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RGPV B.Tech · 3rd Year

EX 6th Semester Syllabus

Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EX): the official syllabus of all 11 6th sem subjects, unit by unit, with previous year papers, notes and important questions. Free to read.

Subjects

EX 6th semester syllabus, unit by unit

Every subject of RGPV Electrical & Electronics Engineering 6th semester (3rd year), as the official syllabus lists it.

Power System‑II (PS)

EX-601
  1. Unit 1General Problems in Modern Power Systems

    Problems associated with modern interconnected power systems · Deregulation and power‑systems restructuring · Distributed generation and congestion issues · Available transfer capacities · Pricing of energy and transmission services

  2. Unit 2DC Machine‑II and Power‑Flow Studies

    DC machine – II · $\text{Static power‑flow equations}$ and solution methods · Gauss–Seidel method for load flow · Newton‑Raphson method for load flow · Fast Decoupled Load‑Flow (FDLF) method · Comparison of Gauss–Seidel, Newton‑Raphson and FDLF methods · Economic operation of power systems – economic dispatch · Emission dispatch and line loss minimisation · Incremental transmission loss (ITL) calculation · Economic dispatch using Lagrangian multiplier method

  3. Unit 3MW Frequency Control and AGC

    Fundamentals of speed governing for MW frequency control · Modelling of speed‑control mechanisms · Primary Automatic Load‑Frequency Control (ALFC) · Closing of ALFC · Static and dynamic response to primary ALFC · Speed‑control characteristics · Fundamentals of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) · AGC in isolated and interconnected power systems · Modelling of the tie‑line · Static and dynamic response of a two‑area system · Economic dispatch control related to frequency regulation

  4. Unit 4Reactive Power & Voltage Control

    Reactive power and voltage control fundamentals · Protection and absorption of reactive power · Methods of voltage control – static VAR systems · Types and applications of static VAR devices · Characteristics of excitation systems · DC, AC and static excitation systems · General block‑diagram representation of voltage regulators

  5. Unit 5Power System Stability

    Power‑system stability – steady‑state, dynamic and transient stability · Swing equation and equal‑area criterion · Solution of swing equation using step‑by‑step method, modified Euler’s method and Runge‑Kutta method · Methods of improving transient stability

Microprocessor & Micro‑controller (MMC)

EX-602
  1. Unit 1Microprocessor 8086

    Introduction to 16‑bit 8086 microprocessors · Architecture of 8086 · Pin configuration and mode · Timing diagram · Memory interfacing · Interrupts · Instruction set of 8086 · Addressing modes · Assembler directives and operations · Assembly and machine language programming · Subroutine call and return · Concept of stack · Stack structure of 8086 · Timings and delays

  2. Unit 2Input‑Output Interfacing

    Memory‑mapped I/O and peripheral I/O · Architecture and modes of operation of PPI 8255 · Interfacing PPI 8255 to 16‑bit microprocessor and programming · Architecture of DMA controller (8257) · Architecture of programmable interval timer 8254 · USART 8251

  3. Unit 3Microcontroller 8051

    Intel 8051 family of 8‑bit microcontrollers · Architecture of 8051 · Pin description · I/O configuration · Interrupts, interrupt structure and priorities · Port structure and operation · Accessing internal and external memories (different modes of operation) · Memory organization · Addressing modes · Instruction set of 8051 · Programming of 8051

  4. Unit 48051 Interfacing and Serial Communication

    Interfacing 8051 to ADC and DAC · Stepper motor interfacing with 8051 · Timer/counter functions in 8051 · 8051‑based thyristor firing circuit · 8051 connections to RS‑232 · 8051 serial communication · Serial communication modes · Serial communication programming · Serial port programming in C

  5. Unit 5Microcontroller 8096 and PIC Introduction

    Introduction to 16‑bit microcontroller 8096 · Functional block diagram of 8096 · Memory status of 8096 · Complete 8096 instruction set · Classification of instruction set · Addressing modes of 8096 · Programming examples using 8096 · Hardware features of 8096 · Parallel ports · Control and status registers · Introduction to 16/32‑bit PIC microcontrollers and dsPIC

Utilization of Electrical Engineering (UEE)

EX-603 (A)
  1. Unit 1Illumination Engineering

    Nature of light · Units · Sensitivity of the eye · Luminous efficiency · Glare · Production of light · Incandescent lamps · Arc lamps · Gas discharge lamps – fluorescent lamps polar curves · Effect of voltage variation on efficiency and life of lamps · Distribution and control of light · Lighting calculations · Solid angle · Inverse square and cosine laws · Methods of calculations · Factory lighting · Flood lighting and street lighting · Direct, diffused and mixed reflection & transmission factor · Refractors · Light fittings

