Major Domain: 1.

VLSI Design

1. (A). BASIC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: XII std. level algebra and calculus, electrostatics

COURSE PLAN
Sr.
Wee
No Module Name
k
.
Preliminaries; Current and voltage; Electrical elements and circuits; Kirchhoff's laws,
1 1
Basic elements: Voltage and current sources, R, L, C, M; Linearity of elements
2 2 Elements in series and parallel, Controlled sources
3 3 Power and energy in electrical elements, Circuit Analysis Methods
4 4 Nodal analysis, Extending nodal analysis with different sources
5 5 Mesh analysis, Circuit theorems
6 6 More circuit theorems, Two port parameters
7 7 Two port parameters continued, Reciprocity in resistive networks
8 8 Opamp and negative feedback, Opamps cont'd: Example circuits and additional topics
9 9 First Order Circuits, First Order Circuits cont'd
First order circuits with time-varying inputs, Sinusoidal steady state response and total
10 10
response
11 11 Second order system-Natural response, Second order system-Cont'd
Direct calculation of steady state response from equivalent components, Magnitude and
12 12
Phase plots; Maximum power transfer theorem

1. (B). BASIC ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Ankush Sharma Type of Course : Core

 Institute: IIT Kanpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: NIL

Industry Support: All companies working in electrical engineering area.

COURSE PLAN
Sr.
No Week Module Name
.
1 1 Basic Circuit Elements and Waveforms
2 2 Mesh and Node Analysis
3 3 Network Theorems -1
4 4 Network Theorems -2
5 5 First Order and Second Order Networks
6 6 The Laplace Transform and Its Application
7 7 Circuit Analysis Using Laplace Transform
8 8 Two port Network
9 9 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis -1
10 10 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis -2
11 11 State Variable Analysis
12 12 Analogous Systems

1. (C). NETWORK ANALYSIS

Instructor Name: Prof. Tapas Kumar Type of Course : Core

Bhattacharya  Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Institute: IIT Kharagpur Credits :3
Department: Electrical Engineering
Pre Requisites: Basic Electrical Technology
Industry Support: Power utility services: CESC, State electricity boards, NTPC etc

COURSE PLAN
Sr.
Wee
No Module Name
k
.
1 1 Introduction to Network, circuit elements & sources. KVL & KCL
2 2 Solution of linear differential equation with different excitation.
3 3 Deeper look into energy storing elements: inductor and capacitor.
4 4 Ideal and practical voltage & current sources.
5 5 Mesh and nodal analysis of networks.
Transforming voltage to current source and vice-versa.Thevenin / Norton’s
6 6
equivalent circuit.
7 7 Tellegen Theorem and its implication. Theory of reciprocity. Network function.
8 8 Two-port network: Z-parameters, Y-parameters, h-parameters & ABCD parameters.
9 9 Definition of graph & tree of a network. Cut-set matrix.
10 10 [A],[B] & [Q] matrices : Relationship among them
11 11 Tutorial -1
12 12 Tutorial -2

2. (A). ANALOG CIRCUITS

Type of Course : Core
Instructor Name: Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Institute: IIT Kanpur Credits :3
Department: Electrical Engineering

Pre Requisites: 1. Basic Electrical Circuits 

2. Networks and Systems 

Industry Support: NIL

COURSE PLAN
Wee
Sr.No. Module Name
k
Course introduction; Need for nonlinear circuits; Incremental analysis of nonlinear
1 1
circuits; Diode and its models; Incremental picture of a two port nonlinear circuit
Constraints on y-parameters and large signal characteristics to obtain a high gain; MOS
2 2 transistor and its characteristics; AC coupling network to add signal to bias; AC coupling
at input and output; Common source amplifier
Output conductance of a MOS transistor; Inherent gain limitation of a transistor;
3 3 Sensitivity of gm to transistor parameters; Biasing a transistor at a constant current;
Drain feedback configuration; Current mirror
Common source amplifier using drain feedback; Common source amplifier using current
4 4
mirror bias
Common source amplifier using source feedback bias; Using a resistor instead of a
5 5 current source for biasing; Further biasing techniques; VCVS using a transistor; Source
follower biasing
CCVS using a transistor; CCVS using an opamp; Biasing a CCVS; Emitter degenerated
6 6
amplifier
7 7 Common gate amplifier and its biasing; VCCS using a transistor and its biasing
pMOS transistor and its small signal model; Biasing a pMOS transistor; Converting
8 8
nMOS circuits to pMOS; Amplifiers using a pMOS transistor
9 9 CS amplifier with active load; CMOS inverter
10 10 Differential pair with current mirror load; Single stage opamp
11 11 Two stage opamp; Compensation; Opamp models
Bipolar junction transistor-large and small signal models; BJT circuits- Biasing;
12 12
Common source amplifier; Emitter follower

