteristics.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO15

Course Title : NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MIC
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC25
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 This subject will prepare the student to face the challenging problem of the most
important component of Research namely the numericalanalysis.
COURSECONTENT
Over view of Numerical Techniques for Microwave I integrated Circuits: Introduction_Quasi
Static and Full wave Analysis,Outline if Finite element method, Integral Equation
Technique, Planar Circuit Analysis, Spectral Domain Approach, The Method of Lines, The
Mode Matching Method, The Transverse Resonance Technique
The Finite Element Method Introduction The Method of Weighted Residuals The Variational
Method Using a Variational Expression The Finite Element Method Integral Formulation of
Problems Antennas and Scattering from Conductors Waveguides-Hollow,Dielectric and
Optical Finite Difference in space and Time Matrix Computations A Finite Element
Computer Program forMicrostrips
Planar Circuit Analysis Introduction Planar Circuit Analysis’ Function Approach Impedence
Green’s Functions Contour Integral Approach Analysis of Planar Components of Composite
Configurations Planar Circuits with Anisotropic Spacing Media Applications of the Planar
Circuits ConceptSummary
Spectral Domain Approach Introduction General Approach for Shielded Microstrip Lines
The Immittance Approach Formulations for Slot lines, Fin lines, and Coplanar Waveguides
NumericalComputation
Transverse Resonance Technique Introduction Inhomogeneous Waveguides Uniform
Along a Traverse Coordinate Conventional Traverse Resonance Technique for
Transversely Discontinuous Waveguides Generalized Transverse Resonance Technique
for Transversely Discontinuous Inhomogeneous Analysis of Discontinuities and Junctions
by the Generalized Transverse Resonance Technique Examples of Computer Programs
TextBook
1. T.Itoh, Numerical Techniques for Microwave Integrated Circuits., John Wiley and
sons,1989

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: bring awareness of the need for numerical analysis of M.I.C. And prepare to
formulate all popular numerical techniques ofM.I.C.
CO2: make one formulate and write coding for Finite Element Method
CO3: prepare a person to be strong in the planar circuitAnalysis
CO4: bring awareness of the most popular Quasi state analysis Spectral Domain
Techniques
CO5: prepare the student formulate and write coding for the Transverse
ResonanceTechniques

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO16

Course Title : APPLIED PHOTONICS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To prepare the students understand the fundamental principles of light-matter
interaction and photonic band gapstructures.
 To enable the students appreciate the diverse applications of fiber opticsensors.

COURSECONTENT
Introduction to photonics; optical waveguide theory; Interference of light waves -numerical
techniques and simulation
Photonic waveguide components Optical Modulators and Switches Electro-optics -
Acousto-optics - Magneto-optics
Photonic Band gap Structures: Concept of photonic crystal; bandgap and band structures
in 1D, 2D and 3D photonic crystalstructures;
Photo-refractive materials, non-linear optics, recent trends in bio andnano-photonics
Optical fiber sensors - Sensing using optical fibers - Types:-Amplitude, Interferometric,
Wavelength, Polarimetric - DistributedSensors
TextBooks
1. A. Ghatak and K. Thyagarajan, “Introduction to Fiber Optics”, Cambridge University
Press,2006.
2. Pochi Yeh and Amnon Yariv Photonics,” Optical Electronics in Modern
Communications”,2007

ReferenceBooks
1. F. T. S. Yu and S.Yin, “Fiber Optic Sensors”, Marcel Dekker, Inc2002
2. G. W. Hanson, “Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics “,Pearson Education, 1st
edition,2008
3. B. Saleh and M. Teich, “Fundamentals of Photonics”, Wiley & Sons(2007).
4. Recent literature in Applied Photonics.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: understand the interference of light and optical waveguidetheory.
CO2: understand the significance of photonic band gap structures and their application
CO3: analyse the different types of opticalmodulators.
CO4: compare the merits and demerits of different types of fiber optic sensors.
CO5: understand the application of nonlinear optics in bio and nanophotonics.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO17

Course Title : ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC22
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To prepare the students understand the operating principles of various RF
radiatingsystems.
 To enable the students appreciate the diverse applications of radiatingsystems.
 To design the suitable antenna systems to serve a definedapplication.

