Microelectronics

Advances In recent decades have created virtually free computing power, available to a great cross-section of society. This has lead to a rocketing demand for microelectronics in all sectors of consumer, industrial, and military markets. To keep pace, the engineers need a resource that provides broad, fundamental knowledge of the field's myriad technologies and applications.

Microelectronics is that resource. Offering information in a concise, easy-to-read format, it presents the fundamentals of microelectronics, a summary of the current state of electronics, and the innovative directions it is taking. Contributions from top experts provide an understanding of the technologies shaping the microelectronics industry and how these technologies affect the end-use of microelectronic devices.

Microelectronics offers a convenient and complete reference to microelectronics applications. It instills a sense of the future of microelectronics technology and the likely growth in its applications. It is a "must-have" for engineers in this quickly changing, consumer-driven field.

• Emphasizes themes of miniaturization, increased speed, reduced power consumption and reduced cost
• Examines probable design and manufacturing changes needed to accommodate advancing technology
• Details the IC design process for VSLI circuits, including gate arrays, programmable logic devices and arrays, parasitic capacitance and transmission line delays
• Presents the concept of memory hierarchy in order to describe the use of different memory technologies to optimize system performance

Preface
Contributors

Microelectronics
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Integrated Circuits
Chapter 3 : Integrated Circuit Design
Chapter 4 : Digital Logic Families
Chapter 5 : Memory Devices
Chapter 6 : Microprocessors
Chapter 7 : D/A and A/D Converters
Chapter 8 : Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
Chapter 9 : Digital Filters
Chapter 10 : Multichip Module Technology
Chapter 11 : Software Development Tools for Field Programmable Gate Array Devices
Chapter 12 : Integrated Circuit Packages
Chapter 13 : Testing of Integrated Circuits

Conversion Factors, Standards, and Constants
Chapter 14 : Properties of Materials
Chapter 15 : Frequency Bands and Assignments
Chapter 16 : International Standards and Constants
Chapter 17 : Conversion Factors
Chapter 18 : General Mathematical Tables
Chapter 19 : Communications Terms : Abbreviations

Index