INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN

The extensively-revised Fourth Edition of CMOS VLSI Design brings together today’s most important and widely-used techniques for designing complex, high-performance CMOS Systems-on-Chip. Exceptionally accessible to beginners, it offers unparalleled breadth and depth for more experienced readers. Renowned authors David Money Harris and Neil Weste thoroughly introduce every key element of VLSI design. They present full chapters on delay, power, interconnect, and robustness; a start-to-finish tutorial chapter on SPICE circuit simulation, extensive new coverage of datapath, array, and special-purpose building blocks; and expanded coverage of power consumption throughout. Topics covered also include: non-ideal transistor behaviors and their design implications; simplified RC delay models and Logical Effort techniques; leakage and low-power design; high-performance domino circuits; modern clocking and latching; high-performance CMOS adders; and much more. Throughout, Harris and Weste draw upon immense industry and classroom experience, linking theory with practice more effectively than in any competitive book. For example, they present unsurpassed circuit-level coverage, emphasizing practical circuits used in commercial chips. They also present a rich set of problems and worked examples, including 250 exercises; as well as Historical Perspective and Pitfall sections revealing crucial lessons from actual projects.

For both introductory and advanced courses in VLSI design, this authoritative, comprehensive textbook is highly accessible to beginners, yet offers unparalleled breadth and depth for more experienced readers.

The Fourth Edition of CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems perspective presents broad and in-depth coverage of the entire field of modern CMOS VLSI Design. The authors draw upon extensive industry and classroom experience to introduce today’s most advanced and effective chip design practices. They present extensively updated coverage of every key element of VLSI design, and illuminate the latest design challenges with 65 nm process examples. This book contains unsurpassed circuit-level coverage, as well as a rich set of problems and worked examples that provide deep practical insight to readers at all levels.