ISRO TA Part I-C Syllabus

ISRO TA Part I-C: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   Electronic Devices & Circuits

   ~7 marks

   • Semiconductor Physics — Energy Bands, Carrier Statistics, Drift/Diffusion, Generation/Recombination
   • Diodes — PN, Zener, Schottky, Tunnel, Varactor; Rectifiers, Clippers, Clampers, Voltage Regulators
   • BJT, FET, MOSFET — Biasing, Small Signal Analysis, Frequency Response, Multistage, Darlington
   • Amplifiers — Differential, Operational, Feedback, Oscillators (RC, LC, Crystal)
   • Power Electronics — SCR, Triac, Diac, UJT, Power MOSFET, IGBT, Converters
   • IC Fabrication, Op-Amp ICs — 741, 555, VCO, PLL, Voltage Regulators
2. 2

   Digital Electronics & Systems

   ~6 marks

   • Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, K-Map, Quine-McCluskey
   • Combinational — Mux, Demux, Decoder, Encoder, Adder, Subtractor, Comparator, ALU
   • Sequential — Flip-Flops, Counters, Shift Registers, State Machines (Mealy/Moore)
   • Memories — ROM, RAM (SRAM, DRAM), Flash, PLD, FPGA, PAL, PLA
   • Logic Families — TTL, CMOS, ECL — Characteristics, Interfacing
   • VHDL/Verilog — Modeling, Simulation, Synthesis Basics
3. 3

   Communication Systems

   ~7 marks

   • Analog — AM, FM, PM, DSB-SC, SSB, VSB, Modulators/Demodulators, SNR, Figure of Merit
   • Digital — PCM, DM, DPCM, ADM, Line Codes, ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, QAM, MSK
   • Information Theory — Entropy, Source Coding, Channel Capacity, Shannon-Hartley, Error Codes
   • Spread Spectrum — DSSS, FHSS, CDMA, OFDM
   • Optical & Microwave — Fibre Types, Sources, Detectors, Waveguides, Radar, Microwave Tubes
   • Satellite Communication, Mobile — GSM, CDMA, 3G/4G/5G, Cellular Concept, Handoff
4. 4

   Signals, Systems & DSP

   ~5 marks

   • Signals — Continuous/Discrete, Periodic/Aperiodic, Energy/Power, Operations
   • LTI Systems — Convolution, Impulse Response, Transfer Function, Stability
   • Fourier Analysis — CTFT, DTFT, DFT, FFT, Properties, Sampling Theorem
   • Transforms — Laplace, Z-Transform, ROC, Properties, Applications
   • DSP — FIR/IIR Filters, Design Methods, Multirate DSP, Adaptive Filters
5. 5

   Electromagnetics, Transmission Lines & Antennas

   ~4 marks

   • EM Fields — Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, Maxwell's Equations, Boundary Conditions
   • Transmission Lines — Characteristic Impedance, Reflection, SWR, Smith Chart, Matching
   • Waveguides — Rectangular/Circular, TE/TM Modes, Cutoff Frequency, Resonators
   • Antennas — Dipole, Monopole, Array, Yagi-Uda, Parabolic, Microstrip, Parameters (Gain, Directivity, BW, Polarization)
6. 6

   Microprocessors, VLSI & Embedded

   ~4 marks

   • Microprocessors — 8085, 8086 Architecture, Instruction Set, Addressing Modes, Programming, Interfacing
   • Microcontrollers — 8051, ARM Architecture, Embedded C, I/O, Timers, Interrupts, ADC/DAC
   • VLSI Design — CMOS Inverter, NAND/NOR, Pass Transistor, Layout, Stick Diagrams, Fabrication
   • Embedded Systems — RTOS, Memory Map, DMA, Communication Protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN)