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Excellent
This edition is as useful as the earlier editions. Besides providing insight on almost all the topics of VLSI, the third edition also addresses several issues related to the sub-micron technology.

Rich engineering information from practice in VLSI
I have more than 15 integrated circuit design text book, this new edition is one of the best. It bridges academy with industry for VLSI, I like the part about "pitfalls" very much, it provides real lessons what industry has experienced. I like the way this book surveys related topics, for example, sequential circuits topics. It has a brief and good coverage on low power topic(covered in sections in differenct chapters). It also introduces Hspice with useful commands not seen in other text books.
Fantastic Text
The best book on VLSI out there!A must for all designers and professionals.This book gives insight that very few books on VLSI give.Its a treasure and a book to remain in one's collection well after that first, difficult yet exciting, semester in VLSI.A superlative book and read! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers - General Information    2. Electronics - General    3. Integrated circuits    4. Logic Design    5. Metal oxide semiconductors, Co    6. Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Very large scale integration    10. design and construction    11. Electrical engineering    12. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Good overview ... a bit thin on some subjects
Good power electronics textbook.I use it for my power electronics courseat Worcester Polytechnic Institute.It covers a lot of material well,including switching power converters, thermal and magnetics design.It's abit thin in some important subjects, such as current mode control.Read more

Subjects:  1. Electric Wiring & Currents    2. Electric current converters    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Power Resources    6. Power electronics    7. Power semiconductors    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Semiconductors    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Electrical engineering    13. Electronics & Communications Engineering    14. Technology / Power Resources   

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still a bible
This book is not for undergrad. But if you want to be a guru, you still find this book very useful.

A classic work
If there should at all be one point against this book, then it is that it is a priced high (at least in my country). However I found that the text was worth the investment. This book is one of those must-haves for every electronics engineer. A classic textbbok for semiconductor physics
As well known, this book is one of the classic books for semicoductor physics. It provides a lot of information in various devices, although some probably is outdated. However, as I know, the author was trying to tell the readers why and how semiconductor devices become what we see today. Because only we know about what the pioneers thinked, we can further modify or invite new semiconductor devices. I must agree that this book is not so easy to follow and read, but, don't froget, this book is devoted for advanced semiconductor physics course. It assumes the reader is already familiar with some foundamental semiconductor knowledge! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Semiconductors    2. Physics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Semiconductors    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    8. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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Disappoiting
The book is too theory-oriented; not suitable for engineers. I felt disappointed.
Great book.
Difficult Side
not a good starting point
This is not a good book to start with. The book by Gray and Meyer and Hurst and Lewis is anyday much much better than this book. This book does not care to explain the meaning of small-signal operation and analysis and even such basic important aspects such as biasing and more subtler aspects in later chaters in feedback theory etc etc. It is not at all a good starting point. The excersises are good. Still not at all comparable to analysis and design of analog integrated circuits by gray and meyer... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Engineering    2. Design and construction    3. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Linear integrated circuits    6. Metal oxide semiconductors, Co    7. Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Circuits & components    12. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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Not A Must Own, But A Good Book
Today, product performance requirements and environmental concerns force designers and productassemblers to become more aware and involved in electronic packaging and interconnect decisions than ever before. Product performance requirements spiral from the effects of increasing operatingspeed, decreasing package size, lowering cost, and reducing time to market.These spiraling requirements decrease the emphasis on traditional componentpackaging, raise new component packaging and handling issues, and placemore responsibility for packaging on the assembler, all the whileincreasing component and product complexity. Environmental concerns drivenew requirements for cleaning, interconnection, and reclaiming andconserving resources; and political responses to issues, previously beyondthe scope of influence on engineers and scientists. A Professional writes a professional book
I know Mr. Harper is well-known in electronic packaging field. His presentations have been read and studied in China. I think this book must be a best-seller in electronic packaging world. I wish I could buy one ifit is possible in China. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronic packaging    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Industrial Design - Packaging    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Electronics & Communications Engineering    9. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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not for novice!
It's a very good book but I think you need to have some knowledge of integrated circuit design and analysis before discovering this book.

