====== EE5325: VLSI Power Management Circuits(Jan.-May 2017) ======
===== Instructor =====
  * [[http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/qkhan/|Qadeer Ahmad Khan]]

===== Classroom =====
  * ESB314

===== Schedule =====
E slot( 11-12; Tu 11-12; We 10-11; Th 8-9; Fr 4:50-5-50)

===== Course page on moodle =====
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===== Teaching Assistants =====
Login to moodle at [[https://courses.iitm.ac.in/|https://courses.iitm.ac.in/]] to post questions and contact faculty.

===== Evaluation =====
  * Assignments (20%)
  * Quiz-I (20%)
  * Quiz-II (20%)
  * Project (40%)

===== Recorded lectures =====
The recorded lectures are available [[http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~nagendra/videolectures/doku.php?id=start|here]]. You can also find lectures from previous years at the same link. The NPTEL online course [[https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ee02/|Analog Circuits]] also covers a portion of the material. 

===== Assignments =====
Assignments will be posted below. You are expected to solve them on your own. You should submit each one by 09:00AM of the due date mentioned. Copying will carry strict penalties.


===== Course contents =====
 Topics include Introduction to Power Management and Voltage Regulators, Low Drop-Out Regulator, Switching DC-DC Converters and Control Techniques , etc.

===== Objectives =====
To develop understanding of why power management circuits are needed in a VLSI system. What are different components of a power management system with focus on dc-dc converters. How to design a chip level dc-dc converter from a given system level specifications

===== References =====
  * Switch-Mode Power Supplies: SPICE Simulations and Practical Designs by Christophe P. Basso,  BPB Publications, 2010
  * Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd edition by Robert W. Erickson, Dragan Maksimovic,  Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd, 2005
  * Power Management Techniques for Integrated Circuit Design By Ke-Horng Chen, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

===== Pre-requisites =====
  * [[http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/videolectures/doku.php?id=ee5320_2016:start|Analog IC Design]]

===== Attendance =====
Attendance will be strictly enforced.