As you want to get the syllabus of Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test for M.Tech Electrical and Electronic Engineering so here is the information of the same for you:

i) Electrical Circuits and Fields : KCL, KVL, Nodal & Mesh analysis, transient response of D.C and A.C
networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis; resonance in electrical circuits; concepts of ideal voltage and
current sources, network theorems, driving point admittance and transfer functions of two port network,
three phase circuits; Fourier series and its application; Gauss theorem, electric field intensity and
potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distribution, dielectric, capacitance calculations for
simple configurations; Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s law, inductance calculations for simple configurations.

ii) Electrical machines : Single phase transformer-equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation
and efficiency; three phase transformer-connections; auto transformer; principles of energy conversion,
windings of rotating machines: D.C generators and motors-characteristics, starting and speed control,
armature reaction and commutation; three phase induction motors-performance characteristics, starting
and speed control; single-phase induction motors; synchronous generators- performance, regulation;
synchronous motors-starting characteristics, applications, synchronous condensers; fractional horse
power motors; permanent magnet and stepper motors.

iii) Power Systems : Electric power generation – thermal, hydro, nuclear; transmission line parameters;
steady-state performance of overhead transmission lines and cables and surge propagation; distribution
system, insulators, bundle conductors, corona and radio interferences effects; per-unit quantities; bus
admittance and impedence matrices; load flow; voltage control and power factor correction; economic 13
operation; symmetrical components, analysis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults; principle of over
current, differential and distance protections; concepts and solid state relays and digital protection; circuit
breakers; principles of system stability-swing curves and equal area criterion.

iv) Control systems : Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagram; steady-state errors;
stability-Routh and Nyquist criteria; Bode plots; compensation; root loci; elementary state variable
formulation; state transition matrix and response for Linear time Invariant systems.

v) Power Electronics and Drives : Semiconductor power devices-diodes, transistors, thyristors,
triacs, GTO, MOSFETs and IGBTs-static characteristic and principles of operation; triggering circuits;
phase control rectifiers; bridge converters-fully controlled and half controlled; principles of choppers and
inverters, basic concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.

vi) Digital Electronics : Digital Logic Theory: Number systems-Combinational logic circuits-Minimisation
of Boolean functions-IC families-Arithmetic circuits, Multiplexer & decoders-Sequential circuits-Flip flops,
counters, shift registers, Schmitt trigger, timers and multivibrators.
Microprocessor : General 8 bit microprocessor Architcture-8085, 8086 processor – Architecture, Memory,
I/O interfacing, Instruction set, Addressing modes, Timing diagram & delays, Machine cycles, Interrupts,
counters, Assembly language programming.
Microcontrollers: 8 bit microcontroller – 8051 architecture, bus configuration, Instruction sets,
programming & applications.

vii) Digital Signal Processing : Analog signals-sampling & Aliasing-Discrete time signals & systems-
LTI systems- Convolution sum-Difference equation representation-Z Transform & its Inverse-Discrete
Fourier series & Fourier transform-Radix 2 FFT – Decimation in me and frequency- Inverse DFT using
FFT-Analog Butterworth & Chebyshev filter design-IIR & FIR filter design and Realisation.

viii) Computer Control of Processes, Networks : State models and state equations-controllability &
observability-pole assignment-discrete data system – state space representation-stability-data hold, Z &
modified Z transform – Pulse transfer function-programmable logic controllers.
Data networks-switching OSI, Data link control, Media access protocol-BISYNC, SDLC, HDLC, CSMA/CD,
TCP/IPBridges, routers, gateways, Ethernet and Arcnet configuration.

ix) Communication Engineering : Modulation and demodulation systems – Types of transmission
lines – losses – standing waves – Ground wave and space wave propagation – Digital communication
concepts – Data Communication codes, serial and parallel interface – Network protocol – Types of
satellites – Advantages of optical fibre communication.

x) Measurements, Instrumentation and Transducers : Measurement of R, L and C-Bridges,
potentiometers & galvanometers- Measurement of voltage, current, power, power factor and energyInstrument transformers, Q meter, Waveform Analysers – Digital voltmeter, multimeter-Time, phase and
frequency measurements-Oscilloscope – display and recording devices – Noise and interference in
Instrumentation.

xi) Industrial Instrumentation : Measurement of displacement, stress, strain, force, torque, velocity,
Acceleration, Shock, vibration, humidity, viscosity & density- Pressure, temperature, flow & level
measurement.

xii) Analytical Instrumentation : Spectro Photometers-Spectral methods of analysis-source detectors
and applications – Ion conductivity-sampling systems, ion selective electrodes, conductivity and pH
meters- Analysers – Chromatography – NMR & X ray spectroscopy – GM and proportional counters-Mass
spectrometer.
Units and standards-Calibration methods-Errors-Transducer classification, static characteristics,
mathematical mode, zero, I and II order transducers – Response to different inputs-variable Resistance,
Inductance and capacitance transducers-Piezo electric, Magnetostrictive, IC and smart sensors- Digital,
Fibre optic, Hall effect and feedback transducers.

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Anna University
Sardar Patel Road,
Guindy,
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, 600 025 ‎
044 2235 7080
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