Good Book
This is good book for Analog IC design, but very complex to understand.Quiet good for senior graduate students.

Thorough book
Many diagrams. Thorough.Discusses analog bipolar, CMOS & biCMOS design.
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Subjects:  1. Bipolar transistors    2. Computer-aided design    3. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. General    6. Linear integrated circuits    7. Metal oxide semiconductors    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Circuits & components    12. Electrical engineering    13. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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Excellent Condition
The book is in great condition and was ok for the price. Ad i couldnt find it in any of my university book stores

useful theoretical tools for designing devices
For over thirty years, Green's functions have been used to calculate effects in solid state physics. But usually for pure research, destined to be written up in scientific journals. Here, Datta offers some outreach. There is indeed quite a lot of theory presented. But there is a corresponding emphasis on the latest materials fabrication abilities, including the making of nanotubes and quantum dots.
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Subjects:  1. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    2. Quantum Theory    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    7. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Great Primer
If you have no knowledge of semiconductors and you want to learn this is THE book. Currently I am using it for my undergraduate course in semiconductor devices and its explanations and presentation of material is wonderful.
Great book!
As a junior in college studying semiconductors, I can attest that this book has been enormously helpful in my studies, and much better than the required text.
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Subjects:  1. Electricity    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semiconductors    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Transistors    8. Electronic devices & materials    9. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Im a little worried
I just finished reading chapter one.I know it is quite early to make judgements, but already I'm starting to feel uneasy. As someone who has always enjoyed physics and math(and done well) I feel a little more insight into what is trying to be explained would be great.Im a student at the authors institution so I think thats why we have to use this book.I agree with others that there is a lot of waisted commentary so far, but it may prove to be usefull later.It just seems like a lot is thrown into one chapter and doesn't really mix well.More time, or more explanation about what is trying to be explained would greatly benefit the first chapter.

Pretty Good Overall
I'm an undergrad physics/engineering student.I thought this book was reasonably well written and clear.It could benefit from more example problems, and some solution techniques.
Wordy, some explanations are not clear, can be better.
I finished chapter 7. The authors do not show each step how to get the equations. Instead, a lot of math steps are missing. Unless you are good at math and recall all the fundamental physics equations, you will spend a lot of time to derive the equations by yourself. Without derive the equations, you can only accept the results without any insight. This book tries to cover introduction materials and more advanced materials.
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Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semiconductors    6. Solid State Electronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Electronic devices & materials    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

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good graduate level text
Lam addresses an increasingly troubling problem in semiconductor design. As the transistor count keeps climbing, how to adequately simulate and test a chip?
good depth and breadth on both simulation and formal stuff
Finally a book on both simulation and formal verification with good depth. My company uses both tools on a daily basis.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Engineering    2. Digital Computer Hardware    3. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    4. Electronics - Semiconductors    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Integrated Circuits    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Verification    11. Electronics engineering    12. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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Great for LED Device info, Short on Process Technology
It is a great book for pople interested in the LED device. It is disappointing in people interested in the processing to make the device. I hope Prof. Schubert will add that dimension in his next book on this topic.

Good level for advanced undergraduate/1st-yr grad student
Schubert (RPI) has written an excellent book on LEDs that manages to explain and derive simple quantitative models for many phenomena of current interest. He tackles issues such as resonant cavity LEDs, reliability/surface recombination issues, current spreading theory, etc. Many monographs are a compendium of results in the field with hundreds of references to papers, which are briefly discussed, and are written by several authors. In contrast, Schubert, while giving copious references, is the sole author, leading to a coherent presentation well suited to learning. There are plentiful and good figures and drawings, as well as many exercises and solutions integrated into the text.There are no back of chapter problems, but this is not really a text for lower level undergraduates.