  2. Unit 2Heating, Welding And Electrolysis

    Electrical heating – advantages · Methods and applications of electrical heating · Resistance heating · Design of heating elements · Efficiency and losses control in heating · Induction heating – core type furnaces · Induction heating – core‑less furnaces · Induction heating – high frequency eddy current heating · Dielectric heating – principle and special applications · Arc furnaces – direct arc furnaces · Arc furnaces – indirect arc furnaces · Electrodes and design of heating elements for arc furnaces · Power supply and control for heating processes · Different methods of electrical welding · Resistance welding · Arc welding · Energy‑storage welding · Laser welding · Electron‑beam welding · Electrical equipment for welding · Arc furnace transformers and welding transformers · Review of electrolytic principles · Laws of electrolysis · Electroplating · Anodizing‑electro‑cleaning · Extraction of refinery metals · Power supply for electrolytic processes · Current and energy efficiency

  3. Unit 3Traction

    Special features of traction motors · Selection of traction motor · Different systems of electric traction and their advantages and disadvantages · Mechanics of train movement – simplified speed‑time curves for different services · Average and schedule speed · Tractive effort · Specific energy consumption · Factors affecting specific energy consumption · Acceleration and braking retardation · Adhesive weight · Coefficient of adhesion

  4. Unit 4Electric Drives

    Individual and collective drives – electrical braking · Plugging · Rheostatic and regenerative braking · Load equalization · Use of fly‑wheel criteria for selection of motors for various industrial drives · Calculation of electrical loads for refrigeration and air‑conditioning · Intermittent loading · Temperature rise curve

  5. Unit 5Introduction to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

    Configuration and performance of electric vehicles · Traction motor characteristics · Tractive effort · Transmission requirement · Vehicle performance · Energy consumption

Energy Conservation & Management (ECM)

EX-603 (B)
  1. Unit 1General energy problem

    Energy use patterns and scope for conservation · Energy audit: Energy monitoring, Energy accounting and analysis, Auditing and targeting · Energy conservation policy · Energy management & audit · Types of energy audit · Energy management (audit), qualities and function of energy managers · Language of an energy manager · Questionnaire, Check list for top management · Loss of energy in material flow · Energy performance, maximizing system efficiency, optimizing input energy requirements · Energy auditing instruments · Material load energy balance diagram

  2. Unit 2Thermodynamics of Energy Conservation

    Basic principle · Irreversibility and second law efficiency analysis of systems · Primary energy sources, optimum use of prime-movers · Energy efficient housekeeping · Energy recovery in thermal systems · Waste heat recovery techniques · Thermal insulation · Thermal energy audit in heating, ventilation and air conditioning · Maintenance and energy audit – friction, lubrication and tribological innovations · Predictive and preventive maintenance

  3. Unit 3Load curve analysis & load management

    Load curve analysis & load management (DSM) · Energy storage for power systems (mechanical, thermal, electrical & magnetic) · Restructuring of electric tariff from energy conservation considerations · Economic analysis, depreciation method, time value of money · Evaluation method of projects, replacement analysis, special problems, inflation risk analysis · Payback period, energy economics, cost‑benefit risk analysis

  4. Unit 4Energy efficient electric drives

    Energy efficient electric drives · Energy efficient motors vs. VSD (variable speed drive) · Power factor improvement in power system · Energy conservation in transportation systems, especially electric vehicles · Energy flow networks, simulation & modeling, formulation of objectives & constraints, alternative options, matrix chart

  5. Unit 5Energy conservation task before industry

    Energy conservation equipment, co‑generation · Energy conservation processes in industry (sugar, textiles, cement, etc.) · Electrical energy conservation in buildings, heating and lighting · Domestic gadgets

Electromagnetic Waves (EW)

EX-603 (C)
  1. Unit 1Transmission Lines

    Introduction · Concept of distributed elements · Equations of voltage and current · Standing waves and impedance transformation · Lossless and low‑loss transmission lines · Power transfer on a transmission line · Analysis of transmission line in terms of admittances · Transmission line calculations with the help of Smith chart · Applications of transmission line · Impedance matching using transmission lines

