Introduction to VLSI Circuits and Systems

A Complete and accessible introduction to modern digital VLSI design

Clearly Written for both classroom use and self-stuwritten and drawings, John. Uyemura's comprehensive introduction to modern VLSI design makes the subject accessible to students and professionals from a broad range of backgrounds, such s electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. The text presents CMOS logic circuits, fabrication, and layout in a cohesive manner that links the material together with the system-level considerations.

• Throughout, the text emphasizes the top-down design procedure used to engineer complex VLSI chips, which enables readers to see the tradeoffs that occur at all levels of the design hierarchy. You'll learn how to compare different solutions to a CMOS logic implementation problem, and how the choices affect the overall outcome.

  Features

• Presents a comprehensive treatment of modern VLSI design.

• An accompanying CD-ROM containing student versions of Verilog® and SPICE simulators that can be run on a Windows® PC operating system.

• Includes an easy-to-read, self-contained chapter on Verilog® HDL.

• Many examples address system-level considerations.

• Numerous problems throughout the text illustrate key concepts.

• Demonstrates the interaction of system-level design with lower-level considerations of switching speed and silicon real estate.

• Covers the design of high-speed CMOS logic circuits.

Booknews

Uyemura (engineering, Georgia Inst. of Tech.) presents this text on the foundations of digital CMOS VLSI systems design, suitable for use in a first year, senior-level course in the fields of electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. It is also suitable to use in a first-year graduate course supplemented with journal articles, and for self-study by students and professionals. No previous background in VLSI or CMOS is required, but the reader is assumed to have taken the core curriculum in electrical or computer engineering, including courses in digital logic design and electrical circuit analysis. An accompanying CD-ROM contains student versions of Verilog and SPICE simulators than can be run on a Windows PC operating system. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor John P. Uyemura was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up in Ontario, Oregon, the home of the "Tater Tot". After attending Oregon State University for two years, he transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his BS in Electrical Engineering in 1974. He continued his graduate studies at Berkeley where he earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in l977 and l978.

Dr. Uyemura's studies focused on electromagnetic theory, fiber optics, and solid-state physics. In addition to research in these areas, he taught courses in Electromagnetics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, leading him to commit to a teaching career.

He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in l978 and has helped develop academic programs in integrated circuits, fiber optics, and VLSI (very large scale integration) design. Professor Uyemura consults with industry in the areas of CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) circuit design and semiconductor memories. His hobbies include the guitar and amateur astronomy.