Electronic Science Syllabus
Electronic Science Syllabus
for
UG Electronic Science
West Bengal State University
Contents:
In Phase–I, the syllabus for the following course is presented in this document. Work is in progress for
the rest of the syllabus.
1. Major-1 (Theory)
2. Major-1 (Practical)
3. Major-2 (Theory)
4. Major-2 (Practical)
5. Minor-1 (Theory)
6. Minor-1 (Practical)
7. MDC-1
8. SEC-1
9. Evaluation Note
Recommended Books:
A. For Unit–I
1. Applied Quantum Mechanics, A.F.J. Levi, Cambridge.
2. Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications, Ajoy Ghatak, S. Lokanathan, Kluwer
Academic Publishers.
3. Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics and Solid State Physics, D. Chattopadhyay, P.C.
Rakshit, S. Chand & Co Ltd.
4. Elements of Quantum Mechanics, K. Singh, S.P. Singh, S. Chand & Co Ltd.
5. Solid State Electronic Devices, Ben G. Streetman, S.K. Banerjee, Pearson.
6. Solid State Physics, S.O. Pillai.
7. Solid State Physics, A.J. Dekker, Macmillan Education.
B. For Unit–II
1. The Art of Electronics, Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill, Cambridge University Press.
2. Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Alexander, M. Sadiku, McGraw Hill.
3. Basic Electrical Engineering, I.J. Nagrath, D.P. Kothari, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata
McGraw Hill.
4. Electric Circuits, Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph A Edminister, K. Uma Rao, Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Basic Electrical Engineering, C.L. Wadhwa, New Age International Publishers.
Semester–I
Major–1 (Practical): Electronics Foundation-I (Credit:2, Full marks: 50, 60
Laboratory-Hour)
Prerequisite: Introduction to DC voltage source; Introduction to digital multimeter and its applications,
Introduction to practical Resistors (with color code, wattage), Capacitors, Inductors,
Diodes, Transformers and their specifications, Measurement of resistance of resistor using
multimeter, Concept of voltage divider, Measurement of forward and backward
resistances of diode using multimeter.
Expt. 4: (a) Finding capacitance of a capacitor. (b) Finding the phase difference between the
current and voltage across the capacitor.
Method-2
Construct a series CR circuit and use a AC voltage source to excite the circuit, Measure
the amplitude of the voltage across the resistor, calculate the amplitude of current
thorough the circuit knowing the value of resistor, calculate the impedance in the circuit
from the amplitude of the supply voltage and current in the circuit, Calculate the
impedance of the circuit with known frequency and resistance value, find the unknown
capacitance by equating calculated impedance with experimentally estimated impedance).
Plot measured impedance of the circuit as a function of frequency and explanation of the
nature of the plot. Repeat the experiment two more times.
Take another unknown capacitor and find is value.
Expt. 5: (a) Finding inductance of an inductor. (b) Find the phase difference between the current
and voltage across the inductor.
Method-2:
Similar to method as described earlier.
Recommended Books:
A. For Unit–I
1. Engineering Mathematics: A Foundation for Electronic, Electrical, Communications and
Systems Engineers, Anthony Croft, Robert Davison, Martin Hargreaves, Pearson.
2. Higher Engineering Mathematics, B.S. Grewal, Khanna Publishers.
B. For Unit–II
1. Electric Circuits, Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph A Edminister, K. Uma Rao, Schaum’s Outline
Series, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Introduction to Circuit and Network, Gargi Basu, Platinum Publishers.
3. Basic Electronics, D. Chattopadhyay, P.C. Rakshit, New Age International (P) Ltd.
Semester–II
Major-2 (Practical): Electronics Foundation-II (Credit: 2, Full Marks: 50, 60
Laboratory Hours)
Expt. 3: (i) Verification of equivalence of Star-Delta conversion and vice-versa. (ii) Verification
of Superposition Theorem.
