The document provides details about the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology Calicut, including information about its faculty members and their research areas, degree programs offered, laboratories and facilities, publications, patents, and books. It outlines the department's areas of research focus such as image coding, speech recognition, and wireless communication systems.

1. DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRONICS &
COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
National Institute of Technology
Calicut

2. DEPARTMENT PROFILE
 B. Tech. in ECE (1980) - under EED
 ECE Department formation in 1997- Intake : 153
 M. Tech.
 Electronics Design & Technology (2001): Intake 21
 Microelectronics & VLSI Design (2006): Intake 21
 Telecommunication (2008) : Intake 14
 Signal Processing (2008) : Intake 14
 Ph.D (Full Time, QIP and Part Time)(2002)

3. FACULTY
& AREAS OF RESEARCH

4. Name Designation Area of Research
Dr. P.S. Sathidevi Prof. & Head
of the Dept.
Digital Signal Processing, Speech
& Audio Processing
Dr. Elizabeth Elias Prof. Digital Signal Processing and
Speech Processing, Digital Filter
Banks
Dr. Lillykutty Jacob Prof. Communication Networks, Protocol
Engineering, Performance model
and Analysis
Dr. P.C. Subramaniam Prof. Optical Communication, Nonlinear
Dynamics and Chaos
Dr. G. Abhilash Associate.
Prof.
Signal Theory
Mrs. Lyla. B. Das Associate.
Prof
Digital System Design using VHDL,
Embedded Systems,
Microprocessors and
Microcontrollers
Dr. C.K. Ali Associate.
Prof
Digital Communication
Mr. R. Suresh Asst. Prof. Communication and Signal
Processing
Dr. A.V. Babu Asst. Prof.
Communication Engineering,
Wireless Networks
Dr. S.M. Sameer Asst. Prof. Wireless Communication Systems,

5. Name Designation Area of Research
Dr. Sreelekha.G Asst. Prof. Image & Video Compression
Dr. Deepthi.P.P Asst. Prof. Channel Coding, Cryptography,
Multimedia Security
Mr. Dhanaraj K.J Asst. Prof. Analog and Digital Circuits,
Digital and Analog IC Design
Mr. V. Sakthivel Asst. Prof. Signal Processing
Mr. Bhuvan B Asst. Prof. Microelectronics & VLSI Design
Mr. Raghu C V Asst. Prof. Electronic System Design
Mrs. Suja K J Asst. Prof. Microelectronics
Mrs. Bindiya T S Asst. Prof. Signal Processing
Mr. Ameer P M Asst. Prof. Communication Networks
Mr. Jayakumar E P Asst. Prof. VLSI Signal Processing
Mr.Sudhish N
George
Asst. Prof. Signal Processing, Multimedia
Security
Dr.Praveen
Sankaran
Asst. Prof. Statistical pattern analysis,
Image processing, Biometrics

6. MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH
 Image Coding – Image compression using HVS models
 Secure Communication – Design of Hardware efficient Secure
communication systems
 Speech Recognition – Audio-visual speech recognition
 Bio-signal Analysis – Analysis of epileptic spikes in EEG signals
etc.
 Filter banks/Multi-wavelets – Theory & Construction
 Wireless LAN, Mesh Networks, Sensor Networks – QoS,
Security, Cross-layer design, Localization
 Semiconductor Device Modeling – quantum modeling of
nanoscale MOSFETs

7. MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH
 High-speed /low power Digital Logic Design – Adiabatic logic,
asynchronous design
 Mixed signal circuit design – 24 bit ADC with low OSR.
 Analog IC design – Opamps for large slew rate and large gain-
bandwidth product with low noise
 RF circuit design – LNA design, MOS distributed amplifiers,
integration of AF components on RF ICs.
 Multicarrier and MIMO communication systems
 Synchronization and Channel Estimation issues in wireless
systems