COURSECONTENT
AntennaFundamentals

Antenna fundamental parameters, Radiation integrals, Radiation from surface and line
current distributions – dipole, monopole, loop antenna; Broadband antennas and matching
techniques, Balance to unbalance transformer, Introduction to numericaltechniques.
AperturesAntennas
Field equivalence principle, Radiation from Rectangular and Circular apertures, Uniform
aperture distribution on an infinite ground plane; Slot antenna; Horn antenna; Reflector
antenna, aperture blockage, and designconsideration.
Arrays
General structure of phased array, linear array theory, variation of gain as a function of
pointing direction, frequency scanned arrays, digital beam forming, and MEMS technology
in phased arrays-Retro directive and self phasedarrays.
Micro StripAntenna
Radiation Mechanism from patch; Excitation techniques; Microstrip dipole; Rectangular
patch, Circular patch, and Ring antenna – radiation analysis from transmission line model,
cavity model; input impedance of rectangular and circular patch antenna; Application of
microstrip arrayantenna.
Terahertz PlanarAntennas
Electronics band gap materials - Photonic Band-gap Structures- Tera Hertz Patch
antennas-Special antenna structures.
TextBooks
1. S. Haykins,” Communication Systems”, John Wiley, 3rd edition,1995.
2. RR Gulathi, “Monochrome and Colour Television”, New Age International
Publishers, 2nd edition, 2005.
3. J. G. Proakis& M .Salehi,” Communication Systems Engineering”, Prentice Hall, 2nd
edition,2002.
ReferenceBook
1. Kennedy & Davis,” Electronic Communication systems”, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th
edition,1999.
2. Recent literature in Advanced Radiation Systems.

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COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: understand the various antenna parameters and different impedance matching
techniques.
CO2: understand the working principle of aperturesantennas.
CO3: analyse how the electronic beam formation is done using array of antennas.
CO4: compare the merits and demerits of various microwave patch
antennastructures.
CO5: understand the photonic band gap structures and its application in
terahertzantennas.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO18

Course Title : BIO MEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC18
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To train the students in the design aspects of Bio MEMS devices and Systems. To
make the students aware of applications in various medical specialists especially
the Comparison of conventions methods and Bio MEMSusage.
COURSECONTENT
Introduction-The driving force behind Biomedical Applications-Biocompatibility-Reliability
Considerations-Regularity Considerations-Organizations-Education of Bio MEMS-Silicon
Micro fabrication-Soft Fabricationtechniques
Micro fluidic Principles- Introduction-Transport Processes- Electro kinetic Phenomena-
Micro valves –Micro mixers- Micropumps.
SENSOR PRINCIPLES and MICRO SENSORS: Introduction-Fabrication-Basic Sensors-
Optical fibers- Piezo electricity and SAW devices-Electrochemical detection-Applications
inMedicine
MICRO ACTUATORS and DRUG DELIVERY: Introduction-Activation Methods-Micro
actuators for Micro fluidics-equivalent circuit representation-DrugDelivery
MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS: Lab on Chip-Capillary Electrophoresis Arrays-cell, molecule
and Particle Handling-Surface Modification-Microsphere-Cell based BioassaySystems
Detection and Measurement Methods-Emerging Bio MEMS Technology-Packaging, Power,
Data and RF Safety-Biocompatibility,Standards
TextBook
1. S.S. Saliterman,” Fundamentals of Bio MEMS and Medical Micro devices”, Wiley
Interscience, 2006.

ReferenceBooks
1. A. Folch ,”Introduction to Bio MEMS”, CRC Press,2012
2. G.A. Urban, “Bio MEMS”, Springer,2006
3. W. wang, S.A. Soper,” Bio MEMS”,2006.
4. M. J. Madou, “Fundametal of Micro fabrication”,2002.
5. G.T. A. Kovacs, “Micro machined TransducersSourcebook”, 1998.
6. Recent literature in Bio MEMS.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: learn and realize the MEMS applications in Bio Medical Engineering
CO2: understand the Micro fluidic Principles and study itsapplications.
CO3: learn the applications of Sensors in HealthEngineering.
CO4: learn the principles of Micro Actuators and Drug Delivery system
CO5: learn the principles and applications of Micro TotalAnalysis

