Microelectronic Circuits by Adel S. Sedra

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"Microelectronic Circuits" by Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith is highly regarded as an essential resource for understanding microelectronic circuits, particularly for electrical engineering students. The book is noted for its clear and comprehensive coverage, including extensive examples of circuit analysis involving nonlinear elements like transistors. It features useful tables comparing small-signal transistor models, enhancing the learning experience. While praised for its depth and thoroughness, the book is also recognized for its considerable size and weight. Users appreciate its comprehensive nature, though some express a desire for more mathematical proofs and consistency with instructional methods. Overall, it is considered a valuable investment for those studying VLSI circuits and related topics.

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I think that this is a fine first book on microelectronic circuits. The coverage is quite clear and comprehensive, and there are plenty of examples of how to analyze circuits with nonlinear elements (transistors, etc.). There are also nice tables on the different small-signal transistor models (T and Pi) and how they are related. I like this better than the book I had to buy for my class ~20 years ago (Millman and Grabel). This is one MONSTER book though - the thoroughness means that there is no shortage of pages or weight!

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Its my favorite book on microelectronics, very comprehensive, time demanding but very rewarding. It covers every aspect relevant to VLSI circuits.
A must for every EE major in my opinion.
 
This book is definitely worth the money - packed with information. Only flaw it had, in my opinion, was the lack of mathematical proofs. Often it would jump from one point in an equation, to another point without showing really how it got there.
 
The only frustrating thing for me was that sometimes the "rule of thumb" used in this book for designing a given component was different than the "rule of thumb" used by my instructor, but it was definitely a very good (and monstrous) book that helped me with two separate classes (both analog and digital transistor circuits).
 
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