2.(B). ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT

Instructor Name: Prof. Shouribrata Chatterjee Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Delhi Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Should know basic circuit analysis

Industry Support: Texas Instruments, Cypress Semiconductors, Sandisk Technology, Western Digital,
STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm, Free scale Semiconductors, Cadence, Synopsys

COURSE PLAN
Sr. Week Module Name
 No.
Non-linear circuit analysis, diodes, load line concepts, introduction to the
1 1
MOSFET
DC operating point, biasing the MOSFET, small signal model of the
2 2
MOSFET, small signal analysis
Thevenin and Norton models, common source, common gate, common
3 3
drain Circuits
Source degenerated common source amplifier, cascode and cascaded
4 4
circuits
Current sources and current mirrors, biasing with current sources, constant
5 5
gm circuits
Differential amplifiers, common mode and differential mode gains, CMRR,
6 6
structure of a complete amplifier
Folded cascode differential amplifier, self-biased active-load differential
7 7
Amplifier
Feedback: examples of feedback amplifiers, current and voltage sensing,
8 8
current and voltage feedback; op-amps and op-amp circuits
High frequency model of the MOSFET, revision of common-gate,
9 9 common- source, common-drain circuits; poles and zeros in the transfer
function
Poles and zeros of cascode amplifier, Miller theorem, phase margin, unity
10 10
gain bandwidth, compensation of the cascaded amplifier
Voltage regulators, LDOs, stability of regulators, power supply rejection,
11 11
bandwidth
Power amplifiers, audio power amplifier, class-A/class-AB/class-B/class-C;
12 12
push-pull class-AB power amplifier

2. (C). ANALOG CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Jayanta Mukherjee Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Bombay Course Duration : 8 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :2

Pre Requisites: Nil

Industry Support: Nil

COURSE PLAN
Sr. Wee
Module Name
No. k
Introduction, Poles and Zeros, Ideal Opamp, Applications of OPAMP – Inverting and
1 1
Non Inverting Amplifier
 Applications of OPAMP (Contd) – Summer Amplifier, difference Amplifier, Integrator,
2 2
Differentiator
Non Idealities in an OPAMP – Finite Gain, Bandwidth, Slew Rate, Saturation, Offset
3 3
Voltage, Bias Current
4 4 Bode Plots, Frequency Response, Millers Theorem, Feedback, Effect of Feedback
5 5 Stability, Nyquist Plot, Phase Margin, Gain margin, Frequency Compensation
Filter design, Butterworth and Chebyshev Filters Non Linear Applications of Filters –
6 6
Limiters, Oscillators, Multivibrators
7 7 Diodes, Basic BJT Circuits
8 8 Basic BJT based circuits

2.(D). ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Pradip Mandal Type of Course : Core
Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Electrical technology and, Semiconductor Devices

Industry Support: Semiconductor companies such as, Intel, TI, Analog Devices, NXP, ST-
microelectronics, Infineon 

