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Summary: Surprisingly Shallow
Review: Like any book that tries to cover "everything" it ends up superficial. I have worked in analog design for close to 8 years and I tought at a top analog school in california. I find this book a disappointment. It tries to cover digital CMOS but it fails because it doesn't go into neither high speed implementation artifacts nor state of the art low speed architectures (Use Rabaey or Neil Weste if you're serious about digital CMOS). As for analog design, the book wastes a jungle-worth of paper on layers and layout rules but never goes into the real problems in layout. If you truly want to know about layout, go to the unparalleled reference by Alan Hasting. As for Analog circuit design, the coverage is very shallow and is not useful at all. No real implementation problems and no state of the art coverage. The best analog circuit design books in my opinion are (in order of prefernece) 1: Jones and Martin 2: Gray and Meyer (mostly BJT though) 3: Razavi's Analog circuit design book. Use any of these books if you're serious about circuits. As for Baker's book, I wouldn't recommend it for the serious and I wouldn't pick it for a class I teach. I'm truly surprised that IEEE press would publish this book!!!
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Summary: a good handbook...
Review: Quite surprising that actually this book is published by IEEE. Simple to understand and quite brief.This book is good as a handbook. Cover general and a broad coverage of analogue digital and mixed signal design. Comes with simple layout programme (have to download it). Yes for reference, but definitely not enough detailed explanation as a classroom textbook!
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Summary: Clear, concrete, comprehensive, self-contained CMOS text
Review: The best of books say something important, and say it well. CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation by Baker, Li, and Boyce is such a book. Rather than an opinion-free text, it's insight mixed with experience; when something is important, they tell you it's important. The style is very clear, the copious graphics help explain and cement the ideas, and the numerous worked exercises, which apply the theory just developed, allow the exposition to flow -- it makes sense, the transitions are smooth and well motivated, and there are a lot of very good ideas and clever circuits in the book. In addition to design, layout, and simulation of digital, analog, and mixed signal circuits (including memory circuits, Schmitt Triggers, PLLs, A2Ds, D2As, and VCOs), there is enough background in device physics to justify the equations underlying the theory. The exposition is exceptional. The figures are usually on the same or facing page so you can look at what's being described. Derivations are worked out with a wealth of schematics and small signal models. The book is centered on CMOS, so there's no need to translate bipolar designs from earlier classic texts like Gray and Meyer. The treatment is up to date, with recent research results included and explained. The book is comprehensive, complete, self-contained, and practical; it's anchored in a real process, works with (but does not require) the LASI CAD software, and provides ready access to design information, from the inside front cover summaries to a chapter on extracting parameters from BSIM models for hand calculation through the process and design rules in the appendices. The only significant omission is a description of metastability, and how to reduce its impact. This book is a creation of care and craft. It is a joy to read and to review. []
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Summary: Book's Problem Solutions and Figures
Review: The solutions to the end-of-chapter problems and the figures seen in "CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation," are found at the book's website. They are in pdf format and can be downloaded (for free) by anyone.
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Summary: Book's Problem Solutions and Figures
Review: The solutions to the end-of-chapter problems and the figures seen in "CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation," are found at the book's website. They are in pdf format and can be downloaded (for free) by anyone.
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Summary: Excellent First time learning as well as Reference
Review: This book is an excellent learning source for Integrated circuit design. It is written in a manner that is easy to read and uderstand yet still gives a full general overview of the material. No IC designer should be with out this book.
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Summary: Very good reference book on CMOS circuit design
Review: This book presents a good overview of CMOS circuits from fundamentals to current design techniques. This book is perfect for a senior-level or graduate-level course as well as for the practicing engineer who wants to come up-to-date quickly with current CMOS circuit design techniques. Some areas where the book could be improved include layout issues, but this does not diminish in any way its usefulness.
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Summary: This is a excellent book on CMOS design
Review: This book provides excellent details on CMOS design using a software called LASI. I like the detail description on how to convert a layout into spice netlist.
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Summary: This is a great book
Review: This is a great book. Highly recommended. The only gripes I have is that it took 3 weeks to get it instead of the 2-3 days advertised.
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Summary: Good buy for learning CMOS layout and design
Review: This is a great deal for learning about CMOS for the first time. The book is very well written and explains everything well. Also, you have access to great (and free) software to use in the aid of learning the material.
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