21ELN14: Basic Electronics & Communication Engineering syllabus Chemistry Group 2021 Scheme

Basic Electronics & Communication Engineering detailed syllabus for Chemistry Group 2021 Scheme curriculum has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the Chemistry Group students. For course code, course name, duration, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Chemistry Group 1st Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Chemistry Group 1st Sem 2021 Scheme scheme. The detailed syllabus of basic electronics & communication engineering is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Teaching-Learning Process (General Instructions)

These are sample Strategies; which teachers can use to accelerate the attainment of the various course outcomes.

1. Lecturer method (L) does not mean only the traditional lecture method, but a different type of teaching method may be adopted to develop the outcomes.
2. Arrange visits to nearby PSUs such as BHEL, BEL, ISRO, etc., and small-scale hardware industries to give brief information about the electronics manufacturing industry.
3. Show Video/animation films to explain the functioning of various analog and digital circuits.
4. Encourage collaborative (Group) Learning in the class
5. Ask at least three HOTS (Higher-order Thinking) questions in the class, which promotes critical thinking
6. Adopt Problem Based Learning (PBL), which fosters students’ Analytical skills, develop thinking skills such as the ability to evaluate, generalize, and analyze information rather than simply recall it.
7. Topics will be introduced in multiple representations.
8. Show the different ways to solve the same problem and encourage the students to come up with their own creative ways to solve them.
9. Discuss how every concept can be applied to the real world – and when that’s possible, it helps improve the students’ understanding.

Module I:

Electronic Circuits: Power Supplies – Block diagram, Rectifiers, Reservoir and smoothing circuits, Full-wave rectifiers, Bi-phase rectifier circuits, Bridge rectifier circuits, Voltage regulators, Output resistance and voltage regulation, Voltage multipliers. Amplifiers – Types of amplifiers, Gain, Input and output resistance, Frequency response, Bandwidth, Phase shift, Negative feedback, Multi-stage amplifiers. Operational amplifiers – Operational amplifier parameters, Operational amplifier characteristics, Operational amplifier configurations, Operational amplifier circuits. Oscillators – Positive feedback, Conditions for oscillation, Ladder network oscillator, Wein bridge oscillator, Multivibrators, Single-stage astable oscillator, Crystal controlled oscillators. (Only Concepts, working, and waveforms. No mathematical derivations) Text 1: Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9
Teaching Learning Process Chalk and Talk Method, Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube Videos, Animation of Input and Output Waveforms of the Op-Amp Circuits. Practical Topics: Problems On Voltage Regulators, Op-Amp Parameters, Oscillators. Self-study topics: BJT amplifier types, comparison of BJT & FET.

Module II:

Logic Circuits – Logic gates, Bistables, R-S Bistables, D-type Bistables, J-K Bistables. Text 1: Chapter 10 Data representation, Data types, Data storage, A microcontroller system. Text 1: Chapter 11 Realization using basic gates and truth table the Half Adder (Text 4: Fig.11.11) and Full Adder (Text 4: Table 11.5 & Fig. 11.13), Multiplexer (Text 4: 10.5.3) and decoder (Text 4: 10.5.4). Shift registers, Register type – operation and truth table (Text 4: 13.2, 13.3), Counters and asynchronous counters (Text 4: 13.5, 13.6) Text 4: Fig. 11.11, Fig. 11.13, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 13.2, 13.3, 13.5, 13.6 (No simplification of Boolean algebra, no K-maps. Only logic circuit, working and truth table)
Teaching Learning Process Chalk and Talk Method, Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube Videos, Animation of Truth Table and Timing Waveforms of the Logic Circuits Especially Flip Flops, Adders, Shift Registers, and Counters. Practical Topics: Problems On Data Representation and Types. Self-study topics: Waveforms of counters, shift registers.

Module III:

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Module IV:

Analog and Digital Communication – Modern communication system scheme, Information source, and input transducer, Transmitter, Channel or Medium – Hardwired and Softwired, Noise, Receiver, Multiplexing, Types of communication systems. Text 3: 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3, 1.4 – 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.2, 1.6, 1.14, 1.15 From Summary portion of Chapter 1 of Text 3: Types of modulation (only concepts) – AM (only 2.2, no 2.2.1 and rest), FM, Phase Modulation, Pulse Modulation, PAM (Fig. 6.5b), PWM (Fig. 6.8), PPM, PCM. Concept of Radio wave propagation (Ground, space, sky with Fig. 1.28) From Summary portion of Chapter 6 – Digital Communication of Text 3: Concepts of Sampling theorem, Nyquist rate, Digital Modulation Schemes (also see 6.12) – ASK, FSK, PSK Radio signal transmission – Text 3: 6A.1.1, Fig. 6A.1, Fig. 6A.3 Multiple access techniques – Text 3: 6A.1.4, 6A.1.5 Multipath and fading – Text 3: 6A.2.1 Error Management – Text 3: 6A.3.1, 6A.3.2 Antenna, Types of antennas – Text 3: 13.1, 13.3 (only definition and antenna model, exclude radiation patterns).
Teaching Learning Process Chalk and Talk Method, Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube Videos Self-study topics: Multiplexing techniques – TDM, FDM, CDM, WDM, OFDM

Module V:

Cellular Wireless Networks – Introduction, cellular telephone system, cellular concept and frequency reuse. Text 3: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 Wireless Network Topologies – First Generation (1G) Technology, Second Generation (2G) Technology, GSM Communications, GSM System architecture, Third Generation (3G) Technology, CDMA Technology, High-level architecture of LTE, Fourth Generation (4G) Technology, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Architecture. Text 3: 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.7.2, 8.9, 8.10, 8.12, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.17.1 Satellite Communication – Elements of Satellite Communication, Types of satellites – GEO, LEO, MEO. Text 3: 9.1, 9.4, 9.12 – 9.12.1, 9.12.2, 9.12.3 Optical Fiber Communication – A fiber optic Communication system. Text 3: 10.15 – 10.15.1 to 10.15.9 Microwave Communication – Introduction, Frequency modulated microwave communication system. Text 3: 11.1, 11.7.1
Teaching Learning Process Chalk and Talk Method, Powerpoint Presentation, Youtube Videos Self-study topics: 5G

Course Outcomes:

(Course Skill Set): At the end of the course the student will be able to:

1. Describe the concepts of electronic circuits encompassing power supplies, amplifiers and oscillators.
2. Present the basics of digital logic engineering including data representation, circuits and the microcontroller system with associated sensors and actuators.
3. Discuss the characteristics and technological advances of embedded systems.
4. Relate to the fundamentals of communication engineering spanning from the frequency spectrum to the various circuits involved including antennas.
5. Explain the different modes of communications from wired to wireless and the computing involved.

Suggested Learning Resources:

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Activity Based Learning (Suggested Activities in Class)/ Practical Based learning

Developing electronic applications using Raspberry Pi – Text 1: Chapter 18
Google Drive Link
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aTCPv2Bf5M-k40IAYfE0cgZwBjcpAZcR?usp=sharing

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