COURSE PLAN
Sr.
Wee
No Module Name
k
.
1 1 Introduction of this course; Objective of the course; Revisit to pre-requisite topics;
 Starting with simple diode circuit and its analysis.
Revisiting BJT - operation and characteristic equations. Revisiting MOSFET - operation
2 2
and characteristic equations
Analysis of simple non-linear circuits (containing one transistor) and introducing the
notion of signal amplification. Input-output transfer characteristic of a non-linear circuit.
3 3
Linearization of input-output transfer characteristic of a non-linear circuit and introducing
the notion of small signal equivalent circuit. Small signal models of transistors.
Amplifier models (equivalent circuits): voltage amplifier, current amplifier, trans-
conductance amplifier and trans-resistance amplifier. Cascading of multiple amplifiers.
4 4 Common emitter (CE) amplifier – biasing, operation, analysis numerical examples and
design guidelines. Common source (CS) amplifier – biasing, operation, analysis,
Numerical examples and design guidelines.
Frequency response of CE and CS amplifiers. Frequency response of CE and CS
5 5 amplifiers considering High frequency models of BJT and MOSFET. Limitations of
CE/CS amplifiers and hence the need of buffers.
Common Collector (CC) and Common Drain (CD) amplifiers– biasing, operation,
6 6 analysis and design. Common Base (CB) and Common Gate (CG) amplifier – biasing,
operation, analysis and design.
Multi transistor Amplifiers (operation and analysis): CE-CC; CS-CD; CC-CC; Darlington
7 7
pair; Cascode amplifiers (CS-CB and CS-CG); Amplifier with active load
Single-ended signaling vs. differential signaling, Differential amplifier: Basic structure
8 8 and principle of operation, analysis for differential mode gain, common mode gain, ICMR
and output swing
Current mirror- operation and analysis, Use of current mirror as bias circuit in amplifiers
9 9 such as in CE/CS, CC/CD, CB/CG and Differential amplifier. Use of current mirror as
signal mirror.
Feedback system: Basic feedback theory; Four different feedback configurations and their
10 10 characteristics. Effects of feedback on frequency response of an amplifier. Application of
feedback in practical circuits.
Oscillation in feedback system and oscillation criterion, Stability analysis of a feedback
11 11 system, Two-stage differential amplifier and its stability analysis in feedback
configuration.
Oscillator: Phase-shift and LC based sinusoidal oscillators. Comparator. Square wave
12 12 generator (Optional) : Power efficiency of an amplifier, Different modes of operation of
amplifiers and their power efficiency: Class A, Class B, Class AB and Class C

2. (E). MICROELECTRONICS: DEVICES TO CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Sudeb Dasgupta Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Roorkee Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electronics & Communication Credits :3
Engineering

Pre Requisites: First course on linear circuit analysis, A basic course on Semiconductor Devices and Digital
Electronics. A course on Computer Organization will be also helpful (though not strictly required).
Industry Support: Cadence; Synopsys; ST Microelectronics; NXP Semiconductors; Semiconductor
Complex Limited; Design House in general

COURSE PLAN
Sr.
Wee
No Module Name
k
.
1 1 Bipolar Junction Transistor
2 2 MOS Transistor Basics
3 3 CMOS Inverter Basics
4 4 Biasing of MOS Amplifier and its behavior
5 5 Multistage and Differential Amplifier
s-domain analysis, Transfer function, Poles and Zeros, High Frequency Response of
6 6
CS Configuration, Differential Amplifier, Cascade Connection and its Operation
General Feedback structure and properties of negative feedback, Basic Feedback
7 7 and CE Amplifier, Frequency Response of CC and SF Configuration, Frequency
Response of the Differential Amplifier, Cascade Connection and its Operation
8 8 Operational Amplifier
Butterworth and Chebyshev Filters, First and Second Order Filter Functions,
9 9 Switched Capacitor based filters, Single-Amplifier Biquadratic Filters, Second
Order LCR Resonator.
10 10 Combinational Logic Design-I,II,III & IV
11 11 Sequential Logic Design
12 12 Clock Strategies for Sequential Design

3.(A). DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Goutam Saha Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Basic understanding of diode, transistor operation. If this is not covered in 10+2 Board of
the students then the same may be studied from Basic Electronics or Analog Electronic Circuits course.