  2. Unit 2Maxwell’s Equations

    Basic quantities of Electromagnetics · Basic laws of Electromagnetics: Gauss’s law · Ampere’s Circuital law · Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic induction · Maxwell’s equations · Surface charge and surface current · Boundary conditions at media interface

  3. Unit 3Uniform Plane Wave

    Homogeneous unbound medium · Wave equation for time harmonic fields · Solution of the wave equation · Uniform plane wave · Wave polarization · Wave propagation in conducting medium · Phase velocity of a wave · Power flow and Poynting vector

  4. Unit 4Plane Waves at Media Interface

    Plane wave in arbitrary direction · Plane wave at dielectric interface · Reflection and refraction of waves at dielectric interface · Total internal reflection · Wave polarization at media interface · Brewster angle · Fields and power flow at media interface · Lossy media interface · Reflection from conducting boundary

  5. Unit 5Waveguides

    Parallel plane waveguide: Transverse Electric (TE) mode · Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode · Cut‑off frequency · Phase velocity and dispersion · Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) mode · Analysis of waveguide – general approach · Rectangular waveguides

  6. Unit 6Antennas

    Radiation parameters of antenna · Potential functions · Solution for potential functions · Radiations from Hertz dipole · Near field · Far field · Total power radiated by a dipole · Radiation resistance and radiation pattern of Hertz dipole · Hertz dipole in receiving mode

Electronic Instrumentation (EI)

EX-604 (A)
  1. Unit 1Introduction to CRO

    Different parts of CRO · Block diagram of CRO · Electrostatic focusing · Electrostatic deflection · Post‑deflection acceleration · Screen for CRTs · Graticule · Vertical and horizontal deflection system · Time‑base circuit · Oscilloscope probes and transducers · Attenuators · Applications of CROs · Lissajous patterns · Special purpose CROs – multi‑input · Dual‑trace CRO · Dual‑beam CRO · Sampling oscilloscope · Storage oscilloscope (analog & digital)

  2. Unit 2A.C. Bridge Measurement

    Sources and detectors for bridge circuits · Use of bridges for measurement of inductance, capacitance & Q factor · Maxwell's bridge · Maxwell's inductance‑capacitance bridge · Hay's bridge · Anderson's bridge · Owen's bridge · De‑Sauty's bridge · Schering bridge · High‑voltage Schering bridge · Measurement of relative permittivity · Heaviside‑Campbell bridge · Wein's bridge · Universal bridge · Sources of errors in bridge circuits · Wagner's earthing device · Q‑meter and its applications and measurement methods

  3. Unit 3Transducers

    Definition and classification of transducers · Mechanical devices as primary detectors · Characteristics and selection criteria for transducers · Resistive, inductive and capacitive transducers · Strain gauge and gauge factor · Thermistor · Thermocouples · Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) · Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (RVDT) · Synchros · Piezo‑electric transducers · Magneto‑elastic and magnetostrictive Hall‑effect transducers · Optoelectronic transducers – photovoltaic cells, photoconductive cells, photodiodes, photo‑conductive cells, phototransistors, photo‑optic transducers · Introduction to analog and digital data‑acquisition systems · Instrumentation systems used · Interfacing transducers to electronic control and measuring systems · Multiplexing – D/A multiplexing, A/D multiplexing · Special encoders · Digital control description

  4. Unit 4Signal Generators

    Fixed and variable‑frequency AF oscillators · Sine‑wave generators · Standard signal generator · AF sine and square‑wave generator · Function generator · Square‑ and pulse‑generator · Random‑noise generator · Sweep generator · TV sweep generator · Marker generator · Sweep‑marker generator · Wobblyscope · Video‑pattern generator (Vectroscope) · Beat‑frequency oscillator · Wave analyser – basic wave analyser · Frequency‑selective wave analyser · Heterodyne wave analyser · Harmonic‑distortion analyser · Spectrum analyser – digital Fourier analyser

  5. Unit 5Digital Instruments

    Advantages of digital instruments over analog instruments · Resolution and sensitivity of digital meters · Digital voltmeter – ramp type · Digital voltmeter – dual‑slope integration type · Digital voltmeter – integrating type · Digital voltmeter – successive‑approximation type · Continuous‑balance DVM or servo‑balancing potentiometer type DVM · Compression of electronic & digital voltmeter · Digital multimeter · Digital frequency meter · Time‑period measurement · High‑frequency measurement · Electronic counter · Digital tachometer · Digital pH meter · Digital phase meter · Digital capacitance meter · Digital display systems and indicators – CRT, LED, LCD, Nixie tubes, electroluminescent displays, incandescent displays, electrophoretic image displays, liquid‑vapour displays, dot‑matrix displays · Analog recorders · X‑Y recorders · Instruments used in computer‑controlled instrumentation – RS‑232C, IEEE‑488 (GPIB) interface

