INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Course Code: EC801 Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Constitution of India Course coordinator: Mrs: K V Suma Credits: 2:0:0 Contact hours: 28

Course objectives: 1. Get an insight into the changes taking place in the global economic scenario and international efforts to remove the barriers in international trade 2. Appreciate the role of intellectual (creative and innovative) contribution in trade and technology, necessity to protect intellectual property (IP), its contribution in harmonizing the Global trade by removing the barriers, and increasing the standard of living. 3. Get introduced to various forms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). Know in detail about copyright and trademark. 4. Learn and acquire sufficient knowledge about patents, rights and obligations, procedure to procure and maintain them. 5. Have basic training in drafting patent specification with special attention to claim drafting. Get trained in patent search and use it for testing patentability of the invention. Thoroughly understand the economic/commercial aspects of IPRs. Acquire sufficient knowledge about Industrial designs and Integrated circuits as IP right Course Contents: UNIT I Introduction: Basic Principles of IPR laws: History of IPR-GATT,WTO,WIPO and TRIPS, role of IPR in R&D and Knowledge era, Concept of property, Marxs theory of property, Constitutional Aspects of Intellectual Property, Different forms of IPR UNIT II Copyright: Understanding Copyright law: Evolution of copyright law in India, Justifications, subject matters of copyright, terms of protections, concept- originality/novelty/ idea expression, fixation and fair use, copyrights in software protection, infringement of copyright and acquisition in Indian context, case studies Trademark: Trademark: Introduction, justification, concepts of subject matter, acquisition, implication and benefits of registration, terms of protection of geographical indication of goods, infringement of trademarks, case studies

UNIT III Patent: Basic principles of patent laws, Historical background, Basis for IP protection, Criteria for patentability, Novelty, Utility and inventive step, Non-obviousness, Non-patentable inventions, Searching: Prior art, tangible Vs intangible prior art, search strategy, Pre-grant and post-grant oppositions, grant or refusal of patents, Infringement and prosecution in India, Infringement and prosecution in US and other countries, Request for re-examination and revocation, Terms of patents and patent renewal, Cost of getting and maintaining patents in India, US and other countries, Importance of patent search in research UNIT IV Patent application procedure and drafting: Patent drafting, format, provisional and complete specifications, scopes of invention, description of invention, drawings, and claims.Filing requirements, Comparison of Patentability in different countries, Filing mechanism through individual patent office & PCT route. UNIT V Design and IC layout Protection: Industrial designs: Introduction, justification, concepts of subject matter of design law definition, excluded subject matter law relating to industrial design and registration in India, infringement of design rights.Semiconductor and IC Layout Designs: Semiconductor Topography Design Rights, infringement, case studies Text Books: 1. P.Ganguli, Intellectual Property Rights, TMH, 2001. 2. T. Ramakrishna, Course Material for I Year P. G. Diploma in IPR, NLSUI, Bangalore. 3. Dr. B. L. Wadhera, Intellectual Property Law Handbook. Universal Law Publishing, 2002. Reference: 1. P. Narayan, Intellectual Property Law, 3rd Edition, Eastern Law House, 2001. 2. World Intellectual Property Organization Handbook/Notes. Course Delivery: The course will be delivered through lectures, class room interaction, group discussions, presentations and exercises.

Course Assessment and Evaluation: What To whom When/ Where (Frequency in the course) Thrice(Average Internal of the best two assessment will be tests Methods computed) C I E Class-room open book assignment Assessment Students Case Once analysis solutions Case 2,3 Twice( Average Assignment of the two will be reports computed) 1,2,3 Blue books 1,2,3 Max marks Evidence collected Contributing to Course Outcomes

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Questions for CIE and SEE will be designed to evaluate the various educational components (Blooms taxonomy) such as: Remembering and understanding the course contents (weightage: 50%) Applying the knowledge acquired from the course (weightage: 25%) Understanding of various system models (weightage: 20%)

Course Outcomes: 1. Contributions and limitations of GATT , reasons for formation of WTO and functions of WIPO 2. Procedures to get Indian and other country patents by direct application or by PCT route. 3. Knowledge of various forms of IP, their infringements and their significance in knowledge transfer and sharing. Mapping Course Outcomes with Program Outcomes Program Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x x x

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Embedded System Design and Software

Credits: 3:0:1 Contact hours: 56

Course Code: ECPE17 Prerequisites: Embedded System Design and Software Course coordinator: K.Manikantan

Course Objectives 1. To introduce the difference between embedded systems and general purpose systems. 2. To optimize hardware designs of custom single-purpose processors. 3. To compare different approaches in optimizing general-purpose processors. 4. To introduce different peripheral interfaces to embedded systems. 5. To understand the design tradeoffs made by different models of embedded systems. 6. To apply knowledge gained in software-hardware integration in team-based projects. 7. To Understand the concepts behind embedded software. 8. To design an embedded solution for a real world problem. 9. To select components to implement an embedded system. 10. To program the software for an embedded system together with its sensor and control requirements. 11. To optimize an embedded system to meet design requirements of size, speed, and/or power consumption.

Syllabus UNIT -1 Introduction: Embedded Systems Overview, Design Challenge-Optimizing Design metrics, Processor Technology, IC Technology, Design Technology, Tradeoffs. Custom Single-Purpose Processors Hardware: Custom Single-purpose Processor Design, Optimizing Custom Single-Purpose Processors. UNIT -2 General-Purpose Processors Software: Basic Architecture, Operation, Programmers View, Development Environment, Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processors(ASIPs), Selecting a Microprocessor, General Purpose Processor Design.

