Regarding Reevaluation

Dear students,

                Assignment 2 question no 7 is re-evaluated with range 2.6 to 2.7 and in Assignment 1, Assignment 4 Qno(8) 1 question was deleted so assignment 1 and 4 are for 90 marks.Please note the changes.




Feedback for Analog Circuits

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All the best for the exam

I hope you guys are doing well. Sleep early and reach your exam center early.  I hope you have got enough practice by solving both Assignment questions and activity questions. So don't be panic. As the exam is going to check your aptitude level, keep yourself calm and perform well in the exam. Recollect your mistakes (silly) you have done in the assignments and try to avoid them tomorrow. Don't forget to bring scientific calculator. 

Finally ALL THE BEST guys

TA's, Analog Circuit
(Vinoth, Naveen, Ashwani, Sreesha)


Analog Circuits: About Final Exam

Scientific calculators are allowed inside the exam hall. 


Analog Circuits: Assignment 8 Solutions uploaded.

Dear Students
Week 8 Assignment 8 Solutions are uploaded in the course portal.


Feedback for week 8

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Basic Electric Circuits Week 2 (Q7-10) & (Q8-10) Assignment Solutions

Please find the solutions for Q.7 to Q.10 in Assignment 2 and Q.8 to Q.10 in Assignment 4 under Assignment Solutions section.


About the exam

The exam will have about 25 questions. There will be 4-6 multiple choice questions. The rest will be problem solving type where you have to enter the  answers in the space given. Similar to the assignments, the units for the answers would be given and you have to enter the values in the space given.

Calculator will be provided in the online exam interface. You are allowed to use only that calculator.

All the best.


Feedback for week 7

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Hall ticket for September 24th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the September 24th NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on September exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the September 24th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

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Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on September 24, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:


1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

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Feedback for week 6

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Analog Circuits: Assignment 5 deadline extended and included "check answer" option.

Dear Students
Assignment 5 deadline is extended till 01/09/2017. From this assignment onward we are going to include "check answer" option. Please us this option to know whether your answers are correct or wrong before submitting the assignment. It is included to send the student back to the notebook in case of silly errors. For those who have already submitted can also use this option and you can again re-submit the assignment.


Feedback for week 5

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Analog Circuits : Week 6 Lecture Videos are available.

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos of Week 6 are available in the course outline section under "
Week 6: Common source amplifier using source feedback bias; Controlled sources using a MOS transistor-VCVS(Source follower)


Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

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Last date for exam registration have been extended till August 28 10:00 AM (Monday).

Payment for the exam can been made till August 28 5:00 PM (Monday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team


Analog Circuits : Week 5 Lecture Videos are available.

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos of Week 5 are available in the course outline section under "
Week 5: Common source amplifier using source feedback bias; Controlled sources using a MOS transistor-VCVS(Source follower)


Feedback for week 4

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Analog Circuits : Week 4 Lecture Videos and Assignment are available.

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos and Assignment of Week 4 are available in the course outline section under "
Week 4: Biasing a MOS transistor at a fixed drain current; CS amplifier using drain feedback bias and current mirror bias"



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Exam and Certificate Format

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The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

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Exam registration form closes on 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 -16th September 2017. We will notify the same through email.

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Feedback for Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3

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Analog Circuits : Week 3 Lecture Videos and Assignment are available.

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos and Assignment of Week 3 are available in the course outline section under "Week 3: Common source amplifier using the MOS transistor"



REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2017 (Wednesday) until 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

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Dates of exam: 24th September 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/Sep%202017%20Exam%20Cities%20-%20Default+alternate%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 -16th September 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.


2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
There are 2 modes of operation:

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1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.
2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.
3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.
4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

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2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature.  Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till August  23, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after August  23 2017.


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Lecture Video download links and transcripts

Dear participants

To download the lecture videos in various formats(MP4, FLV, 3gp, MP3) please go to this link . If you are having limited internet access, then download the videos and watch them offline. Use "Mirror 2" to download the videos as there is a problem with "Mirror 1".

All the lectures are having transcripts available in pdf format. Please download them. You can use these transcripts as lecture notes but the best way to learn the concepts is to prepare your own notes while watching the lectures.

Naveen
TA


Week 2

Week 2 content is now available in the portal. Please check.

TAs


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Welcome to "Analog Circuits"

A warm welcome to all of you to "Analog Circuits" from our team. Please take a few minutes to go through a few basic points about the course given below. Feel free to use the online forum for any queries you have. Enjoy!

Nagendra Krishnapura

About the course

  • The course officially starts on 24th July 2017.
  • The course lasts 8 weeks.
Lectures
  • Each week, one unit, with a number of lessons under each unit, will be released. The total duration of lectures will be about 2.5 hours per week. The lectures will be released as per the schedule which is given at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ee14/course
  • The first unit, which is for the week of 24th July, has already been released to give you a flavor for the course. The second unit will be released on 31st July, and there will be a unit every week thereafter.
  • The last unit will be released on September 11th.
  • It is best to watch the lessons in sequence the first time around. You can go back to the any (part of any) lesson any time afterwards. You can cover the unit in several sessions. 
Activity questions
  • These are important. Work these out immediately after each lesson to ensure that you absorbed what was covered in that lesson. Also, these are not timed tests. Take your time to understand the questions and the concepts behind them.
Assignments
  • The assignment covering the contents of a particular week will be due on Wednesday of the following week. The schedule of assignments will be announced with the lecture schedule. 
  • Do not leave all assignment problems to the last day/hour!
  • After the deadline, the correct answers to assignment questions will be displayed. The deadline is "hard" and no extensions are possible.
  • The first assignment is due on 2nd August. This has already been released.
  • The last assignment will be due on 20th September. The exam will be on 24th September.
Announcements and Forum
  • Important announcements will be put up under this section. The forum is for general discussion. Make sure to follow both of these regularly.