(A)Networks:

1) Basics Laws and Elements: Voltage, current, Ohms law, KCL, KVL,
power, energy, resistance, capacitance[equations], inductance, ideal
and dependent current and voltage sources.
2) Network graphs: Matrices associated with graphs; incidence,
fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit matrices.
3) Solution methods: Nodal and mesh analysis (for ac, dc, with
dependent and/or independent source).
4) Network theorems: Superposition, Thevenin and Nortons maximum
power transfer, Wye-Delta transformation, reciprocity theorem, source
conversion. (for ac, dc, with dependent and independent source).
5) AC basics: Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors and phasor
algebra. Instantaneous current, voltage, power, effective current and voltage, average power,
phasors and complex quantities, impedance, real and reactive power, power factor.

6) AC applications: Resonance, basic passive filter concept.

7) Transients: Transient response of dc and ac networks.
8) Linear constant coefficient differential equations: Time domain
analysis of simple RLC, RL, RC circuits. (For dc[natural and step
response] and ac)
9) Solution of network equations using Laplace transform:
Frequency domain analysis of RLC, RL, RC circuits.
10)
Magnetic circuits: Flux, permeability and reluctance, magnetic field strength,
magnetic potential, flux density, magnetization curve. Ohms law and Amperes circuital law.
Magnetic circuits: series, parallel and series-parallel circuits. Magnetically coupled circuits.

11)
2-port network parameters: Driving point and transfer
functions.
12)
State Equations: State equations for ac and dc networks.
13)
Three phase circuits: Balanced and unbalanced AC circuits.

(B)Electronic Devices:
1) Materials and band theory: Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and
extrinsic silicon.
2) Carrier transport in silicon: Diffusion current, drift current, mobility,
and resistivity.
3) Carrier basics: Generation and recombination of carriers.
4) Characteristics curves and working principle and DC biasing:
Tunnel diode, MOS capacitor, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo diode,
Basics of LASERs.
5) Device technology (VLSI): Integrated circuits fabrication process,
oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, n-tub, p-tub
and twin-tub CMOS process. Review of MOS transistor theory:
Threshold voltage, body effect, I-V equations and characteristics, latchup problems, NMOS inverter, CMOS inverter, pass-transistor and
transmission gates. CMOS circuit characteristics and performance
estimation: Resistance, capacitance, rise and fall times, delay, gate
transistor sizing and power consumption.

(C)Digital circuits:
1) Digital Logics: Number system, Boolean algebra, minimization of
Boolean functions; logic gates. Show that a positive-logic NOR gate is
the same physical gate as a negative-logic NAND and vice versa. Show
that a positive-logic AND gate is the same physical gate as a negativelogic OR and vice versa. Basic gate implement with NOR and NAND
gate.
2) Integrated Circuit Technologies: Digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL,
MOS, CMOS).
3) Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters,
multiplexers, decoders.
4) Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shiftregisters.
5) Converters: Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs.
6) Multi-vibrator: 555 Timers, Schmitt trigger.
7) Memory: PROMs and PLAs, Semiconductor memories.
8) Microprocessor (8085+8086): architecture, programming, memory
and I/O interfacing. Introduction to micro-controllers.

(D)Analog Circuits:
1) Equivalent Diagram and analysis: Small Signal Equivalent circuits
of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and analog CMOS.(AC analysis)
2) Diode: Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier, characteristics of a
Zener diode, Zener shunt regulator. (Draw i/p, o/p curve)
3) BJT, FET and MOSFET: Characteristics curves and operations for all
combination, working principle, equations.
4) DC Biasing: Biasing(Fixed-bias, Emitter-stabilized bias, Voltage-divider
bias, DC bias with voltage feedback circuit etc, try to solve critical pnp
and npn configuration, and bias stability of all configuration ) of
transistor and FET and MOSFET amplifiers.
5) Amplifiers by BJT: Single(MOSFET also) and multi-stage (Voltage and
current gain, input and output impedance of a common base, common emitter and common
collector amplifier circuits),

differential, and power(Classification of output

stages, class A, B and AB output stages). Differential and common mode gains,
RC coupled mid-band frequency amplifier.
6)

Negative feedback: Properties, basic topologies, feedback amplifiers with different

topologies, stability, frequency compensation.

