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Analog IC Design with Low-Dropout Regulators (LDOs) (Electronic Engineering)

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I have been working as an IC designer specializing in power electronics for well over a decade. Over the course of my career I have been exposed to many text books. There are very few I would consider adding to my collection. As a point of reference I consider "Gray & Meyer" to be the gold standard of text books covering analog IC design.

I only ever feel compelled to write a review if the object of the review is either exceedingly excellent or exceedingly poor. In the case of this text I believe it is exceedingly excellent. It is an advanced text and therefore I would not recommend it to an undergraduate engineering student.

I have found the text to be both lucid and entertaining. The information is presented in a logical order and is germane to IC design in general. As implied by the title, this text book does not cover a wide array of topics like Gray & Meyer does, but the topics it does cover it covers very well.

The chapters are titled as follows:

1: System Considerations
2: Microelectronic Devices
3: Analog Building Blocks
4: Negative Feedback
5: AC Design
6: IC Design
7: System Design
8: IC Protection and Characterization