Internet of Things (IOT) (ITI)

EX-604 (B)
  1. Unit 1Introduction

    Definition · Characteristics of IOT · IOT Conceptual framework · IOT Architectural view · Physical design of IOT · Logical design of IOT · Application of IOT

  2. Unit 2Machine‑to‑Machine and Cloud Technologies

    Machine‑to‑Machine (M2M) · Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for IOT · Data storage in IOT · IOT Cloud Based Services

  3. Unit 3Design Principles for Web Connectivity

    Web Communication Protocols for connected devices · Message Communication Protocols for connected devices · SOAP · REST · HTTP, RESTful services and Web Sockets · Internet Connectivity Principles · Internet based communication · IP addressing in IOT · Media Access Control

  4. Unit 4Sensor Technology and Applications

    Sensor Technology · Participatory Sensing · Industrial IOT and Automotive IOT · Actuator · Sensor data Communication Protocols · Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology · Wireless Sensor Network Technology

  5. Unit 5IOT Design Methodology and Case Studies

    IOT Design methodology: Specification‑Requirement, process, model, service, functional & operational view · IOT Privacy and security solutions · Raspberry Pi & Arduino devices · IOT Case studies: smart city streetlights control & monitoring

Analog & Digital Communication (ADC)

EX-604 (C)
  1. Unit 1Signal Representation and System Response

    Time domain and frequency domain representation of signal · Fourier Transform and its properties · Transform of gate and periodic gate · Impulse, periodic impulse, sine and cosine wave · Concept of energy density and power density (Parseval’s theorem) · Power density of periodic gate and impulse function · Impulse response of a system · Convolutions and convolution with impulse function · Causal and non‑causal system impulse response of ideal low‑pass filter · Correlation and autocorrelation

  2. Unit 2Modulation Techniques

    Base‑band signal and need of modulation · Introduction to modulation techniques · Amplitude modulation (AM) – equation and frequency‑domain representation · Bandwidth and power distribution of AM signals · AM suppressed‑carrier waveform – equation and frequency‑domain representation · Generation (balance/chopper modulator) and synchronous detection technique · Errors in synchronous detection · Introduction to SSB and VSB · Angle modulation – frequency and phase modulation equations, phase and frequency deviations · Modulation index and frequency spectrum · Narrowband FM (NBFM) and wideband FM (WBFM) · Bandwidth comparison of modulation techniques

  3. Unit 3Sampling and Digital Coding

    Sampling of signal · Sampling theorem for low‑pass and band‑pass signals · Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) · Time‑division multiplexing (TDM) · Channel bandwidth for PAM‑TDM signals · Types of sampling: instantaneous, natural and flat‑top · Aperture effect · Pulse‑position and pulse‑duration modulations · Digital signal quantization and quantization error · Pulse code modulation (PCM) and signal‑to‑noise ratio · Companding · Data rate, baud rate and bit rate · Multiplexed PCM signal · Differential PCM (DPCM) · Delta modulation (DM) and adaptive delta modulation (ADM) · Comparison of various digital coding systems

  4. Unit 4Digital Modulation Techniques

    Generation, detection, equations and bandwidth of amplitude shift keying (ASK) · Binary phase shift keying (BPSK) · Differential phase shift keying (DPSK) · Offset and non‑offset quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) · M‑ary PSK · Binary frequency shift keying (BFSK) · M‑ary FSK · Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) · Modem concepts · Introduction to probability of error

  5. Unit 5Information Theory and Coding

    Information theory – information, entropies (marginal and conditional) · Model of a communication system · Mathematical representation of source, channel and receiver characteristics · Mutual information and channel capacity · Efficiency of noise‑free channel · Binary symmetric channel (BSC) and binary erasure channel (BEC) · Repetition codes and NM‑symmetric binary channel · Shannon theorem and Shannon‑Hartley theorem (S/N‑BW trade‑off) · Source encoding – Shannon, Fano and Huffman coding methods and their efficiency · Error‑control coding – minimum Hamming distance, linear block codes, cyclic codes, convolutional codes · Line encoding – Manchester coding, RZ, NRZ coding