Electric Drives and Microelectronic Circuits [review of "Microelectronic Circuits: Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition (Rashid, M.H. 2011)]

M icroelectronic Circuits: Analysis and Design uses a topdown approach to the design of microelectronics circuits. The book first addresses electronic-circuit-level studies and then emphasizes devicelevel properties and their operation within integrated circuits (ICs). Metal oxide field-effect transistors and active biasing procedures are presented first so that students can swiftly move to differential amplifiers and ICs. The project-oriented book structure makes the topic coverage flexible and improves understandability. The text easily supports oneor two-term electronics courses, suggesting two approaches on the list of topics for the first electronics course. The topics for a second electronics course are also listed. Prof. Muhammad H. Rashid, IEEE and IEE Fellow, is a well-known teacher, researcher, and author of outstanding textbooks on electronics, power electronics, and analysis and design of electronics using Spice [1]–[4]. This book is designed and written, with pedagogy in mind while keeping mathematics to a minimum to motivate students and instructors. n Each book chapter clearly defines the student learning outcomes indicating the competencies and key concepts (‘‘Key Points’’) that the student must acquire after working thorough the chapter. n Students will achieve the necessary expertise to use Spice for testing, verification, and optimization of circuit design, as most problems and design examples use Spice broadly. n All chapters contain worked-out design examples, Spice simulations, end-of-chapter questions, design problems, and simulations. n Presented simulations, model validations, figures, and graphs serve as guidelines for both the circuit design procedures and learning the presented materials. n Validity of approximate circuit models of operational amplifiers, transistors, and diodes is checked by computer-aided analysis using Spice. n Mathcad, Orcad, and PSpice schematic files for all examples in the book can be downloaded from the companion Web site. n PowerPoint slides for all chapters and a solutions manual are available for instructors. The textbook includes the following chapters: 1) Introduction to Electronics and Design 2) Introduction to Amplifiers and Frequency Response 3) Introduction to Operational Amplifiers and Applications 4) Semiconductor Diodes 5) Applications of Diodes 6) Semiconductors and PN Junction Characteristics 7) Metal Oxide Semiconductor FieldEffect Transistors 8) Bipolar Junction Transistors and Amplifiers 9) Differential Amplifiers 10) Feedback Amplifiers 11) Power Amplifiers 12) Active Filters 13) Oscillators 14) Operational Amplifiers 15) Introduction to Digital Electronics 16) Integrated Analog Circuits and Applications. Appendices on Spice simulation, review of basic circuits, low-frequency hybrid BJT model, Ebers–Moll model of bipolar junction transistors, passive components, and design problems are also included, together with complementary and mindopening subjects such as negative impedance/ resistance emulators, switching, and class E amplifiers. Answers to selected problems, an index, and references (in each chapter) are also given. Microelectronic Circuits: Analysis and Design covers all the subjects, concepts, and skills needed by electronics engineers and is a valuable textbook for undergraduate electronics courses, students, and instructors.