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO19

Course Title : ANALOG IC DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC23
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To develop the ability design and analyze MOS based Analog VLSI circuits to draw
the equivalent circuits of MOS based Analog VLSI and analyze theirperformance.
 To develop the skills to design analog VLSI circuits for a givenspecification.
COURSECONTENT
Basic MOS Device Physics – General Considerations, MOS I/V Characteristics, Second
Order effects, MOS Device models. Short Channel Effects and Device Models.Single
StageAmplifiers – Basic Concepts, Common Source Stage, Source Follower, Common
Gate Stage, CascodeStage.
Differential Amplifiers – Single Ended and Differential Operation, Basic Differential Pair,
Common-Mode Response, Differential Pair with MOS loads, Gilbert Cell. Passive and
Active Current Mirrors – Basic Current Mirrors, Cascode Current Mirrors, Active
CurrentMirrors.
Frequency Response of Amplifiers – General Considerations, Common Source Stage,
Source Followers, Common Gate Stage, Cascode Stage, Differential Pair. Noise – Types
of Noise, Representation of Noise in circuits, Noise in single stage amplifiers, Noise in
DifferentialPairs.
Feedback Amplifiers – General Considerations, Feedback Topologies, Effect of Loading.
Operational Amplifiers – General Considerations, One Stage Op Amps, Two Stage Op
Amps, Gain Boosting, Common-Mode Feedback, Input Range limitations, Slew Rate,
Power Supply Rejection, Noise in Op Amps. Stability and FrequencyCompensation.
Bandgap References, Introduction to Switched Capacitor Circuits, Nonlinearity
andMismatch.
TextBooks
1. B.Razavi, “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits”, McGraw Hill Edition2002.
2. Paul. R.Gray, Robert G. Meyer, “Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated
Circuits”, Wiley, (4/e), 2001.
ReferenceBooks
1. D. A. Johns and K. Martin, “Analog Integrated Circuit Design”, Wiley,1997.
2. R. Jacob Baker, “CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation”, Wiley, (3/e),2010.
3. P.E.Allen, D.R. Holberg, “CMOS Analog Circuit Design”, Oxford University
Press,2002.
4. Recent literature in Analog IC Design.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: draw the equivalent circuits of MOS based Analog VLSI and analyze their
performance.
CO2: design analog VLSI circuits for a givenspecification.
CO3: Analyse the frequency response of the different configurations of a amplifier.
CO4: Understand the feedback topologies involved in the amplifierdesign.
CO5: Appreciate the design features of the differentialamplifiers.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO20

Course Title : VLSI SYSTEM TESTING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC26
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To expose the students, the basics of testing techniques for VLSI circuits and
TestEconomics.
COURSECONTENT
Basics of Testing: Fault models, Combinational logic and fault simulation, Test generation
for Combinational Circuits. Current sensing based testing. Classification of sequential
ATPG methods. Fault collapsing andsimulation
Universal test sets: Pseudo-exhaustive and iterative logic array testing. Clocking schemes
for delay fault testing. Testability classifications for path delay faults. Test generation and
fault simulation for path and gate delayfaults.
CMOS testing: Testing of static and dynamic circuits. Fault diagnosis: Fault models for
diagnosis, Cause- effect diagnosis, Effect-causediagnosis.
Design for testability: Scan design, Partial scan, use of scan chains, boundary scan, DFT
for other test objectives, MemoryTesting.
Built-in self-test: Pattern Generators, Estimation of test length, Test points to improve
testability, Analysis of aliasing in linear compression, BIST methodologies, BIST for delay
faulttesting.
TextBooks
1. N. Jha & S.D. Gupta, “Testing of Digital Systems”, Cambridge,2003.
2. W. W. Wen, “VLSI Test Principles and Architectures Design for Testability”,
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.2006
ReferenceBooks
1. Michael L. Bushnell &Vishwani D. Agrawal,” Essentials of Electronic Testing for
Digital, memory & Mixed signal VLSI Circuits”, Kluwar Academic Publishers.2000.
2. P. K. Lala,” Digital circuit Testing and Testability”, Academic Press.1997.
3. M. Abramovici, M. A. Breuer, and A.D. Friedman, “Digital System Testing and
Testable Design”, Computer Science Press,1990.
4. Recent literature in VLSI System Testing.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: apply the concepts in testing which can help them design a better yield in IC
design.
CO2: tackle the problems associated with testing of semiconductor circuits at
earlierdesign levels so as to significantly reduce the testingcosts.
CO3: analyse the various test generation methods for static & dynamic CMOScircuits.
CO4: identify the design for testability methods for combinational & sequential CMOS
circuits.
CO5: recognize the BIST techniques for improvingtestability.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO21

Course Title : ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION TOOLS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSE OBJECTIVE
 To make the students exposed to Front end and Back end VLSI CAD tools.

