ASIC Design in the Silicon Sandbox: A Complete Guide to Building Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits

ASIC Design in the Silicon Sandbox: A Complete Guide to Building Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits

<p><b>Discover How to Design, Build, and Optimize Customized Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for a Wide Variety of Uses</b></p> <p>Both inspirational and practical, <i>ASIC Design in the Silicon Sandbox</i> offers electronics engineers a hands-on guide to mixed-signal circuits and layouts. The book provides a detailed roadmap for designing and building custom circuits that are optimized for target devices, providing enhanced functionality and lowered cost in finished products.</p> <p>Written by circuit design expert Keith Elliott Barr, this complete resource covers everything from design and optimization methods to standard cell layouts to packaging and testing. Readers will find easy-to-apply information on peripheral circuits; specialty logic structures and memory; logic, binary mathematics, and processing; converters and switched-capacitor techniques; and much more. Filled with hundreds of helpful illustrations, <i>ASIC Design in the Silicon Sandbox</i> features:<ul> <li>A wealth of full-color standard cell layouts <li>Multiple approaches to amplifier, oscillator, bandgap, and other analog functions <li>Down-to-earth information on integrated circuit fabrication costs <li>Real-world advice on designing and optimizing custom integrated circuits <li>Practical examples of how to think through new design concepts <li>Step-by-step guidance on entering the fabless semiconductor industry</ul> <p><b>Inside This Cutting-Edge IC Design Reference</b></p> • The Sandbox • Fabs and Processes • Economics • Design Tools • Standard Cell Design • Peripheral Circuits • Specialty Logic Structures and Memory • Logic, Binary Mathematics, and Processing • Analog Circuits: Amplifiers • The Bandgap Reference • Oscillators, Phase Locked Loops, and RF • Converts and Switched-Capacitor Techniques • Packaging and Testing • Odds and Ends