Reg. No.

11MEVL2E05

KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY
(Under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) COIMBATORE - 641 021. (For the candidate admitted from 2011 onwards) REGULAR

ME EGREE E!AMINATIONS" M#$ 2012

ELECTRONICS AN COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

LO% PO%ER VLSI ESIGN

Time: 3 ho rs PART - A &15 ' 2 ()0 M#*+,!a"im m: 100 mar#s

1$ %hat is meant &' ()*L+ 2$ %rite an' three #e' ,rinci,-es of -ow ,ower desi.n+ 3$ %hat are the fo r ca,acitances re/ ired to mode- the -oad ca,acitance+ 0$ %hat are the c-assifications of techno-o.' inde,endent o,timi1ation techni/ es+ 2$ %hat is meant &' . arded e3a- tion+ 4$ (efine Retimin.$ 5$ %hat are the stems formed in ,artic -ar ,ower dissi,ation red ction+ 6$ List o t the -ow ,ower techni/ es for the arithmetic circ its+ 7$ (raw the &-oc# dia.ram which -eads to memor' com,ression 10$ %hat is 89):E+ 11$ (efine 8witch Le3e- ana-'sis$ 12$ %hat is *eha3iora- -e3e- Transform+ 13$ (raw the conce,t a- dia.ram in im,ro3ements at 3ario s -e3e-s of desi.n a&straction+ 10$ (efine shorted rec rsi3e differences$ 12$ (efine ne.ati3e differences$

PART - B & 5 ' 14 ( .0 M#*+,A/,0e* ALL 12e 34e,15o/,. ALL T6E 7UESTIONS CARRY E7UAL MARKS 14$ a) (isc ss the ;ierarch' of Limits of 9ower (or) &) (isc ss the 9ower (issi,ation in :!<8 FET de3ices 15$ a) (isc ss in detai- a&o t the :om&inationa- and 8e/ entia- :irc it Techno-o.' in Lo.ic Le3e- 9ower <,timi1ation$ (or) &) (isc ss the Lo.ic 8t'-es in :irc it Le3e- Low 9ower (esi.n in detai16$ a) (isc ss in detai- a&o t :on3entiona- Arithmetic and Low 9ower (esi.n$ (or) &) (isc ss the Red ction of 9ower :ons m,tion in !emories$ 17$ a) E",-ain in detai- a&o t the 9ro&a&i-istic Techni/ es for 8i.na- Acti3it' estimation$ (or) &) (isc ss the 9ro&a&i-istic !ethods for Lo.ic Le3e- 9ower Estimations 20$ a) E",-ain the A-.orithm Le3e- Transform for Low 9ower in detai(or) &) E",-ain the 8oftware 9ower Estimation in detai-$ (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10)