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ESD : RF Technology and Circuits

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RF design is quite complicated, especially for very high frequency range. ESD is an important concern in RF as it is a tough issue to deal with correctly and it can hurt RF performance if not done perfectly. A book with full coverage on ESD design in RF in advanced technologies is of key interest. This book by Dr. Voldman, a well-known IEEE fellow who has written a series of excellent books in ESD, provides a very rigorous and comprehensive treatment, from device to circuit to co-design to testing, and design methodology. The completeness of coverage is impressive. For example, device physics is becoming more and more important as technologies advance. In this book, physics and mechanisms are explained wherever needed to enhance readers' understanding. The explanations are accurate and easy to follow. There are lots of discussions on architectural level in Chapter 4, which are particularly helpful to the learning of design. Chapters 5 and 8 on bipolar might be optional in a book on digital design, but definitely needed in this book on RF design. Thorough treatment in SiGe (Ch. 6) and GaAs (Ch.7) is hard to find in other books. This book also includes modern approaches and methodologies, especially on computer aided design. I highly recommend this book to engineers and researchers interested in RF or ESD, or both. It serves as a great textbook for students. But even very experienced design engineers would find this book very useful as a learning book and reference guide.

Dr. Voldmans ESD and Latchup book Series is an excellent reference. I recommend them to engineers in my department who indeed use them with great success.

I have already had this book for a while. This one is the third book of the author's ESD book series which cover the most comprehensive topics related to ESD protection comparing with other ESD books. This one is also the only ESD book focusing on RF technology and circuits and it comes at the time when a growing interest is observed in ESD in RF technology and applications. RF ESD design is different and tough. This book gives a clear picture of how the RF ESD design is distinct from the basic ESD design practices, and then tells you how to design ESD protection for different RF applications. It has good amount of examples and plenty of new and updated data points and the latest developments in the field. I also like the way the author expose the reader to the patent art in the ESD field. The more my knowledge grew, the more I have appreciated returning to this book as a reference. I always keep it at hand for my ESD design projects.

This book, ESD: RF Technology and Circuits, is part of a 3-book series on Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) by the same author (Steven Voldman).

One of the main strengths of this series (and there are very many) is that this is very recently published with new and updated datapoints, not to mention being the only series of ESD textbook. Essentially, this means that all the latest developments in the field is published in an easy-to-understand series.

In this book, Voldman writes about the design of ESD protection circuits for RF designs in his unique style which is illuminating both for experts and beginners alike. ESD design for RF parts is highly complex, and a lot of the tricks and tips needed for high performance protection circuits are collected in this book. I highly recommend this book series to all students of integrated circuit design and ESD.