Microelectronic Circuits Revised Edition (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) [Hardcover]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0195338839 | ISBN-13: 978-0195338836 | Edition: 5 Har/Cdr

Today's Technology. Tomorrow's Engineers. 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.

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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 Har/Cdr edition (August 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195338839
• ISBN-13: 978-0195338836
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent text - don't pay attention to negative reviews, March 23, 2009

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This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits Revised Edition (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)

I used this textbook as an undergraduate (back in the early/mid 90s), mostly as a supplement to our main texts (Horowitz and Hill - which was horrible; and Lloyd Fortney's, which was better, but still difficult in places). The biggest strength of the book (an early 90s or mid 90s edition, which I am referring to) was its extremely clear presentation of passive and active components, such as the transistor op amps. The book systematically takes you through several configurations in which opamps and transistors are used in a real setting, and shows how the cryptic rules of transistors are put into action. I could never figure this stuff out from Horowitz and Hill (a horrible book that oversimplifies things, to the point where you are unable to do real calculations, IMO). But with Sedra, you had a clear idea of the different designs, how to analyze them from the basic equations, and he includes all the relevant plots (I-V curves, Vin-Vout, etc) for each design, and all examples are presented in a nice box for pedagogic purposes. I can't think of a better book to learn the very basics of electronics. Trust me, I've looked at dozens of them. This one is the best and most pedagogic one. I can't believe the negative reviews below. If this book is used as a reference book, it is sure to help you understand how electronics works, and give you a sound foundation in how to analyze circuits.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, it's thick though, September 12, 2009

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This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits Revised Edition (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)

I received the book for one of my class. I was surprised by the size and weight of the book. It's a good book, explanations are thorough and it includes PSpice software that could help me doing my lab experiments using my own computer. I have never brought the book to class just because of the weight but I would definitely recommend this book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive circuits text, August 11, 2009

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This review is from: Microelectronic Circuits Revised Edition (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)

I teach a junior-level analog circuits class using Sedra & Smith. I chose it for the following reasons: (1) the explanations seem thorough, detailed, and lucid; the authors don't skip a lot of steps or sweep things under the rug; there are plenty of figures to illustrate key concepts; I really like the tables they include to compare/ contrast different concepts within chapters; they have initially cumbersome but ultimately useful and clear notation for distinguishing small- and large-signal quantities; (2) the scope of coverage is excellent -- device behavior (rudimentary device physics); simple transistor circuits giving equal time to FETs and bipolar transistors; more-advanced circuits including some IC circuits; and misc. topics including op-amps, feedback, power amplifiers, etc. -- it's all in there; students who buy this book will have a useful reference for years to come; (3) there are a lot of homework problems for each sub-section; (4) S&S have good support for SPICE: the text includes the free student version of PSPICE with all the examples from the text pre-loaded.

I have a handful of nitpicks: for a 5th edition there are still too many errors; I thought their chapter on feedback was rather cumbersome and so mostly skipped it in my class; and of course even in such an enyclopedic text one wishes they had included more of some topics (my own list including more on regulators and on practical usage of analog-to-digital converters). Though given the already hefty size of the text I don't blame them.

Unfortunately, the student version of PSPICE is too hobbled, allowing only a few active elements and unable to run some of the more-complex examples from the text. Next year I am advising my students to use alternate SPICE programs.

Overall, Sedra & Smith is the definitive text for intermediate circuits courses.