MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY, TIRUNELVELI

UG COURSES – AFFILIATED COLLEGES

B.Sc ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION

(Choice Based Credit System)

(with effect from the academic year 2017-2018 onwards)

Sem Part Sub Subject Subject Title Con- L T P C

I/II/ No status -tact Hrs/ Hrs/ Hrs/ Credits
Hrs/ Week week week
III/ week
IV/V
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
I 1 Language Tamil/Other Language 6 6 0 0 4
II 2 Language English 6 6 0 0 4
III 3 Core Basic Electronic Devices
5 3 2 0 4
I III 4 Major Basic Electronic Devices
Practical-I Lab 4 0 0 4 2
III 5 Allied-I Basic Electronics 3 3 0 0 3
III 6 Allied Basic Electronics Lab
Practical-I 4 0 0 4 2
IV 7 Common Environmental studies 2 2 0 0 2

Subtotal 30 20 2 8 21

I 8 Language Tamil/Other Language 6 6 0 0 4

II 9 Language English 6 6 0 0 4
III 10 Core Digital Electronics
5 3 2 0 4
III 11 Major Digital Electronics Lab
II Practical-II 4 0 0 4 2
III 12 Allied-II Introduction to Digital 3 3 0 0 3
Electronics
III 13 Allied Digital Electronic Circuits
Practical-II Lab 4 0 0 4 2
IV 14 Common Value Based Education 2 2 0 0 2

Subtotal 30 20 2 8 21
MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) / Semester – I / Core-1

BASIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES

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Objective: To learn about the various Electronic devices

UNIT I
Types of resistor – color code –Construction of various types of resistors (carbon
composition.carbon film, wire-wound etc.) – power ratings- Capacitors (ceramic, mica
polystrene,electrolytic etc.) – fixed and variable capacitors – Inductors,types.
(12L)
UNIT II
Atomic structure Bohr atom model – energy levels -energy bands –important energy band in
solids- classification of solids and energy bands – forbidden Energy gap – intrinsic and extrinsic
semiconductors P type and N type semiconductors– majority and minority carriers
(13L)
UNIT III
PN junction- Biasing a PN junction – forward and reverse biasing – PN junction diode:
Characteristics -static and dynamic resistance - Diode Rectifiers: Half wave and Full wave rectifier –
Bridge rectifier – clippers and clampers - Zener diode –Characteristics-voltage regulation using zener
diode.

(12L)

UNIT IV

Bipolar transistor – UJT – Common Base, Common Emitter & Common Collector configurations
and their characteristics – load line – operating point – cut off and saturation regions – transistor biasing
methods -Transistor as switch,Amplifier– SCR.

(11L)

UNIT V
FET Constructional features-working Principle, features and characteristics – JFET and MOSFET
and their characteristics – enhancement and depletion type – LED, LDR and photodiode.
(12L)
(Total:60L)
TEXT BOOK:

1. V.K.Mehta, “Principles of Electronics”, S.Chand & Co

2. B.L.Theraja, “Basic solid state Electronics”, S.Chand & Co
MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) / Semester – I / Core-1

BASIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES LAB

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1. Characteristics of PN Junction diode

2. Characteristics of Zener diode

3. Transistor Characteristics – Common base

4. Transistor Characteristics – Common emitter

5. Transistor Characteristics – Common collector

6. Measurement of stability factor of self biasing method

7. Measurement of stability factor of fixed biasing method

8. FET Characteristics

9. Photoconductivity of LDR

10. Characteristics of Photo diode

11. Characteristics of SCR

12. Characteristics of Photo transistor.

MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) / Semester – I / Allied -1
Allied Electronics& Communication for other Major Students
BASIC ELECTRONICS
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UNIT I
Semiconductor Basics: Introduction to semiconductor materials, intrinsic & extrinsic
semiconductors. P type semiconductor,N type semiconductor p-n junction diode
UNIT II
Diode Circuits: clipper circuits, clamping circuits. Half wave rectifier, Center tapped and bridge
full wave rectifiers, DC power supply: Block diagram of a power supply, Zener diode as voltage regulator.
UNIT III

