UGC NET Electronic Science Syllabus 2025 Unit Wise |
Unit-I |
Introduction to Semiconductor |
Basic concepts of semiconductors, including energy bands, effective mass, density of states, and Fermi levels. |
PN Junction |
Formation and characteristics of PN junctions, including the diode equation, breakdown, and different types of diodes like Zener and Tunnel diodes. |
Metal Semiconductor Junction |
Ohmic and Schottky contacts in metal-semiconductor junctions, including their characteristics and equivalent circuits. |
JFET and MOSFET |
Characteristics and equivalent circuits of Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET) and Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET). |
Low Dimensional Semiconductor Devices |
Quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots, along with High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT). |
Solar Cells, LED, LCD |
Characteristics, efficiency, and applications of solar cells, Light Emitting Diodes (LED), Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD), and flexible display devices. |
Emerging Materials |
Graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNT), ZnO, SiC, and other emerging materials for future devices. |
Unit-II |
IC Fabrication |
Crystal growth, epitaxy, lithography, doping, thin film deposition, and characterization techniques. |
MOS Technology and VLSI |
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) technology, Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), and basics of VLSI design including layout design rules. |
CCD and Thin Film Devices |
Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD) structure, thin film active and passive devices, and their fabrication techniques. |
Unit-III |
Circuit Analysis |
Network theorems (Superposition, Thevenin, Norton, Maximum Power Transfer), Laplace Transform, Fourier Transform, and AC circuit analysis. |
Passive Filters and Two-Port Networks |
Passive filters, two-port network parameters (Z, Y, ABCD, h), transfer functions, and signal representation. |
Time and Frequency Domain Analysis |
Laplace and Fourier transforms, Bode Plots, Zeroes and Poles, and transient analysis. |
Digital Signal Processing |
Continuous and discrete time signals, Fourier series, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), and basic digital signal processing concepts. |
Unit-IV |
Rectifiers and Power Supplies |
Rectifiers, voltage regulators, biasing of transistors, amplifiers, and power supply circuits. |
Oscillators and Filters |
Oscillator circuits (Hartley, Colpitt's, Phase Shift), operational amplifiers, active filters, and wave shaping circuits. |
Digital Circuits |
Logic families, gates, Boolean algebra, flip-flops, memories, and sequential circuits. |
Unit-V |
Logic Design and Digital Circuits |
Combinational circuits, Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), flip-flops, memories, and sequential circuits. |
Digital Circuit Design using HDL |
Hardware Description Language (HDL) and design of digital circuits using HDL. |
Unit-VI |
Microprocessor and Microcontrollers |
Architecture, instruction set, programming, memory, and I/O interfacing of Microprocessor 8086 and Microcontroller 8051. |
8051 Assembly Programming |
8051 assembly programming including stack operations, subroutines, interrupts, and interfacing with peripherals like timers, serial communication, and displays. |
Unit-VII |
Electromagnetism and Antennas |
Electrostatics, magnetostatics, Maxwell's equations, wave propagation, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas. |
Microwave Devices and Radar |
Microwave sources and devices, radar principles, and block diagram of radar systems. |
Unit-VIII |
Analog and Digital Communication |
Analog modulation and demodulation techniques, digital modulation techniques, multiple access techniques, and data communication principles. |
Information Theory |
Basic concepts of information theory, error detection, and correction techniques. |
Unit-IX |
Power Devices and Control Systems |
Characteristics and applications of power devices, SCR triggering, A.C. and D.C. motors, and principles of control systems. |
Control System Design |
Block diagram reduction techniques, stability criteria, and different types of controllers. |
Unit-X |
Transducers and Measurement |
Various types of transducers and sensors, along with measurement techniques using instruments like CRO, DMM, and spectrum analyzers. |
Biomedical Instruments |
Instruments used in biomedical measurements such as ECG, EEG, and blood pressure monitors. |
IoT Applications
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Sensors and their applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) for communication. |