Approved Diploma CET Curriculum 2012
ELECTRONOICS & COMMUNICATION –EC Max Marks: 100
1.Basics Of Electrical and Electronics Engg. :- Electric Current, EMF, Electric Potential, potential
difference, Resistance ,Ohm's law , Specific Resistance, Series and Parallel Combination of Resistance,
Kirchoff's Current and Voltage law , Power, Energy and units. --------3 marks
AC CIRCUITS-Pure Resistive , Inductive and Capacitive circuits, R-L, R-C and R-L-C circuits.
Impedance and power factor. Principle of operation of Transformer , EMF equation, turns ratio, Voltage
transformation ratio, losses, Efficiency, Regulation,Batteries,Relays & Passive components ----------4 marks
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES:-Characteristics and applications of following semiconductor devices: PN
junction diode, Zener diode, Bipolar junction transistor, Unijunction Transistor, SCR, DIAC, TRIAC, varactor
diode, tunnel diode, Gunn Diode, Pin diode. Classification of FET, Construction and operation of P-channel
and N-channel JFET, characteristics of JFET, Comparison of JFET and BJT, advantages and applications of
JFET, MOSFET, Types of MOSFET ,Microwavedevices,Laser & Maser. -----7 marks
2. Digital Electronics & Microprocessors:- Number Systems, Digital signals, Types of logics , logic
gates-Basic gates, truth table, Universal gates,Sequential logic circuits,Combinational logic circuits,Logic
families. --------6 marks
Data Conversion circuits- Digital to Analog converters, Types of D/A converters, Modes of
Operation. A/D converters- Types of A/D converters. Memory Terminology, Random Access Memory, Read
only memory, Secondary storage. Programmable logic devices- PLA, PAL. -------4 marks
Microprocessors:- Programming system- machine, assembly program, assembler directives, compilers
and operating system, instruction format, basic Microprocessor instructions, Addressing modes, Programming
Microprocessors, RISC verses CISC. ----3 marks
3. C-Programming:-Character set, Variable and Identifiers, Built-in Data Types, Variable Definition,
Declaration, C Key Words-Rules & Guidelines for Naming Variables. Arithmetic operators and Expressions,
Constants and Literals, Precedence and Order of Evaluation. Relational Operators, Logical Operator. if
statement, if-else statement. Break, Continue, Switch, Goto and Labels. Loop statements. Arrays- Declaring
an Array, Initializing an Array. One dimensional arrays, Array manipulation, Decalring & Initilisation of Two
dimensional arrays -----8 marks
4. Analog Electronics:- Rectifiers, Regulators & Power supplies, Operating point and biasing of bipolar
transistor and FET, Loadline, Classification Of Amplifiers, Small signal and Large Signal Amplifiers, common
emitter RC coupled amplifier, Power Amplifiers, Efficiency of Power Amplifiers, and Voltage Gain of
Multistage Amplifiers. Differential amplifier, Ideal characteristics, parameters, open loop configuration of
opamp. RC Differentiator and Integrator circuits, Clippers and Clampers, Oscillators, Multivibrators, 555 Timer
. -----8 marks
5. Analog communication:-Superposition theorem , Thevenin’s theorem, Maximum Power Transfer
theorem . Types, characteristics, Frequency, applications of resonance, Condition for resonance. Expressions
for Impedance, current, voltage, Q factor and power factor, Bandwidth in terms of Q ----3 marks
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Electronic communication system:-Distinguish between analog and digital communication, need for
modulation, various analog modulation techniques, 'Amplitude modulation', Carrier ,Components present in the
AM output, Modulation index , SSB, DSB. 'Frequency Modulation’,Pulse Modulation,PAM,PWM,PCM.
. ---4 marks
6. ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION:-Measurements- methods, electronic
measurement system, Errors–types, dynamic characteristics of an instrument, statistical analysis. Standards,
Bridges-DC and AC. PMMC meter, multi range voltmeters and ammeters. Electrodynamometer –voltmeter,
ammeter,wattmeter,CRO, Signal generators & Wave analyser -------6 marks
Electrical transducers, Strain gauge, capacitive transducers, Hall effect type, LVDT, -thermistor,
thermocouple, piezoelectric, , proximity sensors, digital optical encoders -digital voltmeters, Atomization in
DVM, Electronic counters, Digital frequency meters, Digital multimeter, IEEE 488 GPIB instruments .
