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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List the observations on switching power reduction. With relevant equations explain the average switching power dissipation With neat sketch explain the concept of Short circuit power dissipation With neat circuit diagram explain the leakage power dissipation. List the examples of actual power dissipation.
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1. With relevant equations and circuit diagram explain Parallel processing approach( hardware replication) for low power design 2. Explain various switched capacitance minimization approaches 3. Explain the concept of system level measures with neat circuit diagram 4. With neat circuit diagram explain the concept of circuit level measures 5. With neat circuit diagram explain the concept of Mask level measures
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1. 2. 3. 4. Explain in detail, new trends in VLSI Design cycle. With neat sketch explain VLSI Physical design cycle With neat sketch Explain various VLSI Physical design styles Explain various system packaging styles.
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1. 2. 3. 4. What are the various factors for Physical VLSI Design? Briefly explain the floor planning mechanism, also discuss Design Style Specific Floor planning Problems With relevant information classify the Floor planning algorithms. Explain the following Floor planning algorithms: a) Constraint based methods b) Integer programming based methods c) Rectangular dualization based methods d) Hierarchical tree based methods. 5. Explain different levels of placement techniques in physical design 6. Explain in-detail performance driven placement problem. 7. Explain briefly Design Style Specific Placement Problems. 8. With detail explanation classify the placement algorithms 9. Explain the following Simulation Based Placement Algorithms: a) Simulated Annealing b) Simulated Evolution c) Force Directed Placement 10. Explain the following Partitioning Based Placement Algorithms 11. Explain the following in-detail: a) Cluster Growth b) Quadratic Assignment c) Resistive Network Optimization d) Branch-and-Bound Technique 12. Explain the concept of Performance Driven Placement.
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1. 2. 3. 4. Explain the Signal-Flow-Graph Analysis of Parasitic-Insensitive Integrators. With necessary equations explain the concept of Noise In Switched-Capacitor Circuits With neat sketch explain First-Order Filters and its signal flow graph analysis. Find the capacitance values needed for a first-order switched-capacitor circuit such that its 3-dB point is at 10 kHz when a clock frequency of 100 kHz is used. It is also desired that the filter have zero gain at 50 kHz and the dc gain be unity. Assume CA = 10 pF 5. Find the capacitance values C3 needed for a first-order low-pass switched-capacitor filter that has C1 = 0 and a pole at the 1/64th sampling frequency using the approximate equations. The low-frequency gain should be unity. 6. With neat sketch explain the following concepts in first order filters: a) Switch sharing b) fully differential amplifiers 7. With relevant circuit diagrams explain the concept of Biquad filters.
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3. Explain the basic PLL topology? Implement the PLL using CMOS topology 4. A PLL incorporates a VCO and PD having the characteristics shown in the fig.. explain what happens as the input frequency varies in the locked condition.
5. Explain the concept of dynamics of PLL and linear model of basic PLL
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PART B Question
1. A cellular telephone incorporates a 900 MHz phase-locked loop to generate the carrier frequencies. If LPF=2X(20 kHz) and the output frequency is to be changed from 901MHz to 901.2 MHz, how long does the PLL output frequency take to settle within 100 Hz of its final value? 2. Suppose a type-I PLL experiences a frequency step at t=0. Calculate the change i n the phase error. 3. Explain in-detail the concept of charge pump PLLs 4. Explain the concept of Phase frequency detector and charge pump. 5. Explain whether a master-slave D flip-flop can operate as a phase detector or a frequency detector. Assume the flip-flop provide differential outputs. 6. Determine the width of the narrow reset pulses that appear in the QB waveform in fig
7. With neat sketch explain Basic charge pump PLL 8. With neat circuit diagram explain the following; a) PFD/CP non idealities b) Jitter in PLLs 9. With relevant circuit diagrams explain the concept of Delay Locked Loops
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1. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) Assertion fault b) behavioral fault c) branch fault d) bridging fault e) bus fault f) cross point fault. 2. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) Defect oriented fault b) Delay fault c) functional fault d) Gatedelay fault e) Hyperactive fault f) Initialization fault 3. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) Instruction fault b) intermittent fault c) Line delay fault d) Logical faults e) Memory faults f) multiple faults 4. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) Non classical fault b) Oscillation fault c) Parametric fault d) Path delay fault e) pattern sensitive fault f) permanent fault 5. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) Physical fault b) Pin fault c) PLA fault d) IDDQ fault e) Race fault f) Redundant fault 6. Explain the following fault models in-detail: a) segment delay fault b) Structural faults c) Stuck at fault d) stuck open and stuck short fault e) transistor fault f) transition fault g) untestable fault 7. With an example Single stuck at fault. 8. With relevant equation explain the concept of Fault equivalence 9. With relevant information explain the concept of Equivalence of single stuck at fault. 10. Explain the concept of Fault Dominance and Checkpoint Theorem.
