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ISRO TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

COMPLETE GUIDE
VSSC, HSFC, URSC, SDSC SHAR, SAC, IPRC, LPSC, MCF etc.

CONTENT: -
1. Selection Procedure
2. Exam Pattern
3. Complete Recruitment Process Chart
4. Detailed Syllabus
• Mechanical
• Electronics
5. Previous Year Paper PDF Download
6. Preparation Strategy
7. Courses & Test Series
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1. SELECTION PROCEDURE
• Written Exam (100% Weightage)
• Skill Test (Qualifying only- 60% Passing Marks)

It is common for all ISRO CENTERS.

2. EXAM PATTERN

ISRO CENTER NO. OF MARKS TOTAL NEGATIVE


QUESTION PER MARKS MARKING
ASKED QUESTION
VSSC, TRIVENDRUM 80 4 320 -1
SDSC SHAR
URSC, BANGALORE 60 3 180 -1
IPRC, MAHENDRAGIRI
MCF, BANGALORE
LPSC 75 4 300 -1
SAC, AHMEDABAD 80 3 240 -1

3. COMPLETE RECRUITMENT PROCESS DETAILS

• Online Application form Apply


• Screening for written test & Issue of admit card
(Every student who have successfully applied for Application form will be screened in and
get admit card for written test for All centre except SAC & IPRC)
• Written Test
• Tentative Answer key & Objection
• Final/Revised Answer key
• Written Test result
• Skill Test schedule & Admit card
• Skill test with Document verification
• Final Selection result
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4. DETAILED SYLLABUS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Preface: This Detailed Syllabus is prepared after extensive research and analysis
of all previous year Paper of ISRO TA Mechanical.

1. APPLIED MECHANICS

➢ Force & Equilibrium- Force definition, Units, Classification, Force System (Coplanar,
Non-Coplanar, Concurrent, Non-concurrent, collinear etc.) Transmissibility of force,
Resultant of force, Component of force, Law of forces- Parallelogram, Triangle & Polygon
Law of forces, Principle of Equilibrium, Lami's theorem.
➢ Moment & Couple- Definition & Units of moment, Type of moment, Varignon's principle
of moment, Definition and units of Couple, Classification, Daily life examples, Engineering
applications of moments- (Simple lever)
➢ Friction & its Application- Basic definition, Types of Friction- Static & Kinetic, Limiting,
Sliding, Rolling etc. Angle of friction, Angle of repose, Equilibrium of body on horizontal &
inclined plane. Application of friction- Ladder friction, Screw jack etc.
➢ Centre of Gravity & Moment of Inertia- Centroid of plane figures, centre of gravity of
solid body, Definition and units of Moment of Inertia, Moment of inertia of Simple areas,
Parallel axis theorem, Perpendicular axis theorem, Section modulus.
➢ Rectilinear Motion (Kinematics) – Basic terms, Types of velocity & acceleration,
motion under uniform acceleration, motion under force of gravity, Graphical
representation of velocity & displacement wrt time, motion under variable acceleration.
➢ Angular Motion (Rotation) – Basics term- Angular displacement, velocity &
acceleration, motion of rotation under constant angular acceleration, analogy of linear &
angular motion, Tangential velocity & acceleration of rotating body.
➢ Kinetic Motion- Torque, work done by torque, angular momentum, mass moment of
inertia- uniform rod, circular ring, circular lamina, solid sphere, thin spherical shell, solid
cylinder, solid disc etc. Radius of gyration, Kinetic energy of Rotation, Relation between
torque and angular acceleration.
➢ Laws of motion & Projectile - Newton First law of motion, Newton Second law of
motion, Newton third law of motion, motion of lift, D’Alembert’s Principle, motion of
connected bodies. Projectile basic terms, motion of Projectile on horizontal plane -time of
flight, horizontal range, maximum height.
➢ Collision of Elastic bodies- Phenomenon of collision, laws of conservation of
momentum, Newton law of collision, coefficient of restitution, direct impact of body with
fixed plane.
➢ SHM & Pendulum- Periodic motion, oscillation, Kinetic & potential energy in SHM,
Difference between Simple harmonic motion & Uniform Circular motion, Representation
of SHM- Velocity & acceleration, Simple Pendulum.
➢ Simple Machine- Definition, Mechanical advantage & velocity ratio, efficiency of
Machine, Concepts of friction in a machine, reversible & self-locking machine, law of
Machine, maximum Mechanical advantage & efficiency, Simple pulley.
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2. STRENGTH OF MATERIAL

