Low-Voltage CMOS VLSI Circuits, Vol. 1

Low-voltage very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits represent the electronics of the future. All electronic products are striving to reduce power consumption to create more economical, efficient, and compact devices. Despite the inevitable trend towards low-voltage, few books address the technology needed. Geared to the needs of engineers and designers in the field, this comprehensive volume presents a remarkably detailed analysis of one of today's hottest and most compelling research techniques for VLSI systems.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

"...a comprehensive review written by a well-known expert in the field...contains 431 ready-to-use circuit diagrams and related figures of CMOS static and dynamic logic circuits... with 293 valuable references from the latest research."

A comprehensive guide to cutting-edge low-voltage CMOS VLSI circuit techniques Despite the inevitable trend toward low-voltage VLSI circuits, few books address the technology, and none at as comprehensive a level as this one. Geared to the needs of engineers and designers in the field, this unique volume presents a remarkably detailed analysis of one of the hottest and most compelling research topics in micro- electronics today?namely, low-voltage CMOS VLSI circuit techniques for VLSI systems. It features complete guidelines to diversified low-voltage and low-power circuit techniques, emphasizing the role of submicron and CMOS processing technology and device modeling in the circuit designs of low-voltage CMOS VLSI. Indispensable topics and study aids include:

• 431 ready-to-use circuit diagrams and related figures of CMOS static and dynamic logic circuits
• Volatile and nonvolatile VLSI memory circuits, including the newly introduced ferroelectric RAM (FRAM)
• Low-voltage CMOS VLSI systems, along with components, CPUs, FPUs, and DSPs
• Microprocessor systems using low-voltage SOI and BiCMOS technologies
• 293 valuable references from the latest research papers
• End-of-chapter problems (a solutions manual is also available)

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Features guidelines to diversified low-voltage and low-power circuit techniques, emphasizing the role of submicron and CMOS processing technology and device modeling in the circuit designs of low-voltage CMOS VLSI. Coverage includes volatile and nonvolatile VLSI memory circuits<-->including the newly introduces ferroelectric RAM (FRAM)<-->difficulties in CMOS dynamic logic circuits for low- voltage operation, and microprocessor systems using low-voltage SOI and BiCMOS technologies. The book is written for undergraduate senior and first-year graduate students, with the arrangement designed for a three-unit course. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

JAMES B. KUO is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University. A highly recognized expert in the field, Professor Kuo has published numerous papers as well as three books on CMOS VLSI.

JEA-HONG LOU holds a PhD in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University. His research specialty is circuit design for CMOS VLSI.