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Credits Allocation Table (L-T-P Structure)

Course TitleCodeLTPCredits
Digital Signal Processing-3003
Introduction to VLSI Design-3003
Power Systems – II (Operation and Control)-3003
Professional Skill Development-3003
Program Elective – III-3003
Program Elective- II-3003
MOOCs / SWAYAM / NPTEL Courses - 2-2002
Digital Signal Processing Lab-0021
Electronics Design Lab (Practical)-0042
Introduction to VLSI Design Lab-0021
Power Systems Lab – II-0021
TOTAL----26

Digital Signal Processing

100606
Theory Course • 5 Units
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Module 1: Discrete-time signals and systems (6 hours)

  • Discrete time signals and systems: Sequences; representation of signals on orthogonal basis
  • Representation of discrete systems using difference equations
  • Sampling and reconstruction of signals aliasing; Sampling theorem and Nyquist rate

Module 2: Z-transform (6 hours)

  • z-Transform, Region of Convergence
  • Analysis of Linear Shift Invariant systems using z-transform
  • Properties of z-transform for causal signals
  • Interpretation of stability in z-domain, Inverse z-transforms

Module 3: Discrete Fourier Transform (10 hours)

  • Frequency Domain Analysis, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)
  • Properties of DFT, Convolution of signals
  • Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm
  • Parseval's Identity, Implementation of Discrete Time Systems

Module 4: Design of Digital filters (12 hours)

  • Design of FIR Digital filters: Window method, Park-McClellan's method
  • Design of IIR Digital Filters: Butterworth, Chebyshev and Elliptic Approximations
  • Low-pass, Band-pass, Band-stop and High-pass filters
  • Effect of finite register length in FIR filter design
  • Parametric and non-parametric spectral estimation
  • Introduction to multi-rate signal processing

Module 5: Applications of Digital Signal Processing (6 hours)

  • Correlation Functions and Power Spectra
  • Stationary Processes
  • Optimal filtering using ARMA Model
  • Linear Mean-Square Estimation, Wiener Filter

Introduction to VLSI Design

100607
Theory Course • 4 Units
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Module 1: Introduction (10 hours)

  • MOSFET, threshold voltage, current, Channel length modulation, body bias effect and short channel effects
  • MOS switch, MOSFET capacitances, MOSFET models for calculation
  • Transistors and Layout, CMOS layout elements, parasitics, wires and vias-design rules-layout design
  • SPICE simulation of MOSFET I-V characteristics and parameter extraction

Module 2: CMOS inverter (10 hours)

  • Static characteristics, noise margin, effect of process variation, supply scaling
  • Dynamic characteristics, inverter design for a given VTC and speed
  • Effect of input rise time and fall time, static and dynamic power dissipation
  • Energy & power delay product, sizing chain of inverters, latch up effect
  • Simulation of static and dynamic characteristics, layout, post layout simulation

Module 3: Static and Dynamic CMOS design (10 hours)

  • Static CMOS design, Complementary CMOS, static properties, propagation delay, Elmore delay model
  • Power consumption, low power design techniques, logical effort for transistor sizing
  • Ratioed logic, pseudo NMOS inverter, DCVSL, PTL, DPTL & Transmission gate logic
  • Dynamic CMOS design, speed and power considerations
  • Domino logic and its derivatives, C2MOS, TSPC registers, NORA CMOS

Module 4: Circuit design considerations (10 hours)

  • Arithmetic circuits, shifter
  • CMOS memory design - SRAM and DRAM
  • BiCMOS logic - static and dynamic behaviour
  • Delay and power consumption in BiCMOS Logic

Power Systems – II (Operation and Control)

103601
Theory Course • 5 Units
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Module 1: Power Flow Analysis (7 hours)

