COURSES FOR M. TECH.

IN ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND

TECHNOLOGY

Semester - I

CODE COURSE NAME L T P CH CR

EL-517: Physical and Industrial Design
of Electronics Systems 3 0 1 5 4
*EL-531: Design of Digital Systems. 3 0 2 5 4
EL-521: Design & Technology of
Electronic Devices 3 0 1 5 4
EL-523: Advanced Programming
Language. 3 0 2 7 5
IDC 3 0 0 3 3

Elective – I (one from the following two courses)

*EL-533: Data Communication & Networks 3 0 2 5 4
*EL-535: Information System . 3 0 2 5 4
Total Credit = 24

Semester - II

CODE COURSE NAME L T P CH CR

EL-516: Design of Fine Mechanics
and Power Devices. 3 0 2 5 4
EL-530: VLSI Design. 3 0 2 5 4
EL-538: Advanced Electronic Devices 2 0 2 4 3
EL-532: Intelligent Instrumentation. 3 0 2 5 4
IDC II 3 0 0 3 3
IDC III 3 0 0 3 3
Elective – II (one from the following two courses)
EL-534: Modeling and Simulation. 3 0 2 5 4
EL-536: Application Software 3 0 2 5 4
Total Credit = 25

Semester – III & IV

CODE COURSE NAME
EL-601: M. Tech. Dissertation. Total Credit = 24
 DETAILED CURRICULUM

SEMESTER-I

EL-517: Physical and Industrial Design of Electronics Systems. 3 0 1 5 4

Electronic system design has currently evolved into a very significant area in view of the fast changing
technologies requiring approaches to cater to the consumer/user needs, stiff competition and newer
regulations. The course is designed to familiarize the student in important contemporary concepts
e.g. ergonomics, aesthetics, value engineering etc. This course includes the topics:

Translation of Product concepts to manufacturable designs, Product Design

Methodology, Product Planning and Data Collection, Sources for New Ideas,
Creativity Technique, Elements of Aesthetic, Ergonomics of Electronic
Equipment, Control panel Layouts, Computer Aided Physical Design,
Structuring, Layers, Structural Design, Layout of Components, Product
detailing and Value Engineering, Packaging, Thermal Management of
Electronic Equipment, System operating Characteristic.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Scott. A. W. , Cooling of Electronic Equipment.
2. C. H. Flurschiem, Industrial Design in Engineering.
3. PradeepYammiyavar, CEDT Lecture Module Series on Control Panel,
Ergonomics and Form Design for Electronic Equipment.
4. Sameer notes on Ergonomics & Human Interface.
5. Sameer notes on Product Design, Thermal Design.
6. Martin Helander, A Guide to the Ergonomics of Manufacturing.

EL-531:Design of Digital Systems. 3 0 2 5 4

This course includes the topics:

IEEE logic Notation, Polarised Mnemonic Convention & Dependency Notation,

Designing Combinational Circuits, MSI & LSI Circuits & their applications,
Multiplexers &Demultiplexers, State equation & other diagram representation of
sequential circuits, Realisation of sequential functions using Gates/Flip-Flop,
counters & Registers, Structure of General Digital Systems, System Controls,
Timing & Frequency considerations, Design Phases & System Documentation,
Programmable Logic Device, Classification (PAL, PLA, & EPLD) , Design with
PLD's the associated development tools, Case Studies, Microprocessor Architectural
Concepts, Microprocessor instructions & Communication, Micro-controller,
Motorola 68xxx family microprocessors, Architecture & Instruction Set,
Microprocessor Input Output Interface, Design of Microprocessor based Systems &
Testing, Design Tools for Microprocessor based System Design.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. W. I. Fletchor, An Engineering Approach to Digital Design (PHI 1990)
 2. John B. Peatman, Digital Hardware Design, (McGraw Hill Book Co.90)
3. John. F. Wakerly, Digital Design Principles & Practices. (Prentics Hall,90)
4. Douglas V. Hall, Microprocessor & Digital Systems.(McGraw Hill Book Co.)
5. Lance A. Leventhal, Introduction to Microprocessor. Software Hardware
Programming.
6. Barry B. Brey, Microprocessors & Peripherals. ( CBS Publishers)
7. A. Leventhalet. al. 68000 Assembly Language Programming. McGraw Hill
Book Co.)

