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
