Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits

by Paul R. Gray, Paul J. Hurst, Stephen H. Lewis, Robert G. Meyer

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0470245999

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Book Description

This is the only comprehensive book in the market for engineers that covers the design of CMOS and bipolar analog integrated circuits. The fifth edition retains its completeness and updates the coverage of bipolar and CMOS circuits.

A thorough analysis of a new low-voltage bipolar operational amplifier has been added to Chapters 6, 7, 9, and 11.

Chapter 12 has been updated to include a fully differential folded cascode operational amplifier example. With its streamlined and up-to-date coverage, more engineers will turn to this resource to explore key concepts in the field.

Book Reviews

"Intended both for students and as a reference for working engineers, the fifth edition of this popular engineering textbook is updated to include discussions of newly available integrated circuits as well as general advances in the field. Drawn from material taught to high level seniors and graduate students at the University of California's Berkeley and Davis engineering departments, the work covers such topics as the physics of bipolar and MOS transistors, the technology of integrated circuit (IC) fabrication and the design and uses of operational amplifiers as well as many advanced topics in IC principles and design." (Reference and Research Book News, February 2011)

Customer Reviews

The clarity is excellent. Just the right balance of text and equations. A pleasure to learn from!

For example, in the chapter on Current Mirrors, the authors get right to the heart of the subject matter very quickly, then give you an in-depth analysis. The flow keeps your attention and the equations are easy to follow. Very well written and to the point.

If you are serious about learning Analog Design this is the book for you.

A very, very complete book that is extremely helpful for basic IC design concepts. However, part of the challenge associated with such a broad book is that some of the derivations aren't explained in overwhelming detail. For example, it can be a little annoying to figure out how the author gets from one line to the next when they don't always explicitly state that an approximation was made. The book is also a little short on examples, but the ones that are included are very useful.

Finally, my biggest annoyance: The authors *constantly* reference equations and figures that are several (hundred) pages away. This is good for keeping the book to a reasonable size, but it is extremely tedious to look up references from all over the book just to get through a paragraph of explanation. This book has got to be the worst offender I've come across - I doubt there is a single repeated equation or figure in the entire book.

Even after those complaints, I'm giving it four stars because of the sheer amount of good, high quality information it contains.