EL-521: Design & Technology of Electronics Devices. 3 0 1 5 4

This course includes the topics:

Review of microelectronic devices, introduction to MOS technology and related

devices. MOS transistor theory, scaling theory related to MOS circuits, short
channel effect and its consequences, narrow width effect, FN tunnelling, Double
gate MOSFET, Cylindrical MOSFET, Basic concept of CMOS circuits and logic
design.Circuit characterization and performance estimation, important issues in real
devices. PE logic, Domino logic, Pseudo N-MOS logic-dynamic CMOS and
Clocking, layout design and stick diagram, CMOS analog circuit design, CMOS
design methods. Introduction to SOI, Multi layer circuit design and 3D
integration.CMOS processing technology: Crystal grown and Epitaxy, Film
formation, Lithography and Etching, Impurity doping, Integrated Devices.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. R J Baker, H W Li and D E Boyee; CMOS Circuit Design, Layout and
Simulation, Willey – IEEE, 1998.
2. D A Pucknell, K Eshraghian; Basic VLSI Design, PHI, 1994.
3. Y. Tsividis; Operation and Modeling of the MOS transistor, McGraw Hill,
1999.
4. T Hori; Gate Dielectric and MOS ULSIs: Principles Technologies and
Applications, Springer, 1997.

EL-523: Advanced Programming Language. 3 0 2 7 5

C++ is an extension of C language that is widely used on many machines. It is a

powerful modern language that combines the power, elegance and flexibility of C and
the features of Object-oriented programming. With its Object-oriented capabilities
such as data abstraction, inheritance and polymorphism, C++ offers significant
software engineering benefits over C. C++ is one of the most popular programming
languages and is implemented on a wide variety of hardware and operating system
platforms. As an efficient compiler to native code, its application domains including
systems software, application software, device drivers, embedded software, high-
performance server and client applications, and entertainment software such as video
games.This course includes:

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (OOP) & its applications, Differences

between OOP and Procedure-Oriented Programming (POP), System Input/Output
streams, Functions, Defining Classes and Objects, Constructors and Destructors,
Operator Overloading, Function overloading, Inheritance, Pointers, Virtual
 functions, Polymorphism, Templates and exception handling, Managing console I/O
operations, Working with files, Graphics Programming.
Introduction to MATLAB, and its Applications, Executable C code in MATLAB
Programming (Laboratory will be based on C++ and MATLAB)

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. E. Balaguruswamy: Object Oriented Programming with C++, TMH, New
Delhi, 2001
2. B. R. Hunt, R. L. Lipsman, J. M. Rosenbarg: A Guide to MATLAB,
CambridgeUniv. Press, Kundli, 2002
3. J. O. Attia: Electronics & Circuit Analysis using MATLAB, CRC Press,
USA, 1999.
4. H. B. Wilson, L. H. Turcotte: Advanced Mathematics & Mechanics
Applications using MATLAB, CRC Press, USA,
5. BabajyotiBarkakati: Object Oriented Programming in C++, PHI, New
Delhi, 1995
6. BjarneStrongstup: C++ Programming Language, Addison-Wesley, USA,
1997
7. S. B. Lipsman, J. Lajoie: C++ Primer, Addison-Wesley, Delhi, 1998.
8. Ira Pohl: Object Oriented Programming using C++, Addison-Wesley,
Noida, 1999.
9. Robert Lafore: Object Oriented Programming in Turbo C++, Galgotia Pub,
New Delhi, 1994
10. HerbrtSchildt: The complete Reference C++, TMH, New Delhi, Ed. 2nd,
1999.

EL-533: Data Communication& Networks 3 0 2 5 4

This course includes the topics:

Data Transmission: Analog and Digital transmission, Transmission Impairments,

Wireless Transmission Media – microwave and satellite, Guided transmission media
– twisted wire, coaxial cable and optical fiber.

Data Signaling: Encoding of Digital Data to Digital signal, Digital Data to Analog
Signal, Analog Data to Analog signal and Analog Data to Digital Signal. Spread
Spectrum Signaling, Data Communication Interface, Data Link control-stop & wait
protocol, sliding window protocol, select & reject ARQ etc., Multiplexing – FDM,
TDM, WDM.

