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Title: The Art of Analog Layout by Alan Hastings, Roy Alan Hastings ISBN: 0-13-087061-7 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $112.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly Recommended Book On Bipolar & CMOS
Comment: I own this book, as do several of my co-workers. At the time I purchased it, just after it became available, late 2002 if memory serves, I could find only a few books on the subject, including Dan Clein's 'CMOS IC Layout'. I was most happy with this book to teach analog layout techniques. I judged this book as the best, as it is more detailed, deeper, more technical, broader. (See my review of CMOS IC Layout for more comparisons.) There is a lot of bipolar, but even analog CMOS layout makes use of parasitic bipolar junction tranistors and parasitic field FETs that all high voltage analog mask designers need to deal with. Yes, it is arguably lite on ESD, and, as an experienced analog chip designer, I was sad that I could not find mention that CMOS FET and poly resistor matching is generally scaled by the square root of the area, and alot more engineering level detail could be included in that section. Still, this book is the best for analog layout techniques.
Rating: 3
Summary: Sadly disappointed
Comment: This book is lacking a great deal of information. First, approximately 60% to 70% deals with bipolar layout techniques, not CMOS which is what I was expecting to find. The common-centroid layout techniques were fairly well explained, but I did disagree on one or two of the matching configurations spelled out. More emphasis could have been given to the layout of pad circuitry for ESD robustness, capacitor matching, guard bars and top-level floorplanning of mixed-signal ASICs. However, I did find the processing chapters good and they hit the main points that are useful in layout.
Even though the author attempts to "dumb" the concepts down to make it more useful for general reference, he uses terms that are not common to most layout designers. Case in point: the term "chirality" is used to describe the symmetry of a given layout. Why not use the term "symmetry" which most people are very familiar with?
If you're a pro at analog layout, don't bother buying this book expecting to learn something new. Chances are, you know most of what is contained in the book. I wish I would've spent my [money] elsewhere. These views are also shared by my peers who have looked over the book and are well-versed in mixed-signal CMOS layout.
Rating: 4
Summary: Finally!!! A book about analog layout
Comment: Alan Hastings finally wrote a very good "first book" about analog layout. Most cmos design book fail to mention this very important topic. A good electronic design must be followed by a good layout. He also places special emphasis about matching devices. Like a said for all those budding layout designers. It's a good first step. Well done. Can't wait till your next edition. Only one complaint Alan, NO color pictures. Nobody's perfect.
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Title: IC Mask Design: Essential Layout Techniques by Christopher Saint, Judy Saint ISBN: 0071389962 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 24 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: CMOS IC Layout : Concepts, Methodologies, and Tools by Dan Clein ISBN: 0750671947 Publisher: Newnes Pub. Date: 08 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $57.95 |
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Title: IC Layout Basics : A Practical Guide by Christopher Saint, Judy Saint ISBN: 0071386254 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 05 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: CMOS Mixed-Signal Circuit Design by R. Jacob Baker ISBN: 0471227544 Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits by Behzad Razavi ISBN: 0072380322 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $159.05 |
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