Modern electronics is concerned with implementing hardware functions in semiconductor chips and the software that runs these semiconductor circuits. Very large scale integration (VLSI) of electronic circuits and systems needs interdisciplinary work by device physicists, process developers, circuit designers, design automation specialists, and computer architects. This book covers all these topics, from semiconductor devices to systems, in a compact manner. The text outlines the latest advances in semiconductor devices for VLSI circuits, but also includes simple and easy to use analytical models as well as results of device simulation. The section on circuits gives an overview of basic bipolar and field-effect transistor gates and is mainly devoted to CMOS standard cells and functional blocks (macrocells). The section on systems outlines the top-down design style of digital systems (mainly processors and memories) using functional blocks described in the previous circuit part. Finally some problems of testing and details of physical layout of chips are considered.
Reviews
'What the book does is to provide an overall view of a crucial part of the electronic engineering syllabus which will be valuable at both undergradute and postgraduate levels. It should be widely used, not only by those designing and manufacturing electronic systems but also by potential users, who must increasingly know what to ask for. Each of the five chapters is provided with exercises for the student, some of which are significant design problems in their own right. Anyone working their way through the complete sets of problems will emerge with a very full and detailed knowledge of the subject.' David Northrop, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Volume 29, Number 4,



Book Information
ISBN 9780198593744
Author Albrecht Moeschwitzer
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Clarendon Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 728g