Data Communication Networks: Circuit Switched Networks (CSN)– switching

concept, routing in CSN, control signaling, Network Security.
Packet Switched Networks (PCN) – principles routing in PCN, congestion control,
X.25. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks – Protocol architecture, ATM
logical connections, ATM cells, Transmission of ATM cells, Traffic and congestion
control.
Local Area Networks – architecture Bus, Star, ring and tree LANS, Medium excess
control, CSMA/CD, Token ring, wireless LANS etc.
Protocol and Architecture - OSI model, TCP/IP Protocol, IPv4, IPv6, Connectionless
internetworking, Routing Network, Wide Area Networks, Fiber Optic Networks,
ISDN - ISDN Channels & Interface, All Optical Networks-WDM Optical Networks,
Photonic Switch Networks, Wavelength routing networks.
BOOK SUGGESTED
1) William Stallings: Data and Computer Communication, PHI, 1999.
2) Murthy &Guruswamy: WDM Optical Networks, Pearson Education, 2003
3) A. B. Carlson: Communication Systems, McGraw Hills, International Edition,
1986
EL-535: Information Systems. 3 0 2 5 4

This course includes the topics:

Introduction to Computer Systems - Computer Architecture, Operating

Systems.Compilers. System Software, Graphical User Interfaces, Introduction to
Parallel Processing. System Programming, Management Information Systems.
Business Data Processing Spread Sheet & Types of Databases. Client Server
Databases.Introduction to E-Mail.Internet& Worldwide Web.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. MilanMilenKovic', Operating Systems Concept & Design.
2. Robert G. Murdick, et.al., Information System for Modern Management.
3. P.V.S. Raoet. al., Modern Trends in Information Technology.
4. Hayes, Computer Architecture & Organisation. (McGraw Hill Book
Company).

SEMESTER - II

EL-516:Design of Fine Mechanics and Power Devises. 3 0 2 5 4

Incremental motion control systems, especially without feedback is an important area

in present day technology. It is essentially the amalgamation of electronic systems
with mechanical actuation including digital actuators which are widely used in
industry, digital systems and computer peripherals. Power electronic devices, which
are used as switches for controlling the mechanical systems, consequently, forms an
integral component in this arena. This course includes the topics:

Survey of Mechanical Components assembly & Systems for Fine Mechanics

Applications. Basic Mechanical Laws & Analysis of Load Characteristics for
actuator selection & coupling. Measurement of mechanical Parameters.Introduction
to various incremental motion systems. Principle of operation & classification of
various types of stepper motors. Controls & drive circuits. Improved control & drive
techniques in open & closed loop. Use of DC motor in incremental motion systems
& related control techniques.Use of permanent magnets.Design of sensors.(Optical
Encoders etc.)Design of Actuators (Electromagnets, Step motors etc.)Design &
Fabrication of Pulse & Rectifier Transformers. Operation & Characteristics of
power semiconductor devices like Thyristors, MCTs, SITHS, RCTs, GTCs, IGBTs
etc. Drive & Protection of PSDs. Cooling of PSDs. PCB design aspects of power
circuits. Linear & Power switching converters.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Trylinsky, W., Fine Mechanics & Precision Instruments: Principles of
Design. (Pergamon Press).
 2. Davidson, K. Handbook of Precision Engineering, Vol-7.(PhilipsTechnical
Library)
3. Kuo, B. C., Step Motor & Control Systems.
4. Srinivasan, H. P. , Stepping Motors. ( Lecture Notes, CEDT, IISc
Publication)
5. Heck, C, Magnetic materials & Their Applications (Butter Works)
6. M. H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Drives & Applications. (PHI)
7. Cynt W. Lander, Power Electronics.
8. B. K. Bose, Modern Power Electronics-Evaluation, Technology &
Applications.

EL-530:VLSI Design. 3 0 2 5 4

VLSI design is a course of M. Tech (ELDT) of ECE deptt at Tezpur University. It

cover CMOS design , Basic VLSI design and CAD tools. The topics are:

Basic VLSI Design: Fundamentals of CMOS &BiCMOS, Scaling of CMOS

Devices, CMOS, Digital Circuit Design, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, VLSI
Design Methodology, Scaling of MOS Circuit, Stick Diagram & Lay out – -rules,
System Design – FSM – Model, ASM Chart.

