MODULE 1

 Elementary concepts of DC electric circuits: Current and Voltage Division Rule - Relative potential Capacitors & Inductors: V-I relations and Energy      stored. Ohms Law and Kirchhoff's laws - numerical problems. Star-delta conversion (resistive network only - derivation not required) - numerical problems.

Analysis of DC Electric circuits:  Mesh current method – matrix representation - Solution of network equations. 

Node voltage methods-matrix representation-solution of network equations by matrix methods - numerical problems.

Elementary Concepts of Magnetic circuits: Magnetic Circuits: Basic Terminology: MMF, field strength, flux density, reluctance - Comparison between electric and magnetic circuits - Series and parallel magnetic circuits with composite materials (numerical problems not needed) 

MODULE 2 

Electromagnetic Induction:

Faraday's laws, Lenz's law- statically induced and dynamically induced emf – Self-inductance and mutual inductance, coefficient of coupling (numerical problems not needed)

Alternating Current fundamentals:

Generation of alternating voltages - Representation of sinusoidal waveforms: frequency, period, average value, RMS value and form factor - numerical problems

AC Circuits: Phasor representation of sinusoidal quantities, Trigonometric, Rectangular, Polar and complex forms.

Analysis of simple AC circuits: Purely resistive, inductive & capacitive circuits; Inductive and capacitive reactance, concept of impedance - numerical problems. RL, RC and RLC series circuits- power factor, active, reactive and apparent power. Simple numerical problems.

Three phase AC systems: Generation of three phase voltages, advantages of three phase systems, star and delta connections (balanced only), relation between line and phase voltages, line and  phase currents- numerical problems 

MODULE 3

Introduction to Electronic devices:

Passive and active components in electronics

Working of PN junction diode, V-I characteristics of PN Junction diode Zener diode and avalanche breakdown. Basics of Zener voltage regulator 

Block diagram of DC power supply, circuit and working of half wave, full wave and bridge rectifiers, ripple factor (with and without capacitor filters)

Construction, working and V-I Characteristics of BJT, Input output characteristics of CE configuration, Comparison of CE, CB and CC configurations

Concept of biasing and load line Transistor as a switch, Transistor as an amplifier (Circuit Diagram and working)

    RC coupled amplifier - Circuit diagram and frequency response Introduction to FET, Construction and working of N-channel and P- Channel     MOSFETs 

MODULE 4

Modern Electronics and its applications:

General block diagram of a Communication system, Block diagram of Fiber optic Communication system

Concept of AM and FM (No derivation required), Block diagram of AM and FM super-heterodyne receiver

Basic concepts of Wired and Wireless communication, Block diagram of GSM

Comparison of 3G, 4G, 5G and 6G communication technologies Block diagrams of Electronic instrumentation system, Digital Multimeter, Function generator

Introduction to CRO and Lissajous patterns 

Applications of modern electronics – IoT based smart homes, healthcare and agriculture (Case study only)