PERIYAR UNIVERSITY SALEM – 636 011 B.Sc., ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION SYLLABUS AND REGULATIONS UNDER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM EFFECTIVE FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 – 2018 & ONWARDS 1 PERIYAR UNIVERSITY, SALEM – 636 011 B.Sc., ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 – 2018 & ONWARDS 1. ELIGIBILITY : Candidates seeking admission to the first year of the Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communication should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu or an examination accepted as Equivalent thereto by the Syndicate subject to such conditions as may be prescribed from to time are permitted to appear and qualify for the B.Sc., Electronics and Communication Degree of this university after a course of study of Three Academic Years. 2. DURATION OF THE COURSE : The course for the degree of Bachelor of Electronics and Communication shall consist of three academic years divided into six semesters. Each semester will be of of 90 working days. 3. COURSE OF STUDY : The course of study shall comprise instruction in the following subjects under CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) pattern according to the syllabus and books prescribed from time to time. FOUNDATION SUBJECTS : PART I : Tamil /Hindi/Malayalam/ French / German PART II : English 2 ALLIED SUBJECTS : IN THE FIRST YEAR ONE MAJOR DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE FOUR MENTIONED BELOW ; TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE STUDY OF TWO ALLIED PAPERS. IN THE SECOND YEAR ANOTHER MAJOR DEPARTMENT IN THE LIST TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE STUDY OF ANOTHER TWO ALLIED PAPERS. SEMESTER MAJOR ALLIED SUBJECT DEPARTMENT BUSINESS MATHS & 1 / III STATISTICS STATISTICS - I ALGEBRA , I / III MATHS CALCULUS & FOURIER SERIES I / III PHYSICS ALLIED PHYSICS - I COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN C I / III SCIENCE BUSINESS MATHS & II / IV STATISTICS STATISTICS – II DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND II / IV MATHS LAPLACE TRANSFORMS II / IV PHYSICS ALLIED PHYSICS – II COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN II / IV SCIENCE VISUAL BASIC ALLIED LAB – I FOR II ALLIED I & II ALLIED LAB – II FOR IV ALLIED III & IV 3 LIST OF CORE SUBJECTS : 1 . SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES: Semester I : Core: I 2 . APPLIED DIGITAL ELECTRONICS : Semester II : Core: II 3 . ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS: Semester III : Core: III 4 . 8085 MICROPROCESSOR & INTERFACING: Semester IV : Core: IV 5 . ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Semester V : Core: V 6 . IC’s AND THEIR APPLICATIONS: Semester V : Core: VI 7 . PC HARDWARE , NETWORKING & TROUBLESHOOTING : Semester VI Core: VII 8. NETWORK COMMUNICATION&SECURITY:Semester VI Core : VIII 9 . BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTS OR PROJECT WORK:Semester VI Core: IX LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS : GROUP A : SEMESTER V (ANY ONE AS ELECTIVE PAPER ) 1. 8051 MICROCONTROLLER AND INTERFACING 2. PIC 16F877 MICROCONTROLLER AND INTERFACING 3. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS GROUP B : SEMESTER V (ANY ONE AS ELECTIVE PAPER ) 1. MODERN TELEVISION SYSTEMS 2. RADAR AND NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS 3. SATELLITE , CABLE & DTH SYSTEMS 4. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND SERVICING GROUP C : SEMESTER VI (ANY ONE AS ELECTIVE PAPER ) 1. PCB DESIGN AND FABRICATION 2. PROGRAMMING USING VERILOG HDL 3. ELECTRONIC DEFENSE SYSTEMS 4. NANO ELECTRONICS GROUP D : SEMESTER V & VI ( ANY ONE AS CORE LAB V ) 1. 8051 MICROCONTROLLER & INTERFACING LAB 2. 