COURSE PLAN
Sr. Wee
Module Name
No. k
Introduction; Relation between switching and logic operation; Use of Diode and
1 1 Transistor as switch; Concept of noise margin, fanout, propagation delay; TTL,
Schottky TTL, Tristate; CMOS Logic, Interfacing TTL with CMOS
Basic logic gates, Universality of NAND, NOR gates, AND-OR-Invert gates, Positive
2 2 and Negative Logic; Boolean Algebra axioms and basic theorems; Standard and
canonical representations of logic
 Minimization using Entered Variable Map, Minimization of multiple output functions,
3 3
Minimization using QM algorithm
Multiplexer; Demultiplexer / Decoder, BCD to 7-segment decoder driver; Encoder,
4 4
Priority encoder; Parity generator and checker
Number systems-binary, Signed binary, Octal, hexadecimal number; Binary
5 5
arithmetic, One’s and two’s complements arithmetic
Carry look ahead adder; Magnitude comparator; ALU; Error detecting and correcting
6 6
codes
Bistable latch, SR, D, JK, T Flip-Flop: level triggered, edge triggered, master – slave,
7 7
Various representations of flip-flops
Register, Shift register, Universal shift register; Application of shift register: ring
8 8
counter,
Up and down counter, Ripple (asynchronous) counters, Synchronous counters;
9 9
Counter design using flip-flops
10 10 Design of synchronous sequential circuit using Mealy model and Moore model
Digital to analog converters: weighted resistor/converter, binary ladder, converter,
11 11
accuracy and resolution; Analog to digital converter
Memory organization and operation, Memory expansion; Memory cell; Different
12 12
types of memory

3. (B). DIGITAL CIRCUITS

Instructor Name: Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Basic Electronics.

Industry Support: Companies involved in development digital products

COURSE PLAN
Sr.No Wee
Module Name
. k
1 1 Introduction, Number System
2 2 Boolean Algebra
3 3 Combinational function minimization – K Map, Boolean identities
4 4 Logic Gates
5 5 Arithmetic circuits, Code converters
6 6 Multiplexers, Decoders, PLA
7 7 Sequential Circuits – Latches and Flip-ops
 8 8 Counters, Shift Registers, Finite State Machines
9 9 Data Converters – Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs
10 10 Semiconductor Memories – ROM, SRAM, DRAM
11 11 Microprocessor 8085 – Part I
12 12 Microprocessor 8085 – Part II

4. (A). FUNDAMENTALS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Instructor Name: Prof. Digbijoy N. Nath Type of Course : Core
Institute: IISc Bangalore Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Nano Science and Engineering Credits :3
Pre Requisites: High school physics & math, 10+2 physics.
Industry Support: Semiconductor
COURSE PLAN
Sr.No
Week Module Name
.
Importance of semiconductor devices and their diverse applications. Introduction to
semiconductors, concept of energy bands and how bands form. Elective mass of
1 1
electrons, E-k diagram. Concept of holes. Concept of Fermi level, Fermi-Dirac
distribution. Doping (extrinsic & intrinsic semiconductor), density of states.
Equilibrium electron-hole concentration, temperature-dependence. Carrier scattering
2 2
and mobility, velocity saturation, Drift-diffusion transport
Excess carrier decay & recombination, charge injection, continuity equation, quasi-
3 3
Fermi level
p-n junction: static behavior (depletion width, field profile), p-n junction under
4 4 forward & reverse bias, current equations, generation-recombination current and
reference to typical devices.
Zener and avalanche breakdown, Capacitance-voltage profiling,
5 5 metal/semiconductor junction – Ohmic and Schottky contacts, reference to device
applications.
6 6 MOS capacitor, charge/field/energy bands, accumulation, inversion, C-V (high and
 low frequencies), deep depletion, Real MOS cap: Flat-band & threshold voltage,
Si/SiO2 system.
MOSFET: structure and operating principle, derivation of I-V, gradual channel
approximation, substrate bias effects, sub-threshold current and gate oxide
7 7
breakdown. Control of threshold voltage, short channel effects. Moore’s Law and
CMOS scaling
Introduction to compound semiconductors & alloys, commonly used compound
8 8 semiconductors, heterostructure band diagrams and basics of MODFET & HEMT,
introduction to quantum well, applications of heterostructure device technologies
BJT: working principle, DC parameters and current components, base transport
9 9 factor, Early Effect, charge control equation & current gain, need for HBT.
Applications of BJTs/HBTs in real-life.
(Basics of) - transistors for high-speed logic, transistors for high frequency (RF),
10 10 transistors for high power switching, transistors for memories, transistors for low
noise, transistors for the future.
Solar cells: principle, efficiency, Fill factor, Shockley-Quiesser limit, silicon solar
cells, multi-junction solar cell, Photodetectors: operation, figures of merit
11 11
(responsivity, QE, bandwidth, noise, Detectivity), examples from IR to UV
detectors.
LEDs: working principle, radiative/non-radiative recombination, various types of
12 12 efficiencies (EQE, WPE, IQE), light extraction and escape cone. Blue LED and the
Nobel Prize, visible LEDs and chromaticity.