VLSI Physical Design: ASIC Design Flow, Top Down Approach, Bottom up
approach, Partitioning – Approximation of Hyper graphs with graphs, Kernighan –
LIN, heuristic, Ratio cut partitioning, Genetic Algorithms Based portioning, F. M.
partitioning, Floor Planning – rectangular dual graph approach to floor planning,
hierarchical approach simulated annealing, Floor plan sizing, Placement – Cost
function, force directed approach, placement by simulated annealing, regular
placement, partitioning placement, Routing – Line Searching, Steiner Trees, Maze
Running, Global Routing – sequential approaches, hierarchical approach
randomized routing, linear programming etc., Detail Routing – channel routing,
switch box routing, routing in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), array
based and row based. Lay out Methodologies, Packaging.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Pucknell&Eshraghian – Basic VLSI Desing, PHI, 1995.
2. C. K. Wong & M. Sarrafzaden – An Introduction to VLSI Physical
Design, McGraw Hills International Edition, 1996
3. Robert Brown – Basic VLSI Design.

EL-538: Advanced Electronic Devices 2 0 2 4 3

The electronic technology has evolved through aggressive process control and scalability
characterized by Moore’s Law. The result hasbeen emergence of a multifunctional “More than
Moore”regime that is increasingly multidisciplinary in nature.This course is essentially the heart of
multidisciplinary electronics as it directly seeks to exploit several disciplines in conjunction with
electronic elements to build a wide verities of hybrid devices. The course includes the topics:

Introduction: Introduction to Long Channel and Short Channel devices.

Short Channel Devices: Different short channel effects: drain-induced barrier

lowering and punch through, surface scattering, velocity saturation, impact ionization,
hot electrons.
Nano scale MOSFETs: Quantum effects and Single-electron charging effects in nano
scale Si-MOSFETs. Double gate and all around MOSFETs, Nano-wire MOSFETs.

Hybrid Electronic Devices: Introduction, Electrolyte-Insulator-Semiconductor(EIS)

structure, Site binding Theory. MOSFET based Bioelectronic Devices: Ion sensitive
Field Effect Transistor (ISFET), Reference Field Effect Transistor (REFET),
Measurement with ISFETs. Interfacing of Biological molecules with Electronic
elements: Enzyme kinetics, Enzyme Field Effect Transistor (ENFET), Biological
Field Effect transistor (BIOFET).

Modeling: Modeling for short channel effects, Nano scale devices, ISFET, ENFET
and BIOFET

Text Books:
1. Warner, “MOSFET-Theory and Design,” OxfordUniv. Press, 2009.

2. Yu Yuan, “Non-Classical Mosfets: Design, Modeling, and Characterization,”

Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publishing 2012.

3. Massimo Grattarola, Giuseppe Massobrio, “ Bioelectronics Handbook,

MOSFETs, Biosensors & Neurons” McGraw Hill

Reference Books:

1. Lihui Wang, Quantum Mechanical Effectson MOSFET Scaling limit:

Challenges and Opportunies for Nanoscale CMOS,” VdmVerlag, 2009.

2. Ying-Ming Huang, “Micro-Scale Hybrid Biological-Engineered Devices

Powered by Biomolecular Motors,” Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publishing,
2011.

3. Balkanski, “Advanced Electronic Technologies and Systems Based on Low

Dimensional Quantum Devices, Springer, 1997.

EL-532: Intelligent Instrumentation. 3 0 2 5 4

This course includes the topics:

1.Intelligent sensors: Definitions- Classical sensors and transducers, Smart sensors,

Cogent sensors, Self adaptive sensors, VLSI-ANN sensors, MEMs , Computational
sensors, Integrated intelligent sensors (ISS), Passive and active elements, AD and
DA conversions, Micromachining sensors, Thermocouple and RTD signal
processing-Cold junction compensation, Integrated compensating ADC, Realization
of differential temperature, Temperature compensation in Resistive strain gauge
sensors- Integrated compensating DAC, Calibration of IC thermal sensors-
Integrated calibration and compensation in pressure sensors, Integrated offset, gain
and nonliterary compensation

2.Sensor Intelligence: Metrological intelligence-Linearization techniques, Look up

table, Piece-wise linearization, Interpolation, Progressive polynomial, LMS curve
fitting, PWM, ANN , Auto calibration- autozero and autorange, Offset nullification,
 Error and drift compensation , Ambient errors , Circuit compensation- Dummy
circuit, Mathematical compensation- Intelligent compensation,
Electrical/Electronics errors, Mechanical errors, Computational errors.

