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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
This online certification programme on Power Management Integrated Circuits by Swayam has been designed to make the students provided with a deep level of understanding in the field of power management with respect to integrated circuits. For the period of twelve weeks, the course will be developing an understanding of the importance of power management circuits and their requirement in the VLSI system. The applicants will be covering the different components of a power management system which will be focusing on the voltage regulators. By the end of the Power Management Integrated online course the registered students will be able to understand the concepts and principles that are behind the working of- design a linear (LDO), power management circuits and switching regulator (dc-dc converter). The twelve weeks certification course will be providing the students with specifications using the behavioral and circuit level simulators and their applicants in the real-world domain.
The Highlights
- Course partnered by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- AICTIE approved FD course
- 12 weeks programme
- Certificate issued by NPTEL and Indian Institute of Madras
- Course organised by Swayam
- Course type- elective
Programme Offerings
- test
- case study
- Lectures
- Reading Material
- videos
- Self-assessments
- Quiz
- online learning
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Madras (IITM) |
- The Power Management Integrated Circuits programme is having free registration.
- The amount of Rs.1,000/- has been decided as the Power Management Integrated Circuits fee for the final examinations.
Particulars | Amount |
Registration fee | Free |
Examination fee | Rs.1,000/- |
Eligibility Criteria
Work Experience
Candidates need to have industry experience in analog circuit design.
Education
The applying candidates for the Power Management Integrated Circuits programme need to have knowledge in analog circuits or any such equivalent topics.
Certification Qualification Details
To get enrolled in the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course and then procure the certification, all the interested students have to register themselves. In order to get the Power Management Integrated Circuits certification students are required to have a score of 75% as well as achieve 25% in 8 out of 12 assignments.
What you will learn
In the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course the registered candidates will be studying about-
- They will be introduced to the various applications that are related to power management.
- Candidates will be studying the load regulation methods.
- The methods involved in current regulation will also be covered.
- The different types of regulators and their uses will be learned by the students.
- Applicants in the Power Management Integrated Circuits certification syllabus will be learning about Kelvin sensing.
- Students will be developing their skills in miller compensation methods.
- The sources of error in a regulator will also be discussed.
- Candidates will be studying the hybrid LDO system.
- The registered students will be provided with the basic concepts of switching regulators.
- The transformer models of buck converters will be covered as well.
Who it is for
The Power Management Integrated Circuits programme is for-
- The final year undergraduate and graduate students can apply for this online session.
- The industry professionals who are working in the area of analog VLSI, IC design and power management ICs acn register for this course.
- Ph.D., Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Industry professionals, Teaching professionals
Application Details
The given below steps are to be followed by the students to secure their seat in the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course-
Step 1: Please visit the link for getting the form-
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc23_ee13/preview
Note- As of now the application form is not available since the course is being held. Therefore, for getting more details the students can contact the management.
The Syllabus
- Introduction to Power Management - Application, Need
- Discrete vs. Integrated PMIC
- DC-DC Converters
- Types of DC-DC Converters
- Linear versus Switching Regulator
- Choosing between Linear and Switching Regulators
- Choosing the Type of Regulator in a Multi-Chip System
- Performance Parameters - Efficiency, Accuracy, Line and Load Regulation, Line and Load Transient, PSRR
- Remote versus Local Feedback
- Point-of-Load Regulator
- Kelvin Sensing
- Droop Compensation
- Current Regulators and their Applications
- Bandgap Voltage Reference - Designing a Bandgap Reference using PTAT and CTAT Voltage References
- Brokaw Bandgap Circuit.
- Sub-1-volt Bandgap Reference
- Introduction to Linear Regulator
- Applications of Linear Regulator
- Review of Feedback Systems and Bode Plots
- Loop Gain AC Analysis
- Stability Criterion and Phase Margin
- Review of First-Order and Second-Order Systems
- Relationship between Damping Factor and Phase Margin
- Parasitic Capacitances in a MOS transistor
- Finding the Poles of the Error Amplifier
- Stabilising a Linear Regulator - Frequency Compensation Techniques
- Dominant Pole Compensation
- Miller Compensation
- R.H.P. zero due to Miller Compensation
- Intuitive Methods of Determining Poles and Zeros after Miller Compensation
- Pole Splitting due to Miller Compensation
- Reducing the Effect of R.H.P. zero
- LDO with NMOS Pass Element
- Load Regulation and Output Impedance of LDO
- Line Regulation and PSRR of LDO
- Sources of Error in a Regulator
- Static Offset Correction
- Dynamic Offset Cancellation
- Digital LDO
- Avoidance of Limit-Cycle Oscillations in a Digital LDO
- Hybrid LDO
