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EC-503 (A) · Communication Network and Transmission Lines (CNTL)/Official Syllabus

Communication Network and Transmission Lines (CNTL) (EC-503 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Characteristic Parameters of symmetrical and asymmetrical two port networks and their design

  • Characteristic Parameters of symmetrical and asymmetrical two port networks and their design Image impedance
  • iterative impedance
  • characteristic impedance
  • propagation coefficient
  • image transfer coefficient
  • iterative transfer coefficient
  • Lattice and Bridged T networks
  • reactive matching networks
  • matching techniques
  • insertion loss
  • symmetrical and asymmetrical attenuators and their design
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Unit 2

Passive LC Filters

  • Analysis and design of Low pass, high pass, band pass and band elimination filters
  • m-derived filters
  • composite filters
  • Filter specifications
  • Butterworth approximation
  • Chebyshev approximation
  • elliptic function approximation
  • frequency transformation
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Unit 3

Positive real function

  • Positive real function LC, RL, RC, and RLC network synthesis
  • Foster and Cauer network
  • minimum positive real function
  • Brune’s method
  • Bott-Duffin method
  • Synthesis-Coefficient
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Unit 4

Transmission line fundamentals

  • Lumped parameter equivalent
  • voltage and current on a transmission line
  • infinite line
  • characteristic impedance and propagation constant
  • waveform distortion
  • attenuation and phase equalizers
  • distortion-less line
  • loading
  • liner reflection on a line
  • reflection coefficient
  • input and transfer impedances
  • open circuit and short circuit line
  • reflection factors
  • reflection loss
  • insertion loss
  • T and $\pi$ equivalents of a line
  • location of line fault
  • construction and design of two wire line and coaxial cable
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Unit 5

Line at radio frequencies

  • Parameters of line and coaxial cable at radio frequencies
  • dissipation-less line
  • voltage and current on a dissipation-less line
  • standing waves
  • standing wave ratio
  • input impedance of open circuit and short circuit
  • power and impedance measurement on lines
  • eighth-wave, quarter-wave and half wave line
  • circle diagram
  • Smith chart
  • solution of problems using Smith chart
  • single and double stub matching
  • introduction to micro-strip lines and its analysis

Reference Books

  • Networks and Transmission Lines — Ryder — PHI Learning
  • Introduction to Modern Network synthesis — Valkenberg — Wiley India
  • Electric Circuits and Networks — Suresh — Pearson Education
  • Electromagnetic field theory and Transmission Lines — Raju — Pearson Education
  • Transmission Lines and Waveguides — Ganesan — TMH
  • Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission Lines — Rao — PHI learning
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