4. (B). SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND CIRCUITS

Instructor Name:  Prof. Sanjiv Sambandan Type of Course : Core

Institute: IISc Bangalore Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3
Pre Requisites:  A background in electrical engineering helps to some extent, but this is not required
Industry Support: Companies working in semiconductors and integrated circuits: Intel, AMD, Samsung,
Texas Instruments, Analog Devices etc.

COURSE PLAN
Wee
Sr.No. Module Name
k
1 1 Excursion in Quantum Mechanics
2 2 Excursion in Solid State Physics
3 3 Density of States, Fermi Function and Doping
4 4 Recombination-Generation, Charge Transport and Continuity Equation
5 5 Metal-Semiconductor (MS) Junctions
6 6 PN Junctions
7 7 Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
8 8 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitors (MOSCAP) and CV Characteristics
9 9 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET)
10 10 MOSFET Continued
11 11 Connections: Circuit Design to Device Physics
 12 12 Thin Film Transistors

5. MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROCONTROLLERS

Instructor Name: Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay Type of Course : Core

Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electronics & Communication Credits :3
Engineering

Pre Requisites:  Digital Design, Digital Logic

Industry Support: Companies involved in development of microprocessor and microcontroller based
products 

COURSE PLAN
Wee
Sr.No. Module Name
k
Introduction: General processor architecture, Microprocessors,
1 1
Microcontrollers
2 2 8085 – Part I
3 3 8085 – Part II
4 4 8085 – Part III
5 5 8085 – Part IV
6 6 8051 – Part I
7 7 8051 – Part II
8 8 PIC, AVR
9 9 ARM – Part I
10 10 ARM – Part II
11 11 Interfacing examples – Part I
 12 12 Interfacing examples – Part II

6. HARDWARE MODELING USING VERILOG

Instructor Name: Prof. Indranil Sengupta Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 8 Weeks
Department: Dept. of Computer Science and Credits :2
Engineering

Pre Requisites:  Basic concepts in digital circuit design, Familiarity with a programming language like C or
C++
Industry Support: Intel, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, Xilinx

COURSE PLAN
Wee
Sr.No. Module Name
k
1 1 Introduction to digital circuit design flow
2 2 Verilog variables, operators and language constructs
3 3 Modeling combinational circuits using Verilog
4 4 Modeling sequential circuits using Verilog
5 5 Verilog test benches and design simulation
6 6 Behavioral versus structural design modeling
7 7 Behavioral versus structural design modeling
8 8 Processor design using Verilog
 7.VLSI PHYSICAL DESIGN

Instructor Name: Prof. Indranil Sengupta Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Kharagpur Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electronics & Communication Credits :3
Engineering

Pre Requisites:  Basic concepts in digital circuit design

Industry Support: Intel, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, Xilinx

COURSE PLAN
Sr.No. Week Module Name
1 1 Introduction to physical design automaton
2 2 Partitioning Floor planning and Placement
3 3 Grid Routing and Global Routing
4 4 Detailed Routing and Clock Design
5 5 Clock Routing and Power/Ground
6 6 Static Timing Analysis and Timing Closure
7 7 Physical Synthesis and Performance Driven Design Flow
8 8 Interconnect Modeling and Layout Compaction
9 9 Introduction to Testing Fault Modeling and Simulation
10 10 Test Pattern Generation DFT and BIST
11 11 Low Power Design Techniques
12 12 Low Power Design Techniques (contd.)
 8. MAPPING SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS TO ARCHITECTURES

Instructor Name: Prof. Nitin Chandrachoodan Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Electrical Engineering Credits :3