- Short-Circuit Protection and Foldback Current Limit in an LDO
- Basic Concept of a Switching Regulator
- Inductor volt-second Balance
- Power Stage of a Buck Converter and Calculation of Duty Cycle
- Transformer Model of a Buck Converter
- Resistive Losses
- Efficiency of a Switching Regulator
- Efficiency considering only Conduction Losses
- Synchronous and Non-Synchronous Switching Converters
- PWM Control Techniques (Voltage-Mode and Current-Mode Control)
- Losses in Switching DC-DC Converter- Conduction Loss, Gate-Driver Switching Loss
- Segmented Power FETs
- Dead-Time Switching Loss
- Hard Switching Loss
- Magnetic Loss
- Relative Significance of Losses as a Function of the Load Current
- Inductor Current Ripple and Output Voltage Ripple in a DC-DC Converter
- Ripple Voltage versus Duty Cycle
- Ripple Voltage versus Input Supply Voltage
- Choosing the Inductor and Capacitor of a Buck Converter
- Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction Modes - Boundary Condition
- Voltage Conversion Ratio in DCM
- Concept of Pulse Frequency Modulation (PFM)
- Classification of Pulse Width Modulators -- Trailing
- Leading and Dual-Edge PW Modulators
- Control Techniques for DC-DC Converters
- Voltage Mode Control
- Small-Signal Modeling of a DC-DC Converter
- Loop Gain and Stability Analysis using Continuous-Time Model
- Compensating a Voltage-Mode-Controlled Buck Converter
- Designing Type-I (Integral), Type-II (PI) and Type-III (PID) Compensators
- Implementation of Compensators using Op Amp-RC and Gm-C Architectures
- Finding Compensation Parameters
- Design Examples with Simulation Demonstrations
- Designing Type-III Compensator using Gm-C Architecture and Design Example
- Ramp Generator with Feed-Forward Line Compensation
- Loop Gain Compensation via Gm-modulation
- Designing a Buck Converter - Power Loss Budgeting, Sizing of Power FETs
- Estimation of Switching Losses and Choice of Switching Frequency
- Choosing the External Passive Components (L and C)
- Choice of C in Relation to Factors that Limit the Load Transient Response
- Inductor and Capacitor Characteristics
- Reducing the Effect of Capacitor ESL
- Designing the Gate-Driver (Gate Buffer and Non-Overlap Clock Generator)
- Designing the Ramp Generator in a Pulse-Width Modulator
- Design Considerations of the Error Amplifier
- Delays Associated with Pulse-Width Modulators
- PFM/PSM for Light Load
- Using PSM in CCM to Avoid Duty Cycle Saturation
- DCM Operation using an NFET
- Designing a Zero-Cross Detector/Comparator
- Introduction to Current Mode Control
- Peak, Valley and Average CMC
- Sub-Harmonic Oscillations
- Avoiding Current Loop Instability via Slope Compensation in a Current-Mode-Controlled Buck Converter
- Non-Linear Control Techniques for DC-DC Converters
- Hysteretic Control - Stability Issues due to Phase Shift between Inductor Current and Capacitor Voltage
- Voltage-Mode versus Current-Mode Hysteretic Control
- Stabilising a Voltage-Mode-Controlled Hysteretic Converter using R_esr
- Relation between Hysteresis Window and Switching Frequency
- Using R-C Circuit as Ripple Generator in a Current-Mode-Controlled Hysteretic Converter
- Hybrid Voltage-Mode and Current-Mode Hysteretic Control
- Fixed-Frequency Hysteretic Control Effect of Loop Delay
- Frequency-Regulation and Voltage-Regulation Loops in a Fixed-Frequency Hysteretic Converter
- Constant ON/OFF-Time Control
- Basic Concept of a Boost Converter
- RHP zero in a Boost Converter
- Introduction to the Buck-Boost Converter
- Tri-Mode Buck-Boost Converter
- Boundary Conditions for Mode Transition in a Tri-Mode Buck-Boost Converter
- Generation of Buck and Boost Duty Cycles
- Introduction to Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters
- Applications of SC DC-DC Converters in Open-Loop
- Output Regulation in SC DC-DC Converters using Feedback Control
- H-Bridge SC DC-DC Converter
- Multiple Gain Settings in SC DC-DC Converters
- Current-Sensing Techniques in DC-DC converters
- Selecting the Process Node for a PMIC
- Chip-Level Layout and Placement Guidelines
- Board-Level Layout Guidelines
- EMI Considerations
- Introduction to Advanced Topics in Power Management --- Digitally-Controlled DC-DC Converters
- Adaptive Compensation Techniques
- Limitations of Analogue and Digital Controllers
- Time-Based Control Techniques and their Drawbacks
- Multi-Phase DC-DC Converters
- Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
- Single-Inductor Multiple-Output (SIMO) DC-DC Converters
- Introduction to Advanced Topics in Power Management (continued) - DC-DC Converters for LED Lighting
- LCD/AMOLED Display Drivers
- LED Drivers for Camera Flash
- Lithium-ion Battery and its Charging Phases
- Battery Charger ICs
Instructors
IIT Madras (IITM) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
For the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course students need to have good internet connectivity and a laptop or desktop facility.
The industries supported are- Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Intel, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, Sankalp Semiconductor, Samsung, Microchip, Infineon, Renesas, ON Semiconductor, Analog Devices.
Yes, the students can register themselves for multiple programmes that are provided by Swayam.
Yes, the students can gain access to the Power Management Integrated Circuits programme materials for free.
The Power Management Integrated Circuits certification syllabus can be accessed on the website.
No, the application for the Power Management Integrated Circuits training has not yet resumed.
No, for the Power Management Integrated Circuits certification course scholarship will not be provided.
Yes, to apply to the programme the applicants need to have working experience in the field of analog.
No, both working professionals and students can apply for the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course.