8.  TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS
 Journal : 105
 Conference: 170
 TOTAL NUMBER OF Ph.Ds AWARDED
 16
 NUMBER OF ONGOING Ph.Ds
 19 + 6 (Internal PT)

9. Laboratories

10. MAJOR FACILITIES IN VLSI LABVLSI LAB
CADENCE tool bundle - 10 licenses
Full custom/Analog/Mixed signal/RF IC design flow; Formal verification;
HDL based design flow; DFM and DFT/ATPG
SYNOPSYS complete SOC tool bundle - 5 licenses
MAGMA tool set - 5 licenses
Blast Create; Blast Fusion; Blast Plan Pro; Blast Noise; Blast Rail; Blast Power;
QuartzRC; Quartz Time; Quick Cap
COWARE tool bundle - 5 licenses
Signal Processing Designer; Architect and Model Designer; Processor Designer Generic I
Libraries
MENTOR GRAPHICS complete EDA tool set - 50 licenses
XILINX tool set - Site license
ISE; ChipScope Pro; EDK; System Generator
FPGA boards
Spartan 3E starter kit; Virtex – II Pro boards; Virtex – 4 boards
Tanner EDA tool set - 2 licenses
SYNOPSYS T CAD device, process and mixed mode simulation tool -3 licenses

11. FACILITIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMSFACILITIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LABLAB
 VIRTEX – 4: Processor NO. XC4VLX25
 VIRTEX – II PRO: DSP Development kit ; Processor NO. 2V4000 – 4;
Release version 0102; MULTIPRO; MICROBLAZE & MULTIMEDIA
Demonstration board; XC2V2000
 ALTERA NIOS: STRATIX II EP2S60 FPGA; Complete EMBEDDED
Development suit; DDR , SD RAM; 32 BIT PIC MEZZANINE Connector
 ALTERA SLS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (UP3): Processor
CYCLONE EP1C6/EP1C12 FPGA; 16 X 2 Character LCD Module;
BYTE BLASTER II cable; RS 232 serial cable; SLS Software
 ALTERA DSP DEVELOPMENT KIT: Processor STRATIS; STRAT
II EP2S60 FPGA
 XILINX ISE EMBEDDED DEVELOPMENT KIT: VIRTEX 4;
VIRTEX 2PRO; VIRTEX 2; SPARTAN 3; SPARTAN 3E; MICROBLAZE;
CHIP Scope pro; Modelsim; ISE Software package
 PROJECT KIT: 80C186 , 80C196; 89C51 Development kit; PIC
Development kit; ARM Development kit Supplied by TRIOZTECH

12. FACILITIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMSFACILITIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
LABLAB
 ROBOTIC KIT
 FIREBIRD III – MOBILE ROBOT PLATFORM: ATMEGA 16 L 128
MICROCONTROLLER (With full accessories)
 SPARK III ROBOTIC RESEARCH PLATFORM: 8952 ROBOTICS
(With full accessories) Supplied by NEX Robotics IIT BOMBAY
 VX WORK STATION ( with full accessories )
 TORNADO
 MATHEMATICA 5
 UNIVERSAL PROGRAMMER: SUPERPROIII (parallel)
Supporting 3000 ICs; SUPERPRO 280U(USB) Supporting 30000
ICs
 ADDON CARD: 89C51 CPU; 8 Bit ADC; 8 Bit DAC; Stepper Motor
Driver; Stepper Motor Controller; 8255 Interface card; HEX
Keyboard; 12V Stepper Motor; Torque 3 Kg
 SUPPORTING ACCESSORIES: Digital CRO (Yokogawa) - Model
No.1620 - 200MHZ; Digital Storage Oscilloscope - 200MHZ - TDS
2022B 2 Channel

13. EMBEDDEDEMBEDDED
SYSTEMSSYSTEMS LABLAB

14. MAJOR FACILITIES IN TTLMAJOR FACILITIES IN TTL
RESEARCH LABRESEARCH LAB
 MATLAB Software, Simulink and Tool Boxes
 MICA (Crossbow) Hardware Platforms for Wireless
Sensor Network Testbed
 802.11g APs, PDAs, Cisco Routers, etc for Network
Testbed
 High End Desktop Computers

