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EE5325: VLSI Power Management Circuits(Jan.-May 2017)

Instructor

Classroom

Schedule

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

Course page on moodle

Registered students can login and see the course page at https://courses.iitm.ac.in/. Resources, tutorials, exam schedules, discussion forum etc. can be accessed from the moodle page.

Teaching Assistants

Login to moodle at https://courses.iitm.ac.in/ to post questions and contact faculty.

Evaluation

Recorded lectures

The recorded lectures are available here. You can also find lectures from previous years at the same link. The NPTEL online course 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

Pre-requisites

Attendance

Attendance will be strictly enforced.