UNIT -3 Standard Single-Purpose Processors Peripherals: Timers, Counters, and Watchdog Timers, UART, Pulse Width Modulators, LCD Controllers, Keypad Controllers, Stepper Motor Controllers, Analog-to-Digital Converters, Real-Time Clocks. Memory: Memory Write Ability and Storage Permanence, Common Memory Types, Composing Memory, Memory Hierarchy and Cache, Advanced RAM. UNIT -4 Interrupts: Interrupt Basics, The Shared-Data Problem, Interrupt Latency. Survey of Software Architectures: Round-Robin, Round-Robin with Interrupts, Function-Queue-Scheduling Architecture, Real-Time Operating System Architecture Selecting an Architecture.

UNIT -5 Introduction to RTOS: Tasks and Task States, Tasks and Data, Re-entrancy, Semaphores and Shared Data, Semaphore Problems: Priority Inversion, Deadly Embrace, Encapsulating Semaphores, RTOS and ISR, Saving Memory Space, Saving Power. Text Books 1. Frank Vahid, Tony Givargis: Embedded System Design A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 2. David E.Simon: An Embedded Software Primer, Pearson Education, 1999.

Lab Contents and Lab Schedule Session No. 1. 2. 3. Introduction Basic LED controller Optimized Multiplexed LED controller using shift registers TOPICS Duration 2 hours 2 hours 2 hours

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Basic LCD controller Optimized Moving Display LCD controller Counter and LED controller Interrupt control of counter and LEDs using pushbutton switches Frequency meter using multiple timers Frequency meter using single timer Password checker Design case studies (Mini Project) Design case studies (Mini Project) Design case studies (Mini Project) Lab Test

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Course Outcomes 1. Compare embedded system design models using different processor technologies (singlepurpose, general-purpose, application specific processors) 2. Describe and compare the various types of peripherals used in embedded systems 3. Analyze a given embedded system and identify its critical performance 4. Complete at least one project involving embedding peripherals. 5. Able to explain and to demonstrate the hardware and software aspects of interrupt systems.

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Optical Fiber Communication

Course Code: EC803 Prerequisites: Optical Fiber Communication Course coordinator: Dr T.D Senthilkumar

Credits: 3:0:0 Contact hours: 48

Course Objectives To learn the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes configurations and structures. 1. To understand the different kind of losses, signal distortion in optical wave guides and other signal degradation factors. 2. To learn the various optical source materials, LED structures, Laser diodes. 3. To learn the fiber optical receivers such as PIN, APD diodes, noise performance in photo detector, receiver operation and configuration. 4. To learn the fiber optical network components, variety of networking aspects, SONET/SDH and operational principles WDM

Syllabus UNIT -1 Introduction to fibers: Introduction, advantages, disadvantages and applications of optical fiber communication.Optical fiber waveguides, Ray theory, single mode fiber, cutoff wave length, mode filed diameter. Optical fiber materials, photonic crystal, fiber optic cables specialty fibers. Transmission characteristics of optical fibers:Attenuation, absorption, scattering losses, bending loss. Dispersion, Intra model dispersion, Inter model dispersion. UNIT 2 Optical Sources and Detectors: Introduction, LEDs, LASER diodes, Photo detectors. Photo diodes, comparison of photo detectors. Photo detector noise, Response time, double hetero junction structure. Couplers and Connectors: Fiber alignment and joint loss, single mode fiber joints. Fiber splices, fiber connectors and fiber couplers. UNIT - 3 Optical Receivers:Introduction, Optical Receiver Operation, receiver sensitivity, quantum limit, eye diagrams, coherent detection, Burst mode receiver, operation, Analog receivers.

Analog Links: Introduction, overview of analog links, CNR, multi-channel transmission techniques, RF over fiber, key link parameters, Radio over fiber links, microwave photonics. UNIT - 4 Digital links: Introduction, pointtopoint links, System considerations, link power budget, rise time budget, short wave length band, transmission distance for single mode fibers, Power penalties, modal noise and chirping. WDM CONCEPTS: WDM concepts , principles and standards, Mach-Zehender interferometer, Isolators and circulators, direct thin film filters, active optical components, MEMS technology, variable optical attenuators, tunable optical fibers. UNIT 5 WDM Components: Dynamic gain equalizers, optical drop multiplexers, polarization controllers, chromatic dispersion compensators, tunable light sources. Optical Amplifiers and Networks: optical amplifiers, basic applications and types, semiconductor optical amplifiers, EDFA. SONET / SDH, Optical Interfaces, SONET/SDH rings, High speed light waveguides. TEXT BOOKS: 1. "Optical Fiber Communication, Gerd Keiser, 4th Ed., MGH,2008. 2. "Optical Fiber Communications", John M. Senior, Pearson Education. 3rd Impression, 2007. REFERENCE BOOK: 1. Fiber Optic Communication - Joseph C Palais: 4th Edition,Pearson Education.

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Demonstrate the ability to design conduct experiment analyze and interpret data. Determine the various losses in fiber optics. Demonstrate the importance of Analog and digital Links. Apply the principles of WDM. 5. Demonstrate the working and importance of SONET/SDH.
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