15. MAJOR FACILITIES IN SPCOM LABMAJOR FACILITIES IN SPCOM LAB
 Hardware
 Desktop PCs/ workstations – 14 Nos
 Texas Instruments DSP Kits – 7 Nos
 100 MHz Oscilloscopes - 7 Nos
 Function Generators- 7 Nos
 Power Supplies - 7 Nos
 Software
 Matlab
 Latex for document preparation
 Code Composer Studio for programming with TI DSPs
 TI DSP tools

16. PSOC LABPSOC LAB

17. PSOC LABPSOC LAB
 Jointly developed by Cypress Semiconductors and ECED, NITC
 Facilities
 PSoCEVAL1 Evaluation board
 PsoC3 First Touch Kit
 Project-specific kits
 PC workstations
 Software packages :
 PSoC Designer 5.0
 PSoC Creator

18. DST-FIST LABDST-FIST LAB
 Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology
 Facilities
 HP make DL385G5 Rack Servers: 2 Nos
 TelosB mote – 10 Nos
 Easy Sen Wireless Sensor Nodes -10
 NI IF Transceiver kit- 1
 HP make XW 4550 Professional Work- stations: 19 Nos
 RF Circuit Simulation Software
 Sonnet EM module
 Network Simulation Software (NS2)
 OPNET
 MATLAB Computing environment

19. FIST LABFIST LAB

20. SIMULATION LAB
 40 node simulation with multiple OS environments
 MEMS Design Facility (under NPMASS Programme)
- COMSOL (multi-physics) simulation 40
number (networked, available on entire campus)
- COVENTORWARE (MEMS design)
- Intellisuite (MEMS Process simulation)

21. MAJOR FACILITIES IN SIGNALMAJOR FACILITIES IN SIGNAL
PROCESSING LABPROCESSING LAB
 Software Tools:
 MATLAB
 LAB VIEW
 Multisim (Circuit simulation software)
 CCS (code Composer Studio for programming with TI DSPs)
 VisualDSP++ for programming with ADSPs
 Hardware:
 Analog Device’s DSP Starter Kit for BF533
 Texas Instrument’s DSK6713 Kit.
 Audio Evaluation Module - TI DSP based
 High End Workstations
 Arbitrary Waveform Generators
 80 MHz Oscilloscopes

23. MAJOR FACILITIES – COMMUNICATION
LABLAB
 Arbitrary waveform generators-80MHz
 Synthesised AM/FM signal generators-1GHz
 AM/FM generators-2 channel-25 MHz
 Digital osciloscopes-500MHz
 Function generators-10 MHz
 Desk top computer-printer
 Microwave bench with Klystron and Gunn oscillator
 Microwave communication system with all types of antennas
 Optical communication kits
 Logical analysers
 Oscilloscopes
 Matlab software, Simulink and tool boxes
 DSP kits

24. ELECTRONIC WORK SHOP, ELECTRONIC
CIRCUITS AND LINEAR INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT LABS

25. ELECTRONIC WORK SHOP, ELECTRONIC
CIRCUITS AND LINEAR INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT LABS
 Facilities:
 Trainer Kits/Discrete Components
 Oscilloscope
 Function Generator
 Power supply
 Multimeter
 Soldering station etc.
 Major Activities
 Conducting labs as part of B.Tech curriculum

26. PATENTS

27. PATENTS FILED
 Sameer S. M. and Thafasal Ijyas V. P., “A Method for Determining Jointly
the Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO), Timing Offset, and Channel Co-
efficients in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
Uplink Wireless Communication System”. Indian Patent Application No.
2819/CHE/2011 dated 18-08-2011.
 Sameer S. M. and R. V. Raja Kumar, "A low complexity bandwidth efficient
carrier frequency offset estimation technique for OFDMA uplink
transmissions," US Patent Application No. 12/550087 dated 28 August 2009
and Indian Patent Application No.1503/KOL/2008 dated 29 August 2008.
 S. M. Sameer and R. V. Raja Kumar, "An efficient system and method for
carrier frequency offset estimation and correction for MIMO-OFDM
system," PCT Application No. : PCT Application No. PCT/IN2009/000246
dated 22 April 2009 and Indian Patent Application No. 762/KOL/2008 dated
23 April 2008.