COURSE CONTENT
OS Architecture: System settings and configuration. Introduction to UNIX
commandsHandling directories, Filters and Piping, Wildcards and Regular expression,
Power Filters and Files Redirection. Working on Vi editor, Basic Shell Programming, TCL
Scripting language.
Algorithms in VLSI:Partitioning methods: K-L, FM, and Simulated annealing
algorithms.Placement and Routing algorithms, Interconnects and delay estimation.
Synthesis and simulation using HDLs-Logic synthesis using Verilog. Memory and FSM
synthesis. Performance driven synthesis, Simulation- Types of simulation. Static timing
analysis. Formal verification. Switch level and transistor level simulation.
System Verilog- Introduction, Design hierarchy, Data types, Operators and language
constructs. Functional coverage, Assertions, Interfaces and test bench structures.
Analog/Mixed Signal Modelling and Verification: Analog/Mixed signal modelling using
Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS. Event Driven Modelling: Real number modelling of
Analog/Mixed blocks modelling using Verilog-RNM/System Verilog. Analog/Digital Boundary
Issues: boundary issues coverage

Text Books
1. M.J.S.Smith, “Application Specific Integrated Circuits”,Pearson, 2008.
2. S.Sutherland, S. Davidmann, P. Flake, “System Verilog For Design”,(2/e),
Springer,2006.

Reference Books
1. H.Gerez, “Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation”, John Wiley, 1999
2. Z. Dr Mark, “Digital System Design with System Verilog “, Pearson, 2010.
3. Recent literature in Electronic Design Automation Tools.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Students are able to

CO1: execute the special features of VLSI back end and front end CAD tools and
UNIX shell script
CO2: explain the algorithms used for ASIC construction
CO3: design synthesizable Verilog and VHDL code.
CO4: explain the difference between Verilog and system Verilog and are able to write
system Verilogcode.
CO5: Model Analog and Mixed signal blocks using Verilog A and Verilog AMS

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO22

Course Title : DESIGN OF ASICS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To prepare the student to be an entry-level industrial standard ASIC or FPGA
designer.
 To give the student an understanding of issues and tools related to ASIC/FPGA
design and implementation.
 To give the student an understanding of basics of System on Chip and Platform
based design.
 To give the student an understanding of High performance algorithms

COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to Technology, Types of ASICs, VLSI Design flow, Design and Layout Rules,
Programmable ASICs - Antifuse, SRAM, EPROM, EEPROM based ASICs. Programmable
ASIC logic cells and I/O cells. Programmable interconnects. Advanced FPGAs and CPLDs
and Soft-core processors.

ASIC physical design issues, System Partitioning,Floorplanning and

Placement.Algorithms:K-L, FM, Simulated annealing algorithms. Full Custom Design:
Basics, Needs & Applications. Schematic and layout basics, Full Custom Design Flow.

Semicustom Approach: Synthesis (RTL to GATE netlist) - Introduction to Constraints (SDC),

Introduction to Static Timing Analysis (STA). Place and Route (Logical to Physical
Implementation):Floorplan and Power-Plan, Placement, Clock Tree Synthesis (clock
planning), Routing, Timing Optimization, GDS generation.

Extraction, Logical equivalence and STA: Parasitic Extraction Flow, STA: Timing Flow,LEC:
Introduction, flow and Tools used. Physical Verification: Introduction, DRC, LVS and basics
of DFM.

System-On-Chip Design - SoC Design Flow, Platform-based and IP based SoC Designs,
Basic Concepts of Bus-Based Communication Architectures.High performance algorithms
for ASICs/ SoCs as case studies – Canonic Signed Digit Arithmetic, KCM, Distributed
Arithmetic, High performance digital filters for sigma-delta ADC.

Text Book
1. M.J.S. Smith : Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Pearson, 2003
2. SudeepPasricha and NikilDutt, On-Chip Communication Architectures System on
Chip Interconnect, Elsevier, 2008

Reference Books
1. H.Gerez, Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation, John Wiley, 1999
2. Jan.M.Rabaey et al, Digital Integrated Circuit Design Perspective (2/e), PHI 2003
3. David A.Hodges, Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits (3/e), MGH 2004
4. Hoi-Jun Yoo, Kangmin Leeand Jun Kyong Kim, Low-Power NoC for High-
Performance SoC Design, CRC Press, 2008

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5. An Integrated Formal Verification solution DSM sign-off market trends,
www.cadence.com.
6. Recent literature in Design Of ASICS.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Students able to

CO1: demonstrate VLSI tool-flow and appreciate FPGA and CPLD architectures
CO2: understand the issues involved in ASIC design, including technology choice,
design management and tool-flow.
CO3: understand the algorithms used for ASIC construction.
CO4: understand Full Custom Design Flow and Tool used
CO5: understand Semicustom Design Flow and Tool used - from RTL to GDS and
Logical to Physical Implementation
CO6: understand about STA, LEC, DRC, LVS, DFM
CO7: understand the basics of System on Chip and on chip communication architectures
appreciate high performance algorithms for ASICs

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO23

Course Title : DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC14
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To get an idea about designing complex, high speed digital systems and how to
implement such design.