The BJT: Basic transistor action, Transistor configurations: Common Base (CB), Common Emitter
(CE) and Common Collector (CC) configuration, UJT: construction, working

UNIT IV
Feedback Amplifiers: Concept of feedback, negative and positive feedback, Positive feedback:
Barkhausen criteria for oscillations, Study of Hartley,Colpitts oscillator and Crystal oscillator.
UNIT V

Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET): Construction of JFET, Metal Oxide Field Effect Transistor
(MOSFET): Basic Construction of MOSFET and working, enhancement and depletion modes.

TEXT BOOK:

Basic and Applied Electronics-T.K Bandyopadhyay, Books and Allied Pvt Ltd (2002)

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. V.K.Mehta, “Principles of Electronics”, S.Chand & Co

2. B.L.Theraja, “Basic solid state Electronics”, S.Chand &Co

3. R. L. Boylestad, L. Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, Pearson Education (2006).

4. N Bhargava, D C Kulshreshtha and S C Gupta, Basic Electronics and linear

circuits, Tata McGraw-Hill (2007)

5. J. Millman and C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, Tata McGraw Hill (2001).

6. David A. Bell, Electronic Devices & Circuits, Oxford University Press, Fifth edition

7. Mottershed, Electronic Devices, PHI Publication, 1st Edition.

 MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) /
Semester – I / Allied Practical -1

Allied Practical for other major students

BASIC ELECTRONICS LAB
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1. Characteristics of PN diode

2. Characteristics of Zener diode

3. Transistor Characteristics – Common base

4. Transistor Characteristics – Common emitter

5. Transistor Characteristics – Common collector

6. Measurement of stability factor of self biasing method

7. Measurement of stability factor of fixed biasing method

8. FET Characteristics

9. Photoconductivity of LDR

10. Characteristics of Photo diode

11. Characteristics of SCR

12. Characteristics of Photo transistor

 MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) /
Semester – II / Core – 2

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
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UNIT I
Number System and Codes: Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems, base
conversions. Representation of signed and unsigned numbers, BCD code. Binary, octal and hexadecimal-
,BCD-Excess3,graycode-Alphanumeric codes.

UNIT II

Digital Logic families: Fan-in, Fan out, Noise Margin, Power Dissipation, Figure of merit, Speed
power product, comparison of TTL and CMOS families.

Truth Tables of OR, AND, NOT, NOR, NAND, EXOR, , Universal Gates, Basic postulates and fundamental
theorems of Boolean algebra. Demorgan’s Theorem. Karnaugh Maps: Two variable K-Map

UNIT III

Arithmetic Circuits: Binary Addition. Half and Full Adder. Half and Full Subtractor, Binary
Adder/Subtractor. Multiplexers, De-multiplexers, Decoders, Encoders. Parity checker – parity generators
– code converters - Magnitude Comparator.

UNIT IV

Latches, Flip-flops - SR, JK, D, T, and Master-Slave -Edge triggering – Level Triggering
Asynchronous Ripple or serial counter – Asynchronous Up/Down counter - Synchronous counters –
Synchronous Up/Down counters – Programmable counters – Modulo–n counter, Registers – shift
registers - Universal shift registers – Shift register counters – Ring counter – Shift counters - Sequence
generators.

