Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical Engineering)

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Summary: The Ultimate Reference for Microelectronic Circuit Design
Review: "Microelectronic Circuits" progresses from the simplest concepts in electronics to the most complex. To gain the most out of the text, I would recommend to students to give particular attention to chapters 3, 4 and 5. In these chapters all the tools required to equip the student (engineer) for more advanced material are well presented in the simplest possible way, with well illustrated examples. The end of section self-assessment questions (SAQ) provide the student with the opportunity to reinforce what was learnt in previous section(s). Microelectronic Circuits is the only text to treat microeletronic circuit design in bipolar, CMOS and GaAs technologies at an introductory level with immense clarity and completeness. Thus Microelectronic Circuits is "The Ultimate Reference" for both analog and digital IC analysis and design, just as Paul Gray's Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits is for Analog Circuits.

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Summary: A complete text book for major engineers in electronics
Review: The three campus of the Universidad Veracruzana have selected this book for the Ingenieria Electronica, Ingenieria Electronica y Comunicaciones and Ingenieria en Instrumentacion Electronica. A series a four courses has been revised and adapted to this text book.

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Summary: Lots of worthless examples, but few words.
Review: This book has a lot of examples which I felt was going to help with the course, however; the written part of the book is dim. The text never really tells you what is going on which leaves a lot to be learned and a higher stress level in an introductory engineering class. This book would be a fine text for a more advanced course.

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Summary: The Bible of Electronics Fundamentals + more
Review: I have used this book in 3 courses and have seen the transformation of all editions. Having been taught by both authors at the University of Toronto, I can easily say that they both have an unparalleled grasp of microelectronics and where it is headed. At first it may seem a bit daunting but I do not know any student that doesn't always refer to it. It's value lies in the fact that it was written, revised and designed in a University environment where feedback from students and colleagues has made it the most thorough textbook I have ever owned. It is definitely THE book to read if you wish to understand the fundamentals of electronic design, both from a theoretical and practical point of view.

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Summary: No other text can compare
Review: A remarkable text in terms of scope and clarity. Vastly superior to all others in the field I have come across.

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Summary: I Live In Venezuela I`m studing engeeniering
Review: I study in the most important university that there is in this country, there in may carrer suggest me to buy this book. The Proffesors are very glad using this excellent book. I have one suggest to anybody that like electronics to buy it.

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Summary: Only for students who love to memorize.
Review: 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.

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Summary: continued commitment but a bit disappointed
Review: This book has a board coverage of the all the foundamental knowledge needed in the study of electronics. The examples are suitably designed. However, more emphasis should be given on the design. It could be more useful to the readers if the authors can relate the theories into real life application more often. Also, I agree with the rest that the CD-ROM enclosed in this book is a bit irrelevent or inappropriately designed. There should be more interactive examples. But to be fair, the idea is good. Hope my suggestion can be seen in the next edition.

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Summary: Reference Bible
Review: The level of the text is a bit high, but, still, this is The Bible of electronic circuits. No other text I have seen has such complete detail. It is *the* reference book.

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Summary: Good introductory electronics textbook
Review: The text itself is reasonably well written. A lot of examples. The CD that comes with the text, on the other hand, is useless. It would have been nice if the simulator actually works in any general cicuits.