ADVANCED NETWORK THEORY

Credits	Periods			Exam Hrs.	Sessional Marks	Exam Marks	Total Marks
	Theory	Tutorial	Lab
4	3	1	-	3	30	70	100

Fourier Transforms

Definitions and Properties, Transforms for Simple Time Domain Functions, Transforms of General Periodic Time Functions, Convolution and Response in Time Domain, Response in Frequency Domain, Relationship between Fourier and Laplace Transforms.

Network Functions

Network Functions for Single Port and Two Port, Calculation of Network Functions for Ladder and General Networks, Poles and Zeroes, Restriction of Poles and Zeroes for Driving point and Transfer Functions, Time Domain Behavior from Pole Zero Plot, Transfer Functions in terms of Y and Z functions, Scaling Network Functions.

Positive Real Function and Other Properties, Herwitz Polynomials, Computation of Residues, Even and Odd Functions, Test for Positive Real Functions.

Network Synthesis

Elementary Synthesis Operation, LC Network Synthesis, Properties of RC Network Functions, Foster and Cauer Forms of RC and RL Networks.

RLC Networks

Minimum Positive Real Functions, Brune’s Method of RLC Synthesis, Realization Difficulties.

Textbooks :

1.      Network Analysis, M. E. Van Valkenburg, 3^rd Edition, PHI.

2.      Modern Network Synthesis, M. E. Van Valkenburg, Wiley Eastern.

Reference :

Engineering Circuit Analysis, William H. Hayt Jr. and Jack E. Kemmerley, 5^th Edition, McGraw Hill International Edition.