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Book SynopsisDealing with integrated circuit design and its fundamentals in silicon technology, the focus of this text is on the design of "application-specific" integrated circuits.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Integrated circuits - complexity and design: what is an IC?; standard-product ICs and ASICs; the complexity of ICs; the problems of design; hierarchical design and CAD; semi-custom and full-custom design. Part 2 Integrated circuit components and structures: technology and design; silicon technology; integrated circuit components; device structures for ICs. Part 3 Integrated circuit fabrication processes: basic fabrication processes; integrated circuit fabrication processes; mask requirements for ICs; defects, yield and costs. Part 4 MOS circuits for digital ICs: practical digital circuits; the MOS transistor; static CMOS circuits; N-MOS circuits; MOS switches and bistables. Part 5 Bipolar circuits for digital ICs: the bipolar transistor; the bipolar transistor as a switch; transistor-transistor logic (TTL); emitter coupled logic (ECL); comparison of circuit technologies; combines bipolar/CMOS technology (BiCMOS). Part 6 ASIC and programmable IC technologies: use of ASICs in electronic systems; standard cell and gate array ASICs; programmable logic devices; reconfigurable gate arrays; comparison of ASIC and PLD technologies. Part 7 Digital systems design for ICs: system design and simulation; system and circuit timing; chip testing and testability. Part 8 Practical cell-based IC design: design practice; full-custom and semi-custom design; fundamental design decisions; semi-custom design flow; CAD tools for cell-based design; design exercise. Part 9 Full-custom circuit and layout design: full-custom design flow; logic design for full-custom ICs; floorplan design; circuit design and simulation; cell layout; CAD tools for layout. Part 10 CMOS circuits for full-custom and analogue ICs: static integrated-logic circuits; dynamics logic circuits; semi-custom analogue/digital ICs; full-custom analogue CMOS design. Part 11 VLSI design and future trends: the problems of VLSI design; technology trends. Appendices: depletion layer capacitance; DC analysis of the CMOS inverter; transient analysis of the CMOS inverter; bistables in CMOS integrated circuits; digital and analogue hardware functions; the level 1 "most spice" parameters.
