GATE 2023 Syllabus For ECE

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal

analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and
verbal deduction.
Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical
estimation, numerical reasoning and data interpretation.
Section 1: Engineering Mathematics
Linear Algebra: Vector space, basis, linear dependence and
independence, matrix algebra, Eigen values and eigen vectors,
rank, solution of linear equations- existence and uniqueness.
Calculus: Mean value theorems, theorems of integral calculus,
evaluation of definite and improper integrals, partial derivatives,
maxima and minima, multiple integrals, line, surface and
volume integrals, Taylor series.
Differential Equations: First order equations (linear and
nonlinear), higher order linear differential equations, Cauchy's
and Euler's equations, methods of solution using a variation of
parameters, complementary function and particular integral,
partial differential equations, variable separable method, initial
and boundary value problems.
Vector Analysis: Vectors in plane and space, vector
operations, gradient, divergence and curl, Gauss's, Green's
and Stokes’ theorems.
Complex Analysis: Analytic functions, Cauchy’s integral
theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, sequences, series,
convergence tests, Taylor and Laurent series, residue theorem.
Probability and Statistics: Mean, median, mode, standard
deviation, combinatorial probability, probability distributions,
binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, exponential
distribution, normal distribution, joint and conditional probability.
Section 2: Networks, Signals and Systems
Circuit Analysis: Node and mesh analysis, superposition,
Thevenin's theorem, Norton’s theorem, reciprocity. Sinusoidal
steady state analysis: phasors, complex power, maximum
power transfer. Time and frequency domain analysis of linear
circuits: RL, RC and RLC circuits, solution of network equations
using Laplace transform.
Linear 2-port network parameters, wye-delta transformation.
Continuous-time Signals: Fourier series and Fourier
transform, sampling theorem and applications.
Discrete-time Signals: DTFT, DFT, z-transform, discrete-time
processing of continuous-time signals.
LTI systems: definition and properties, causality, stability,
impulse response, convolution, poles and zeroes, frequency
response, group delay, phase delay.
Section 3: Electronic Devices
Energy bands in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors,
equilibrium carrier concentration, direct and indirect band-gap
semiconductors.
Carrier Transport: diffusion current, drift current, mobility and
resistivity, generation and recombination of carriers, Poisson
and continuity equations.
P-N junction, Zener diode, BJT, MOS capacitor, MOSFET,
LED, photo diode and solar cell.
Section 4: Analog Circuits
Diode Circuits: clipping, clamping and rectifiers.
BJT and MOSFET Amplifiers: biasing, ac coupling, small
signal analysis, frequency response. Current mirrors and
differential amplifiers.
Op-amp Circuits: Amplifiers, summers, differentiators,
integrators, active filters, Schmitt triggers and oscillators
Section 5: Digital Circuits
Number Representations: binary, integer and floating-point-
numbers.
Combinatorial circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of
functions using Boolean identities and Karnaugh map, logic
gates and their static CMOS implementations, arithmetic
circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders.
Sequential Circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-
registers, finite state machines, propagation delay, setup and
hold time, critical path delay.
Data Converters: sample and hold circuits, ADCs and DACs.
Semiconductor Memories: ROM, SRAM, DRAM.
Computer Organization: Machine instructions and addressing
modes, ALU, data-path and control unit, instruction pipelining.
Section 6: Control Systems
Basic control system components; Feedback principle; Transfer
function; Block diagram representation; Signal flow graph;
Transient and steady-state analysis of LTI systems; Frequency
response; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criteria; Bode
and root-locus plots; Lag, lead and lag-lead compensation;
State variable model and solution of state equation of LTI
systems.
Section 7: Communications
Random Processes: auto correlation and power spectral
density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals
through LTI systems.
Analog Communications: amplitude modulation and
demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of
AM and FM, super heterodyne receivers.
Information Theory: entropy, mutual information and channel
capacity theorem.
Digital Communications: PCM, DPCM, digital modulation
schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK, QAM), bandwidth, inter-symbol
interference, MAP, ML detection, matched filter receiver, SNR
and BER.
Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes, CRC.
Section 8: Electromagnetics
Maxwell’s Equations: differential and integral forms and their
interpretation, boundary conditions, wave equation, Poynting
vector.
Plane Waves and Properties: reflection and refraction,
polarization, phase and group velocity, propagation through
various media, skin depth.
Transmission Lines: equations, characteristic impedance,
impedance matching, impedance transformation, S-
parameters, Smith chart. Rectangular and circular waveguides,
light propagation in optical fibers, dipole and monopole
antennas, and linear antenna arrays