➢ Simple Stress & Strain- Basics of stress, Classification of Stress, Strain and its types, True
stress & strain, Hooke's law, Elastic Constants and its relation, volumetric strain under tri-
axial loading, Hydrostatic state of stress, Bar under uniaxial loading, Elongation- prismatic
bar, tapered bar, composite bodies, due to self weight, thermal Stress & strain.
➢ Strain energy- Resilience, Proof resilience, modulus of resilience, toughness & modulus of
toughness, strain energy in shear & torsion, bending etc.
➢ Shear Force & Bending moment Diagram- Beam and its type, Types of support, Types of
load, Reaction calculation, Notation & Sign Convention, Relation between Shear force &
bending moment, Types of SFD & BMD Curve.
➢ Deflection of Beam- Slope and deflection in Cantilever & Simply support beam.
➢ Bending & Shear Stress in Beam- Pure bending, Bending Equation and its analysis,
bending stress distribution, beam of uniform strength, comparison of different shapes of
beam, Shear stress in beam, shear stress distribution.
➢ Torsion in Shaft- Definition, basic terms, torsion equation, polar moment of inertia, polar
Section modulus, Torsional stiffness, power transmission, Comparison of solid and hollow
shaft, shaft in Series and parallel, combined bending and torsion.
➢ Pressure Vessel- Definition, types of pressure vessels Longitudinal and hoop stress in
thin cylindrical and spherical vessels, Different types of strain in thin cylindrical and
spherical vessels. Comparison between thin and thick pressure vessels.
➢ Principle Stress & Mohr Circle- State of stress, uniaxial stress on oblique plane,
complementary stress, complex stress- 2D Stress system, Biaxial stress, Principle stress
and plane, Mohr circle.
➢ Theory of column- Strut & column, Slenderness ratio, Euler’s buckling load, Equivalent
length, Rankine crippling load, rankine constant.
➢ Theory of failure- Need of failure theory, maximum principle stress theory, maximum
shear stress theory, maximum principle strain theory, total strain energy theory &
maximum distortion energy theory.

3. THEORY OF MACHINE & VIBRATION

➢ Simple Mechanism- Kinematic link and types, Kinematic pair, classification, types of
constrained motion, types of joint, Kinematic chain, Degree of freedom, kutzbach
criterion, Grashof laws, Inversion of mechanisms- Four bar chain, single slider & double
crank mechanism, slider, special mechanism (toggle, steering, intermittent motion,
straight line)
➢ Gear & Gear train- Classification, Gear terminology, Forms of gear tooth- involute &
cycloidal, comparison, length of contact & arc contact, velocity & gear ratio, interference
in involute gear & its prevention. Gear train- Simple, compound, reverted & epicyclic
➢ Belt drive- Selection, types of belt Drive, types of belt- circular, v-belt & circular or rope.
Flat belt- Velocity ratio, creep of belt, Length of open & cross belt drive, power
transmission, ratio of driving tension, centrifugal tension, conditions for maximum
power transmission, initial tension, V-belt drive- advantage & disadvantage, ratio of
driving tension. Rope drive- types, material & Application.
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➢ Governor- working principle, classification- inertia & centrifugal, height of watt & porter
governor, hunting, sensitiveness, isochronous governor, controlling force, effort & power
of governor.
➢ Flywheel- Definition, turning moment, kinetic energy, maximum fluctuation of energy,
coefficient of fluctuation of speed, coefficient of fluctuation of energy.
➢ Cam & Follower- Definition, classification of cam, classification of Follower, cam
Nomenclature.
➢ Vibration- Types of vibratory motion- Natural, damped & forced vibration, types of free
vibration, Solution method of longitudinal vibration- equilibrium, energy, Rayleigh
method etc. Transverse Vibration, Torsional vibration, cutting of spring, damped
vibration, forced Vibration.

