The Indian School of Mines Dhanbad is an educational institute of India. It is located in the city of Dhanbad


Semester I
Advanced Communication Theory
VLSI Design
RF & Microwave Circuits & Systems
Management Principles & Practices
Elective-I
Electronics & Communication Lab-1
Electronics & Communication Lab-2

Semester II
Optical communication
Advanced Signal Processing
Mobile Communication
Elective II
Elective-III
Electronics & Communication Lab-3
Electronics & Communication Lab-4

Semester III

Industrial Training/Minor Project
Seminar and Viva-voce on Industrial Training .
Comprehensive Viva-vice
Dissertation (Interim)
Seminar and Viva-voce on Dissertation
Teaching Assignment Evaluation/ Laboratory Development work etc.

Semester IV

Dissertation
Seminar on dissertation
Viva-vice on dissertation
Evaluation of teaching assignment / Lab work etc.

M.tech Syllabus of the Electronic and Communication Engineering of ISM Dhanbad
Semester I

1. Advanced Communication Theory (ECC 51101) (3-0-0)
Single space theory, Statistical theory of communication (Randam process, Stationery and cyclostating process, Ergodicity). Information theory (transfer of information through communication channels) Theory of error correcting codes (Block codes, cyclic codes, convolutional codes, interleaving, Viterbi Algorith), Optimum receiving filters (Matched filter and correlator), Equalisation techniques (Nyquist pulse shaping of 1st, 2nd and 3rd kid, Adaptive Equalisation), Detection theory (Maximum likelihood detection), Synchronisation techniques, Analysis of bandpass signals and systems (complex envelope, power speral density) spectral efficiency and power efficiency of modern digital modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, CPFSK, MSK, GMSK, QAM), Spread Spectrum Modulation. Multicarrier Communication (OFDM).

2. VLSI Design (ECC 51102) (3-0-0)

I.C. Fabrication techniques. Fabrication of NMOS, CMOS and BICMOS. MOS transistor (enhancement and depletion). Importance of BICMOS. Various Isolation techniques. Basic inverter in NMOS and CMOS technology. Calculation of pull up to pull down ration of inverters. Design of Logic Gates and various combinational circuits using NMOS and CMOS technology. Pass transistor. Design rules, sticK diagrams, polycell and gate array approaches. Examples of cell design. Computer tools for design. Circuit and logic simulation layout generation and verification.

3. R.F. and Microwave Circuits and Systems (ECC 51103 ) (3-0-0)

Microwave transistors, Amplifiers, Oscillators, Attenuators, Limiters, Switches, Phase shifters.
Design of lumped elements at microwave frequencies, Microstrip circuits, RFIC & MMIC.
Microwave measurements: Impedance, Frequency, Power, Noise, reflection and transmission coefficients. Network analyzer, RFID.


4. Management Principles & Practices (MSC 51153)R (4-0-0)

Essentials of management functions. Human behavior at work - Motivation, Leadership, Training and Development. Essentials of communication - Types of communication, barrier to communication, Presentation skill. Financial Management – Sources of capital (long-term & short-term), Financial statement analysis, Working capital management. Engineering Economics – Concept of time value of money, Capital budgeting techniques, Replacement analysis, cost concept, cost volume profit analysis, characteristics and life cycle of a project. Project cost estimates, job costing. Introduction to marketing management- concept and practice.
5. Elective-I

(a). Integrated Optoelectronics (ECE 51101) (3-0-0)

Opto-electronic materials: Growth and characterization of III-V and II-VI semiconductor materials required for optoelectronic devices for visible and IR range. Ternary and quaternary semiconductors.
Theory of Optical Waveguides: Planar waveguides, basic three layer planar waveguide, the symmetric waveguide, asymmetric waveguide, anisotropic and gyrotropic rectangular waveguides, channel waveguides, strip loaded Waveguides and coupled mode theory.
Integrated Circuits: Waveguide modulators, detectors, wave-guiding lasers, prism, lens, polarizers, couplers, waveguide fabrication.
Electronics effect and devices, magnetoopic effect and devices and Acousto-optic effect and devices, Non-linear optical components, integrated optic memories.
Optical A/D, and D/A converters, semiconductor quantum well structures. Quantum wires and dots Heterostructure super-lattice, photon switching and multiplexing.

(b). Advanced Analog Circuits (ECE 51102) (3-0-0)

Introduction to current mode circuits. Comparison of current mode circuits with voltage mode circuits. Current mode circuits: principle of operation, advantages, applications. Some BJT and MOS based basic current mode circuits. CCI, CCII, CCCII, CCCII (-IR): internal structures and applications Construction and advantages of Multi-output current conveyors. Current sources as load. Norton current amplifier. Transconductance Amplifier: Internal structure and analysis. Use of transconductance amplifier as: variable resistance, inductance, oscillator and filter compatible with Integrated Circuit.

(c). Computer Aided circuits Design (ECE 51103) (3-0-0)

Nodal, mesh & state variable formulation of network equation by KVL, KCL and inspection. Review of graph theory. KVL & KCL in incidence matrix form.
Tableau equation of networks. Modified nodal equation using graph. Sensitivity analysis of single parameter, multiparameters, op-amp and parasites. Tolerance analysis. Monte-Carlo analysis. Optimization technique.
Modeling of diode, FET, BJT; Macro model D.C. solution by Newton-Raphson algorithm for Nodal formulation. Tableau & Modified formulation. Transient analysis of dynamic networks.

