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Electronics and Communication Engineering notes
Free study notes for Electronics and Communication Engineering (B.E./B.Tech) students in India: 61 topics across 7 subjects - Circuits and devices, Digital electronics, Signals and communication, Microprocessors and embedded, Electromagnetics and RF, Systems and VLSI and semiconductors. Each note explains the concept, works the examples with the numbers done, gives the Indian standards, codes and laws in force today, and ends with interview questions and the mistakes examiners look for - for semester exams, competitive exams, campus placements and job interviews.
Circuits and devices
- Network theorems and circuit analysis
- Semiconductor diodes and applications
- BJT and MOSFET
- Amplifiers and feedback
- Operational amplifiers
- Oscillators and power supplies
- Active filters and op-amp applications
- Data converters: ADC and DAC
- FET amplifiers and biasing
- Multistage and differential amplifiers
- Network analysis: transients, resonance and two-port networks
- Power amplifiers
- Semiconductor physics: energy bands, carriers and junctions
- Special diodes and optoelectronic devices
Digital electronics
- Number systems and Boolean algebra
- Combinational circuits
- Sequential circuits: flip-flops, counters and registers
- Logic families and semiconductor memories
- Verilog and HDL basics
- Finite state machine design
- Programmable logic: PLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs
Signals and communication
- Signals and systems
- Fourier, Laplace and Z-transforms
- Analog modulation: AM and FM
- Sampling and digital modulation
- Information theory and coding
- Noise in communication systems
- OFDM and MIMO
- Radar systems
- Random signals and noise analysis
- Satellite communication
- Spread spectrum and CDMA
- Telecommunication networks and switching
Microprocessors and embedded
- 8085 and 8086 microprocessors
- 8051 microcontroller
- ARM and embedded C
- Embedded interfaces: UART, SPI and I2C
- Internet of Things basics
- Embedded Linux and single-board computers
- Microcontroller peripherals: timers, ADC, PWM and interrupts
- PCB design, EMI and EMC
- Real-time operating systems
- Sensors and actuators for embedded systems
Electromagnetics and RF
- Electromagnetic waves and transmission lines
- Antennas and wave propagation
- Microwave engineering basics
- RF circuit design basics
- Smith chart and impedance matching
Systems
- Digital signal processing: filters and FFT
- Optical fibre communication
- Mobile communication: 2G to 5G
- Measurements and instrumentation
- Image and video processing basics
- Speech and audio processing basics
- Wireless sensor networks