4. MACHINE DESIGN

➢ Power Screw- terminology of screw thread, Types of thread- unified standard, square,
acme, knuckle, buttress, metric etc. Types of screw fastening, designation of screw thread.
➢ Theory of Spring- types of spring, Series and parallel Combination, material, term used in
helical spring. Closed coil helical compression spring- strain energy, deflection, stiffness,
shear stress.
➢ Shaft’s Keys & Coupling- uses of key, material, classification, application, shear and
crushing design of keys. Types of shaft Coupling- Rigid & Flexible Coupling.
➢ Bearing- Definition, Classification, sleeve bearing- Thrust (Pivot & collar) & Journal, thin,
thick & zero film lubrication bearing, solid & split bush bearing, slipper bearing, Roller
contact bearing- ball & roller, life of ball and roller bearing.
➢ Riveted & Welded Joint- Difference between permanent & temporary fastening, Rivet
and its different types of shapes, types of Riveted joint, types failure in rivet joint, strength
and efficiency. Types of welded joint, strength of transverse fillet joint, parallel fillet joint,
butt weld joint.
➢ Design against Fluctuating load- Fatigue & endurance limit, completely reversed stress,
repeated & fluctuating stress, factor of safety, stress concentration- static & fatigue stress
concentration factor, notch sensitivity.

5. FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULIC MACHINES

➢ Fluid Properties- Basics about fluid, mass density, weight density, Specific volume, Specific
gravity, viscosity Concepts & units, Kinematic viscosity, effect of temperature & pressure on
viscosity, classification of fluid- Newtonian & Non-Newtonian, ideal & real fluid, bulk
modulus, Compressibility, Surface tension pressure inside jet, bubble, droplet etc. wetting
and non-wetting surface, capillary rise & depression.
➢ Pressure & Measurement- Fluid pressure, various units, gauge, absolute, vacuum &
atmospheric pressure, Pascal’s law, Hydrostatic law, Measurement: Manometer-
piezometer, U-tube, single column, differential & Mechanical Gauge.
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➢ Hydrostatic forces- centre of pressure, total pressure. Vertical plane, horizontal plane,
inclined plane, curved surface submerged in liquid.
➢ Buoyancy & Flotation- Buoyant force, centre of buoyancy, Archimedes principle,
metacentre & metacentre height, Condition of equilibrium of floating and submerged bodies,
time period of oscillation.
➢ Fluid Kinematics- Classification of Fluid flow- Steady & unsteady, uniform & Non-Uniform,
Compressible & Incompressible, Laminar & Turbulent, Rotational & Irrotational, One
Dimension, Two dimension and three-dimension flow. Stream lines, streak line & path line.
Continuity Equation, acceleration of fluid- convective & local/temporal acceleration,
rotational component, vorticity, circulation, velocity potential and streamline function.
➢ Fluid Dynamics & Flow Measurement- Different kind of force acting on fluid particle,
Reynolds equation, naiver stokes equation, Euler’s equation, Bernoulli equation and its
assumptions, Application of Bernoulli equation- Discharge measurement & velocity
measurement. Venturimeter, orifice meter, flow nozzle, pitot tube, anemometer, variable
area flow meter, positive displacement flowmeter, current meter, rotameter, flow through
orifice, hydraulic coefficients.
➢ Viscous Flow- Reynolds number, nature of flow for pipe & open Channel, entrance length,
laminar flow through circular pipe, laminar flow between two fixed parallel plate, shear
stress distribution, velocity distribution, discharge through pipe, mean velocity, pressure
drop in pipe.
➢ Flow through pipes- loss of energy in pipe, major energy loss- Darcy weisbach & chezy
Formula, Minor energy losses, Hydraulic grade line, total energy line, siphon, power
transmission in pipe, water hammer.
➢ Dimensionless Numbers- Reynolds Number, Euler’s Number, Weber Number, Froude
Number, Mach Number.
➢ Impact of Jets- force exerted by jet on Stationary & moving vertical, inclined & curved plate.
➢ Hydraulic Turbine- layout of hydro electric power plant, power and efficiency,
classification of turbine, impulse turbine, Pelton wheel- components, design parameters,
reaction turbine- Francis, Kaplan & propeller, draft tube, Specific speed, unit quantities,
characteristics curve.
➢ Hydraulic pump- classification of pump, centrifugal pump- components & working
Principle, Different types of head, power & efficiency. Specific speed of pump, pump in series
and parallel, priming of pump, cavitation, net positive suction head, characteristic curve of
centrifugal pump. Reciprocating pump- components, discharge, air vessel.
➢ Fluid System- Hydraulic press, accumulator, intensifier, Ram, Airlift pump.