(d). Digital Speech Processing (ECE 51104) (3-0-0)

Speech production and modeling; Short time processing of speech; Linear prediction analysis; Cepstral analysis; Speech synthesis; Speech recognition;
Applications: data compression, vocoders, speech enhancement, speaker identification and verification; voice response and text-to-speech systems.




(e). Virtual Instrumentation (ECE 51105) (3-0-0)

Introduction to Virtual Instrumentation: Concept of VI, VI I/O design, Some Standard Software for VI design;
Introduction to Hardware used for VI design: Introduction to ISA, EISA and PCI slots, study of Hardware cards and monitors used in VI design.
Ion to software used for VI design: : Introduction to Lab view Software, Application gauge for programming of Hardware card, Introduction signal processing software for VI design. Application of GPIB and RS-232 interface in VI development. Industrial Applications of VI for condition monitoring and control. Distributed Control Systems and VI.

(f). Advanced Solid State Devices (ECE 51106) (3-0-0)

Review of Semiconductor properties – Crystal structure of semi-conductors, band theory, occupation statistics, electrical properties, optical properties, recombination kinetics, avalanche process in semiconductors, photon statistics; MESFETs, Transport in low dimensional structures; HEMTs/MODFETs; Hetrojuction BJTs; Design of high frequency amplifiers and oscillators, Resonant tunneling structures, RTD Oscillators; Intervalley scattering, Gun diodes, IMPATT diodes, Step recovery diodes, Introduction to epitaxial growth for these structures; elements of device fabrication.
MOSFET-2DEG, gradual channel approximation, charge control models, BSIM model, second order effects. MESFET – Shockeley, velocity saturation and universal models. SPICE and small-signal models. Analytical Device Model; Discretisation of basic semiconductor equation: A Numerical Approach; Simulation Case Studies: ID, 2D and 3D modeling schemes, fundamentals of Monte Carlo simulation.
Emphasis on the synthesis based approach to VLSI Design, Relevant issues related to physical design automation such as placement, floor planning, routing and compaction.

(g). Advanced Microprocessor System (ECE 51107) (3-0-0)

Introduction: Basics of Von Neumann Architecture and the early Microprocessors, CISC and RISC concepts; Parallelism in Processor Architecture: Pipelining, Super-scalar, Super-pipeline and VLIW Architectures, Low-power Architecture; Built-in Multiprocessing support; Co-processors; Processor Architecture with hierarchical memory organization. Cache memory, Virtual memory; Built-in Multi-user and multitasking support in 16-bit and 32 bit microprocessors, Built-in memory mapping and management support; Evolution of platform architecture; Special-purpose processor Architectures: Signal processing Microprocessors; Communication processors; Case studies with contemporary Microprocessors.

(h). Wireless Networks (ECE 51108) (3-0-0)

Introduce to wireless networking terms and concepts. Radio Frequency Fundamentals, Spread Spectrum Technologies, Wireless LAN Infrastructure Devices, Antennas, Wireless LAN Organizations and Standards, 802.11 Network Architecture, Troubleshooting Wireless LANs, Wireless LAN Security, Site Survey Fundamentals, Wireless LAN Products, Basic Access Point Configuration, Base Station Configuration.

(i). Robotics (ECE 51109) (3-0-0)

Basic components of robotic systems. Kinematics for manipulators. Selection of coordinate frames. Homogeneous trans-formations. Solution of kinematics and manipulator dynamics. Iterative Newton-Euler dynamic formulation. Position planning. Position velocity and force control. Controller design. Digital simulation. Robot sensing technology and sensing system design. Programming languages for robots. Application of computer controlled robots in manufacturing and programmable automation.

(j). Bioinformatics (ECE 51110) (3-0-0)

Introduction to Bioinformatics: Genomics and Proteomics; Sequence Data base: Nucleic acid Data bank: GenBank, EMBL nucleotide sequence data bank, AIDS Virus sequence data bank, rRNA data bank; Protein Data bank: SWISSPROT, Signal peptide data bank; Structural data banks - Protein Data Bank (PDB), The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD).
Data bank for different organisms. Analysis Tools for Sequence Data bank; Pair-wise and multiple sequence alignment, Secondary structure predictions, Fold recognition; Data analysis.

(k). Cryptography and Network Security (ECE 51111) (3-0-0)

Foundations of Cryptography and Security, Mathematical Tools for Cryptography; Symmetric Encryption Algorithms: Theory of Block, Cipher Design, Feistel Cipher Network Structures, DES and Triple DES, Modes of Operation (ECB, CBC, OFB, CFB), Modern Symmetric Encryption Algorithms: IDEA, CAST, Blowfish, RC5, Rijndael (AES), Stream chipper. Public Key Cryptography: RSA, Diffie-Hellman, Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems, ElGamal Key Exchange Algorithm. Hashes and Message Digests: Message Authentication, MD5, SHA; Digital Signatures, Certificates, User Authentication, Digital Signature Standard (DSS and DSA). Electronic Mail Security, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), S/MIME, X.400, (3/27) IP and Web Security, IPSec and Virtual Private Networks, Secure Sockets and Transport Layer (SSL and TLS), Electronic Commerce Security, Electronic Payment Systems, Secure Electronic Transaction (SET), CyberCash, iKey Protocols, Ecash (DigiCash).

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Phone: 0326 223 5001

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