DRAM Circuit Design : A Tutorial

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Summary: Good tutorial into memory design field.
Review: After reading the book, in my opinion, it covers the major points of memory design. From functional overview, memory cell, array architecture, decoding, redundancy to interface. Attached with major circuit diagrams, as well as waveforms that show cricial signal timings, I think this book serves as a complete overview to DRAM design. Another plus is the reference paper listing in the book is clear and helpful to the readers who want to continue to explore in the field.

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Summary: concise and practical
Review: As an EE student in CMOS VLSI design, I find that this book is very useful to erase the gap between the classic CMOS digital/analog design textbooks and journals, such as IEEE J. solid state circuits. Chapter 3 Array architecture is particularly interesting. Strongly recommend this book to the students who are interested in pursuing a career in CMOS VLSI design.

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Summary: Easy and practical
Review: I like this book because the authors explain the DRAM concept in plain Ebglish. Besides the easy-to-understand part, the authors also list the reasons why certains things cannot be done. I think this is great because most of books only tell the readers how to design the circuit but fail to mention the tradeoff behind that.

Overall, this book is really a good tutorial for people who are interested in the DRAM design.

Rating:
Summary: Easy and practical
Review: I like this book because the authors explain the DRAM concept in plain Ebglish. Besides the easy-to-understand part, the authors also list the reasons why certains things cannot be done. I think this is great because most of books only tell the readers how to design the circuit but fail to mention the tradeoff behind that.

Overall, this book is really a good tutorial for people who are interested in the DRAM design.