for PHD only
This book is for master , PHD or higher.Lots of graduate school physics, math.Researcher, scientest engineering grad. school student may find it useful for studying light emmiting semiconductor material.I was a electrical engineer myself. I am tring to find practical applications of LED and LED products design technics find this book not very useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    2. Physics    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    6. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Clarification of previous review
As a reader of this book and a user of Impulse C I feel that I should clarify some of the previous reviewer's comments.While "weirdweird" is clearly knowledgeable about FPGAs, he (or she) is confused about the programming and execution model used by Impulse C.
Very mixed
Let's start on the positive side. This book is very current - it mentions the recent Cray and SGI FPGA accelerators as part of the reason for programmers to learn about FPGAs. It goes through some interesting and practical examples, showing how a C program can be used to specify the synthesizable logic for triple DES, including time/space tradeoffs. It gives some hardware awareness, without trying to turn a programmer into an EE. Best of all, it shows practical use of Impulse C, an ANSI C extension that supports pragma-driven pipelining and parallelism. Impulse C, by the way, seems to have an exceptional pedigree. It seems to descend from Maya Gokhale's work at Los Alamos, and there isn't much better parentage for such a product to claim.
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Subjects:  1. C (Computer program language)    2. C (Programming Language)    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Field programmable gate arrays    5. Parallel programming (Computer science)    6. Programmable Logic Design    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Computer Programming    11. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

Subjects:  1. Amorphous semiconductors    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Liquid crystal displays    5. Materials    6. Optics    7. Optoelectronic devices    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Semiconductors    10. Silicon    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Amorphous    14. Applications    15. Electronic devices & materials    16. Materials science    17. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Essential text
This is an essential text for engineers, scientists, and graduate students working in the semiconductor field.It contains a thorough review of all major electrical, optical, and physical characterization methods that are commonly used.Descriptions of techniques are generally conceptually oriented, clearly stated, and do not rely excessively on equations.In addition, many useful figures are included to help explain concepts when introduced.Up to date references are included for essentially every technique mentioned.

Great reference
Schroder has compiled an extensive and very nearly complete guide to modern characterization techniques that apply mostly to semiconductors and solid state devices, but also to techniques used in general materials analysis.We used this text in a graduate level course in EE and found it easy to read through and concise for use as a quick reference.Well worth the money.

Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization
This book offers an outstanding review of various techniques of semiconductor device processing.It is the type of book that is an invaluable reference to the device engineer.It's breadth is outstanding. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Semiconductors    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Material Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semiconductors    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Testing    9. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    10. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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Essential for Circuit Designers
Dr. Allen estalished methodological analysis and design principles of CMOS analog circuits, especially in op amps and filters. As the author's publicity tells, this book (and 1st edition) turned a magic of analog circuits and systems to straight forward design flow. As an analog and mixed signal designer, this book is always within my reach on the desk.

Very Good Analog IC Design Textbook but not Gray and Meyer
Allen & Holberg is a book you should add to your library if you are a mixed signal designer or applications engineer.It is particularly strong in switched capacitor circuits (ch 9) and A/D and D/A conversion circuits (ch 10).It is weak on high speed analog design, and weak in developing the intuition needed for analog design, something Gray and Meyer spends time on.I feel that the text reads much better than Razavi.go to www.aicdesign.org for the book errata.

excellent book
It is an excellent reference book for the Cmos designers and wannabes, it is a very easy follow through and has very detailed examples, very good. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Engineering    2. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Integrated Circuits    6. Linear integrated circuits    7. Metal Oxide Semiconductors (Mos)    8. Metal oxide semiconductors, Co    9. Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Circuits & components    14. Engineering & Technology | Electrical & Computer Engineering    15. Technical design    16. Technology / Engineering / General   

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Best Text I've Had
While I maybe be biased in saying this is the best text I've had at a certain school (where the author teaches), I feel this book makes a solid effort at covering the material.The book is organized nicely and the end of chapter questions always relate to the chapter material.
Excellent Product!
I recieved a book in excellent condition at a very good price.I would definately purchase from this company in the future and recommend that you do the same.