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6. Basic Thermodynamics

➢ Basics Concepts- Definition of Thermodynamic, System & surrounding, types of system,


thermodynamic properties & its types, thermodynamic equilibrium, state of the system,
types of process, cyclic process, path & point function, Property of pure substance, Gibbs’s
phase rule, zeroth law of thermodynamic, thermometry, temperature scale, Ideal gas
equation, characteristics gas constant, universal gas constant, Various gas laws,
homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, NTP & STP, Kinetic theory of gas.
➢ Energy & Energy Interactions- Energy- microscopic & macroscopic, energy interactions,
Work- sign convention, types of work, expression for closed system work for- constant
volume, constant pressure, isothermal, adiabatic & polytropic. Representation of all
process on PV Diagram. Heat – sign Convention, specific heats & its values, adiabatic index,
types of heat- sensible & latent heat.
➢ First law of Thermodynamics- statement, total energy, internal energy, energy of the
isolated system, PMM-1, enthalpy & specific enthalpy, expression for heat for- constant
volume, constant pressure, isothermal, adiabatic & polytropic. Free Expansion.
➢ Second law of Thermodynamics- statement, thermal energy reservoir, heat engine,
kelvin plank statement, PMM-2, clausius statement, COP of heat pump & refrigerator.
Externally & internally reversible process, irreversible process.
➢ Entropy- Definition, Clausius inequality, Entropy change of the universe & system, T-dS
relation, entropy change for finite body & phase change, entropy change for ideal gas,
representation of various process on T-S curve, Carnot cycle- efficiency and drawback,
Availability, irreversibility, Second law efficiency. Gibbs’s and Helmholtz function.
➢ Properties of pure Substance- phase change of pure substance, Property Diagram- P-T,
P-v, T-s, h-s or mollier diagram. Quality and saturated liquid vapour mixture, enthalpy and
entropy of pure substance.

7. IC ENGINE

➢ Basics & Air standard cycles- components of IC engine and its material, Nomenclature,
two stroke and four stroke engine, otto, diesel and dual cycle, Comparison, mean
effective pressure, performance parameter of ic engine, engine testing, Supercharging.
➢ Combustion, fuel & Emissions- Combustion reactions, stoichiometric combustion,
equivalence ratio, combustion in SI & CI engine, abnormal combustion or knocking,
factor affecting knocking/detonation in SI & CI engine, quality of fuel- octane & cetane
number. Emission- pollutant from petrol and diesel engine, catalytic converter.

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8. Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

➢ Refrigeration Cycle, Refrigerant & Equipment- VCRS- refrigeration effect, Compressor


work, COP, wet & dry compression, effect of variation of properties on the performance,
cascade system, Vapour absorption refrigeration System, Electrolux refrigeration, air
refrigeration system- reversed brayton cycle, COP, isentropic efficiency, open & closed
cycle. Refrigerant- designation, types, properties, ozone depletion, leakage detection,
Compressor for different refrigerant, applications of refrigerant. Equipment- throttling
device and types, Compressor and types.
➢ Air Conditioning (Psychrometry) – analysis of moist air- specific humidity, relative
humidity, dry bulb, wet bulb & dew point temperature, psychrometer, psychometric chart,
basic psychometric processes, sensible heat factor, by pass factor, air washer.