  • Review of the structure of a Power System and its components
  • Analysis of Power Flows: Formation of Bus Admittance Matrix
  • Real and reactive power balance equations at a node
  • Load and Generator Specifications
  • Application of numerical methods for solution of non-linear algebraic equations – Gauss Seidel and Newton-Raphson methods for the solution of the power flow equations
  • Computational Issues in Large-scale Power Systems

Module 2: Stability Constraints in synchronous grids (8 hours)

  • Swing Equations of a synchronous machine connected to an infinite bus
  • Power angle curve
  • Description of the phenomena of loss of synchronism in a single-machine infinite bus system following a disturbance like a three-phase fault
  • Analysis using numerical integration of swing equations (using methods like Forward Euler, Runge-Kutta 4th order methods), as well as the Equal Area Criterion
  • Impact of stability constraints on Power System Operation
  • Effect of generation rescheduling and series compensation of transmission lines on stability

Module 3: Control of Frequency and Voltage (7 hours)

  • Turbines and Speed-Governors, Frequency dependence of loads
  • Droop Control and Power Sharing
  • Automatic Generation Control
  • Generation and absorption of reactive power by various components of a Power System
  • Excitation System Control in synchronous generators, Automatic Voltage Regulators
  • Shunt Compensators, Static VAR compensators and STATCOMs
  • Tap Changing Transformers
  • Power flow control using embedded dc links, phase shifters

Module 4: Monitoring and Control (6 hours)

  • Overview of Energy Control Centre Functions: SCADA systems
  • Phasor Measurement Units and Wide-Area Measurement Systems
  • State-estimation, System Security Assessment
  • Normal, Alert, Emergency, Extremis states of a Power System
  • Contingency Analysis, Preventive Control and Emergency Control

Module 5: Fault Analysis and Protection Systems (10 hours)

  • Method of Symmetrical Components (positive, negative and zero sequences)
  • Balanced and Unbalanced Faults
  • Representation of generators, lines and transformers in sequence networks
  • Computation of Fault Currents, Neutral Grounding

Professional Skill Development

100608
Theory Course • 4 Units
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Module 1: Communication skills (10 hours)

  • Public speaking
  • Group discussion
  • Gestures and body language & professional presentation skills

Module 2: Interpersonal skills (10 hours)

  • Group dynamics
  • Negotiation skills
  • Leadership
  • Emotional intelligence

Module 3: Employability and Corporate Skills (10 hours)

  • Time management and effective planning
  • Stress management
  • People skills, Team work, development of leadership qualities
  • Decision making and Negotiation skills
  • Positive attitude, Self-motivation, Professional ethics
  • Business etiquettes, balancing board room

Module 4: Business writing skills (10 hours)

  • Resume Writing, Interview Skills
  • Technical Presentation
  • Guest Lecture, Professional Ethics
  • Project Management, Entrepreneurship

Program Elective- II

ELECTIVE
Theory Course • Course Details
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Program Elective: Computer Architecture

100611

Module 1: Introduction to computer organization (6 hours)

Architecture and function of general computer system • CISC Vs RISC • Data types • Integer Arithmetic - Multiplication, Division • Fixed and Floating point representation and arithmetic • Control unit operation • Hardware implementation of CPU with Micro instruction, microprogramming • System buses, Multi-bus organization

Module 2: Memory organization (6 hours)

System memory • Cache memory - types and organization • Virtual memory and its implementation • Memory management unit • Magnetic Hard disks • Optical Disks

Module 3: Input – output Organization (8 hours)

Accessing I/O devices • Direct Memory Access and DMA controller • Interrupts and Interrupt Controllers • Arbitration • Multilevel Bus Architecture • Interface circuits - Parallel and serial port • Features of PCI and PCI Express bus

Module 4: 16 and 32 microprocessors (8 hours)

80x86 Architecture, IA – 32 and IA – 64 • Programming model • Concurrent operation of EU and BIU • Real mode addressing, Segmentation • Addressing modes of 80x86 • Instruction set of 80x86 • I/O addressing in 80x86

