SYLLABUS The PhD admission written test will be conducted on 9th May 2013 in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Candidates are to assemble at Lecture Hall Complex in Hall 2 at 8.30 am sharp. Candidates will write a part A paper (one hour, and compulsory for all) and then choose one of the following five papers of part B (any one of following: for two hours). EE1: Communication and Signal Processing EE2: Control and Computing EE3: Power Electronics and Power Systems EE4: Microelectronics EE5: Electronic Systems The syllabus for this exam is as follows. Please see this carefully and decide before which one of the five part B papers you want to write. Part A (compulsory for all): Maxima/minima, derivative, integral, basics of signals, transforms (Laplace and Fourier transforms: basics), Convolution Solution to Ax = b, Basic probability. RLC circuits, Low/high pass features. Basic differential equations, matrices and determinants, vector analysis (gradient, curl etc.) and complex analysis. EE1 Communication and Signal Processing: Signals and Systems: Continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems, LTI systems and representations, Transform domain analysis (Fourier, Laplace, Z-tranform), basics of filter design, FFT algorithms. Probability and Random processes: Famous random variables, Expectation theory, generating functions, Gaussian processes, power spectral density, basics of detection and estimation. Analog and Digital communication: Modulation techniques, signal representation, quantization, power and bandwidth considerations, noise in communication systems, entropy and mutual information, data compression techniques, probability of error in digital communications, basics of error correction. EE2 (Control and Computing): Maxima/minima, polynomials, roots, Routh Hurwitz criteria Linear algebra: rank, vector space, basis, solution to Ax=b, eigenvalues, eigenvectors. Transfer functions, impulse/step response, poles/zeros, root-locus, Bodeplots, Gain/phase margins, low-pass/high-pass characteristics, Nyquist plots, Nyquist criterion for stability. State space systems, controllability/observability: definition and tests, pole-placement using state-feedback, PBH test. Controller synthesis for reduced steady state error, faster transients: PD, PID, lead, lag compensators EE3 (Power Electronics and Power Systems): Electric machines, power systems, control theory and Power Electronics of senior undergraduate level. EE4 (Microelectronics):

Electrons in solids, Energy band theory, Charge carriers in semiconductors, Drift-diffusion theory, P-n junctions, Field-effect transistors, Bipolar junction transistors, Optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, Digital and analog circuits, Digital systems EE5 (Electronic Systems): Basic Electric circuits and networks; Analog and Digital Circuits - Analysis and Synthesis; Elements of Signals, Systems and Signal Processing; Digital Signal Processing - principles, algorithms and elementary architectures; hardware system design, integration and verification - some basic tools and techniques; electronic instrumentation - principles and practices.