Analog Integrated Circuit Design [Paperback]

David Johns (Author), Ken Martin (Author)

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Publication Date: November 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471144487 | ISBN-13: 978-0471144489 | Edition: 1

Offers a modern look at analog integrated circuit design. Covering everything from processing steps to models to high level circuit design issues, the authors make it a point to emphasize the "real-life" implications of this material for the circuit designer as a professional. This text presents a concise treatment of the wide array of knowledge required for integrated circuit design. Emphasis on the most important and fundamental principles in creating state-of-the-art analog circuits. Coverage includes contemporary topics such as dynamically matched current mirrors, digital error correction and interpolation, and folding D/D converters.

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Offers a modern look at analog integrated circuit design. Covering everything from processing steps to models to high level circuit design issues, the authors make it a point to emphasize the "real-life" implications of this material for the circuit designer as a professional. This text presents a concise treatment of the wide array of knowledge required for integrated circuit design. Emphasis on the most important and fundamental principles in creating state-of-the-art analog circuits. Coverage includes contemporary topics such as dynamically matched current mirrors, digital error correction and interpolation, and folding D/D converters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471144487
• ISBN-13: 978-0471144489
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Analog Integrated Circuit Design - Johns, Martin, February 2, 2000

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Mike Harris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Analog Integrated Circuit Design (Paperback)

In my opinon, this is one of the better books on analog circuit design available for practicing engineers. I disagree with the reviews that state that there is not enough emphasis on rigorous calculations. Analog design is an iterative art, not a theoretical science. In short, straight forward algorithms to develop complex analog circuits don't exist - at least not in a form that would allow timely completion of robust designs. Analog design is a highly intuitive process that works best when simple hand calculations, which indicate the magnitude and direction of first (and sometimes second) order transistor effects, are combined with complex computer simulations which prove out detailed functionality over the required operating conditions.

This book accomplishes its purposes superbly by providing many different circuit topologies and describing their advantages and disadvantages based on straightforward design principles. Those who have difficulty dealing with mathematical uncertainty are not likely to develop into good analog designers and should probably stick to designing digital circuitry, which can be approached in a much more systematic fashion. But those who's livelihood's depend on inventing timely solutions to analog IC design conundrums will find themselves referring to this book time and time again.

My one complaint with this book is the price, approximately 3 times what I would consider fair market value. Nevertheless books of this caliber are rare and the price did not ultimately dissuade me from grudgingly coughing up the purchase price.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cautions about some design procedures included..., June 16, 2000

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Dr. Martin Johns (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Analog Integrated Circuit Design (Paperback)

I have read or reviewed several texts and articles in the areaof analog circuit design, and find this book inadequate for severalreasons. Firstly, the section on Op Amp compensation is full of design procedures which are inherently erroneous and in many ways counter-intuitive. The procedure requires many iterations and can create instabilites (right half plane poles) using the provided equations depending on the open loop gain designed. Specifically, these errors are derived from the approximate equation (5.70) for the location of the dominant pole. This equation and the approximation depend strongly on the gain and device parameters used. All these approximate equations must be used with caution and checked for validity. For a more careful treatment I suggest the book "Design of Analog Cmos Integrated Circuits" (McGraw-Hill Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Electronics and Vlsi Circuits) by Behzad Razavi. But this book does have some uses (eg, the noise analysis and system level A/D conversion sections).

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Johns, Martin, a book for almost industry and not students, November 30, 1999

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Michael Stout (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Analog Integrated Circuit Design (Paperback)

I have read and used this book for my analog integrated circuits design course as a graduate student. I would say that there is too much handwaving where there should be more investment into explaination. It's a decent book, but I want to attain a level of understanding that allows me to use the designs introduced as a benchmark and not as a recipe.