Integrated Circuits and Systems group, IIT Madras

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

Instructor

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

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

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Evaluation

  • Assignments (20%)
  • Quiz-I (20%)
  • Quiz-II (20%)
  • Project (40%)

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

  • 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

Attendance

Attendance will be strictly enforced.