Expt. 5: Study of RC circuit as lowpass and high-pass filter (plot gain in dB as a function of
frequency, use semi-log graph paper). Determine pass-band gain, 3 dB point, slope
beyond the cut-off from the graph.
Expt. 6: Study frequency responses (amplitude of current Vs frequency) of a series and a parallel
LCR circuits. Find the resonance frequency, Q factor and bandwidth for each these
circuits.
Expt. 1: (i) Verification of equivalent resistance in cases of series and parallel combination of
resistors. (ii) Construct an unbalance Wheatstone bridge. Connect a milliammeter to
measure source current in the circuit. Connect a load resistance and milliammeter in series
connecting the other two junction of the bridge. Vary the load resistance and measure the
currents through the two milliammeters. Short the load and measure short-circuit current.
Disconnect the load and measure the open circuit voltage and resistance across those two
terminals with the power supply replaced by a short-circuit. Verify Thevenin’s equivalent
circuit, Norton’s equivalent circuit and verify Star-Delta equivalence.
Expt. 3: (a) Finding capacitance of a capacitor. (b) Finding the phase difference between the
current and voltage across the capacitor.
Method-2
Construct a series CR circuit and use a AC voltage source to excite the circuit, Measure
the amplitude of the voltage across the resistor, calculate the amplitude of current
thorough the circuit knowing the value of resistor, calculate the impedance in the circuit
from the amplitude of the supply voltage and current in the circuit, Calculate the
impedance of the circuit with known frequency and resistance value, find the unknown
capacitance by equating calculated impedance with experimentally estimated impedance).
Plot measured impedance of the circuit as a function of frequency and explanation of the
nature of the plot. Repeat the experiment two more times.
Take another unknown capacitor and find is value.
Expt. 4: (a) Finding inductance of an inductor. (b) Find the phase difference between the current
and voltage across the inductor.
Method-2:
Similar to method as described earlier.
Expt. 5: Study frequency responses (amplitude of current Vs frequency) of a series LCR circuits.
Find the resonance frequency, Q factor and bandwidth for each these circuits.
Expt. 6: Study I–V characteristics of PN junction diode. Plot forward biased I–V graph. Find
reverse saturation current (Hints: Plot lnId versus Vd from forward biased data, interpolate
the line up to Y-axis intercept (negative side of Y-axis), say this intercept is 𝑦 = ln 𝐼𝑑𝑠𝑎𝑡 ,
Reverse saturation current 𝐼𝑑𝑠𝑎𝑡 = 𝑒 𝑦 ).
Semester–I/II/III
MDC–1/2/3 (Theory): Interdisciplinary Electronics
(Credit: 3, Full Marks: 50, 45 Lecture-Hour)
Python Introduction, History of Python, Introduction to Python Interpreter and program execution,
Python Installation Process in Windows and Linux, Python IDE, Introduction to anaconda, python
variable declaration, Keywords, Indents in Python, Python input/output operations.
2. Python’s Operators
String, List, Tuple, Set, Dictionary (characteristics and methods). Simple examples and exercises.
4. Conditional Statements & Loop
Conditional Statements (If, If-else, If-elif-else, Nested-if etc.) and loop control statements (for,
while, Nested loops, Break, Continue, Pass statements). Simple examples and exercises.
5. Function in python
Introduction to functions, Function definition and calling, Function parameters, Default argument
function, Variable argument function, in built functions in python, Scope of variable in python.
Simple examples and exercises.
6. File Processing
Concept of Files, File opening in various modes and closing of a file, Reading from a file, Writing
onto a file, some important File handling functions e.g open(), close(), read(), readline() etc.
Simple examples and exercises.
7. Modules
1. Theory Paper: (a) Full Marks 50, to be evaluated by University End Semester Examination
(b) Question Pattern:
Group – A, 10 Marks (5x2=10), Answer any 5 out of 8 questions.
Group – B, 40 Marks (5x8=40), Answer any 5 out of 8 questions.