Transmission intelligence- Sampling ,Digitization and AD conversion, Signal

conversion, Voltage to frequency conversion, Voltage to current conversion, 4-
20mA transmitter, Capacitance/Inductance to duty cycle, Modulation, FM, PWM

Signal manipulation intelligence- Semantic transformation, Data validation, Missing

data and data restoration, Decision making, Derived information

Artificial and adaptive Intelligence- Human intelligence, Array based sensors, Basic
Sensor Metrics, Signal and image features, Prognostics diagnostics and predictive,
Tracking, classification and discrimination, Adaptive least square models
Other Intelligences- Power saving, Voltage and current regulation, Reliability,
Failure detection
3.Intelligent Sensor Standards and Protocols : IEEE 1451.1, Network communication
models, STIM, Lon Talk TM Protocol, Integrated SAE JI850, MI bus, FieldBus,

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Intelligent Sensors (Handbook of Sensors and Actuators) by H. Yamasaki
(Hardcover - Mar 1, 1996).
2. Smart Sensors and MEMS by Sergey Y. Yurish, Maria T. S. R. Gomes, and
Maria Teresa S.R. Gomes (Paperback - May 22, 2006)
3. Data Acquisition and Signal Processing for Smart Sensors by Nikolay V.
Kirianaki, Sergey Y. Yurish, Nestor O. Shpak, and Vadim P.
Deynega(Hardcover - April 11, 2002)
4. Understanding Smart Sensors (Artech House Sensors Library) by Randy
Frank (Hardcover - April 2000)
5. Microsensors, MEMS and Smart Devices by Julian W. Gardner, Vijay
Varadan, and Osama O. Awadelkarim(Hardcover - Dec 15, 2001)

EL-534: Modeling and Simulation. 3 0 2 5 4

This course is introduced to the curriculum for expertise of the students in the field of
Hardware Description Language such as VHDL used for simulation of the digital
logic design.The course includes:

Behavior simulation using VHDL, HDL, PALASM, etc. logic minimisation, Gate
level simulation using view-logic, ORCAD etc., Circuit simulation - DC, Transient,
AC analysis using SPICE etc. Model cards/description of various devices
convergence, circuit cards/description, mixed mode simulation.Re-optimisation of
the circuit & automatic list pattern generation. Fault simulation.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Technical Literature & Manuals on VHDL, HDL PALSM, ORCAD,
SPICE, HLD link etc.

EL-536: Application Software. 3 0 2 5 4

This course includes the topics:

 System Analysis &Design.Business System Concepts.System Development life
cycle.Projectselection.Feasibility Analysis. Design, Implementation, Testing &
Evaluation. Hardware & Software selection.Detailed Design - Modularisation,
module specification, file design, system development involving
database.Application development under windows environment.Delphi& other
tools.

BOOK SUGGESTED
1. Donovan, J. J. , Systems Programming.
2. Leison, M., System Analysis & Design. (Science Research
Associates,1985)
3. Cantu, Mastering Delphi.
4. Hall, Teach YourselfDelphi.

SEMESTER – III & IV

EL-601: M. Tech. Dissertation.

The student will develop a project with the following concept in mind:

System Design.
Functional Design.
Circuit Design.
Software Design.
Mechanical Design.
Thermal Design.
Reliability.
Testing.
Maintainability.
Scale of Production.
Manufacturing Technology.
Assembly Method.
Ergonomics.
Value Engineering.
Sales, Servicing & Marketing.

The students will develop a product that is potentially marketable, starting

from conceptual level to the production prototype stage while evaluating alternate
solutions & design to engineer a product. The student must acquire information of
design methodologies & tools to complete the project in given time frame.