7) Frequency response: Frequency response of amplifiers. Poles, zeros

and Bode plots, amplifier transfer function, techniques of determining
3 dB frequencies of amplifier circuits, frequency response of singlestage and cascade amplifiers, frequency response of differential
amplifiers.
8) Oscillators by BJT and Opamp: Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for
oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations of oscillator.
VCOs. LC and crystal oscillators.
9) OPAMP: Characteristics and applications, Simple op-amp circuits.
Active Filters (draw circuit diagram, Response curve). Inverting, Noninverting and Summing amplifier, Integrator, Differentiator circuit
(draw o/p curves with i/p sine, square waves). DC imperfections.

10)
Function generator: Function generators and wave-shaping
circuits.
11)
Voltage regulators: Power supplies.
12)
Others: BJT as a switch, MOSFET as a switch, CMOS inverter,

(E)Signals and Systems:

1) Signal and System Types and Representation: Representation of
continuous
and discrete-time signals.
Signals- classification,
elementary signals, representation of signals using impulse function;
systems- classification.
2) Signal operations: Shifting and scaling operations.
3) Signal Transformations: Definitions and properties of,
Laplace
transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series and Fourier
series representation of continuous periodic signals, continuous-time
and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z-transform.
4) Sampling: Sampling theorem, how it is done, why it is need.
5) Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: Definitions and properties;
causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros,
parallel and cascade structure, frequency response (Fourier serise),
group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through LTI systems.
6) DSP: Shifting and scaling operations. Discrete-time signals and systems, analog to
digital conversion, impulse response, finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response
(IIR) of discrete-time systems, difference equation, convolution, transient and steady state
response.

(F)Control Systems:
1) Components: Basic control system components.
2) Block Diagram: Block diagrammatic description, reduction of block
diagrams.
3) Feedback and Transfer function: Principles of feedback; transfer
function; Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability
analysis of these systems.

4) Signal flow Graph: Signal flow graphs and their use in determining
transfer functions of systems.
5) LTI control systems basics: Transient and steady state analysis of
LTI control systems and frequency response. steady-state errors.
6) Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci,
Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots.
7) Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag
compensation, elements of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID)
control.
8) State Equations and Model: State variable representation and
solution of state equation of LTI control systems, state space model,
state transition matrix,
9) Advanced Control system: Controllability and observability.
10)
Digital control systems: introduction, sampled data systems,
stability analysis in Z-domain.

(G)Communications:
1) Overview
of
communication
systems:
Basic
principles,
fundamental elements, system limitations, message source, bandwidth
requirements, transmission media types, bandwidth and transmission
capacity.
2) Random signals and noise: Probability, random variables,
probability density function, autocorrelation, power spectral density.
Noise Source, characteristics of various types of noise and signal to
noise ratio.
3) Analog communication systems: Amplitude, angle and frequency
modulation and demodulation systems with definition, input/output
waveform, modulation index, equation, and problem[math], spectral
analysis of these operations, super-heterodyne receivers; elements of
hardware, realizations of analog communication systems; signal-tonoise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and
frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions.
4) Information theory: Fundamentals of information theory. Measure of
information, source encoding, error free communication over a noisy channel, channel capacity of
a continuous system and channel capacity of a discrete memoryless system.

5) Different types of theorem: Fundamentals of channel capacity

theorem, Nyquist Sampling Theorem and Shannon rules.
6) Digital communication systems: Pulse code modulation (PCM),
differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes
such as amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK,
PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and

probability of error calculations for these schemes. Bit Error Rate (BER)
and related problem. [For all digital Modulation we need to learn
input/output waveform, equation].
7) Multiplexing and De-multiplexing: TDM, FDM, TDD, FDD, Half and full
duplex.