COURSECONTENT
Mapping algorithms into Architectures: Datapath synthesis, control structures, critical path
and worst case timing analysis. FSM andHazards.
Combinational network delay. Power and energy optimization in combinational logic circuit.
Sequential machine design styles. Rules for clocking. Performanceanalysis.
Sequencing static circuits. Circuit design of latches and flip-flops. Static sequencing
element methodology. Sequencing dynamic circuits.Synchronizers.
Datapath and array subsystems: Addition / Subtraction, Comparators, counters, coding,
multiplication and division. SRAM, DRAM, ROM, serial access memory, context
addressablememory.
Reconfigurable Computing- Fine grain and Coarse grain architectures, Configuration
architectures-Single context, Multi context, Partially reconfigurable, Pipeline reconfigurable,
Block Configurable, Parallel processing.

TextBooks
1. N.H.E.Weste, D. Harris, CMOS VLSI Design (3/e), Pearson,2005.
2. W.Wolf, FPGA- based System Design, Pearson,2004.
3. S. Hauck, A.DeHon,”Reconfigurable computing: the theory and practice of FPGA-
based computation”, Elsevier,2008.
ReferenceBooks
1. Franklin P. Prosser, David E. Winkel, Art of Digital Design, . Prentice-Hall,1987.
2. R.F.Tinde,” Engineering Digital Design”, (2/e), Academic Press,2000.
3. C. Bobda, “Introduction to reconfigurable computing”,Springer,2007.
4. M. Gokhale,”Paul S. Graham, Reconfigurable computing: accelerating computation
with field- programmable gate arrays”, Springer,2005.
5. C.Roth, “Fundamentals of Digital Logic Design”, Jaico Publishers, V ed.,2009.
6. Recent literature in Digital System Design.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: identify mapping algorithms intoarchitectures.
CO2: summarize various delays in combinational circuit and its optimizationmethods.
CO3: summarize circuit design of latches andflip-flops.
CO4: construct combinational and sequential circuits of medium complexity that is
based on VLSIs, and programmable logicdevices.
CO5: summarize the advanced topics such as reconfigurable computing, partially
reconfigurable, Pipeline reconfigurable architectures and blockconfigurable.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECHO24
Course Title : OPTIMIZATIONS OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
STRUCTURES FOR VLSI
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC20 & ECPC26
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSE OBJECTIVE
 To understand the various VLSI architectures for digital signal processing.
 To know the techniques of critical path and algorithmic strength reduction in the filter
structures.
 To enable students to design VLSI system with high speed and low power.
 To encourage students to develop a working knowledge of the central ideas of
implementation of DSP algorithm with optimized hardware.

COURSE CONTENT
An overview of DSP concepts, Pipelining of FIR filters. Parallel processing of FIR filters.
Pipelining and parallel processing for low power, Combining Pipelining and Parallel
Processing.
Transformation Techniques: Iteration bound, Retiming, Folding and Unfolding .
Pipeline interleaving in digital filters. Pipelining and parallel processing for IIR filters. Low
power IIR filter design using pipelining and parallel processing, Pipelined adaptive digital
filters.
Algorithms for fast convolution: Cook-Toom Algorithm, Cyclic Convolution. Algorithmic
strength reduction in filters and transforms: Parallel FIR Filters, DCT and inverse DCT,
Parallel Architectures for Rank-Order Filters.
Synchronous pipelining and clocking styles, clock skew and clock distribution in bit level
pipelined VLSI designs. Wave pipelining, constraint space diagram and degree of wave
pipelining, Implementation of wave-pipelined systems, Asynchronous pipelining.

Text Book
1. K.K.Parhi, VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems, John-Wiley, 2007
Reference Books
1. U. Meyer -Baese, Digital Signal Processing with FPGAs, Springer, 2004
2. Wayne Burleson, Konstantinos Konstantinides, Teresa H. Meng, VLSI Signal
Processing,1996.
3. Richard J. Higgins, Digital signal processing in VLSI, 1990.
4. Sun Yuan Kung, ‎Harper J. Whitehouse, VLSI and modern signal processing, 1985
5. Magdy A. Bayoumi, VLSI Design Methodologies for Digital Signal Processing, 2012
6. Earl E. Swartzlander, VLSI signal processing systems, 1986.
7. Recent literature in Optimizations of Digital Signal Processing Structures for VLSI.

