Microelectronic Circuits: includes CD-ROM (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) [Hardcover]

Adel S. Sedra (Author), Kenneth C. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0195142519 | ISBN-13: 978-0195142518 | Edition: 5

This market-leading textbook continues its standard of excellence and innovation built on the solid pedagogical foundation that instructors expect from Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith. All material in the fifth edition of Microelectronic Circuits is thoroughly updated to reflect changes in technology-CMOS technology in particular. These technological changes have shaped the book's organization and topical coverage, making it the most current resource available for teaching tomorrow's engineers how to analyze and design electronic circuits.

Features of the Fifth Edition


·Streamlined Organizational Structure: The "must-cover" topics are placed first in each chapter; the more specialized material appears last. The first five chapters, Part I, are organized to form a coherent single-semester introductory course. Similarly, the next five chapters, Part II, present a body of material for a second one-semester course. The final four chapters, Part III, contain significant topics that can be used as enhancements or substitutes for some of the material in earlier chapters as well as resources for project or thesis work.


·MOSFETs and BJTs: Chapter 4 (MOSFETs) and Chapter 5 (BJTs) are completely rewritten. The MOSFET coverage is placed first but the two devices can be covered in any desired order.


·IC MOS and Bipolar Amplifiers: Chapter 6 (Single-Stage Integrated-Circuit Amplifiers) and Chapter 7 (Differential and Multistage Amplifiers) are completely rewritten to introduce IC MOS and bipolar amplifiers in an accessible, systematic way.


·Amplifier Frequency Response: Amplifier frequency response is now presented where needed (a "just-in-time" approach). This includes brief coverage of the frequency responses of the common-source and common-emitter amplifiers in Chapters 4 and 5, respectively.

Enhanced Student Support


·A new CD--packaged with every text--includes a free student version of PSpice 9.2 Lite Edition (SPICE simulator) and new industry-based design examples.


·Revised summary sections and many more summary tables are presented.


·Numerous new and varied review exercises and end-of-chapter problems are provided in addition to more SPICE examples with schematic captures.


·An accompanying website (http://www.sedrasmith.org) features:
--SPICE Models
--Links to industry and academic sites of related interest

Enhanced Instructor Support


·An Instructor's Manual with Transparency Masters contains solutions to all in-text exercises and end-of-chapter problems plus hard copy masters of transparency acetates. (978-0-19-517268-3)


·PowerPoint Overheads on CD contain all of the figures with captions from the main text.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An amazingly thorough, comprehensive textbook/reference for electronics."--Robert D. Adams, University of Alabama, Huntsville

"Best book ever published in electronics."--Farzan Aminian, Trinity University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Adel S. Sedra is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo and former Provost of the University of Toronto.
Kenneth C. Smith (KC) is Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Studies at the University of Toronto.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1392 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 5 edition (November 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195142519
• ISBN-13: 978-0195142518
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only for students who love to memorize., October 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical Engineering) (Hardcover)

Authors try too hard in explaining the basics, but are too lazy to explain the more "challenging", more practical topics. Beware of words like thus, obviously, etc. which are used as an excuse to not explain things. Like, you'll be reminded constantly that Vbe ~ 0.7V, but when it comes to giving explanations for some of the most important points, they'll let the reader figure out the reasons themselves. So please don't tell me there isn't enough space to explain "everything". In other words, if you're a student that likes to memorize rather than understand what's going on, then this book is for you, because the authors fail to inform. And there is plenty of material for you to memorize. The problem of not getting enough EE students to emphasize on analog circuits is partly due to poor textbooks on the subject. If Sedra was writing a book about dogs, a line in his book would go: Because dogs love to lick on bones, flying saucers are round.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Marginal quality, September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical Engineering) (Hardcover)

I was excited with this book. Some people told me it's a classic microelectronics textbook, yet I found a glaring deficiency in this book - the lack of in depth explanation and examples. The text material is clear and pretty fun read, but it gives a false sense of security that you understand the subject. And when the homework problems tell you that you don't fully understand the topic, the text does not help much in further understanding. I feel like the book is laughing at me now (you don't understand the concept, and I won't explain it to you, hahaha!). Bad book with an attitude problem! =)

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A very bumpy ride for a beginner, March 15, 2001

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This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical Engineering) (Hardcover)

I have tried my best to use this book as my primary textbook for introductory electronics. Unfortunately, my frustration with this book is still about the same. Every chapter or section starts out very clearly and seems to make perfect sense. But all of a sudden an avalanche of new information follwos in the form of (step-by-step)analysis and (tips) that no beginner student can possibly find intuitive. I got somethings out of this book, but only the very basic concepts. Advanced concepts are not covered with the biginner student in mind. Recently, I have come across the book by P.R. Gray and R.G. Meyer. Supposedly that is a higer level book than Sedra's. But it actually makes much more sense to me than "Microelectronic Circuits". I think it's much more structured,and geared toward developing the true understanding that a designer needs. I still use Sedra's book as a reference, however, every now and then.