9. POWER PLANT

➢ Steam Power plant- Boiler classifications, boiler mountings & accessories, coal types and
Analysis, rankine cycle and efficiency, method of improving performance of Rankine cycle,
steam turbine- impulse & reaction, compounding, degree of reaction.
➢ Air Compressors- function, classification, reciprocating compressor- applications, Net
work with and without clearance, multistage compressor,
➢ Nozzle- function and types, nozzle vs diffuser, Mach number in compressible flow, super
saturated flow.
➢ Gas Turbine- Introduction, open and closed cycle, ideal and actual cycle, optimum
pressure ratio. Reheating, regeneration, intercooling in gas turbine.

10. HEAT TRANSFER

➢ Basics modes of heat transfer- Conduction- Fourier’s law, convection- newton law of
cooling, radiation- Stefan Boltzmann law, thermal conductivity & diffusivity, insulator.
➢ Conduction- heat transfer through slab, composite slab, Conduction resistance- plane
wall, cylinder & sphere. Convection resistance, critical radius of insulation.
➢ Convection- Forced convection- Nusselt number, Prandtl number. Free convection-
Grashof number, Rayleigh number.
➢ Radiation- Definition, total hemispherical emissive power, total emissivity, black body,
monochromatic emissive power & emissivity, grey body, absorptivity, reflectivity,
transmissivity, Laws of radiation- Kirchhoff, plank, Wein’s displacement, Lambert cosine
& Stefan Boltzmann.
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11. MATERIAL SCIENCE

➢ Crystal Structure- Crystalline & amorphous material, Crystal system and bravice lattice-
Simple Cubic, BCC, FCC, HCP. No of average atoms, coordination number, atomic packing
factor. Crystal defects and types.
➢ Material Properties & Mechanical Test- various types of mechanical properties, tensile
test, Brinell hardness test, Vickers hardness test, Rockwell’s hardness test, Moh's
hardness test, impact test- Izod & Charpy.
➢ Iron-Carbon Diagram & Heat Treatment- Cooling curve of pure iron, iron carbon
diagram, peritectic, eutectic & eutectoid reaction, possible transformation of steel,
classification of heat treatment, annealing and types, normalising, hardening, tempering,
surface hardening and different types.
➢ Ferrous and Non-Ferrous- Classification of Metal, Ferrous- Iron ores, pig iron, wrought
iron, cast iron and types, Steel- plain carbon steel & alloy steel, effects of alloying
elements, stainless steel, tool steel, HSS etc. Non-Ferrous- Different types of non-ferrous
alloys- copper, aluminum, magnesium, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, cobalt etc. Thermosetting &
thermoplastic polymer.

12. Production Technology & Manufacturing Processes

➢ Welding- classification of welding process, Arc welding- AC & DC arc welding, TIG, MIG,
Submerged arc welding, Chemical- Gas and thermite welding, Resistance welding and
types, solid state welding and its types, heterogeneous welding- soldering and brazing.
Weld ability and welding defects.
➢ Casting- terms associated with casting, types allowances & pattern, properties of
moulding sand and types of sand, gating system, solidification time, riser, classification of
casting process- temporary: - sand moulding, steel, full moulding, CO2 moulding,
investment casting. Permanent- centrifugal casting, gravity & pressure die casting, shell
moulding. Continuous casting.
➢ Metrology & Measurement: - Limits- lower and upper, tolerance, allowance, unilateral
and bilateral limits, Fits- clearance, transition and interference. Hole and shaft basis
system, Tolerance zone and grades, fundamental deviation, types of limit gauge, linear
and angular measurement, measuring straightness, flatness, roundness and profile.
Surface finish, lay and flaw.
➢ Forming- Terminology in metal forming, cold and hot working, Rolling and its types,
operation in forging, type of forging, defects, extrusion and types, drawing, wire drawing,
punching and blankng, powder metallurgy.
➢ Machining & Finishing- types of machining- orthogonal and oblique, Single point
cutting tool terminology, tool signature, types of chips formation, mechanism of tool
wear and types, Taylor’s tool life equation, shaping, planning, grinding, finishing
operation, drilling and drill geometry, boring, reaming, trepanning, milling, jigs and
fixture, lathe and lathe operation.
➢ Unconventional Machining- Classification- thermal energy method, electrochemical
energy method, chemical energy method, mechanical energy method.
➢ CAD/CAM/CIM (LPSC centre)

