This textbook deals with the analysis and design of analog CMOS integrated circuits, emphasizing recent technological developments and design paradigms that students and practicing engineers need to master to succeed in todays industry. Based on the authors teaching and research experience in the past ten years, the text follows three general principles: (1) Motivate the reader by describing the significance and application of each idea with real-world problems; (2) Force the reader to look at concepts from an intuitive point of view, preparing him/her for more complex problems; (3) Complement the intuition by rigorous analysis, confirming the results obtained by the intuitive, yet rough approach. Features This book employs many examples in each chapter to further illustrate the concepts. Each chapter ends with with numerous problems- ranging from moderate to difficult- to provide extensive exercises for classroom usage. This book presents not only analysis but synthesis, that is, it describes the thought process behind the evolution of each circuit topology, teaching the reader how and why each modification is done to the basic idea. The problem sets at the end of each chapter are designed to methodically enhance and polish the readers analytical skills. While the focus is on CMOS circuits, the analysis and design techniques described in the book also apply to other IC technologies as well. Since the preview edition, two new chapters have been added, oscillators and phase-locked loops. An expanded book Web site includes a downloadable version of the solutions manual.
