The semiconductor devices and materials laboratory provides advanced experimental setups to study and measure various properties of semiconductor materials. These include Hall measurements, Four-probe method, Vander Pauw Method etc. In addition, characteristics of semiconductor devices like UJT, FET, MOSFET, SCR etc. are also studied. Integrated Circuit Technology has revolutionized electronics. The IC tech laboratory provides an exposure to instruments needed in the initial steps for integrated circuits. This includes creation and measurement of vacuum, deposition of thin films on substrates and pattern transfer techniques like photolithography. A C-V plotter is also available to study the characteristics of devices. More recently sophisticated facilities like x-ray diffraction, UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer and Keithley source-meter have been added with support from the DST (FIST) grant. Apart from this, Department has recently installed electron beam evaporation set up.

The circuit design laboratory focuses on design of both analog and digital circuits. For a better understanding the design exercises are carried out using discrete active and passive components as well as ICs. Circuit design and simulation software packages like Multisim, PSpice VHDL are also used for design and simulation before hardware implementation. Kits for FPGA implementation of digital design are also there. This gives the students a first exposure to design tools used in the semiconductor industry. Apart from this, state-of-the-art TCAD tools like SILVACO ATLAS, SYNOPSYS Sentaurus, CST, HFSS, ANSYS etc are available and running on high end servers.

Communication laboratory provides a package of experiments that give practical understanding and implementation of Analog and Digital Communication Circuits. It includes basic experiments such as AM, FM, PAM, PWM, PCM, DM, and their application in transreceiver systems. The experiments on system control include SCR controlled DC motor, DC and AC servo motors, error signal generation, angular variation & analysis, PID control of DC motor with computer interface, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and DC Motor Position Control. Recently, NI LABVIEW software was procured.

In this laboratory, online pattern measurements by a CCD array connected to a PC have been introduced. This is followed by characterization of optical sources and detectors, optical fibers and demonstration of optical communication. Fiber splicing machine is also there in the Lab. In addition assignments based on the software package “Understanding Fiber Optics on a PC” provide a comprehensive understanding of the optical fibre. A powerful tool for design of integrated optical devices based on the beam propagation method, BPMCAD from OPTIWAVE is also available for design projects. Units for understanding lasing action in Nd-Yag laser and study of non-linear effects have also been introduced.

Communication laboratory provides a package of experiments that give practical understanding and implementation of Analog and Digital Communication Circuits. It includes basic experiments such as AM, FM, PAM, PWM, PCM, DM, and their application in transreceiver systems. The experiments on system control include SCR controlled DC motor, DC and AC servo motors, error signal generation, angular variation & analysis, PID control of DC motor with computer interface, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and DC Motor Position Control. Recently, NI LABVIEW software was procured.

As part of the curriculum students design and simulate various planar microwave circuits like filters, couplers etc. on CST/HFSS softwares, get them fabricated and finally test them with measurements on the Network Analyzer. Recently, department also installed anechoic chamber for measurement of antenna parameters.