COURSE OUTCOMES
Students are able to
CO1: understand the overview of DSP concepts and design architectures for DSP
algorithms.
CO2: improve the overall performance of DSP system through various transformation
and optimization techniques.
CO3: perform pipelining and parallel processing on FIR and IIR systems to achieve high
speed and low power.
CO4: optimize design in terms of computation complexity and speed.
CO5: understand clock based issues and design asynchronous and wave pipelined
systems.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO25

Course Title : LOW POWER VLSI CIRCUITS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC26
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 To expose the students to the low voltage device modeling, low voltage, low power
VLSI CMOS circuitdesign.

COURSECONTENT
Evolution of CMOS technology.0.25 µm and 0.1 µm technologies. Shallow trench isolation.
Lightly-doped drain. Buried channel. BiCMOS and SOI CMOS technologies. Second order
effects and capacitance of MOSdevices.
CMOS inverters, static logic circuits of CMOS, pass transistor, BiCMOS, SOI CMOS and
low power CMOStechniques.
Basic concepts of dynamic logic circuits. Various problems associated with dynamic logic
circuits. Differential, BiCMOS and low voltage dynamic logiccircuits.
Different types of memorycircuits.
Adder circuits, Multipliers and advanced structures – PLA, PLL and Processingunit.
TextBooks
1. Jan Rabaey,”Low Power Design Essentials (Integrated Circuits and Systems)”,
Springer,2009
2. J.B.Kuo&J.H.Lou,”Low-voltage CMOS VLSI Circuits”, Wiley,1999.

ReferenceBook
1. A.Bellaowar&M.I.Elmasry,”Low power Digital VLSI Design, Circuits andSystems”,
Kluwer, 1996.
2. Recent literature in Low Power VLSI Circuits.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: acquire the knowledge about various CMOS fabrication process and
itsmodeling.
CO2: infer about the second order effects of MOS transistorcharacteristics.
CO3: analyze and implement various CMOS static logic circuits.
CO4: learn the design of various CMOS dynamic logiccircuits.
CO5: learn the design techniques low voltage and low power CMOS circuits for
various applications.
CO6: learn the different types of memory circuits and theirdesign.
CO7: design and implementation of various structures for low powerapplications.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO26

Course Title : VLSI DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC15 & ECPC26
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSE OBJECTIVE
 To enable students to design VLSI systems with high speed and low power.
 To encourage students to develop a working knowledge of the central ideas of
implementation of DSP algorithm with optimized hardware.

COURSE CONTENT

An overview of DSP concepts, Representations of DSP algorithms. Systolic Architecture

Design: FIR Systolic Array, Matrix-Matrix Multiplication, 2D Systolic Array Design. Digital
Lattice Filter Structures: Schur Algorithm, Derivation of One-Multiplier Lattice Filter,
Normalised Lattice Filter, Pipelining of Lattice Filter.

Scaling and Round off Noise - State variable description of digital filters, Scaling and Round
off Noise computation, Round off Noise in Pipelined IIR Filters, Round off Noise
Computation using state variable description, Slow-down, Retiming and Pipelining.

Bit level arithmetic Architectures- parallel multipliers, interleaved floor-plan and bit-plane-
based digital filters, Bit serial multipliers, Bit serial filter design and implementation, Canonic
signed digit arithmetic, Distributed arithmetic.

Redundant arithmetic -Redundant number representations, carry free radix-2 addition and
subtraction, Hybrid radix-4 addition, Radix-2 hybrid redundant multiplication architectures,
data format conversion, Redundant to Non redundant converter.

Numerical Strength Reduction - Subexpression Elimination, Multiple Constant Multiplication,

Subexpression Sharing in Digital Filters, Additive and Multiplicative Number Splitting.

