The VLSI Handbook

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Features

  • Covers the latest technologies in VLSI circuit design, fabrication, and testing
  • Provides articles on research and applied technology
  • Focuses on key issues facing the integrated circuit industry including the scaling of circuits, fabrication process, and materials, CAD simulation tools for design and testing, etc.
  • Discusses automating the design process
  • Summary

    Over the years, the fundamentals of VLSI technology have evolved to include a wide range of topics and a broad range of practices. To encompass such a vast amount of knowledge, The VLSI Handbook focuses on the key concepts, models, and equations that enable the electrical engineer to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of very large-scale integrated circuits. It provides the most up-to-date information on IC technology you can find.

    Using frequent examples, the Handbook stresses the fundamental theory behind professional applications. Focusing not only on the traditional design methods, it contains all relevant sources of information and tools to assist you in performing your job. This includes software, databases, standards, seminars, conferences and more.

    The VLSI Handbook answers all your needs in one comprehensive volume at a level that will enlighten and refresh the knowledge of experienced engineers and educate the novice. This one-source reference keeps you current on new techniques and procedures and serves as a review for standard practice. It will be your first choice when looking for a solution.

    Table of Contents

    VLSI
    VLSI Technology: A System Perspective
    CMOS/BiCMOS Technology
    Bipolar Technology
    Silicon on Insulator Technology
    SiGe Technology
    SiC Technology
    Passive Components
    Power IC Technologies
    Noise in VLSI Technologies
    Micromachining
    Microelectronics Packaging
    Multichip Module Technologies
    Channel Hot Electron Degradation-Delay in MOS Transistors Due to Deuterium Anneal
    Devices and Their Models
    Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) Circuits
    RF Passive IC Components
    Circuit Simulations
    Analog Circuit Simulation
    Interconnect Modeling and Simulation
    Power Simulation and Estimation in VLSI Circuits
    Amplifiers
    CMOS Amplifier Design
    Bipolar Amplifier Design
    High-Frequency Amplifiers
    Operational Transconductance Amplifiers
    Logic Circuits
    Expressions of Logic Functions
    Basic Theory of Logic Functions
    Simplification of Logic Expressions
    Binary Decision Diagrams
    Logic Synthesis with AND and OR Gates in Two Levels
    Sequential Networks with AND and OR Gates
    Logic Synthesis with AND and OR Gates in Multi-Levels
    Logic Properties of Transistor Circuits
    Logic Synthesis with NAND (or NOR) Gates in Multi-Levels
    Logic Synthesis with a Minimum Number of Negative Gates
    Logic Synthesizer with Optimizations in Two Phases
    Logic Synthesizer by the Transduction Method
    Emitter-Coupled Logic
    CMOS
    Pass Transistors
    Adders
    Multipliers
    Dividers
    Full-Custom and Semi-Custom Design
    Programmable Logic Devices
    Gate Arrays
    Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
    Cell-Library Design Approach
    Comparison of Different Design Approaches
    Memory, Registers, and System Timing
    System Timing
    ROM/PROM/EPROM
    SRAM
    Embedded Memory
    Flash Memories
    Dynamic Random Access Memory
    Low-Power Memory Circuits
    Analog Circuits
    Nyquist-Rate ADC and DAC
    Oversampled Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters
    RF Communication Circuits
    PLL Circuits
    Continuous-Time Filters
    Switched-Capacitor Filters
    Microprocessor and ASIC
    Timing and Signal Integrity Analysis
    Microprocessor Design Verification
    Microprocessor Layout Method
    Architecture
    ASIC Design
    Logic Synthesis for Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Technology
    Test and Testability
    Testability Concepts and DFT
    ATPG and BIST
    CAD Tools for BIST/DFT and Delay Faults
    Compound Semiconductor Digital Integrated Circuit Technology
    Materials
    Compound Semiconductor Devices for Digital Circuits
    Logic Design Principles and Examples
    Logic Design Examples
    Design Automation
    Internet Based Micro-Electronic Design Automation (IMEDA) Framework
    System -Level Design
    Synthesis at the Register Transfer Level and the Behavioral Level
    Performance Modeling and Analysis in VHDL
    Embedded Computing Systems and Hardware/Software Co-Design
    Design Automation Technology Roadmap
    Algorithms and Architect
    Algorithms and Architectures for Multimedia and Beamforming Array Processings in Communication Systems
    Design Languages
    Design Languages
    Hardware Description in Verilog: An Introductory Tutorial