Books of Interest to SSCS

This selection of technical books published in 2003 covers topics that may be of interest to our members. The descriptions are provided by the publishers.

Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits
by David Hodges, Horace Jackson, and Resve Saleh, published by McGraw-Hill, July 2003, $128.12, ISBN 0-072-28365-3.

The third edition of Hodges and Jackson’s Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits has been thoroughly revised and updated by a new co-author, Resve Saleh of the University of British Columbia. The new edition combines the approachability and conciseness of the Hodges and Jackson classic with a complete overhaul to bring the book into the 21st century.

The new edition has replaced the emphasis on bipolar with an emphasis on CMOS. The outdated MOS transistor model used throughout the book is replaced with the now standard deep submicron model. The material on memory has been expanded and updated. The book now includes more on SPICE simulation and new problems that reflect recent technologies.

The emphasis of the book is on design, but it does not neglect analysis; it provides enough information for a student to carry out analysis or design a circuit. This book provides an excellent and balanced introduction to digital circuit design for both students and professionals.

CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits: Analysis and Design
by Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang and Yusuf Leblebici, published by McGraw-Hill, October 2003, $109.06, ISBN 0-072-46053-9.

CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits: Analysis and Design is the most complete book on the market for CMOS circuits. Appropriate for electrical engineering and computer science, this book starts with CMOS processing, and then covers MOS transistor models, basic CMOS gates, interconnect effects, dynamic circuits, memory circuits, BiCMOS circuits, I/O circuits, VLSI design methodologies, low-power design techniques, design for manufacturability, and design for testability.

The book’s rigorous treatment of basic design concepts with detailed examples addresses both the computer-aided analysis issues and the design issues for most of the circuit examples. Numerous SPICE simulation results also are provided for illustration of basic concepts. Through analysis of CMOS circuits in this text, students will be able to learn the fundamentals of CMOS VLSI design, which is the driving force behind the development of advanced computer hardware.

Design Through Verilog HDL
by T. R. Padmanabhan and B. Bala Tripura Sundari, published by John Wiely & Sons, October 2003, $79.95, ISBN 0-471-44148-1.

Verilog provides platforms for describing designs at different layers of complexity, combining them in a seamless manner, testing them at every stage, and building a bug-free design. This book enables readers to master Verilog as an HDL for design. Design Through Verilog HDL engages readers at every stage through the variety and number of examples.

Digital Audio Broadcasting: Principles and Applications of Digital Radio
by Wolfgang Hoeg and Thomas Lauterbach, published by John Wiley & Sons, October 2003, $98.00, ISBN 0-470-85013-2.

An innovative and universal multimedia broadcast system, the new digital radio system, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), is sure to replace existing AM and FM broadcast service in much of the world in the near future. Combining the knowledge of leading experts in the field, this fully updated new edition introduces the recent international standards, applications, and technical issues of the Eureka 147 DAB system.

Device Modeling for Analog and RF CMOS Circuit Design
by Trond Ytterdal, Yuhua Cheng, and Tor A. Fjeldly, published by John Wiley & Sons, May 2003, $99.95, ISBN 0-471-49869-6.

Bridging the gap between modeling and analog circuit design, Device Modeling for Analog and RF CMOS Circuit Design will appeal to practicing microelectronics engineers and senior- and graduate-level students taking courses in analog integrated circuit design. In order to keep up with global demand, microelectronics engineers are continually challenged to produce increasingly complex, high-performance integrated circuits. The steady downscaling of MOSFET/CMOS technology has highlighted the need for a thorough understanding of the properties, potentials, and limitations of the latest device models and technology. Presenting state-of-the-art MOSFET models, this book will prove a valuable reference and text for engineers striving to achieve first-time right, reduced time-to-market silicon products. Two software packages, AIM-Spice and MOSCalc, are available via the internet.

Lab on the Web: Running Real Electronics Experiments Via the Internet
by Tor A. Fjeldly and Michael S. Shur, published by John Wiley & Sons (IEEE Press), September 2003, $74.95, ISBN 0-471-41375-5.

Lab on the Web: Running Real Electronics Experiments Via the Internet is a groundbreaking resource for remote study of interactive electronics applications. The widespread use of the internet as a communication medium has opened up a broad range of possibilities for extending its use into new areas. One such area is remote education, a rapidly growing part of today’s university curricula. Using the internet and Web technology, courses can be offered to students anywhere in the world with no more technical requirements than a personal computer and an internet connection. Until recently however, lab courses have been considered impractical for remote access. But thanks to technical advances of the past decade, even these courses with their often-complex interactive techniques have been made accessible to remote students.
This is the first text to present, in detail, experiments that can be run over the Web, specifically in the area of electronics. The authors present detailed descriptions of approximately 100 experiments in solid-state electronics that can be used by engineering and science students at all levels, anywhere in the world, as well as by researchers working on semiconductor devices.