Pre Requisites:  Digital Design fundamentals (UG) - Digital Signal Processing (UG) - Processor
architecture (UG)
COURSE PLAN
Wee
Sr.No. Module Name
k
1 1 Review: Digital systems, DSP, computer architecture
2 2 DSP system models; quality metrics and bounds; number representations
3 3 DSP system models; quality metrics and bounds; number representations (contd)
Implementation: dedicated hardware; transforms; resource sharing; Scheduling: time
4 4
and resource bounds; allocation, binding, scheduling; techniques
Implementation: dedicated hardware; transforms; resource sharing; Scheduling: time
5 5
and resource bounds; allocation, binding, scheduling; techniques (contd)
Implementation: dedicated hardware; transforms; resource sharing; Scheduling: time
6 6
and resource bounds; allocation, binding, scheduling; techniques (contd)
Architectures: programmable systems; FSMs and microprograms; instruction
7 7
extensions; peripheral accelerators
Architectures: programmable systems; FSMs and microprograms; instruction
8 8
extensions; peripheral accelerators (contd)
Architectures: programmable systems; FSMs and microprograms; instruction
9 9
extensions; peripheral accelerators (contd)
10 10 Memory and communication systems: bus structures; DMA; networks-on-chip
Memory and communication systems: bus structures; DMA; networks-on-chip
11 11
(contd)
12 12 Specialized architectures: Systolic arrays; CORDIC; GPU
 9. DIGITAL IC DESIGN

Instructor Name: Prof. Janakiraman Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of Electrical and Credits :3
Electronics Engineering

Pre Requisites:  A course on digital logic design is a must for doing this course
Industry Support: All VLSI Design companies

COURSE PLAN
Sr.No. Week Module Name
1 1 The CMOS Inverter construction and Voltage Transfer Characteristics
2 2 Resistance and Capacitance and transient response.
3 3 Dynamic, Short Circuit and Leakage power – Stacking Effect
4 4 Combinational Circuit Design and capacitance
5 5 Parasitic Delay, Logical Effort and Electrical Effort
6 6 Gate sizing and Buffering
7 7 Asymmetric gate, Skewed gates, Ratio’ed logic
8 8 Dynamic Gates and Domino logic and Static Timing Analysis
Sequential circuits and feedback. Various D flip flop circuits – Static
9 9
and Dynamic
Setup and Hold Time measurement. Timing analysis of latch/ flop
10 10
based systems
Adders – Mirror adder, Carry Skip adder, Carry Select adder, Square
11 11
Root adder
Multipliers – Signed and Unsigned arithmetic, Carry Save Multiplier
12 12
implementation

10. POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

 Instructor Name: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan Type of Course : Elective
Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of Electrical Credits :3
Engineering

Pre Requisites:  Analog Circuits or equivalent or industry experience in analog circuit design.
Industry Support: QUALCOMM, Texas Instruments, Intel, Sankalp Semiconductor, NXP
Semiconductors, ST Microelectronics, Samsung, Microchip, ON semiconductor, Infineon, Renesas, Analog
Devices.

COURSE PLAN
Sr.No. Week Module Name
1 1 Introduction to power management
2 2 Band gap voltage reference, PTAT and CTAT voltage reference
Review of 2nd order system, relationship between damping factor and
3 3
phase margin
4 4 Load regulation and output impedance of LDO
Basic concept of switching regulator, inductor ripple current, volt-
5 5
second balance
6 6 Output voltage ripple in dc-dc converter, ripple voltage vs. duty cycle
Compensating a voltage mode buck converter, type-I(integral)
7 7
compensation
8 8 Current mode control
9 9 Hysteretic control, stability issues with hysteretic control
10 10 Selecting buck topology, switching frequency and external components
Choosing type of regulator in multi-chip system, selecting process node
11 11
for PMIC
12 12 Introduction to advanced topics in PMIC

11. MICROPROCESSORS AND INTERFACING

Instructor Name: Prof. Shaik Rafi Ahamed Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Guwahati Course Duration : 12 Weeks
 Department: Department of Electrical and Credits :3
Electronics Engineering

Pre Requisites:  Digital circuits.

Industry Support: INTEL.

