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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

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

Knowledge of engineering

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/noc21_ee25/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 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What aids are required for this course?

For the Power Management Integrated Circuits online course students need to have good internet connectivity and a laptop or desktop facility.

2: Which are the industries benign supported by the course?

The industries supported are- Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Intel, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, Sankalp Semiconductor, Samsung, Microchip, Infineon, Renesas, ON Semiconductor, Analog Devices.

3: Can I apply for a multiple programme?

Yes, the students can register themselves for multiple programmes that are provided by Swayam.

4: Can the students access the course materials for free?

Yes, the students can gain access to the Power Management Integrated Circuits programme materials for free.

5: Where can I get the course syllabus?

The Power Management Integrated Circuits certification syllabus can be accessed on the website.

6: Has the application been resumed?

No, the application for the Power Management Integrated Circuits training has not yet resumed.

7: For the programme is scholarship available?

No, for the Power Management Integrated Circuits certification course scholarship will not be provided.

8: For applying in the course is work experience required?

Yes, to apply to the programme the applicants need to have working experience in the field of analog.