SEMESTER-I

EL - 103 Quantum and Statistical Mechanics

Uncertainty principle, Experiments on duality, Schrodinger's equation and its applications to square well potential, square potential barrier (1D).
Infinite array of potential wells,Kronig-Penny model, Barrier penetration, applications to tunnel diode, Josephson effect, Perturbation theory and its applications, Scattering.

Binomial and related distributions, Phase space, Statistical ensembles, applications of classical statistical mechanics, Quantum statistics, Brownian motion, Random walk problem.

Heat transport equation, Kinetic derivation of viscosity, Thermal conductivity etc., Boltzmann Equation with applications, Chemical potential, partition function and its applications.

EL - 104 Physics of Electronic Materials

Crystal structures, classification of crystals, lattices, reciprocal lattice, Miller indices, amorphous materials.
Electronic structure and related properties, Bloch theorem phonons, Nearly Free electron theory, introduction to tight binding and various band structures, Band structure calculation methods, thermal conductivity due to electrons and phonons, perturbation theory

Semiconductors: Direct and indirect band gap methods to determine the forbidden gap electronic and hole transport in semiconductors, electrical parameters, carrier concentration, mobility, temperature dependence, experimental methods to study the electrical parameters, thermo electric effect. Hall effect, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, electrons and phonons in semiconductors

Dielectric properties, electronic polarisability, Clausius Mossotti relation, dielectric constant static and frequency dependence, e.m. waves in solid, interface, Kramer-Kronig relation, damped oscillation.

Optical properties of Si and GaAs, Photoluminiscence and Laser Raman Scattering in Crystalline and amorphous materials, piezoelectric properties, polymers and their properties.

Magnetic and Electrooptical properties. Magnetism ? various contributions to para and dia magnetism, Fero and Ferri magnetism and ferrites, Magnons and dispersion relation, antiferromagnetism, domains and domain walls, coercive force, hysterisis, methods for parameters measurements.

Defects in crystals and their effects on mechanical, electrical and optical properties. Diffusion in materials.

EL - 105 Basic Integrated Circuits and Systems (Analog)

Device characteristics and small signal models of pn junction diode, Schottky diode, Zener Diode, BJT, JFET, MOSFET, SCR, LED.
Design of transistor amplifiers, two port representation and applications, biasing, frequency response, Noise, Multistage amplifiers, Feedback and its effect on gain, bandwidth, input and output impedance, noise and stability, Differential amplifiers.

Design of internal circuits of simple Operational amplifier, biasing, current mirror, current source, level shifting networks, BJT and FET input stage circuits.

Linear applications of OPAMP, inverting and noninverting amplifier, integrator/differentiator, Analogue computing, Instrumentation amplifier, Logarithmic amplifier, Multiplier, S/H circuits.

Transient response and switching speed, step response of single and multistage amplifiers, multi pole circuits, transient and slew considerations of OPAMP, Switching characteristics of diodes, transistors and transistor circuits.

Phase locked loops, phase detector, voltage controlled oscillator, effect of low pass filter on loop performance, PLL applications.

EL - 106 Mathematical and Computational Methods in Electronics

Differential equations and their solutions, Bessel functions of first and second kind, utility in antenna design.
Laplace, Fourier, and Z-transforms, their properties and applications in electronics. Signal and system modeling , impulse response, energy and power spectral density, convolution and correlation, Digital filtering.

Numerical methods for solution of simultaneous equations, LU factorization, Pivotal condensation and Gauss -Jordan methods of matrix inversion, applications in network analysis.

Iterative algorithms, solving equations and finding roots, practical considerations of convergence rate and accuracy. Probability, curve fitting and error analysis.

Numerical methods for solution of differential, partial differential and integral equations, Euler's method, Runge-Kutta method, cubic spline method, numerical integration, differentiation and interpolation, Simpson's 1/3 rule, Gauss quadrature formula, Euler Maclaurine formula, Finite difference and finite element methods, applications in solution of Poisson's equation, drift-diffusion transport process, propagation of e.m. waves etc.