Fundamentals of Microelectronics, 2ed, 2013.pdf

Thefirsteditionofthisbookwaspublishedin2008andhasbeenadoptedbynumerous universitiesaroundtheglobeforundergraduatemicroelectronicseducation.Inresponse tothefeedbackreceivedfromstudentsandinstructors,thissecondeditionentailsanumber ofrevisionsthatenhancethepedagogicalaspectsofthebook: 1.Numeroussidebarshavebeenaddedthroughoutthetextonthehistoryandappli- cationsofelectronicdevicesandcircuits,helpingthereaderremainengagedand motivatedandallowingtheinstructortodrawuponreal-lifeexamplesduringthelec- ture.Thesidebarsareintendedtodemonstratetheimpactofelectronics,elevatethe reader’sunderstandingoftheconcepts,orprovideasnapshotofthelatestdevelop- mentsinthefield. 2.Achapteronoscillatorshasbeenadded.Anaturaldescendentoffeedbackcircuits, discreteandintegratedoscillatorshavebecomeindispensibleinmostdevicesand hencemeritadetailedstudy. 3.Theend-of-chapterproblemshavebeenrearrangedtobetteragreewiththeprogres- sionofthechapter.Also,toallowthereadertoquicklyfindtheproblemsforeach section,thecorrespondingsectiontitleshavebeenadded.Moreover,thechallenging problemshavebeenrankedintermsoftheirdifficultylevelbyoneortwostars. 4.Sincestudentsoftenaskfortheanswerstoproblemssoastocheckthevalidityoftheir approach,theanswerstoeven-numberedproblemshavebeenpostedonthebook’s website. 5.Varioustypographicalerrorshavebeencorrected. Iwishtothankallofthestudentsandinstructorswhohaveprovidedvaluablefeedback inthepastfiveyearsandhelpedmedecideontherevisionsforthisedition. BehzadRazavi January2013