28. PATENTS FILED
 By Rama Subramaniam Komaragiri
 Floating body 4F2 memory cell
 Breakdown voltage improvement of the array access thyristor
in PCRAM
 Local SOI isolation by lateral oxidation
 Novel Isolation scheme for array isolation in well by ion
implantation
 Retention time improvements and write performance
improvement in capacitor less DRAM technologies
 Improvement of off state leakage current and sub-VT
characteristics in surface channel MOSFET by reducing
parasitic BJT leakages
 Introduction of recombination centres to improve the leakage
current performance in the array access device in PCRAM
cell

29. BOOKS

30. BOOKS ADAPTED
 By Smt Lyla B Das
1. Muhammed Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispice Mazidi, Rolin D
McKinlay, THE 8051 MICROCONTROLLER AND
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS Using Assembly and C, Pearson
Education, August 2008
2. Barry B.Bray, THE INTEL MICROPROCESSORS
Architecture, Programming and Interfacing (8th Edition),
Pearson Education
3. A.V. Babu and Lillykutty Jacob, Maximizing Aggregate
Saturation Throughput in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN with
Service Differentiation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) on Distributed Computing and Networking, Vol. 4904,
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp 503-514, 2008.

31. BOOK PUBLISHED
 Ms. Lyla B.Das “The x86 Microprocessors-
Architecture ,Programming and Interfacing (8086 to
Pentium)” Publishers: Pearson Education , India,
2010 ISBN : 978-81-317-3246-5

32. CONFERENCES,
WORKSHOPS & PROJECTS

33. CONFERENCE CONDUCTED
 2011 International Conference on
Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP
2011), NIT Calicut, India, 10-12 February 2011

34. RECENT SHORT-TERM
COURSES/WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
 Faculty Development Program on “VLSI and Embedded System”,
15-28 June 2008, Ramkumar & Raghu C.V
 AICTE Staff Development Program on “Cryptography and
Embedded System”, 11-23 June 2007, Deepthi P.P & Sathidevi P.S
 STTP on “Nanoelectronics - Physics & technology”, 8 -13 May
2006, P C Subramaniam.
 AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Analog IC
Design during June 2009, P.C. Subramaniam & Bhuvan.B.
 AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Advances in
Wireless Communication and Networking during June 2009,
Sameer.S. M & A.V. Babu
 Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Microprocessors
and Microcontrollers, 12th
– 17th
July 2010 - Ms. Lyla B. Das

35. RECENT SHORT-TERM
COURSES/WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
 MHRD sponsored Faculty Development Program on "Advances in
Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies" during 13
to 24 June 2011 - Dr. A.V. Babu, Dr. Sameer S.M.,
 1-week FDP on Advances in VLSI Technology: May 2011 - Dr. Rama
Komaragiri
 AICTE Sponsored FDP on Advanced Digital Signal Processing, June
28- July 9 2010: - Dr. Sreelekha G., Dr. Deepthi P.P.
 AICTE sponsored SDP on ‘Nanoelectronics’. 10th
to 21st
May 2010 - Dr.
Rama Komaragiri & B. Bhuvan
 Technical workshop on VLSI Design July 16th
& 17th
2010, - Dr.Elizabeth
Elias & B.Bhuvan
 2 day workshop on Programmable System On Chip (PSOC) training :
June 2010. :Dr. Rama Komaragiri
 National Workshop on CMOS Analog Circuit Design during 12-13
November 2011 under SMDP-II project and IEEE Malabar.: Dr.Sameer
S.M., B.Bhuvan
 2 days Workshop on LABVIEW by National Instruments Ltd. At NIT
Calicut, during 12-13 November 2011 : Dr. Lillykutty Jacob

