Microelectronic Circuit Design, 4ed, 2011.pdf

Throughstudyofthistext,thereaderwilldevelopacom- prehensiveunderstandingofthebasictechniquesofmod- ernelectroniccircuitdesign,analoganddigital,discrete andintegrated.Eventhoughmostreadersmaynotulti- matelybeengagedinthedesignofintegratedcircuits(ICs) themselves,athoroughunderstandingoftheinternalcircuit structureofICsisprerequisitetoavoidingmanypitfallsthat preventtheeffectiveandreliableapplicationofintegrated circuitsinsystemdesign. Digitalelectronicshasevolvedtobeanextremelyim- portantareaofcircuitdesign,butitisincludedalmostas anafterthoughtinmanyintroductoryelectronicstexts.We presentamorebalancedcoverageofanaloganddigitalcir- cuits.Thewritingintegratestheauthors’extensiveindus- trialbackgroundsinprecisionanaloganddigitaldesignwith theirmanyyearsofexperienceintheclassroom.Abroad spectrumoftopicsisincluded,andmaterialcaneasilybe selectedtosatisfyeitheratwo-semesterorthree-quarter sequenceinelectronics. INTHISEDITION Thiseditioncontinuestoupdatethematerialtoachieve improvedreadabilityandaccessibilitytothestudent.In additiontogeneralmaterialupdates,anumberofspe- cificchangeshavebeenincludedinPartsIandII,Solid- StateElectronicsandDevicesandDigitalElectronics, respectively.Anewclosed-formsolutiontofour-resistor MOSFETbiasingisintroducedaswellasanimproved iterativestrategyfordiodeQ-pointanalysis.JFETdevices areimportantinanalogdesignandhavebeenreintro- ducedattheendofChapter4.Simulation-basedlogicgate scalingisintroducedintheMOSlogicchapters,andan enhanceddiscussionofnoisemarginisincludedasanew Electronics-in-Action(EIA)feature.Current-modelogic (CML)isheavilyusedinhighperformanceSiGeICs,and aCMLsectionisaddedtotheBipolarLogicchapter. Thisrevisioncontainsmajorreorganizationandrevi- sionoftheanalogportion(PartIII)ofthetext.Theintroduc- toryamplifiermaterial(oldChapter10)isnowintroduced ina“just-in-time”basisinthethreeop-ampchapters.Spe- cificsectionshavebeenaddedwithqualitativedescriptions oftheoperationofbasicop-ampcircuitsandeachtransistor amplifierconfigurationaswel