Syllabus for Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Module 1: DC circuits and magnetic circuits

Contact hours: 11

1. DC circuit fundamentals

   • Current and voltage division; relative potential
   • Capacitor and inductor voltage–current relations and stored energy
   • Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws
   • Star–delta conversion for resistive networks
   • Mesh-current and node-voltage methods using matrix representation

2. Magnetic circuits

   • MMF, field strength, flux density and reluctance
   • Comparison of electric and magnetic circuits
   • Series and parallel magnetic circuits with composite materials

Module 2: Electromagnetic induction and AC circuits

Contact hours: 11

1. Electromagnetic induction

   • Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws
   • Statically and dynamically induced EMF
   • Self-inductance, mutual inductance and coefficient of coupling

2. AC fundamentals

   • Generation and representation of sinusoidal voltages
   • Frequency, period, average value, RMS value and form factor
   • Phasor representation in trigonometric, rectangular, polar and complex forms

3. AC circuit analysis

   • Purely resistive, inductive and capacitive circuits
   • Reactance and impedance
   • Series RL, RC and RLC circuits; power factor and power
   • Balanced three-phase systems: star and delta connections and line/phase relationships

Module 3: Electronic devices

Contact hours: 13

1. Diodes and power supplies

   • Passive and active electronic components
   • PN-junction diode operation and I–V characteristics
   • Zener and avalanche breakdown; Zener regulator
   • Half-wave, full-wave and bridge rectifiers; ripple factor and filters

2. Transistors

   • BJT construction and characteristics
   • Common-emitter input/output characteristics; comparison of CE, CB and CC
   • Biasing and load line
   • Transistor as a switch and amplifier
   • RC-coupled amplifier and frequency response

3. Field-effect transistors

   • Introduction to FETs
   • N-channel and P-channel MOSFET construction and working

Module 4: Modern electronics and applications

Contact hours: 9

1. Communication systems

   • Communication-system and fibre-optic communication block diagrams
   • AM and FM concepts; superheterodyne receiver block diagrams
   • Wired and wireless communication; GSM block diagram
   • Comparison of 3G, 4G, 5G and 6G technologies

2. Electronic instrumentation

   • Instrumentation-system block diagram
   • Digital multimeter and function generator
   • CRO and Lissajous patterns

3. Applications

   • IoT-based smart homes, healthcare and agriculture (case studies)

Course objectives

1. Apply circuit laws to basic DC and AC circuits.
2. Understand magnetic circuits and three-phase systems.
3. Describe electronic devices, communication systems and modern electronics.

Course outcomes

1. Solve basic DC and AC circuits using circuit laws.
2. Classify series and parallel magnetic circuits.
3. Analyze three-phase AC systems.
4. Explain electronic components and devices.
5. Outline communication principles.
6. Identify applications of modern electronics.

Assessment

Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)

• Attendance — 5 marks

• Assignment or microproject — 15 marks

• Two written internal examinations — 10 marks each

End-Semester Examination (ESE): 60 marks

• Part A: Eight questions, two from each module, carrying 3 marks each (24 marks). Answer all.

• Part B: Two questions from each module; answer one full question from each module. Each carries 9 marks (36 marks).

• Examination duration: 2 hours 30 minutes.