Architecture -- Logic -- Circuits and Layout -- Verification and Testing -- Tools -- Verilog.I am honored to write the foreword for Chandra Thimmannagari’s book on CPU design. Chandra’s book provides a practical overview of Microprocessor and high end ASIC design as practiced today. It is a valuable addition to the literature on CPU design, and is made possible by Chandra’s unique combina…
Phase-Locked Loop Fundamentals -- Low-Voltage Analog Cmos Design -- Jitter Analysis in Phase-Locked Loops -- Low-Jitter PLL Architectures -- Digital PLL Design -- DSP Clock Generator Architectures -- Design for Testability in PLLs -- Clock Partitioning and Skew Control.Current literature is filled with textbooks and research papers describing frequency synthesizers from a front-end wireless tra…
Delta Modulation Systems -- Linear Arithmetic Operations -- Basic Ternary Logic Circuits -- Multivalued Arithmetic Operations -- Nonlinear Arithmetic Operations -- Mixed Processing of ?-?M Sequences -- Decoding of First-Order ?-?M Sequences -- PCM — ?-?M Converters -- Stochastic Processing Using ?-?M -- Measurements Based on ?-?M -- LP?-?M and BP?-?M Circuits.This book is intended for student…
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Preliminaries. 2.1. Notation. 2.2. Boolean Functions. 2.3. Decomposition of Boolean Functions. 2.4. Reduced Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams -- 3. Exact node Minimization. 3.1. Branch and Bound Algorithm. 3.2. A*-Based Optimization. 3.3. Summary -- 4. Heuristic node Minimization. 4.1. Efficient Dynamic Minimization. 4.2. Improved Lower Bounds for Dynamic Reordering.…
Material Science -- Resumé of Semiconductor Physics -- Realisation of Potential Barriers -- Electronic Device Principles -- Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors - HBTs -- Hetero Field Effect Transistors (HFETs) -- Tunneling Phenomena -- Optoelectronics -- Integration -- Outlook.Quantum size effects are becoming increasingly important in microelectronics as the dimensions of the structures shrin…
Basics of LC Oscillators -- Oscillator Purity Fundamentals -- Current Biased Oscillator -- Colpitts Oscillator -- Design for Low Thermal Phase Noise -- Flicker Noise -- Design for Low Flicker Phase Noise -- The Role of the Varactor.The Designer's Guide to High-Purity Oscillators presents a comprehensive theory and design methodology for the design of LC CMOS oscillators used in every wireless t…
Assertion Based Verification -- to SVA -- SVA Simulation Methodology -- SVA for Finite State Machines -- SVA for Data Intensive Designs -- SVA for Memories -- SVA for Protocol Interface -- Checking the Checker.SystemVerilog language consists of three very specific areas of constructs -- design, assertions and testbench. Assertions add a whole new dimension to the ASIC verification process. Asse…