Electronics and Communication Engineering

Introduction

Electronics and Communication Engineering ” is one of the fastest growing field of engineering study. It involves the transmission of information across the channel. Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) compiles in Communication Engineering and core Electronics Engineering. The course concept is to focus mainly on the communication part with the knowledge of the electronics field.

One question always rises in the mind!

What is the difference between electrical engineering and electronics engineering fields? Not too much.

The basic study of ECE is just as the electronics engineering, and communication engineering is an additional field in electronics engineering.

“Electronics and Communication Engineering deals with the electronic devices and software applications. It is an interface of chip level hardware and information technology”

The history of electronics engineering is too ancient but it comes in race with the invention of Radio and Telegraph. At that time the Electronics and Communication Engineering was known as the Radio Engineering. The Electronics and communication Engineering has been emerged in around 1950s.

Course & Duration

Electronics and communication engineering is an emerging field of engineering. In first half of the course, the students go through the basic engineering concept, physics, mathematics and chemistry. In the second half of the course, the students go through the core study of communication such as design, digital electronics, fundamental of Electronics engineering, signal & circuit, electronic circuits, VLSI, power electronics, computer architecture, and control systems.

After completion of UG degree the students are designated as the Bachelor of Engineering orBachelor of Technology, depending on the University. A bachelor degree usually covers the mathematics, physics, and computer science.

You can choose the Electronics and Communication Engineering, once you have completed your 10 or 10+2 examination with mathematics and science. The academic criterion of Electronics and Communication Engineering is divided into three courses/programmes as follows:

Diploma courses

leading to the polytechnic diploma of 3 years duration. (after 10th or 12th)

UG courses

leading to the B.E(Bachelor in Engineering) degree of 4 years duration. (after 12th or diploma in engineering courses)

PG courses

leading to the M.E(Master in Engineering) degree of 2 years duration. (after graduation)

Beside these, it is one of the broad research fields leading to the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree. For entering in PG (M.Tech/M.E/M.S) programme, B.Tech or BE in Electrical Engineering is must.

Jobs & Career

This field has an opportunity in two types of companies, Telecom Industries and Software Industries. An electronics and communication engineer can work in aviation and avionics, consumer electronics, electricity plant, manufacturing, transportation, communication & telecommunication, computer application, radio & television, diagnostic equipment manufacturing and offshore companies. There is an opportunity to get a central government government job and in public & private sectors. Here are some reputed firms which require the electronics and communication engineers whenever: BEL DMRC Siemens Texas Instruments Intel nVIDIA Philips Electronics Motorola Samsung Conexant and Flextronics DRDO ISRO Infosys TCS Wipro Accenture HCL Technologies Tech Mahindra

Salary

An electronics engineer has a scope of career in India and Abroad. If you are an electronics engineer, you can get the initial package of 3.5-4.5 lakh per annum in India and $60000 to 70000 per annum in abroad.

Book & Study Material

Electronics and Communication Engineering has expanded in various specializations as the following. Signal Processing Telecommunications Engineering Control Engineering Instrumentation Engineering Computer Engineering VLSI design Engineering