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1. With detailed explanation discuss the following Fault Simulation Algorithms: a) Serial Fault Simulation b) Parallel Fault Simulation 2. With detailed explanation discuss the following Fault Simulation Algorithms: a) Deductive Fault Simulation b) Concurrent Fault Simulation 3. With detailed explanation discuss the following Fault Simulation Algorithms: a) Roth's TEST -DETECT Algorithm b) Differential Fault Simulation 4. With detailed explanation discuss the following Algorithms for True-Value Simulation: a) Compiled-Code Simulation b) Event-Driven Simulation
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1. Determine the periods for the periodic sequences: a) e-jn/8 b) e-jn3/8 2. For FIR filter y(n)=[x(n)+x(n-1)+ x(n-2)]/3 determine the a) system function, b) magnitude response function, c) phase response function, d) impulse response e) step response, f) poles and zeros 3. For IIR filter H(z)= 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. determine the a) magnitude response function, b) phase response function,
c) impulse response, d) step response and e) poles and zeros Determine the low pass filter cutoff frequency that must be used to decimate to reduce the sampling rate from 8 KHz to 4 KHz. The signal sequence x(n)=[0 2 4 6 8] is interpolated using the interpolation filter sequence bk=[0.5 1 0.5] and the interpolation factor is 2. Determine the interpolated sequence y(m). Explain the following number formats for signals and coefficients in DSP systems: a) Fixed Point Format b)Double Precision Fixed Point format c) Floating-Point format d) Block Floating Point format. Explain briefly the concept of dynamic range and precision. Explain the following sources of Error in DSP Implementations: a) A/D Conversing Errors b) DSP Computational errors c) D/A Conversion errors. Explain the concept of Compensating Filter with an examples
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1. Explain the following data addressing capabilities with an example: a) Immediate addressing mode b) Register addressing mode c) Direct addressing mode e) Indirect addressing mode f)Special Addressing Modes g) Bit reversed addressing mode. 2. Briefly describe the concept of Address Generation Unit. 3. Explain the following programmability and Program execution in DSP Implementations: a) Program Control b) Program Sequencer. 4. Explain the following Speed issues in DSP architectures: a) Hardware Architecture b) Parallelism c) Pipelining d) System Level Parallelism and Pipelining. 5. Briefly discuss the external interfacing features of DSP architectures
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. With neat sketch explain the concept involved in the SIMD Architectures (Array and Vector Processors). Briefly describe the memory and addressing in SOC Briefly describe the Architecture of Memory in soc Briefly describe the concept of Memory for SOC operating system. With neat sketch explain the system level interconnection schemes: a) Bus based approach b) Network on chip approach. 6. Explain in detail SOC design approach. 7. Briefly discuss the system architecture and complexity issues for SOC 8. Discuss the possible arrangement of addressing the TLB 9. Find an actual VLIW instruction format. Describe the layout and the constraints on the program in using the applications in a single instruction. 10. Design validation is important SOC design consideration. Find several approaches specific to SOC designs. Evaluate each from the perspective of a small SOC vendor. 11. Find two new VLIW DSPs. Determine the maximum number of operations issued in each cycle and the makeup of the operations (number of integer, floating point, branch, etc). what is the started maximum performance(operations per second) ? find out how this number was computed. 12. Find (from the internet) two new, large FPGA parts. Determine the number of logic blocks ( configurable logic blocks[CLBs]), the minimum cycle time, and the maximum allowable power consumption. What soft processors are supported?
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1. Explain the following : a) Reducing the cost of branches b) Branch Target Buffers (BTBs) 2. Explain the concept of branch prediction, also explain the following dynamic branch predictions: a) Binomial b) Two-Level Adaptive c) combined methods. 3. Explain the concept of more robust processors. 4. With neat sketch explain vector processors and vector instruction extensions. 5. With detail explanation, explain the concept of VLIW processors. 6. With relevant information explain the concept of superscalar processors