COURSE PLAN
Sr.No. Week Module Name
1 1 8086 Architecture
2 2 8086 Pins and Signals
3 3 8086 Instruction Set I
4 4 8086 Instruction Set II
5 5 8086 Instruction Set III
6 6 8086 Instruction Set IV
7 7 8086 Programming I
8 8 8086 Programming II
9 9 Memory Interfacing
10 10 8255 Interfacing Examples
11 11 Interfacing of DC and Stepper Motors
12 12 Interfacing of Key board, Display,USART

12. INTRODUCTION TO TIME - VARYING ELECTRICAL NETWORKS

Instructor Name: Prof. Shanthi Pavan Type of Course : Elective

Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of Electrical and Credits :3
Electronics Engineering
Pre Requisites: Engineering mathematics, a basic course on electric network analysis at the UG level,
signals and systems.
INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO : Companies engaged in analog, mixed-signal and RF design

Sr.No. Week Module Name

Week 1: Motivation for the topics covered in the course, review of linearity and time-
variance; Review of electrical network basics, incidence matrix, Tellegen’s theorem;
1 1
Tellegen’s theorem (cntd), its use to prove reciprocity in bilateral networks, reciprocity in
networks with controlled sources
Week 2: Reciprocity in networks with controlled sources (contd), inter-reciprocal
networks; Modified Nodal Analysis (MNA) formulation to write network equations; MNA
2 2
formulation (contd), MNA stamps of circuit elements, Reciprocity and inter-reciprocity
revisited
Week 3: Reciprocity and inter-reciprocity (contd), the adjoint network.; Introduction to
3 3
noise in electronic circuits; Noise in RLC circuits, Nyquist’s theorem, Bode’s Noise Theorem
Week 4: Bode’s noise theorem (contd), input referred noise sources in networks; Input-
4 4 referred noise sources (contd) - equivalent noise voltage and current sources; Equivalent
noise sources, noise factor
Week 5: Need to study time-varying circuits and systems; Linear time-varying (LTV) system
5 5
basics; Linear Periodically Time-Varying (LPTV) systems basics
Week 6: Harmonic transfer functions, the Zadeh expansion; MNA equations in LPTV
6 6
networks with Harmonic transfer matrices; LPTV circuit example : the sampling mixer
Week 7: Impedance and admittance in LPTV networks, Norton and Thevenin equivalents;
7 7
The N-path principle; N-path circuits (contd) - the time-interleaved ADC
Week 8: N-path circuits (contd) - the multiphase dc-dc converter, introduction to the N-
8 8
path filter; N-path filters (contd) - input impedance and gain; N-path filters (contd)
Week 9: Reciprocity and inter-reciprocity in LPTV networks - time-reversal to generate the
9 9 adjoint; Interreciprocity (contd), transfer-function theorem; Inter-reciprocity (contd), the
frequency-reversal theorem
Week 10: Inter-reciprocal signal-flow graphs. Example : chopped amplifiers; Chopped-
10 10 amplifiers with sinusoidal and square-wave modulation; Adjoint networks - the switched-
RC kernel example; timedomain implications of adjoint networks
Week 11: Time-domain implications of the adjoint - example of a switched-RC network.
Sampled LPTV networks; Equivalent LTI filter of a sampled LPTV system; derivation of the
11 11
equivalent impulse response, switched-RC network example; Cont. time delta-sigma as a
sampled LPTV system
Week 12: Response of LPTV systems to modulated inputs; equivalent LTI filter;
12 12 Introduction to noise in LPTV networks, noise in switched-RLC networks, the Bode noise
theorem applied to LPTV networks; Course summary and recap

13. SYSTEM DESIGN THROUGH VERILOG

Instructor Name: Prof. Shaik Rafi Ahamed Type of Course : Elective
Institute: IIT Guwahati Course Duration : 8 Weeks
Department: Department of EEE Credits :2

Pre Requisites: Digital Circuits

INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO: Cadence/Mentor graphics
 Sr.No. Week Module Name

1 1 Introduction to Verilog

2 2 Gate level modelling

3 3 Behavioral modelling I

4 4 Behavioral modelling II

5 5 Data flow modelling

6 6 Switch level modelling

7 7 Synthesis of combinational logic using verilog

8 8 Synthesis of sequential logic using verilog

14. CIRCUIT ANALYSIS FOR ANALOG DESIGNERS

Instructor Name: Prof. Shanthi Pavan Type of Course : Elective
Institute: IIT Madras Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of EEE Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Digital Circuits

INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO: Cadence/Mentor graphics
 Sr.No. Week Module Name
Week 1: Motivation for the topics covered in the course, review of linearity and time-
1 1 variance, Review of electrical network basics, incidence matrix, Tellegen's theorem,
Tellegen's theorem (cntd), its use to prove reciprocity in bilatera
Week 2: Reciprocity in networks with controlled sources (contd), inter-reciprocal
2 2
networks, Modified Nodal Analysis (MNA) formulation to write network equations
Week 3: MNA formulation (contd), MNA stamps of circuit elements, Reciprocity
3 3 and inter-reciprocity revisited, Reciprocity and inter-reciprocity (contd), the adjoint
network, Introduction to analog filtering, the Butterworth approximation
Week 4: Butterworth filters (continued), opamp-RC realization of filters, Biquadratic
4 4
sections using opamp-RC integrators, frequency and impedance scaling
Week 5: Cascade of biquads realization of high-order filters, dynamic-range
5 5 scaling ,Effect of non-ideal opamps on integrator behaviour, Q-enhancement in
biquads due to finite opamp gain-bandwidth product
Week 6: Transconductance-capacitance filters, Introduction to noise in electronic
6 6
circuits, Noise in RLC circuits, Nyquist's theorem, Bode's Noise Theorem
Week 7: Bode's noise theorem (contd), input referred noise sources in networks,
7 7 Input-referred noise sources (contd) - equivalent noise voltage and current sources,
Equivalent noise sources, noise factor
Week 8: Introduction to distributed networks, the ideal transmission line and
8 8 Telegrapher's equations, Transmission line circuit analysis, the reflection coefficient,
open- and short-circuited lines
Week 9: The Smith chart (introduction), the need for scattering parameters,
9 9 Scattering matrices of simple elements, Scattering matrices properties, measurement
of a one-port
Week 10: Scattering matrices (contd), the vector network analyzer, principle behind
10 10 calibration, Weak nonlinearity in electronic circuits, harmonic distortion, HD2 and
IM2
Week 11: Harmonic distortion (contd), third-order distortion and intermodulation,
Analysis of weak nonlinearities in circuits using the method of current injection,
11 11
Method of current-injection (contd), application to analysis of distortion in a negative
feedback system
12 12 Week 12: Course summary and recap

15. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF VLSI SUBSYSTEMS

Instructor Name: Prof. Madhav Rao Type of Course : Elective
Institute: IIIT Bangalore Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of EEE Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Digital Electronics at Undergraduate level.

 Sr.No. Week Module Name
1 1 Digital CMOS, and Delay estimation

2 2 Digital CMOS, and Delay estimation (Contd.)

3 3 Interconnects

4 4 Interconnects (Contd.)

5 5 Power

6 6 Power (Contd)

7 7 Sequential design
8 8 Sequential design (Contd)
9 9 Combinational Circuit families
10 10 Subsystems
11 11 Subsystems (Contd)
12 12  Approximate Computing

16. PHYSICS OF NANOSCALE DEVICES

Instructor Name: Prof. Vishvendra Singh Poonia Type of Course : Elective
Institute: IIT Roorkee Course Duration : 12 Weeks
Department: Department of EEE Credits :3

Pre Requisites: Digital Electronics at Undergraduate level.

Sr.No Week Module Name
.
Introduction to nanoelectronics – device scaling, how device physics is fundamentally
1 1 different in mesoscopic and nano devices – voltage drop, heat dissipation etc.,
Necessity to understand and invoke quantum mechanics in nanoelectronics.
Introduction to quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, Free electron wavefunction,
2 2 Particle/electron in a box, electrons in a solid.
Introduction to KP model, Brillouin Zones, KP model – origin of energy bands in
3 3 solids.
Density of states – 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D conductors, Fermi function, The notion of modes in
4 4 a conductor.
Conductance, Bottom-up approach, Landauer’s formalism, Ballistic and Diffusive
5 5 transport – transmission, transition from ballistic to diffusive transport.
6 6 Introduction to MOSFET – A barrier-controlled device, MOSFET electrostatics.

7 7 MOSFET 2D electrostatics, MOSFET Capacitance.

8 8 High-K dielectric, Strained Si technology, Quantum confinement in MOSFET.
9 9 ETSOI-MOSFET, Transport in MOSFET, Ballistic MOSFET.
Ballistic injection velocity in MOSFET, Thermoelectric effects and thermoelectric
10 10 devices
11 11 Quantum dot devices – quantum capacitance, IV characteristics, self-consistent method.
12 12  Introduction to ab initio simulation, NEGF, Summary of the entire course.