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    Outline of what topics to study under each subtopic for every unit.

    This will help


    you focus on the essential areas and understand what you need to cover.

    ### Unit I: Power Dissipation in CMOS

    #### 1. Hierarchy of Limits of Power


    - **General Idea**: Understand the various levels (device, circuit, architecture,
    system) where power dissipation can be controlled and minimized.

    #### 2. Sources of Power Consumption


    - **Topics**:
    - Static power consumption (leakage currents)
    - Dynamic power consumption (switching power)
    - Short-circuit power

    #### 3. Physics of Power Dissipation in CMOS FET Devices


    - **Topics**:
    - Leakage mechanisms in transistors
    - Switching activity and its impact on power dissipation
    - Subthreshold leakage, gate oxide leakage

    #### 4. Basic Principle of Low Power Design


    - **Topics**:
    - Trade-offs between power, performance, and area (PPA)
    - Techniques like voltage scaling, frequency scaling, and power gating

    ### Unit II: Power Optimization

    #### 1. Logic Level Power Optimization


    - **Topics**:
    - Transistor reordering
    - Logic restructuring
    - Boolean optimization

    #### 2. Circuit Level Low Power Design


    - **Topics**:
    - Transistor sizing
    - Threshold voltage scaling
    - Leakage current reduction techniques

    #### 3. Gate Level Low Power Design


    - **Topics**:
    - Gate sizing
    - Using low-power cells
    - Multi-threshold CMOS (MTCMOS)

    #### 4. Architecture Level Low Power Design


    - **Topics**:
    - Parallelism and pipelining
    - Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)
    - Clock gating

    #### 5. VLSI Subsystem Design of Adders, Multipliers, PLL, Low Power Design
    - **Topics**:
    - Low power adder designs (e.g., carry-save adders)
    - Low power multiplier designs (e.g., Wallace tree, Booth multiplier)
    - Phase-Locked Loops (PLLs) and their low power implementations

    ### Unit III: Design of Low Power CMOS Circuits


    #### 1. Computer Arithmetic Techniques for Low Power System
    - **Topics**:
    - Low power adders, subtractors, multipliers
    - Techniques like operand isolation and precomputation

    #### 2. Reducing Power Consumption in Combinational Logic, Sequential Logic,


    Memories
    - **Topics**:
    - Combinational logic power reduction techniques
    - Sequential logic power reduction techniques (e.g., low power flip-flops)
    - Memory design techniques (e.g., SRAM, DRAM)

    #### 3. Low Power Clock


    - **Topics**:
    - Clock gating
    - Clock distribution network design for low power

    #### 4. Advanced Techniques


    - **Topics**:
    - Sub-threshold design
    - Voltage islands
    - Body biasing

    #### 5. Special Techniques, Adiabatic Techniques


    - **Topics**:
    - Adiabatic logic and its principles
    - Reversible computing

    #### 6. Physical Design, Floor Planning, Placement and Routing


    - **Topics**:
    - Low power floor planning
    - Placement and routing techniques to minimize power

    ### Unit IV: Power Estimation

    #### 1. Power Estimation Techniques, Circuit Level, Gate Level, Architecture Level,
    Behavioral Level
    - **Topics**:
    - Circuit level power estimation methods
    - Gate level power estimation techniques
    - Architectural level power estimation
    - Behavioral level power estimation

    #### 2. Logic Power Estimation


    - **Topics**:
    - Probabilistic methods
    - Simulation-based methods
    - Statistical methods

    #### 3. Simulation Power Analysis


    - **Topics**:
    - Static and dynamic power simulation
    - Tools and techniques for power simulation

    #### 4. Probabilistic Power Analysis


    - **Topics**:
    - Probabilistic power estimation methods
    - Monte Carlo simulations for power estimation
    ### Unit V: Synthesis and Software Design for Low Power CMOS Circuits

    #### 1. Synthesis for Low Power


    - **Topics**:
    - Power-aware synthesis techniques
    - Use of low power libraries

    #### 2. Behavioral Level Transform


    - **Topics**:
    - Transformations at the behavioral level to reduce power
    - High-level synthesis for low power

    #### 3. Algorithms for Low Power


    - **Topics**:
    - Power-efficient algorithms
    - Algorithmic optimizations for power reduction

    #### 4. Software Design for Low Power


    - **Topics**:
    - Software techniques to reduce power consumption
    - Compiler optimizations for low power

    ### Mapping to Books

    Here’s how to map these topics to the books:

    - **Kaushik Roy and S.C. Prasad, “Low Power CMOS VLSI Circuit Design”**
    - Comprehensive coverage of Units I to V
    - Specific chapters relevant to each unit and sub-topic

    - **J.B.Kulo and J.H Lou, “Low Voltage CMOS VLSI Circuits”**


    - Focus on Units II and III, particularly circuit and low voltage design
    techniques

    - **James B.Kulo, Shih-Chia Lin, “Low Voltage SOI CMOS VLSI Devices and Circuits”**
    - Useful for Units III and V, especially low voltage design and SOI technology

    - **J.Rabaey, “Low Power Design Essentials (Integrated Circuits and Systems)”**


    - Covers all units with practical examples and advanced techniques

    - **Low-Power Digital VLSI Design: Circuits and Systems by Abdellatif Bellaouar and
    Mohamed I. Elmasry**
    - Good reference for power estimation techniques (Unit IV) and synthesis (Unit V)

    - **Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective by Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha


    Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic**
    - Useful for power optimization techniques (Unit II) and low power circuit design
    (Unit III)

    This should provide a structured approach to studying your syllabus and preparing
    effectively for your exams.

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