Ph.D. Course Work Examination June July 2017
ELECTRONICS (Paper III)
Modern Topics in Electronics
Day Date: Thursday, 29-06-2017 Max. Marks: 100
Time: 11.00 AM to 02.00 PM
Instructions: All questions are compulsory.
Q.1 Briefly explain the ARM core current program status register
highlighting the processor modes.
10
Answer any two of the following: 10
Give a short note on types of embedded system peripherals.
What is hardware extension? Why is it necessary? Explain any
one type of hardware extension around ARM core.
Explain briefly the ARM7 three stage pipeline mechanism.
Q.2 Explain the memory map of LPC2378 highlighting different regions. 10
Answer any two of the following: 10
Explain the mechanism involved when a processor encounters
an exception.
Write a short note on general purpose DMA controller in
LPC2378.
What are the features of CAN controller in LPC2378?
Q.3 Explain in detail the Zigbee architecture highlighting the modes of
its operation.
10
Answer any two of the following: 10
What are the characteristics of wireless sensor networks?
Explain the design abstraction ladder for digital systems.
Explain transport and inertial delays in digital design.
Q.4 Explain in detail along with necessary flowchart, the HDL based
design flow of a digital system design.
10
Answer any two of the following: 10
Write a short on Gajski-Kuhn chart.
Give a overview of floor planning methods.
Define an entity in VHDL. Give the template of a VHDL
programme.
Q.5 Discuss design issues of mixed signal VLSI. 10
Answer any two of the following: 10
Give the VHDL code for ripple carry full adder.
Critically compare the architecture of CPLD and FPGA.
Write a short note on digital and analog blocks in PSoC.