Product Description

This text considers the physical operation of devices, the basics of semiconductors and PN Junction, bipolar junction transistor operation and MOSFET operation. The result is a gradual introduction to these ideas within the context of their importance where they are needed. First published in 1982, this text offered a different way to teach electrical engineers about electronic circuits. This fourth edition has been extensively revised and includes information on devices and circuits, analogue circuits and digital circuits. An intructor's manual with transparency masters is available free of charge with this text (0-19-511769-7).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #470812 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 371 pages

Customer Reviews

Great!!!
This book is not recommended for begginers.It has an in-depth analysis of most of subjects that one can encounter in his undergraduate courses in Microelectronics,thus making it a proper choice for anyone that is having the will to read hard,but gain a lot!!!

The Ultimate Reference for Microelectronic Circuit Design
"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.

Good stuff
Firstly, a few moans. For a book that has the words "International Student Edition" emblazoned on the top of it, this is a remarkably non-international book. The examples seem to use 110V/60Hz exclusively, and SI units are not used. On top of that, the units used in the worked examples quite frequently jump around, e.g., start in V, answer given in mV.

My only other real complaint is the shear weight of the book. Not easy to hold in one hand whilst drinking a beverage.

Since I bought the book to brush up on my electronics, I can't fault the technical content.