Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6210 : Low Power VLSI Design { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Santanu Sarkar
Syllabus
Module1: Introduction: Introduction to Low Power VLSI design, Importance of low power design, Challenges in low power VLSI design, Application of Low Power VLSI circuits, Power analysis of CMOS circuits, Themes of Low Power VLSI design, Supply voltage scaling, Reduction of load capacitances.
7 Hours
Module2: Low Voltage Process Technology and Device Modelling: CMOS device structure and process fabrication, Innovation on process technology for low power consumption, Multi-threshold process technology, Latch up problem in CMOS technology, Discussion on SPICE Models of MOS transistor, MOS Capacitances, CMOS Low voltage analytical model, Threshold voltage definitions, Different Short Channel Effects. 7 Hours
Module3: Techniques for low power design at Logic Design Level: CMOS logic design style, CMOS Inverter design, Transfer characteristics of CMOS inverter, Delay calculation of CMOS Logic gates, Analysis of various logic design styles for their power consumption (CPL, Domino Logic, NORA CMOS, TSPC Logic, DCVSL, etc.). 7 Hours
Module4: Low power design techniques at Architecture and System Level: Importance of parallelism, Introduction to Pipelining, Low power design utilizing redundancy and Data Encoding, Importance of Regularity and Locality, Reduction of complexity to improve power consumption, Low power design techniques at system level. 8 Hours
Module5: Low Power Random Access Memory Circuits: Introduction to Static RAM Design, Low power Bit-line Conditioning Circuits, Low Power Techniques, Sense Amplifiers, Dynamic RAM Design, Bit line capacitance reduction methodologies, Self-Refresh Techniques, Low Voltage DRAM Operations, and Leakage Power Analysis.
7 Hours
Course Objectives
- To provide in-depth knowledge of the low power VLSI circuits.
- To provide a basic idea on different low power circuit design techniques.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Able to carry out research and development in the area of Low Power VLSI circuits. <br />CO2: Apply techniques to improve power consumption of VLSI circuits. <br />CO3: Utilize logic simulation methods to design Low Power VLSI circuits. <br />CO4: Apply logic-level, architecture-level and system-level techniques in various designs to optimize power consumption of the VLSI circuits. <br />CO5: Implement practical and state of the art Low Power VLSI design, suitable for real life and <br /> Industry applications.
Essential Reading
- A.P.Chandrakasan and R.W.Broderson, Low Power CMOS Design, IEEE Press, 1998.
- A. Bellaouar and M. I. Elmasry, Low Power Digital VLSI Design Circuits and Systems, Springer
Supplementary Reading
- Jan M. Rabaey, Massoud Pedram, Low Power Design Methodologies, Springer Science+Business Media,LLC
- Ajit Pal, Low-Power VLSI Circuits and Systems, Springer