36. MHRD - SPONSORED PROJECTS
1. Design and Implementation of a Wavelet Analyzer using FPGAs
2. Application of Wavelet Analysis in Speech and Audio Compression
3. Implementation of Multirate Systems and Filter Banks using FPGAs
4. Wavelet based Speech Enhancement Techniques for listeners with
Hearing Loss
5. Design and Development of low bit rate real time applications of Multi
rate systems
6. Design and Implementation of Algorithms for Quality of service
provisioning over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN
7. QoS and Fairness Issues of Wireless LANs, Ministry of Human
Resource (MHRD) India

37. INTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH
PROJECTS
1. Performance Evaluation of Wireless Information Accessing and
Networking Techniques
2. Authentication in Computer Networks
3. Speech coding for low bit rate communication systems
4. Real Time Voice encryptor on a digital signal processor
5. Fingerprint matching
6. FPGA Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems
7. Echo Cancellation Using Adapted Filterbank
8. Wavelet based image compression schemes using human vision
system modelling
9. Power semiconductor device optimization

38. RESEARCH PROJECTS
 DST-FIST - Strengthening Post Graduate Teaching and
Research in the Department, Department of Science &
Technology (DST), Rs. 43.70 Lakh, 2008-2013
 SMDPII for VLSI (Dept of Info Tech) : Rs. 100 lakhs
 MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) and MOEMS
(Micro Opto Electro Mechanical Systems) through NPMASS

39. ALUMNI

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SOME NOTABLE ALUMNI
1. Poornima Mohanachandran, Former Director ( TI, B'lore),
Present Director, i to i solutions, B'lore
2. Dr. Chandra Sekhar - Former Faculty, Princeton Unty, USA.
Presently Freelance Technical Writer, USA
3. Siby Abraham – Vice President Operations, Telecom & Product
Engineering, WIPRO Technologies, Bangalore, INDIA.
4. Karun Menon, Staff Engineer, Microelectronics group, Sun
Microsystems, Santa Clara, California, USA.
5. Dr. Mathews Jacob, Asst Professor, Biomedical Engg, Univ of
Rochester, USA
6. Dr. Prabhakar Kudva, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
7. BISWAJIT BANERJEE, Co-founder and Director, Tetra
Information service Limited, India
8. JAMES THOMAS, Director, Alliances Asia Pacific, Oracle India
Private Ltd., India
9. AMIT SURI, Sr Vice President, Olam International Limited, UK
10. DR. AJAY KUMAR PODDAR, Chief Scientist, Research &
Development, Synergy Microwave Corp., USA

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SOME NOTABLE ALUMNI (CONTD..)
11. DEBASHIS GHOSH, Senior Director, Product Development,
Alcatel-Lucent. USA
12. SUMEET DHAM, Director, Boston Scientific Corporation,
USA
13. Sudeep Palat, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
(DMTS), Alcatel-Lucent, UK
14. Dr. Arvind Swaminathan (Clemson, SC), TI, Dallas
15. Dr. Jayakrishnan C.M (Wisconsin-Madison) Freescale, Austin
16. Dr. Giby Samson (ASU, Phoenix), AMD, Austin
17. Dr. Nandakishore S Postdoc Associate
http://cnls.lanl.gov/External/people/Nandakishore_Santhi.php
18. Dr. Ashish Bhargave Research Scientist at Broadata
Communications Ashish.Bhargave@gmail.com
19. Sunil Thamaran - Senior Director of the Asynchronous
Memory Business Unit at Cypress
20. Gokul - IAS
21. Mr.Raghuraj M. R- IAS