A great text, some room for improvement
Pierret is an excellent author and explains fundamental concepts in plain language. After the initial treatment of Miller indices and quantum mechanics, the coverage for pn diodes begins. This is where the book shines. The coverage is extremely thorough, the derivations are done without skipping any important calculations (unless they're unnecessary or too complex for the scope of the book), and the reader is always pointed toward the most important results. This coverage serves an excellent preparation for studying the BJT, which is likewise covered well. Done especially well are the energy band diagrams for pn junctions and BJTs. Pierret understands that knowing the energy band diagrams well means knowing the device well and emphasizes this fact.
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Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. General    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Semiconductor Storage Devices    7. Semiconductors    8. Technology    9. Circuits & components    10. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

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No circuit analysis at ALL
This book was used for an upper level graduate course at my university.Unfortunately, all of the homeworks used questions from this textbook, and we were not able to complete ANY of them using the analysis (or lack there of) covered in this text.We struggled to find answers in this book, but eventually found the answers using other textbooks or notes we gained from other professors and classes.
Lee's disdain for rigor is antithetical to the competent practice of engineering
Professor Lee's disdain for rigorous analysis, explicitly stated in numerous places in this book, sets a poor example for his students and the engineering community.
A history oriented book that covers many areas
This book covers many areas within RFIC design from component
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Subjects:  1. Computer Engineering    2. Design and construction    3. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Metal oxide semiconductors, Co    6. Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary    7. Radio    8. Radio frequency integrated cir    9. Radio frequency integrated circuits    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Transmitter-receivers    14. Circuits & components    15. Communications engineering / telecommunications    16. Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary--Design and construction    17. Technology / Microwaves   

Reviews (7)

FEEDBACK
This book is not for begineer like me, I graduated as a Computer Engineer and really have problem learning this book. I suggest to read the Semiconductor Fundamentals same author before buying this book

Complicated material written in a very concise manner.
On a quick scan at first the material covered in this book appears intimidating. It covers concepts of quantum physics like Schr�dinger equation; Blotch theorem;Kronig-Penney model; Brillouin zones and then covers the semiconductor physics as Fermi levels; carrier transportation. The book covers a lot of fairly complicated material in a very concise and explanatory manner.Just by the sheer difficulty of the material; I would suggest taking a course to help alleviate the pain of self-tutoring.

Very nice book
Very nice book. I especially liked the manner in which minimal essentials of solid-state physics was covered. In a short time you can get to know quite a bit of basic essentials of solid-state that a semiconductor device engr needs to know.
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Subjects:  1. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    2. Electronics - General    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Semiconductors    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    10. Technology / Electronics / General   

Subjects:  1. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    2. Electronics    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Electronics - General    5. Electronics - Semiconductors    6. Equipment, Appliances & Supplies    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Electronics engineering    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

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updated undergraduate text
[A review of the 5th edition.]
I was not impressed
I was not at all impressed with this book. I have found more information, with more clear illustrations and samples in books that are a fraction of the cost. The author makes several mistakes throughout this book regarding the fabrication of microchips. I did not find the book to be up to date as far as current standards and practices. I highly reccomend that anyone interested in this subject find a more current book. If a person is interested in fabrication techniques from 5 years ago, then this book will fit that need. If a person wants to be knowledgeable about current methods then avoid this book like the plague. I would get my money back if I could.

Good Read
If you have or are in the process of getting your EE, don't bother with this book.As the title says, it's a "Practical Guide" for folks that either have an interest in the topic or wish to get a bit deeper into the issues involved in wafer and semiconductor manufacturing due to job requirements etc... it is not a text book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronics - Circuits - VLSI    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Integrated circuits    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Semiconductors    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Microprocessors    11. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / VLSI