UNIT V

Memory Devices Classification of memories – ROM - ROM organization - PROM – EPROM –

EEPROM – EAPROM, RAM – RAM organization – Static RAM Cell- Programmable Logic Devices –
Programmable Logic Array (PLA) - Programmable Array Logic (PAL) – Field Programmable Gate Arrays
(FPGA) .
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Digital Principles & Applications – Albert Paul Malvino & Leach

2. Digital Fundamentals – Thomas L. Floyd – Prentice Hall
3. Digital Electronics-an introduction to Theory and Practice - William H.Gothmann
Prentice Hall
4. Digital Practice using Integrated Circuits – R. P. Jain and Anand
5. Fundamentals of Digital Circuits, Anand Kumar, 2nd Edn, 2009, PHI Learning
Pvt. Ltd.
6. Digital Circuits and systems, Venugopal, 2011, Tata McGraw Hill.
7. Digital Systems: Principles & Applications, R.J.Tocci, N.S.Widmer, 2001, PHI
Learning.
8. Digital Principles, R. L. Tokheim, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata McGraw- Hill
(1994)
 MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) /
Semester – II / Major Practical - II

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS LAB

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1. Study of AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XOR gates using IC

2. Designing of all the logic gates using NAND gate IC

3. Designing of all the logic gates using NOR gate IC

4. Verification of Demorgan’s theorems

5. Construction of gates using discrete components

6. Code conversion

7. Half adder and Full adder

8. Half subtractor and Full subtractor

9. Multiplexer and De-Multiplexer

10. Encoder and Decoder

11. Study of Flip flops

12. Shift register

13. Ripple counter

 MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) /
Semester – II / Allied - II

Allied Electronics & Communication for other Major Students

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

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UNIT I
Number System and Codes: Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal number systems, base
conversions. BCD code. Binary, octal and hexadecimal arithmetic.
UNIT II
Digital Logic families, Truth Tables of OR, AND, NOT, NOR, NAND, EXOR,gates , Universal Gates,
Basic postulates and fundamental theorems of Boolean algebra. Demorgan’s Theorem.
UNIT III

Arithmetic Circuits: Binary Addition. Half and Full Adder. Half and Full Subtractor, Multiplexers,
De-multiplexers, Decoders, Encoders. Parity checker– code converters

UNIT IV
Latches and Flip flops , S-R Flip flop, J-K Flip flop, T and D type Flip flops,
Counters (synchronous and asynchronous, ring and modulo- n counter Registers – shift registers. UNIT V

Memory Devices Classification of memories – ROM PROM – EPROM – EEPROM – EAPROM,

RAM – Static RAM Cell- Bipolar RAM cell – MOSFET RAM cell – Dynamic RAM cell Programmable Logic
Devices – Programmable Logic Array (PLA) - Programmable Array Logic (PAL) – Field Programmable Gate
Arrays (FPGA)

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:

1. Digital Principles & Applications – Albert Paul Malvino & Leach

2. Digital Fundamentals – Thomas L. Floyd – Prentice Hall
3. Digital Electronics-an introduction to Theory and Practice - William H.Gothmann
Prentice Hall
4. Digital Practice using Integrated Circuits – R. P. Jain and Anand
5. Fundamentals of Digital Circuits, Anand Kumar, 2nd Edn, 2009, PHI Learning
Pvt. Ltd.
6. Digital Circuits and systems, Venugopal, 2011, Tata McGraw Hill.
7. Digital Systems: Principles & Applications, R.J.Tocci, N.S.Widmer, 2001, PHI
Learning.
8. Digital Principles, R. L. Tokheim, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata McGraw- Hill, (1994)
 MSU/ 2017-18 / UG-Colleges /Part-III (B.Sc. Electronics & Communication) /
Semester – II / Allied Practical - II

Allied Practical for other major students

DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS LAB

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1. Study of AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XOR gates using IC

2. Designing of all the logic gates using NAND gate IC

3. Designing of all the logic gates using NOR gate IC

4. Verification of Demorgan’s theorems

5. Construction of gates using discrete components

6. Code conversion

7. Half adder and Full adder

8. Half subtractor and Full subtractor

9. Multiplexer and De-Multiplexer

10. Encoder and Decoder

11. Study of Flip flops

12. Shift register

13. Ripple counter