Text Book
1. K.K.Parhi, “VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems”, John-Wiley, 2007

Reference Book
1. U. Meyer -Baese, Digital Signal Processing with FPGAs, Springer, 2004
2. Recent literature in VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Students are able to

CO1: Acquire the knowledge of round off noise computation and numerical strength
reduction.
CO2: Ability to design Bit level and redundant arithmetic Architectures.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015
Course Code : ECHO27
Course Title : ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEM DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC14
(Course code)
Course Type : HO
COURSEOBJECTIVE
 This subject introduces the fundamentals and performance of Asynchronoussystem
 To familiarize the dependency graphical analysis of signal transmissiongraphs
 To learn software languages and its syntax and operations for implementing
AsynchronousDesigns
COURSECONTENT
Fundamentals: Handshake protocols, Muller C-element, Muller pipeline, Circuit
implementation styles, theory. Static data-flow structures: Pipelines and rings, Building
blocks,examples
Performance: A quantitative view of performance, quantifying performance, Dependency
graphic analysis. Handshake circuit implementation: Fork, join, and merge, Functional
blocks, mutual exclusion, arbitration andmetastability.
Speed-independent control circuits: Signal Transition graphs, Basic Synthesis Procedure,
Implementation using state-holding gates, Summary of the synthesis Process, Design
examples using Petrify. Advanced 4- phase bundled data protocols and circuits: Channels
and protocols, Static type checking, More advanced latch controlcircuits.
High-level languages and tools: Concurrency and message passing in CSP, Tangram
program examples, Tangram syntax-directed compilation, Martin’s translation process,
Using VHDL for Asynchronous Design. An Introduction to Balsa: Basic concepts, Tool set
and design flow, Ancillary BalsaTools
The Balsa language: Data types, Control flow and commands, Binary/Unary operators,
Program structure. Building library Components: Parameterized descriptions, Recursive
definitions. A simple DMA controller: Global Registers, Channel Registers, DMA control
structure, The Balsadescription.
TextBooks
1. Asynchronous Circuit Design- Chris. J. Myers, John Wiley &Sons,2001.
2. Handshake Circuits An Asynchronous architecture for VLSI programming –
KeesVanBerkel Cambridge University Press,2004
ReferenceBook
1. Principles of Asynchronous Circuit Design-Jens Sparso, Steve Furber, Kluver
Academic Publishers, 2001.
2. Asynchronous Sequential Machine Design and Analysis, Richard F. Tinder,2009
3. A Designer's Guide to Asynchronous VLSI, Peter A. Beerel, Recep O. Ozdag,
Marcos Ferretti,2010
4. Recent literature in Asynchronous System Design.
COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: understand the fundamentals of Asynchronousprotocols
CO2: analyse the performance of Asynchronous System and implement handshake
circuits
CO3: understand the various control circuits and Asynchronous systemmodules
CO4: gain the experience in using high level languages and tools for
AsynchronousDesign
CO5: learn commands and control flow of Balsa language for implementing
AsynchronousDesigns

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO28

Course Title : PHYSICAL DESIGN AUTOMATION
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVES
 Understand the concepts of Physical Design Process such as partitioning,
Floorplanning, Placement andRouting.
 Discuss the concepts of design optimization algorithms and their application to
physical design automation.
 Understand the concepts of simulation and synthesis in VLSI DesignAutomation
 Formulate CAD design problems using algorithmicmethods

COURSECONTENT
VLSIdesign automation tools- algorithms and system design. Structural and logic design.
Transistor level design. Layout design. Verification methods. Design managementtools.
Layout compaction, placement and routing. Design rules, symbolic layout. Applications of
compaction. Formulation methods. Algorithms for constrained graph compaction. Circuit
representation. Wire length estimation. Placement algorithms. Partitioningalgorithms.
Floor planning and routing- floor planning concepts. Shape functions and floor planning
sizing. Local routing. Area routing. Channel routing, global routing and itsalgorithms.
Simulation and logic synthesis- gate level and switch level modeling and simulation.
Introduction to combinational logic synthesis. ROBDD principles, implementation,
construction and manipulation. Two level logicsynthesis.
High-level synthesis- hardware model for high level synthesis. Internal representation of
input algorithms. Allocation, assignment and scheduling. Scheduling algorithms. Aspects of
assignment. High leveltransformations.
TextBooks
1. S.H. Gerez, “A lgorithms for VLSI Design Automation”, JohnWiley, 1998.
2. N.A.Sherwani, “Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation”, (3/e),Kluwer,
1999.
ReferenceBooks
1. S.M. Sait , H. Youssef, “VLSI Physical Design Automation”, World scientific,1999.
2. M.Sarrafzadeh, “Introduction to VLSI Physical Design”, McGraw Hill (IE),1996.
3. Recent literature in Physical Design Automation.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: know how to place the blocks and how to partition the blocks while for designing
the layout for IC.
CO2: solve the performance issues in circuitlayout.
CO3: analyze physical design problems and Employ appropriate automation
algorithms for partitioning, floor planning, placement androuting
CO4: decompose large mapping problem into pieces, including logic optimization with
partitioning, placement androuting
CO5: analyze circuits using both analytical and CADtools

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO29

Course Title : MIXED - SIGNAL CIRCUIT DESIGN
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : NONE
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
 To make the students to understand the design and performance measures
concept of mixed signal circuit.