. ----------4 marks
7. Microcontroller:-Types of a microcontroller and applications, 8051 features, various registers, SFRs,
register banks, internal memory organization , stack & stack pointer external memory- interfacing, I/O ports-
port1 details. instruction set, classification, arithmetic and logical instructions, PORT PROGRAMMING-Byte
size I/O, bit addressability ------- 4 marks
INTERRUPTS OF 8051-Polling & Interrupt methods, executing an interrupt, different types, IE and IP
registers, enabling, disabling and priority setting. TIMERS AND COUNTERS-TMOD and TCON registers, mode
1 & mode 2 operation of timers and counters. SERIAL I/O-SBUF & SCON registers, working of serial port, Serial
data transmission & reception. ------- 3 marks
8. DCCN:- Categories of computer network. switching techniques- Circuit switching, Packet
Switching & Message, Multiplexing and its types – TDM, FDM, STDM, Connectionless and connection
oriented packet switching. OSI reference model - functions of different layers of OSI Model, physical layer,
data link layer .Types, operation & standards of Modem. Functioning of Routers, Bridges, Switches and
Gateways. --------5marks
Network Topology, Types of network topology -Bus , Star, Ring, mesh, tree, hybrid, local area network,
Ethernet properties . IP Address and Physical address, Different classes of IP addresses, Dotted Decimal
notation of IP address, Routing, TCP Basics and features of TCP. ------- 3 marks
9. DIGITAL COMMUNICATION :- Base band and pass band transmission, information capacity,
bits, bit-rate, baud rate and Bandwidth of digital data, sampling theorem, analog pulse modulation-PAM, PPM,
PWM. Quantization, PCM, quantization process. TDMA,FDMA and CDMA. ------2 marks
10. Industrial Automation:- Triggering,Natural and forced Commutation & types, Principle of
operation of controlled rectifiers, Single Phase half wave and full wave controlled rectifiers Choppers -
working principle - Control Schemes - Step-up chopper-Chopper classifications - Applications of choppers,
Introduction to inverters - working principle of Half Bridge Inverter and Full Bridge Inverter, series invertor,
Variable DC Link Inverter-Voltage Source and Current Source Inverters , PWM techniques used in inverters,
Applications of Inverters, Cycloconverters - Single phase to single phase midpoint cycloconverter –
Applications of Cycloconverters-Dual Converter. ----6 marks
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PLC:- relay logic panel ,Scanning considerations, Sensors and Actuators . Programming PLC -
relation to Digital Logic Gates - relation to Boolean Algebra, PLC Register Basics-General characteristics -
Holding Registers, Input & Output Registers . PLC Timer functions, PLC Counter functions, Basic Number
Comparison Functions, MOVE Functions. ---3 marks
11. Advanced Microprocessor:-8086-Internal architecture. Physical address calculation.Memory
organization, Addressing modes. Instruction format- Instruction set of 8086-Assembler directives. Interrupts of
8086 & Interrupt Vector table- Interrupt hierarchy. DOS & BIOS Interrupts
---3 marks
Programmable Peripheral ICs- 8255 (PPI) -list operating modes- 8253-List operating modes- 8251
(USART)–list operating modes - 8259 (PIC)-list operating modes- 8257 and DMA operation ----3 marks
12. Bio medical:- Characteristic of human cell. Bio electric potential- Origin- Resting and action
potential. Propagation of action potential and its wave form. Electrodes- need- types. Electro Cardio Gram-
waveform - Electrodes for Electro cardio gram- lead system for ECG-Artefacts. Brain -Neuronal activity.
Electro Encephalogram - electro encephalogram waveform, electrodes for EEG- Applications of Biomedical
recordings. Defibrillators .Pacemaker . Diathermy. Ventilators, oxygenator. Blood pump – Haemo dialysis.
Prosthetic devices- Hearing aid . Endoscopy. Blood constituents-blood tests. Blood cell counter-PH meter-
spectro photometer, BP measurement. Blood flow meter. ------5 marks
X-Rays- properties- Generation. Computerized tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging.
Diagnostic Ultra sound. Foetal monitoring instrument- cardio tocograph. Echocardiograph. Patient monitoring .
Laser-Principle and application in medical field. Bio telemetry system- single channel bio telemetry system.
Medical data communication through telephone lines and wire less .Telemedicine ------3 marks
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