16F877 MICROCONTROLLER & INTERFACING LAB 3. PLC PROGRAMMING LAB 4 LIST OF NON MAJOR ELECTIVE COURSES (NMEC) : GROUP A : SEMESTER III : NMEC - I : PAPER I (ANY ONE) 1 . BASIC ELECTRONICS - I 2 . BIO – MEDICAL ELCTRONICS - I 3 . CELLULAR PHONES GROUP B : SEMESTER IV : NMEC - II : PAPER II (ANY ONE) 1. BASIC ELECTRONICS - II 2. BIO – MEDICAL ELCTRONICS – II 3. SATELLITE & CABLE TV LIST OF SKILL BASED ELECTIVE COURSES (SBEC) : 1. APPLIED ELECTRIC CIRCUITS: Semester I : SBEC - I 2. POWER ELECTRONICS: Semester II : SBEC - II 3. ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION : Semester V : SBEC - III 4. COMPETETIVE SKILLS : Semester V : SBEC - IV 5. AUDIO & VIDEO SYSTEMS : Semester VI : SBEC - V 6. LIFE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS : Semester VI : SBEC – VI 4. EXAMINATIONS : The Theory examination shall be of three hours duration for each theory paper at the end of each semester. Unsuccessful candidates will be permitted to appear in the subsequent examination after satisfying other university requirements. Practical examinations will be conducted at the end of the academic year. 5 5. SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS : The scheme of examinations under CBCS (Choice Based credit System) for different semesters shall be as follows . TOTAL HOURS TOTAL SEM PART SUBJECTS L T/P CREDITS CIA EA MARKS I I TAMIL – I @ 6 3 25 75 100 II ENGLISH - I 6 3 25 75 100 III CORE - I ( SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ) 5 4 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - I ( BASIC ELECTRONICS LAB ) 1 2 III ALLIED - I 4 4 25 75 100 III ALLIED LAB - I 2 IV SBEC - I ( APPLIED ELECTRIC CIRCUITS ) 2 2 25 75 100 IV VALUE EDUCATION 2 2 25 75 100 II I TAMIL – II @ 6 3 25 75 100 II ENGLISH – II 6 3 25 75 100 III CORE - II ( APPLIED DIGITAL ELECTRONICS ) 5 4 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - I ( BASIC ELECTRONICS LAB ) 1 2 4 40 60 100 III ALLIED - II 4 4 25 75 100 III ALLIED LAB - I 2 2 40 60 100 IV SBEC - II ( POWER ELECTRONICS ) 2 2 25 75 100 IV ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2 2 25 75 100 III I TAMIL – III @ 6 3 25 75 100 II ENGLISH – III 6 3 25 75 100 III CORE - III ( ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ) 4 4 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - II ( ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ) 1 2 III CORE PRACTICAL - III ( 8085 MICROPROCESSOR ) 1 2 III ALLIED - III 4 4 25 75 100 III ALLIED LAB - II 2 IV NMEC - I ( FROM GROUP A ) #$ 2 2 25 75 100 IV I TAMIL – IV @ 6 3 25 75 100 II ENGLISH – IV 6 3 25 75 100 III CORE - IV ( 8085 MICROPROCESSOR ) 4 4 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - II ( ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS ) 1 2 4 40 60 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - III ( 8085 MICROPROCESSOR ) 1 2 4 40 60 100 III ALLIED - IV 4 4 25 75 100 III ALLIED LAB - II 2 2 40 60 100 IV NMEC - II ( FROM GROUP B ) #$ 2 2 25 75 100 6 TOTAL HOURS TOTAL SEM PART SUBJECTS L T/P CREDITS CIA EA MARKS V III CORE - V ( ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ) 5 5 25 75 100 III CORE - VI ( IC's & THEIR APPLICATIONS ) 5 5 25 75 100 III CORE ELECTIVE ( FROM GROUP A) 5 5 25 75 100 III CORE ELECTIVE ( FROM GROUP B) 5 4 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - IV ( IC's & COMMUNICATION LAB ) 1 2 III CORE PRACTICAL - V ( FROM GROUP D ) 1 2 IV SBEC - III ( ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION ) 2 2 25 75 100 IV SBEC - IV ( COMPETETIVE SKILLS ) 2 2 25 75 100 CORE - VII ( PC HW NETWORKING & VI III 5 5 25 75 100 TROUBLESHOOTING ) CORE - VIII ( NETWORK COMMUNICATION & III 5 5 25 75 100 SECURITY ) III CORE ELECTIVE ( FROM GROUP C) 5 5 25 75 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - IV ( IC's & COMMUNICATION LAB ) 1 2 4 40 60 100 III CORE PRACTICAL - V (FROM GROUP D ) 1 2 4 40 60 100 CORE PAPER IX ( BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTS ) OR (PROJECT III 5 5 25 75 100 VIVA VOCE ) * IV SBEC - V (AUDIO & VIDEO SYSTEMS ) 2 2 25 75 100 IV SBEC - VI ( LIFE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS ) 2 2 25 75 100 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES V 1 ( NCC/NSS/YRC/SPORTS ETC ) TOTAL CREDITS & MARKS 140 4100 * NO INTERNAL MARK FOR PROJECT WORK PROJECT REPORT EVALUATION 80 MARKS VIVA VOCE EVALUATION 20 MARKS  @ Any other Language like Hindi/Malayalam/French/etc .  #$ Those who have not studied Tamil upto XII std and taken a Non Tamil language under part-I shall take Tamil comprising of two courses (level will be at 6th standard) instead of NMEC  #$ Those who have studied Tamil upto XII std and taken a Non Tamil language under part-I shall take Advanced Tamil comprising of two courses instead of NMEC. 7 6. QUESTION PAPER PATTERN FOR ALL UG COURSES MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR THEORY ( EXTERNAL ) TIME : 3 HOURS ; MAXIMUM MARKS : 75 ; PASSING MINIMUM : 30 MARKS Part A 10x2 =20 (Answer All Questions) (Two Questions from Each Unit) Part B 5x5=25 (Answer All Questions) (One Question from Each Unit with internal Choice) Part C 3x10=30 (Answer Any THREE Questions) (One Question from Each Unit) MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR THEORY ( INTERNAL ) MAX.MARKS : 25 ; PASSING MINIMUM : 10 MARKS SUBJECT LEVEL CYCLE TEST AND MODEL EXAM : 15 SUBJECT LEVEL ASSIGNMENT : 5 SUBJECT LEVEL ATTENDANCE : 5 --------- TOTAL : 25 ---------- 8 MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR PRACTICALS ( EXTERNAL ) TIME : 3 HOURS ; MAXIMUM MARKS : 60 ; PASSING MINIMUM : 24 MARKS PRACTICAL EXAM : 50 MARKS & RECORD : 10 MARKS Submission of Record Note Books for Practical Exams : Candidates appearing for the Practical Exams must submit Bonafide Record Note Book , otherwise the candidate will not be permitted to appear for the practical exam. MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR PRACTICALS ( INTERNAL ) MAX. MARKS : 40 ; PASSING MINIMUM : 16 MARKS YEAR THROUGH ; LAB PERFORMANCE : 10 MODEL PRACTICALS : 20 YEAR THROUGH ; LAB ATTENDANCE : 10 -------- TOTAL : 40 ---------- 7. PROJECT WORK OR ONE CORE PAPER : A Candidate can submit SOFTWARE or HARDWARE or HARDWARE cum SOFTWARE based project and has to demonstrate the Project with Project Report in the University Project Viva Voce Examination conducted at the end of the sixth semester. MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR PROJECT REPORT : 80 MARKS MARK DISTRIBUTION FOR VIVA VOCE : 20 MARKS Instead of Project Work ; Core Paper – IX “BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTS ” may be offered in the VI th Semester. 9 8. PASSING MINIMUM : A candidate shall be declared to have passed the examination only if the candidate secures a minimum of 40% in the University examination and with an overall total of 40 out of 100 . 9. RESTRICTIONS TO APPEAR FOR THE EXAMINATIONS Candidates who fail in any of the course of Part I , II , III , IV & Part V of UG Degree examinations shall complete the course concerned within 5 years from the date of admission to the said programme and should they fail to do so, they shall take the examination in the revised syllabus prescribed for the immediate next batch of candidates. If there is no change in the syllabus they shall appear for the examination in that course with the syllabus in vogue until there is a change in the syllabus. In the event of removal of that course consequent to change of regulation and / or curriculum after 5 year period, the candidates shall have to take up an equivalent course in the revised syllabus as suggested by the Chairman and fulfill the requirements as per the regulation curriculum for the award of the degree. 10