Today, most, if not all microelectronic circuit design is performed with the aid of a computer-aided circuit analysis program. SPICE has become the industry standard software for computer-aided circuit analysis for microelectronic circuits. This text is ideal as a companion to Sedra &amp; Smith's Microelectronic Circuits, Third Edition, but is also a very effective standalone tutorial text on computer-aided circuit analysis using SPICE.

SPICE for Microelectronic Circuits

Sedra, Adel S.

Roberts, Gordon W.

Reference

Oxford University Press

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This book describes how Spice is used to analyze microelectronic circuits and more importantly, outline how Spice is used in the process of design itself. In many cases, most of the design effort is spent blindly searching for ways to improve the design itself using a brute-force hit-and-miss approach. The intention of this book is to avoid this pitfall and teach the reader what not to do with Spice. This is accomplisthed by keying each example of this text to those presented in Microelectronic Circuits, 3/E, where a complete hand analysis is provided. The beauty of this book is that it can also stand alone as a manual for compuer-aided circuit analysis for microelectronic circuits.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Integrated circuits incorporating both digital and analog functions have become increasingly prevalent in the semiconductor industry. Mixed-signal IC test and measurement has grown into a highly specialized field of electrical engineering. However, test engineering is still a relatively unknown profession compared to IC design engineering. It has become harder to hire and train new engineers to become skilled mixed-signal test engineers. The slow learning curve for mixed-signal test engineers is largely due to the shortage of written materials and university-level courses on the subject of mixed-signal testing. While many textbooks have been devoted to the subject of digital test and testability, the same cannot be said for analog and mixed-signal automated test and measurement. An Introduction to Mixed-Signal IC Test and Measurement is a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students as well as engineering professionals. It was written in response to the shortage of basic course material for mixed-signal test and measurement. The book assumes a solid background in analog and digital circuits as well as a working knowledge of computers and computer programming. A background in digital signal processing and statistical analysis is also helpful, though not absolutely necessary. This text encompasses the testing of both analog and mixed-signal circuits including many borderline examples. Digital testing is covered, but not as extensively because of the wealth of information on this topic already available. Examples and illustrations using state-of-the-art industrial technology enrich and enliven the presentation throughout. In considering the applications of this technology, the testing of large-scale mixed-signal circuits and individual circuits is introduced. The value-added benefits of mixed-signal IC testing to a manufacturer's product are clearly discussed, and the role of the test engineer is clearly defined.

An Introduction to Mixed-Signal IC Test and Measurement (The ^AOxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Science & Math

Burns, Mark

Experiments, Instruments & Measurement

Analog Signal Generation for Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) of Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits is a concise introduction to a powerful new signal generation technique. The book begins with a brief introduction to the testing problem and a review of conventional signal generation techniques. The book then describes an oversampling-based oscillator capable of generating high-precision analog tones using a combination of digital logic and D/A conversion. These concepts are then extended to multi-tone testing schemes without introducing a severe hardware penalty. The concepts are extended further to encompass piece-wise linear waveforms such as square, triangular and sawtooth waves. Experimental results are presented to verify the ideas in each chapter and finally, conclusions are drawn. For those readers unfamiliar with delta-sigma modulation techniques, a brief introduction to this subject is also provided in an appendix. The book is ideal for test engineers, researchers and circuits designers with an interest in IC testing methods.

Analog Signal Generation for Built-In-Self-Test of Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 312)

Lu, Albert K.

Springer

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