Module 5: Pipelining (8 hours)

Introduction to pipelining • Instruction level pipelining (ILP) • Compiler techniques for ILP • Data hazards, Dynamic scheduling, Dependability • Branch cost, Branch Prediction • Influence on instruction set

Module 6: Different Architectures (8 hours)

VLIW Architecture • DSP Architecture • SoC architecture • MIPS Processor and programming

Program Elective: Industrial Electrical Systems

103606

Module 1: Electrical System Components (8 hours)

LT system wiring components, selection of cables, wires, switches, distribution box, metering system • Tariff structure • Protection components- Fuse, MCB, MCCB, ELCB, inverse current characteristics, symbols • Single line diagram (SLD) of a wiring system • Contactor, Isolator, Relays, MPCB • Electric shock and Electrical safety practices

Module 2: Residential and Commercial Electrical Systems (8 hours)

Types of residential and commercial wiring systems • General rules and guidelines for installation • Load calculation and sizing of wire, rating of main switch, distribution board and protection devices • Earthing system calculations • Requirements of commercial installation • Deciding lighting scheme and number of lamps, earthing of commercial installation • Selection and sizing of components

Module 3: Illumination Systems (6 hours)

Understanding various terms regarding light, lumen, intensity, candle power, lamp efficiency, specific consumption, glare, space to height ratio, waste light factor, depreciation factor • Various illumination schemes • Incandescent lamps and modern luminaries like CFL, LED and their operation • Energy saving in illumination systems • Design of a lighting scheme for a residential and commercial premises • Flood lighting

Module 4: Industrial Electrical Systems I (8 hours)

HT connection, industrial substation • Transformer selection • Industrial loads, motors, starting of motors • SLD, Cable and Switchgear selection • Lightning Protection, Earthing design • Power factor correction – kVAR calculations, type of compensation • Introduction to PCC, MCC panels • Specifications of LT Breakers, MCB and other LT panel components

Module 5: Industrial Electrical Systems II (6 hours)

DG Systems, UPS System • Electrical Systems for the elevators • Battery banks • Sizing the DG, UPS and Battery Banks • Selection of UPS and Battery Banks

Module 6: Industrial Electrical System Automation (6 hours)

Study of basic PLC • Role of in automation, advantages of process automation • PLC based control system design • Panel Metering • Introduction to SCADA system for distribution automation

Program Elective: Electrical Drives

100613

Module 1: DC motor characteristics (5 hours)

Review of emf and torque equations of DC machine • Review of torque-speed characteristics of separately excited dc motor • Change in torque-speed curve with armature voltage • Example load torque-speed characteristics, operating point • Armature voltage control for varying motor speed, flux weakening for high speed operation

Module 2: Chopper fed DC drive (5 hours)

Review of dc chopper and duty ratio control • Chopper fed dc motor for speed control • Steady state operation of a chopper fed drive • Armature current waveform and ripple • Calculation of losses in dc motor and chopper, efficiency of dc drive, smooth starting

Module 3: Multi-quadrant DC drive (6 hours)

Review of motoring and generating modes operation of a separately excited dc machine • Four quadrant operation of dc machine • Single-quadrant, two-quadrant and four-quadrant choppers • Steady-state operation of multi-quadrant chopper fed dc drive, regenerative braking

Module 4: Closed-loop control of DC Drive (6 hours)

Control structure of DC drive, inner current loop and outer speed loop • Dynamic model of dc motor – dynamic equations and transfer functions • Modeling of chopper as gain with switching delay, plant transfer function for controller design • Current controller specification and design, speed controller specification and design

Module 5: Induction motor characteristics (6 hours)

Review of induction motor equivalent circuit and torque-speed characteristic • Variation of torque-speed curve with (i) applied voltage, (ii) applied frequency and (iii) applied voltage and frequency • Typical torque-speed curves of fan and pump loads, operating point • Constant flux operation, flux weakening operation

