Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems

"Analog Design for CMOS VLSI Systems" is a comprehensivetext that offers a detailed study of the background principles and theanalog design techniques for CMOS-VLSI implementation. The book coversthe physical operation and the modelling of MOS transistors. Discussesthe key features of integrated passive components and studies basicbuilding blocks and voltage and current references before consideringin great details the design of op-amps and comparators.The book is primarily intended for use as a graduate-level textbookand for practising engineers. It is expected that the reader should befamiliar with the concepts taught in basic introductory courses inanalog circuits. Relying on that proper background knowledge the bookpresents the material on an intuitive basis with a minimum use ofmathematical quantitative analysis. Therefore, the insight induced bythe book will favour that kind of knowledge gathering required for thedesign of high-performance analog circuits. The book favours thisimportant process with a number of inserts providing hints or adviseson key features of the topic studied.An interesting peculiarity of the book is the use of numbers. Theequations describing the circuit operation are guidelines for thedesigner. It is important to assess performances in a quantitativeway. To achieve this target the book provides a number of examples oncomputer simulations using Spice. Moreover, in order to acquire thefeeling of the technological progress, three different hypotheticaltechnologies are addressed and used.Detailed examples and the many problems make "Analog Design forCMOS" "VLSI Systems" a comprehensive textbook for agraduate-level course on analog circuit design. Moreover, thebookwill efficiently serve the practical needs of a wide range of circuitdesign and system design engineers.