What is the IES Electronics and Telecommuncation Engineering Paper 1 Syllabus?
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Basic Electronics Engineering - Basics of semiconductors;
- Diode/Transistor basics and characteristics;
- Diodes for different uses;
- Junction & Field Effect Transistors (BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs);
- Transistor amplifiers of different types, oscillators and other circuits; Basics of Integrated Circuits (ICs);
- Bipolar, MOS and CMOS ICs; Basics of linear ICs, operational amplifiers and their applications-linear/non-linear;
- Optical sources/detectors;
- Basics of Optoelectronics and its applications
Basic Electrical Engineering - DC circuits-Ohm’s & Kirchoff’s laws, mesh and nodal analysis, circuit theorems;
- Electro-magnetism, Faraday’s & Lenz’s
laws, induced EMF and its uses; - Single-phase AC circuits;
- Transformers, efficiency;
- Basics-DC machines, induction machines, and synchronous machines; Electrical power sources- basics: hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, wind, solar;
- Basics of batteries and their uses.
Materials Science - Electrical Engineering materials;
- Crystal structure & defects;
- Ceramic materials-structures, composites, processing and uses;
- Insulating laminates for electronics, structures, properties and uses;
- Magnetic materials, basics, classification, ferrites, ferro/para-magnetic materials and components;
- Nano materials-basics, preparation, purification, sintering, nano particles and uses;
- Nano-optical/magnetic/electronic materials and uses;
- Superconductivity, uses.
Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation - Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards;
- Analog and Digital systems for measurement, measuring instruments for different applications; Static/dynamic characteristics of measurement systems, errors, statistical analysis and curve fitting;
- Measurement systems for non-electrical quantities;
- Basics of telemetry; Different types of transducers and displays; Data acquisition system basics.
Network Theory - Network graphs & matrices;
- Wye-Delta transformation;
- Linear constant coefficient differential equations- time domain analysis of RLC circuits;
- Solution of network equations using Laplace transforms- frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits; 2-port network parameters-driving point & transfer functions; State equations for networks; Steady state sinusoidal analysis.
Analog and Digital Circuits - Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTS and FETs;
- Diode circuits for different uses;
- Biasing & stability of BJT & JFET amplifier circuits;
- Analysis/design of amplifier- single/multi-stage; Feedback& uses; Active filters, timers, multipliers, wave shaping, A/D-D/A converters;
- Boolean Algebra& uses;
- Logic gates, Digital IC families, Combinatorial/sequential circuits;
- Basics of multiplexers, counters/registers/ memories /microprocessors, design& applications
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