Module 6: Scalar control or constant V/f control of induction motor (6 hours)

Review of three-phase voltage source inverter • Generation of three-phase PWM signals, sinusoidal modulation, space vector theory, conventional space vector modulation • Constant V/f control of induction motor • Steady-state performance analysis based on equivalent circuit • Speed drop with loading, slip regulation

Module 7: Control of slip ring induction motor (6 hours)

Impact of rotor resistance of the induction motor torque-speed curve • Operation of slip-ring induction motor with external rotor resistance • Starting torque, power electronic based rotor side control of slip ring motor • Slip power recovery

Program Elective – III

ELECTIVE
Theory Course • Course Details
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Available Elective Tracks & Options (3):

Program Elective: Computer Architecture

100611

Module 1: Introduction to computer organization (6 hours)

Architecture and function of general computer system • CISC Vs RISC • Data types • Integer Arithmetic - Multiplication, Division • Fixed and Floating point representation and arithmetic • Control unit operation • Hardware implementation of CPU with Micro instruction, microprogramming • System buses, Multi-bus organization

Module 2: Memory organization (6 hours)

System memory • Cache memory - types and organization • Virtual memory and its implementation • Memory management unit • Magnetic Hard disks • Optical Disks

Module 3: Input – output Organization (8 hours)

Accessing I/O devices • Direct Memory Access and DMA controller • Interrupts and Interrupt Controllers • Arbitration • Multilevel Bus Architecture • Interface circuits - Parallel and serial port • Features of PCI and PCI Express bus

Module 4: 16 and 32 microprocessors (8 hours)

80x86 Architecture, IA – 32 and IA – 64 • Programming model • Concurrent operation of EU and BIU • Real mode addressing, Segmentation • Addressing modes of 80x86 • Instruction set of 80x86 • I/O addressing in 80x86

Module 5: Pipelining (8 hours)

Introduction to pipelining • Instruction level pipelining (ILP) • Compiler techniques for ILP • Data hazards, Dynamic scheduling, Dependability • Branch cost, Branch Prediction • Influence on instruction set

Module 6: Different Architectures (8 hours)

VLIW Architecture • DSP Architecture • SoC architecture • MIPS Processor and programming

Program Elective: Industrial Electrical Systems

103606

Module 1: Electrical System Components (8 hours)

LT system wiring components, selection of cables, wires, switches, distribution box, metering system • Tariff structure • Protection components- Fuse, MCB, MCCB, ELCB, inverse current characteristics, symbols • Single line diagram (SLD) of a wiring system • Contactor, Isolator, Relays, MPCB • Electric shock and Electrical safety practices

Module 2: Residential and Commercial Electrical Systems (8 hours)

Types of residential and commercial wiring systems • General rules and guidelines for installation • Load calculation and sizing of wire, rating of main switch, distribution board and protection devices • Earthing system calculations • Requirements of commercial installation • Deciding lighting scheme and number of lamps, earthing of commercial installation • Selection and sizing of components

Module 3: Illumination Systems (6 hours)

Understanding various terms regarding light, lumen, intensity, candle power, lamp efficiency, specific consumption, glare, space to height ratio, waste light factor, depreciation factor • Various illumination schemes • Incandescent lamps and modern luminaries like CFL, LED and their operation • Energy saving in illumination systems • Design of a lighting scheme for a residential and commercial premises • Flood lighting

Module 4: Industrial Electrical Systems I (8 hours)

HT connection, industrial substation • Transformer selection • Industrial loads, motors, starting of motors • SLD, Cable and Switchgear selection • Lightning Protection, Earthing design • Power factor correction – kVAR calculations, type of compensation • Introduction to PCC, MCC panels • Specifications of LT Breakers, MCB and other LT panel components

Module 5: Industrial Electrical Systems II (6 hours)

DG Systems, UPS System • Electrical Systems for the elevators • Battery banks • Sizing the DG, UPS and Battery Banks • Selection of UPS and Battery Banks