The book’s widespread collaboration will enable universities around the world to participate in these remote access experiments. Enhanced by interactive Web sites, which will accommodate a growing array of experimental modules from participating institutions, the text opens up a virtual Pandora’s box of possibilities for students to access a wide variety of real experiments, and for institutions (jointly or individually) to establish their own remote laboratory sites.

Microelectronic Circuits
by Adel S. Sedra and K. C. Smith, published by Oxford University Press, November 2003, $112.00, ISBN 0-195-14251-9.

The fifth edition of Microelectronic Circuits provides a framework to develop a student’s ability to analyze and design all kinds of electronic circuits. Thoroughly updated and revised, this edition features changes that are evident from the condensed table of contents, and a great many more that are included in the chapters. All the revisions, organization, and topical coverage reflect changes in technology—CMOS technology in particular—by far the most significant development in the world of mainstream electrical engineering.

Microelectronic Circuit Design with CD-ROM
by Richard C. Jaeger and Travis Blalock, published by McGraw-Hill (Higher Education), July 2003, $144.85, ISBN 0-07-250503-6.

Microelectronic Circuit Design is known as a technically excellent text. The new edition has been revised to make the material more motivating and accessible to students. A new co-author, Travis Blalock, has joined Jaeger to assist in providing a student-friendly approach. A pedagogical framework has been added that includes chapter opening vignettes, chapter objectives, “Electronics in Action” boxes, a problem-solving methodology, and “Design Note” boxes.

The number of examples, including new design examples, has been increased, giving students more opportunities to see problems worked out. Additionally, some of the less fundamental mathematical material has been moved to the Web site.

Multi-Carrier and Spread Spectrum Systems
by Khaled Fazel and Stefan Kaiser, published by John Wiley & Sons, October 2003, $89.95, ISBN 0-470-84899-5.

This highly accessible work describes and analyzes the basic concepts of the combination of multicarrier transmission with spread spectrum (MC-SS).

Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor (Second Edition)
by Yannis Tsividis, published by Oxford University Press, November 2003, $110.00, ISBN 0-195-17014-8.

Extensively revised and updated, this is the second edition of the highly praised text that has become a standard in academia and industry. The book provides a unified, careful treatment of the MOS transistor with in-depth development of many important models, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated, with the connection between models clearly identified. Many aspects of modeling are covered, including: DC, AC, small-signal, large-signal transient, quasi-static, nonquasi-static, and noise. New material on charge-sheet models, small-dimension effects, noise, and modeling for RF applications is included. A new chapter on modeling for CAD discusses the context, considerations, and pitfalls associated with the development of models for computer-aided design, and describes ways to evaluate them.

Phase-Locked Loops
by Roland Best, published by McGraw-Hill, June 2003, $79.95, ISBN 0-071-41201-8.
The communications industry’s big move into wireless in the past two years has made this mature topic red hot again. Phase-locked loops (PLLs) are electronic circuits used for frequency control. Anything using radio waves, from simple radios and cell phones to sophisticated military communications gear, uses PLLs.

The fifth edition of this classic circuit reference comes with valuable PLL design software written by Dr. Best. The software alone is worth many times the price of the book. The new edition also includes new chapters on frequency synthesis, CAD for PLLs, mixed-signal PLLs, and a new collection of sample communications applications.

Signal Integrity—Simplified
by Eric Bogatin, published by Prentice Hall, September 2003, $89.00, ISBN 0-130-66946-6.

Suitable for even non-specialists, Signal Integrity—Simplified offers a comprehensive, easy-to-follow look at how physical interconnects affect electrical performance. World-class engineer Eric Bogatin reviews the root causes of the four families of signal integrity problems and offers solutions to design them out early in the design cycle. Unlike related books that concentrate on theoretical derivation and mathematical rigor, this book emphasizes intuitive understanding, practical tools, and engineering discipline. Specially designed for everyone in the electronics industry, from electrical engineers to product managers, Signal Integrity—Simplified will prove itself a valuable resource for helping you find and fix signal integrity problems before they become problems.

ULSI Semiconductor Technology Atlas
by Chi-Hang Tung, George T. Sheng, and Chih-Yuan Lu, published by John Wiley & Sons, September 2003, $125.00, ISBN 0-471-45772-8.

ULSI Semiconductor Technology Atlas uses examples and TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) micrographs to explain and illustrate ULSI process technologies and their associated problems. The natural outgrowth of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), Ultra Large Scale Integration (ULSI) refers to semiconductor chips with more than 10 million devices per chip. Written by three renowned pioneers in their field, this book provides a historical introduction to the technology as well as coverage of the evolution of basic ULSI process problems and issues. Additional advanced microelectronics devices and materials, such as flash memories, SOI, SiGe devices, MEMS, and CD-ROMs, are also explained and illustrated with TEM.