Low Power Circuit Design
Kretskonstruktion för låg effekt

EIT095F, 7.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Spring 2014
Beslutad av: FN1/Anders Gustafsson
Datum för fastställande: 2013-11-19

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Electrical and Information Technology
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course aims to give a thorough understanding of Low power circuit design. Increasing complexity, high requirements on performance in the form of throughput and low power consumption will increase the expectations from future designers. To have a solid base in this subject is one of the skills that are important for both circuit designers as well as system designers.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden be able to describe simple and more advanced power consuming effects on digital circuitry implemented in a CMOS technology.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be able to identify and analyze common different types of power consumption.
• be able to communicate the content described in the textbook orally.
• be able to communicate the content described in scientific papers, orally
• have acquired knowledge enough to be able to discuss low power problems and solutions with competent digital designers

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden be able to sort out important information independently, from an extensive material, such as a textbook.

Kursinnehåll

Nanometer Transistors and their Models.- Power and Energy Basics.- Optimizing Power at Design Time: Circuit-Level Techniques.- Optimizing Power at Design Time: Architecture, Algorithms and Systems.- Optimizing Power at Design Time: Interconnect and Clocks.- Optimizing Power at Design Time: Memory.- Optimizing Power at Standby: Circuits and Systems.- Optimizing Power at Standby: Memory.- Optimizing Power at Runtime.- Ultra Low Power/Voltage Design.- Methodologies and Flows.- Summary and Perspectives, and more based on some scientific papers, mainly journal papers.

Kurslitteratur

• Scientific papers.
• Rabaey, J.: Low Power Design Essentials. 2009.

This book contains all the topics of importance to the low power designer. It first lays the foundation and then goes on to detail the design process. The book also discusses such special topics as power management and modal design, ultra low power, and low power design methodology and flows. In addition, coverage includes projections of the future and case studies.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Seminarier, övningar. Seminars given by participants.

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Inlämningsuppgifter, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna, övrigt. Seminars based on the textbook material and seminars based on scientific papers, where the students will give seminars. Black-board exercises, which are given by the students. At least 80% attendance on the seminars is demanded. The students will be offered a number of hand-in exercises to choose among. Certain flexibility is needed in the examination form depending on the number of students. Rules for reexamination: By agreement with the examiner.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Övrig information

Examinor: Peter Nilsson peter.nilsson@eit.lth.se

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