Books to prepare for GATE Electronics & Communication (EC) 2018 Exam

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6 Jul, 2017

Books to prepare for GATE Electronics & Communication (EC) 2018 Exam

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Hello GATE EC Aspirant, Cracking the GATE Exam is the target for many aspirants. If you follow important guidelines, you can reach the goal easily. Here we are providing the list of books that cover the GATE syllabus. GATE Syllabus for Electronics & Communication is having hundreds of topics and there are many books which are available for the same subject, so the selection of a book is a very important role for you. We are going to recommend you the best books which are sufficient for GATE preparation.

Here we provide the best books for GATE 2018 Exam preparation based on the following important considerations.

Strictly covers the GATE syllabus
Easy to learn and understand the concepts
Popularity and Standard book
Recommended by GATE Toppers

Books for GATE Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC)

Analog Circuits:

Book Name: Microelectronic Circuits: Theory and Applications, Author's Name: Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith, Edition: 6
Highlights of the book: Sedra and Smith's Microelectronic Circuits is an all-inclusive book, which serves to detail out the ABC of Analog Circuits in a detailed manner. The concepts are explained clearly and easy to understand.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Diode circuits, BJT voltage gain, Op-Amps, and MOS circuits.

Networks

Book Name: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Author's Name: Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Edition: 5
Highlights of the book: The book is great for circuit analysis in which solved examples are explained step-by-step. Each chapter has an explanation of topics with their practical applicability. It does not matter what is your level in Network theory before reading this book but once you read this book you will have no difficulty in the concepts.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Network Theorems, Transients, and Two-Port Networks.

Control Systems Automatic Control Systems

Book Name: Automatic Control Systems, Author's Name: Benjamin C. Kuo, Edition: 9
Highlights of the book: Automatic Control Systems by B.C. Kuo is a comprehensive book, which covers all the topics lucidly. The book consists of several diagrams and illustrations to understand the concepts of control systems better.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: State Space Analysis, Bode Plots, and Root Locus.

Signals & Systems signals-and-systems

Book Name: Signals & Systems, Author's Name: Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S.Willsky, S.Hamid Nawab, Edition: 2
Highlights of the book: Highlights of the book: This is an effective book on Signals and Systems and all concepts are presented in an attractive manner and deeply explained. A lot of examples are added to clarify the methods and concepts.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Convolution, Fourier transform, Z- transform.

Digital Circuits digital-logic-computer-design

Book Name: Digital Logic and Computer Design, Author's Name: M. Morris Mano, Edition: 1
Highlights of the book: The book is amazing and almost all students and readers like this book for preparing GATE and other exams. It covers most of the topics that aren't found in many books in a simple way.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Combinational and sequential circuits, minimization of Boolean expressions.

Electromagnetics principles-of-electromagnetics

Book Name: Principles of Electromagnetics, Author's Name: Mathew N.O. Sadiku, Edition: 4
Highlights of the book: This is the book that clear the hurdles in understanding the concepts of Electromagnetic Theory. Solved examples are of good quality and useful for GATE exams.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Wave equations and properties, Transmission lines, and Wave-guides.

Electronic Devices and Circuits semiconductor-physics-and-devices

Book Name: Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Author's Name: Donald A. Neaman, Dhrubes Biswas, Edition: 4
Highlights of the book: This book covers all the topics in very simple language with suitable problems along with an explanation. There are a lot of problems for practice which gives complete clarity of concepts.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Semiconductor Properties, PN junction, and MOSFET.

Analog and Digital Communication taub-s-principle-of-communication-systems

Book Name: Principles of Communication Systems, Author's Name: Goutam Saha, Herbert Taub, Donald Schilling, Edition: 3
Highlights of the book: Principles Of Communication Systems book is a well-respected reference text book in the field of communication systems engineering. Each chapter always begins with an introduction, which links the previous chapter and numerous objective self-test questions are included in each chapter which acts as a self-check of the concepts presented.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: AM and FM, Random variables, Quantization, and Bit error rate.

Engineering Mathematics

Mathematics subject can help you for scoring good in GATE. You just require practicing all types of problems and remember formulas and definitions. If you practice well in this subject, your attempting time for mathematics will take less time to answer. Good mathematician always does well in engineering.

Book Name: Higher Engineering Mathematics, Author's Name: B. S. Grewal, Edition: 43
Highlights of the book: The ultimate book for basic understanding and approaching problems. For GATE exam preparation, this book enough. Thoroughly explained the proofs of concepts and number of solved examples.
Important GATE topics for this subject are: Matrices, Calculus, and Probability.

Aptitude

This is having the easiest section in GATE paper. It is possible to score without having much preparation on it. Practice aptitude at least once during a preparation of GATE.

Book Name: A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning, Author's Name: R.S. Aggarwal, Edition: Revised
Highlights of the book: A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning is of great use to students preparing for a number of entrance examinations, whether it be for an MBA or for a job in the Civil Services. One of the primary reasons as to why students should use this book is that it contains a lot of practice questions, some of which come with the hints needed for solving problems. The book also contains solved problems.

Book Name: Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations, Author's Name: R.S. Aggarwal, Edition: 7
Highlights of the book: Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations covers every aspect of the numerical ability section of many competitive tests. Numerous examples have been used throughout the book to illustrate the concepts and problem-solving techniques. This book gives the students or candidates a good idea about the kind of questions asked in these exams.

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