COURSECONTENT
Concepts of Mixed-Signal Design and Performance Measures. Fundamentals of Data
Converters.Nyquist Rate Converters and Over samplingConverters.

Design methodology for mixed signal IC design using gm/Idconcept.

Design of Current mirrors. References. Comparators and OperationalAmplifiers.

CMOS Digital Circuits Design: Design of MOSFET Switches and Switched-Capacitor

Circuits, Layout Considerations.

Design of frequency and Q tunable continuous timefilters.

TextBooks
1. R. Jacob Baker, Harry W. Li, David E. Boyce, CMOS, Circuit Design, Layout,
and Simulation, Wiley-IEEE Press,1998
2. David A. Johns and Ken Martin, Analog Integrated Circuit Design, John Wiley and
Sons,1997.

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: Appreciate the fundamentals of data converters and also optimized their
performances.
CO2: Understand the design methodology for mixed signal IC design using gm/Id concept.
CO3: Analyze the design of current mirrors and operationalamplifiers
CO4: Design the CMOS digital circuits and implement itslayout.
CO5: design the frequency and Q tunable time domainfilters.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Course Code : ECHO30

Course Title : DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
Number of Credits 3
Prerequisites : ECPC20
(Course code)
Course Type : HO

COURSEOBJECTIVE
COURSECONTENT
X-ray projection imaging-X-ray Generation-X-ray attenuation –X-ray Detectors- Factors that
determine X-ray image quality - Introduction to Computed Tomography (CT) – Parallel Beam
projection- Fan Beam projection- Relationship between Parallel beam and Fan beam
projection-Discrete Realization.

Introduction to Magnetic resonance imaging-Bloch equation-Larmor frequency and the tip

angle –Trick on MRI- Selecting the human slice and the corresponding external RF pulse-
Measurement of the Transverse component using the receiver antenna-Sampling the MRI
image in the frequency domain-Practical difficulties and remedies in MRI Proton-Density,
MRI image – 𝑇2 MRI image using Spin-Echo and Cartesian scanning -𝑇2 MRI image using
spin-echo and polar scanning - 𝑇1 MRI image.

Nuclear Imaging-Radiopharmaceuticals-Production of short-lived radioactive tracers-

Detector systems and the Anger camera-Single photon Emission computed tomography-
Positron Emission Tomography-Multi-modality Imaging.

Ultrasound imaging-sound propagation in Biological Tissue-Ultrasound Image formation-

Ultra sound Generation and Echo Detection-A-mode scans-B-mode scans-M-mode scans-
Volumetric scans and 3D Ultrasound – Doppler ultrasound.

Medical image processing-Image Enhancement- Logarithmic display- Non-linear filtering-

Image subtraction-Linear filtering and the Hankel transformation - Histogram equalization -
Histogram specification. Medical image compression-Discrete Cosine Transformation-
Hoteling transformation-Feature extraction and classification-Dimensionality reduction using
Principle component analysis-Linear Discriminant analysis - Kernel-Linear discriminant
analysis.

TextBooks
1. Jerry L. Prince, Jonathan M. Links, Medical imaging signals and systems, Pearson
education, second edition, 2014
2. Mark. A. Haidekkar, Medical Imaging technology, Springer briefs in physics,2013
3. E.S. Gopi, Digital signal processing for medical imaging using Matlab, Springer, 2013

ReferenceBooks
1. Paul suetens, Fundamentals of medical imaging, second edition, Cambridge
university press, 2009.
2. MIT course: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/22-058-principles-of-
medical-imaging-fall-2002/index.htm
3. Recent literature in Digital Signal Processing for Medical Imaging.

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 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

COURSEOUTCOMES
Students are ableto
CO1: Describe the signal processing techniques involved in CT based Imaging techniques
CO2: Describe the signal processing techniques involved in MRI based Imaging techniques
CO3: Describe the signal processing techniques involved in Nuclear Imaging
CO4: Describe the signal processing techniques involved in Ultra sound Imaging
CO5: Describe the signal processing techniques involved in Medical image processing

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