Analog Power Integrated Circuit Design
Analog Power Integrated Circuit Design
Course contents:
1. Course introduction (PDF)
2. Energy sources and load circuits (PDF)
3. Package thermal constraints (PDF)
4. Switching converters (PDF)
5. Linear regulators (PDF)
6. Regulator performance parameters (PDF)
7. Process variation and Mismatch (PDF)
8. Current reference circuits (1) (PDF)
9. Current reference circuits (2) (PDF)
10. Voltage reference circuits (1) (PDF)
11. Voltage reference circuits (2) (PDF)
12. Circuit design and simulation methods (PDF)
13. Low Drop-Out (LDO) regulator (PDF)
14. LDO DC/AC analysis (PDF)
15. LDO Stability insights (PDF)
16. LDO PSRR analysis (PDF)
17. LDO transient response analysis (PDF)
18. (Gm/Id) based LDO design methodology (PDF)
19. DC-DC converter steady state analysis (PDF)
20. DC-DC VIN transient analysis (PDF)
21. DC-DC ILOAD transients and transfer functions (PDF)
22. DC-DC stability analysis(1) (PDF)
23. DC-DC stability analysis(2) (PDF)
24. DC-DC discontinuous conduction mode architecture (PDF)
25. DC-DC Power-FET sizing (PDF)
26. DC-DC Loss components and design procedure (PDF)
Exams and assignments:
1. Assignment-1: I/V Reference circuits (Question)
2. Midterm exam (Question) (Solution)
3. Assignment-2: LDO design (Question) (Solution)
4. Assignment-3: DC-DC Converter (Question) (Solution)
Reference textbooks:
1. Selected papers from IEEExplore, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp.
2. “Power Management Techniques for Integrated Circuit Design”, Ke-Horng Chen, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?bknumber=7493777Power devices.
3. Texas Instruments LDO Application Notes, https://www.ti.com/lit/an/sbva026f/sbva026f.pdf.
4. Texas Instruments Buck Switching DC/DC Application Notes, https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva958b/slva958b.pdf.
5. NPTEL Course: “Power Management Integrated Circuits”, Dr. Qadeer Ahmad Khan, IIT Madras.
6. Badih El-Kareh, and Lou N. Hutter, "Silicon Analog Components - Device Design, Process Integration, Characterization, and Reliability", Springer, 2010.