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13. Industrial Engineering & Management

➢ Work Study- method study - recording technique, Symbols, types of chart- operation,
flow, multiple activity, SIMO, travel. Diagrams- flow and string. Work measurement- stop
watch time study, PMTS, Work sampling.
➢ Quality Control- Quality of design and performance, Quality cost, total quality
management, statistical quality control, process control chart, control chart types,
operating characteristic curve.
➢ PERT/CPM- basic concept of network, dummy activity, critical path method- earliest and
latest time, float, critical activities and path, PERT- optimistic, pessimistic and most likely
time, expected time formula. Difference between CPM & PERT.
➢ Production, planning and Control- Routing, loading, balancing, scheduling, dispatch,
Follower. Types of Production, Gantt chart, inventory control, Plant layout.

14. Engineering Drawing

➢ Various drawing instruments drawing Symbols, conic section and basic about projection,
first angle and third angle projection.

15. Applied Mathematics & Basic Aptitude (Never asked in SDSC & IPRC)

• Applied Mathematics- Logarithm, Permutation and Combination formula, Binomial


Expansion, Coordinate geometry, Vector Algebra, Matrix & Determinant, Trigonometry
and applications, Calculus- limits, differentiation, integration & differential calculation.
• Basic Aptitude- Number System, LCM & HCF, Square & cube root, Simplification,
Percentage, Average and age problem, Time and Distance, Boat & Stream, Time & work,
Geometry, Mensuration, Polynomial & Quadratic equation.
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4.DETAILED SYLLABUS
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (ECE)
Preface: This Detailed Syllabus is prepared after extensive research and analysis of all
previous year Paper of ISRO TA ECE (ELECTRONICS)

1. Network Theory:
• Basics – KCL, KVL, Nodal & Mesh Analysis, Star Delta Transformation, to find
equivalent resistance, inductance, Capacitance and Impedances.
• Sinusoidal Analysis, Steady State AC Circuits.
• Network Theorem: Superposition Theorem, Thevenin Theorem, Norton
Theorem, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, Reciprocity Theorem & Tellegen’s
Theorem.
• Resonance: Series & Parallel Resonance and Numerical based upon Resonant
frequency, quality factor, bandwidth.

2. Control System:
• Basics of Open Loop and Closed Loop Control System.
• Evaluation of Transfer Function with Block Diagram Reduction Technique &
Mason’s Gain Formula
• Feedback Characteristics
• Time Response Analysis, first order & Second Order Control System, Calculation
of steady state error, rise time, peak time, settling time, Maximum Peak Overshoot
& Delay Time.

3. Digital Electronics:
• Logic Gates: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR, EXOR & EXNOR.
• Minimization of Boolean Expression using different laws such as DE Morgan
Theorem, Commutative Law, Associative Law, etc.
• Implementation of Boolean Expression using NAND and NOR gates.
• Number System Conversion
• Binary Code, Gray Code, EBCDIC Code, ASCII Code, Excess 3 Code, etc.
• Combinational Circuits: Half Adder & Full Adder, Half Subtractor & Full
Subtractor, Multiplexer & Demultiplexer, Encoder & Decoder.
• Sequential Circuits: SR Flip Flop, JK Flip Flop, D Flip Flop, T Flip Flop, Registers &
its types, Counters, Master Slave JK Flip Flop.
• ADC & DAC: Numerical based upon it.
• Logic Families, Calculation of different terms such as Fanout, Noise Margin, etc.

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4. Basic Electronics:
• Semiconductor Physics- Conductor, Semiconductor, Insulator, n-type & p-type
semiconductor, mass action law, charge neutrality equation, Drift Current &
Diffusion Current & Einstein Relation.
• Semiconductor Diode- PN junction diode & the modes of operation, Expression
for diode current, Cut in voltage, Diffusion & Transition Capacitance. Different
types of diodes- Zener Diode & its operation, Tunnel Diode.
• Basics of BJT & FET: Bipolar Junction Transistor & its operation modes, Field
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