Module 6: Industrial Electrical System Automation (6 hours)

Study of basic PLC • Role of in automation, advantages of process automation • PLC based control system design • Panel Metering • Introduction to SCADA system for distribution automation

Program Elective: Electrical Drives

100613

Module 1: DC motor characteristics (5 hours)

Review of emf and torque equations of DC machine • Review of torque-speed characteristics of separately excited dc motor • Change in torque-speed curve with armature voltage • Example load torque-speed characteristics, operating point • Armature voltage control for varying motor speed, flux weakening for high speed operation

Module 2: Chopper fed DC drive (5 hours)

Review of dc chopper and duty ratio control • Chopper fed dc motor for speed control • Steady state operation of a chopper fed drive • Armature current waveform and ripple • Calculation of losses in dc motor and chopper, efficiency of dc drive, smooth starting

Module 3: Multi-quadrant DC drive (6 hours)

Review of motoring and generating modes operation of a separately excited dc machine • Four quadrant operation of dc machine • Single-quadrant, two-quadrant and four-quadrant choppers • Steady-state operation of multi-quadrant chopper fed dc drive, regenerative braking

Module 4: Closed-loop control of DC Drive (6 hours)

Control structure of DC drive, inner current loop and outer speed loop • Dynamic model of dc motor – dynamic equations and transfer functions • Modeling of chopper as gain with switching delay, plant transfer function for controller design • Current controller specification and design, speed controller specification and design

Module 5: Induction motor characteristics (6 hours)

Review of induction motor equivalent circuit and torque-speed characteristic • Variation of torque-speed curve with (i) applied voltage, (ii) applied frequency and (iii) applied voltage and frequency • Typical torque-speed curves of fan and pump loads, operating point • Constant flux operation, flux weakening operation

Module 6: Scalar control or constant V/f control of induction motor (6 hours)

Review of three-phase voltage source inverter • Generation of three-phase PWM signals, sinusoidal modulation, space vector theory, conventional space vector modulation • Constant V/f control of induction motor • Steady-state performance analysis based on equivalent circuit • Speed drop with loading, slip regulation

Module 7: Control of slip ring induction motor (6 hours)

Impact of rotor resistance of the induction motor torque-speed curve • Operation of slip-ring induction motor with external rotor resistance • Starting torque, power electronic based rotor side control of slip ring motor • Slip power recovery

MOOCs / SWAYAM / NPTEL Courses - 2

100604
Theory Course • Course Details
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Digital Signal Processing Lab

100606P
Laboratory Subject • Course Details
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Electronics Design LabElectronics Design Lab

100609P
Laboratory Subject • 2 Units
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Topics Part 1

  • Understand the practical issues related to practical implementation of applications using electronic circuits.
  • Choose appropriate components, software and hardware platforms.
  • Design a Printed Circuit Board, get it made and populate/solder it with components.
  • Work as a team with other students to implement an application.

Topics Part 2

  • Basic concepts on measurements
  • Noise in electronic systems
  • Sensors and signal conditioning circuits
  • Introduction to electronic instrumentation and PC based data acquisition
  • Electronic system design
  • Analog system design
  • Interfacing of analog and digital systems
  • Embedded systems
  • Electronic system design employing microcontrollers, CPLDs, and FPGAs
  • PCB design and layout
  • System assembly considerations
  • Group projects involving electronic hardware (Analog, Digital, mixed signal) leading to implementation of an application

Prescribed Experiments

  1. Understand the practical issues related to practical implementation of applications using electronic circuits.
  2. Choose appropriate components, software and hardware platforms.
  3. Design a Printed Circuit Board, get it made and populate/solder it with components.
  4. Work as a team with other students to implement an application.

Introduction to VLSI Design Lab

100607P
Laboratory Subject • Course Details
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Power Systems Lab – II

103601P
Laboratory Subject • Course Details
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