8) Multiple Access: Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA

9) Standards: Basics of GSM, UMTS, 3G, 4G, GPS.
10)
Telecom: Define Erlang, One Erlang and related problems.
Circuit and packet switching, basic telecom.
11)
Networking and data communication: Serial & Parallel data
transmission, OSI reference model and functions. TCP/IP model layer.

(H)Power Electronics and Drives:

1) Power semiconductors: Semiconductor power diodes, transistors,
thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs, UJT, DIAC static
characteristics and principles of operation with triggering circuits.
2) Controlled and Uncontrolled Rectifiers: Single and three phase
and phase control rectifiers; Draw single & three phases Circuit
diagram, input, output curves.
3) Converters: Bridge converters fully controlled and half controlled,
BUCK, BOOST, CUCK. principles of choppers single and 3 phase. Draw
single & three phases Circuit diagram, input, output curves.
4) Inverters: principles of inverters, resonant inverters etc. Draw single
& three phases Circuit diagram, input, output curves
5) AC voltage controllers: single and three phase, Single phase
cycloconverter.
6) Drives: basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.

(I)Electromagnetics:
1) Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl;

2) Electric Field: Electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and
spherical
charge
distributions,
Gauss
theorems,
dielectrics;
capacitance.
3) Magnetic Field: Amperes and Biot-Savarts laws; Stokes theorems,
inductance.
4) Maxwells equations: Differential and integral forms.
5) Traveling Wave basics: Wave equation, Poynting vector.
6) Plane waves: Propagation through various media; reflection and
refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth.
7) Transmission
lines:
Characteristic
impedance;
impedance
transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse
excitation.
8) Waveguides: Modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions;
cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations.
9) Optics: Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical
fibers.
10)
Microwaves and Antennas: Basic of microwaves and Radar,
Dipole antennas; radiation pattern; antenna gain.

(J)Power Systems:
1) Generation: Basic power generation concepts.
2) Power system basic: What do you mean by power system? Draw a
typical power system one-line diagram, Why high voltage transmits?
Concept on Grounding, Load Shedding and Load Management,
Advantages of Interconnections,
3) Different type of effect: Ferranti Effect, Skin Effect, Corona Effect,
radio interference;
4) Transmission and distribution:
Transmission line models and
performance; Transmission line rating and generating Voltage in
Bangladesh , The One-line diagram, Reactance diagram and
Impedance Diagram. Capacitance and inductance effects. Distribution
systems. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts. equivalent circuit of short,
medium and long lines.

5) Cables: Cable performance, insulation;

6) Power system analysis: Per-unit quantities; bus impedance and
admittance matrices; load flow studies (Gauss- Siedel and Newton Raphson

Methods),

Importance of Load flow study, related problem, What

information obtained from Load-flow study? symmetrical components;
fault analysis, types, ; What are Sequence Impedance and Sequence
Network? Draw Reactance and Zero-sequence diagram from one-line
diagram.
7) Power flow control: Tap changing transformer, phase shifting,
booster and regulating transformer and shunt capacitor.
8) Voltage control: Importance of Voltage Control, Location of Voltage
Control Equipment, Methods of Voltage Control, etc.
9) Power
factor
correction:
Power
Factor,
Power
Triangle,
Disadvantages of Low Power Factor, Causes of Low Power Factor, Power
Factor Improvement, etc.
10)
Economic operation: Economic operation of power system.
11)
Power system protections: Relay circuit and its operation,
Difference between Switch & CB. principles of over-current, differential
and distance protection; solid state relays and digital protection;
circuit breakers;
12)
Stability: system stability concepts, swing curves and equal
area criterion;
13)
Substation: Various types of sub-stations and layout.
14)
Power station: Load curves, Load duration curve/Chronological
load curve, Definition and concept on connected load, Maximum
demand, Demand factor, Average load,Load factor, Diversity factor,
Plant capacity factor and Plant use factor also related problem
15)
SCADA: Concept on SCADA and draw its Diagram
16)
Renewable Energy: Concept on Renewable energy

