EandT (ES) Cheat Sheet by [deleted]

MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
Structure and properties of Electrical Engine­ering materials; Conduc­tors, Semico­ndu­ctors and Insula­tors, magnetic, Ferroe­lec­tric, Piezoe­lec­tric, Ceramic, Optical and Super-­con­ducting materials. Passive components and charac­ter­istics Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors; Ferrites, Quartz crystal Ceramic resona­tors, Electr­oma­gnetic and Electr­ome­cha­nical compon­ents.
PHYSICAL ELECTR­ONICS, ELECTRON DEVICES AND ICs
Electrons and holes in semico­ndu­ctors, Carrier Statis­tics, Mechanism of current flow in a semico­ndu­ctor, Hall effect; Junction theory; Different types of diodes and their charac­ter­istics; Bipolar Junction transi­stor; Field effect transi­stors; Power switching devices like SCRs, GTOs, power MOSFETS; Basics of ICs - bipolar, MOS and CMOS types; basic of Opto Electr­onics.
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
Classi­fic­ation of signals and systems: System modelling in terms of differ­ential and difference equations; State variable repres­ent­ation; Fourier series; Fourier transforms and their applic­ation to system analysis; Laplace transforms and their applic­ation to system analysis; Convol­ution and superp­osition integrals and their applic­ations; Z-tran­sforms and their applic­ations to the analysis and charac­ter­isation of discrete time systems; Random signals and probab­ility, Correl­ation functions; Spectral density; Response of linear system to random inputs.
NETWORK THEORY
Network analysis techni­ques; Network theorems, transient response, steady state sinusoidal response; Network graphs and their applic­ations in network analysis; Tellegen’s theorem. Two port networks; Z, Y, h and transm­ission parame­ters. Combin­ation of two ports, analysis of common two ports. Network functions : parts of network functions, obtaining a network function from a given part. Transm­ission criteria : delay and rise time, Elmore’s and other defini­tions effect of cascading. Elements of network synthesis.
ELECTR­OMA­GNETIC THEORY
Analysis of electr­ostatic and magnet­ostatic fields; Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations; Boundary value problems and their solutions; Maxwell’s equations; applic­ation to wave propag­ation in bounded and unbounded media; Transm­ission lines : basic theory, standing waves, matching applic­ations, microstrip lines; Basics of wave guides and resona­tors; Elements of antenna theory.
ELECTRONIC MEASUR­EMENTS AND INSTRU­MEN­TATION
Basic concepts, standards and error analysis; Measur­ements of basic electrical quantities and parame­ters; Electronic measuring instru­ments and their principles of working : analog and digital, compar­ison, charac­ter­istics, applic­ation. Transd­ucers; Electronic measur­ements of non electrical quantities like temper­ature, pressure, humidity etc; basics of telemetry for industrial use.

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ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
Transistor biasing and stabil­iza­tion. Small signal analysis. Power amplif­iers. Frequency response. Wide banding techni­ques. Feedback amplif­iers. Tuned amplif­iers. Oscill­ators. Rectifiers and power supplies. Op Amp, PLL, other linear integrated circuits and applic­ations. Pulse shaping circuits and waveform genera­tors.
DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
Transistor as a switching element; Boolean algebra, simpli­fic­ation of Boolean functions, Karnaguh map and applic­ations; IC Logic gates and their charac­ter­istics; IC logic families : DTL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, PMOS and CMOS gates and their compar­ison; Combin­ational logic Circuits; Half adder, Full adder; Digital compar­ator; Multip­lexer Demult­i-p­lexer; ROM an their applic­ations. Flip flops. R-S, J-K, D and T flip-f­lops; Different types of counters and registers Waveform genera­tors. A/D and D/A conver­ters. Semico­nductor memories.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Transient and steady state response of control systems; Effect of feedback on stability and sensit­ivity; Root locus techni­ques; Frequency response analysis. Concepts of gain and phase margins: Constant-M and Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approx­imation of transient response from Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approx­imation of transient response from closed loop frequency response; Design of Control Systems, Compen­sators; Industrial contro­llers.
COMMUN­ICA­TIONS SYSTEMS
Basic inform­ation theory; Modulation and detection in analogue and digital systems; Sampling and data recons­tru­ctions; Quanti­zation & coding; Time division and frequency division multip­lexing; Equali­zation; Optical Commun­ication : in free space & fiber optic; Propag­ation of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency; Satellite Commun­ica­tion.
MICROWAVE ENGINE­ERING
Microwave Tubes and solid state devices, Microwave generation and amplif­iers, Waveguides and other Microwave Components and Circuits, Microstrip circuits, Microwave Antennas, Microwave Measur­ements, Masers, lasers; Microwave propag­ation. Microwave Commun­ication Systems terres­trial and Satellite based.
COMPUTER ENGINE­ERING
Number Systems. Data repres­ent­ation; Progra­mming; Elements of a high level progra­mming language PASCAL/C; Use of basic data struct­ures; Fundam­entals of computer archit­ecture; Processor design; Control unit design; Memory organi­sation, I/o System Organi­sation. Microp­roc­essors : Archit­ecture and instru­ction set of Microp­roc­essors 8085 and 8086, Assembly language Progra­mming. Microp­roc­essor Based system design : typical examples. Personal computers and their typical uses.