(K)Electrical Machines:
1) Single phase transformer: Equivalent circuit, phasor diagram(Load
and no load), short circuit and open circuit tests [problems, basic concept and
diagram], regulation and efficiency calculation.
2) Three
phase
transformers:
Connections,
parallel
operation[Condition and reason for Parallel operation of single-phase &
three-phase Transformer]; Clear concept on V-V connection and Vector
Group.
3) Spatial Transformer: Auto-transformer; Instrument transformer.
4) Energy conversion: Energy conversion principles.
5) DC Generator: Types, windings, generator characteristics(all
configurations), equivalent circuit and related problem, armature
reaction and commutation. build-up of a self excited shunt generator,

6)

7)

8)
9)

critical field resistance, effect of speed on no-load and load

characteristics and voltage regulation.
DC Motor: Torque, counter emf, speed, torque-speed characteristics,
starting and speed regulation. Starting and speed control of motors;
Types,
windings,
motor
characteristics(all
configurations
all
characteristics), equivalent circuit and related problem Difference
between generator and motor, Significance of the Back EMF, Torque
and power relation , Why Starter use?
Three phase induction motors: Principles, types, performance
characteristics[torque-speed characteristics], starting, breaking and speed
control; Equivalent circuit of an Induction motor, Slip and related
problem, Full-load torque, Maximum torque and starting torque related
problem, Power stages in an Induction motor and related problem, Why
starter use in Induction motor? no-load test, blocked rotor test.
Single phase induction motor: Theory of operation, equivalent
circuit and starting.
Synchronous Generator: performance, regulation and parallel
operation of generators. Vector diagrams at different loads, factors affecting voltage
regulation, synchronous impedance, synchronous impedance method of predicting voltage

What is synchronizing in alternator? Condition for

synchronizing of a single and three-phase Alternator. Circulating current
10)
Synchronous Motor:
Motor starting, characteristics and
applications. effect of loading under different excitation condition,
effect of changing excitation, V-curves and starting. Comparison
between Synchronous Motor and Induction Motor
11)
Spatial Motor: Servo and stepper motors.
regulation and its limitations.

(L) Electrical Properties of Materials:

1) Crystal structures: Types of crystals, lattice and basis, Bravais lattice
and Miller indices.
2) Classical theory of electrical and thermal conduction: Scattering,
mobility and resistivity, temperature dependence of metal resistivity,
Hall effect and thermal conductivity.
3) Band theory of solids: Band theory from molecular orbital, effective
mass, density-of-states.

4) Modern theory of metals: Determination of Fermi energy a nd

average energy of electrons.

5) Dielectric
properties
of
materials:
Dielectric
constant,
polarization(electronic, ionic and orientational); internal field, frequency
dependence of dielectric constant, dielectric loss and piezoelectricity.
6) Magnetic
properties
of
materials:
Magnetic
moment,
magnetization and relative permittivity, different types of magnetic
materials, origin of ferromagnetism and magnetic domains.
7) Introduction to superconductivity: Zero resistance, Type I and Type
II superconductors and critical current density.

(M)Electrical and Electronic Measurements:

1) Basic Instruments: Bridges and potentiometers; PMMC, moving iron,
dynamometer
and
induction
type
instruments;
instrument
transformers; digital voltmeters and multimeters; Q-meters;
oscilloscopes; potentiometric recorders.
2) Basic Measurements: Measurement of voltage, current, power,
energy and power factor; phase, time and frequency measurement;
error analysis.

(N)Objective:
1) Do not read: Details and large/medium Derivation, Large/medium
Descriptive question, large/medium Math, deep level laws and
formulas.
2) Have to read: Very basic concept, Brief working principle, Application,
Advantages, Disadvantages,
why/how they work/happened, small
math, Basics Laws and Formulas, small diagram, very small
derivations[3-4 lines]. General, Power and Communication related
Abbreviations.