Williams Analog Circuit Design

Art, Science, and Personalities
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4831-0231-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 518 Seiten, Web PDF

Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science, and Personalities discusses the many approaches and styles in the practice of analog circuit design. The book is written in an informal yet informative manner, making it easily understandable to those new in the field. The selection covers the definition, history, current practice, and future direction of analog design; the practice proper; and the styles in analog circuit design. The book also includes the problems usually encountered in analog circuit design; approach to feedback loop design; and other different techniques and applications. The text is recommended for those who are new to integrated circuit engineering, especially in the area of analog circuit design, and would like a less serious yet rich take on the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Jim

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science, and Personalities;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Preface;12
7;Contributors;14
8;Part One: Introduction;20
8.1;Chapter 1. Barometers and Analog Design;22
8.2;Chapter 2. Analogs Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, or Metaphors of the Continuum;24
8.2.1;Overlook;27
8.2.2;Auguries;31
8.3;Chapter 3. It's an Analog World—Or Is It?;34
8.4;Chapter 4. Is Analog Circuit Design Dead?;36
9;Part Two: What Is Analog Design?;40
9.1;Chapter 5. On Being the Machine;42
9.2;Chapter 6. Reflections of a Dinosaur;50
9.3;Chapter 7. Max Wien, Mr. Hewlett,and a Rainy Sunday Afternoon;62
10;Part Three: The Making of an Analog Engineer;76
10.1;Chapter 8. True Analog Circuit Design;78
10.1.1;Example 1. The Astable Multivibrator;79
10.1.2;Example 2. The Precision Rectifier;81
10.1.3;Example 3. The Transition Pulse Generator;82
10.2;Chapter 9. The Story of the P2 (The First Successful Solid-State Operational Amplifier With Picoampere Input Currents);86
10.2.1;Vignettes: Additional Little Stories about the P2;92
10.2.2;Notes on George Philbrick's P7 Circuit;94
10.2.3;Comments on Bob Matter's P2 Circuit;94
10.2.4;Comments on Rustrak data;95
10.3;Chapter 10. Propagation of the Race (of Analog Circuit Designers);98
10.4;Chapter 11. The Process of Analog Design;108
10.4.1;Design—A Process;108
10.4.2;The Quest;108
10.4.3;Not Much Known;108
10.4.4;Chaos;108
10.4.5;Getting Rid of Excess Baggage;109
10.4.6;Analyze Later;109
10.4.7;Don't Forget the Fixed Overhead;109
10.4.8;Forget the Window Dressing—For Now;109
10.4.9;Synergy!;109
10.4.10;Be Careful; Ideas are Fragile!;110
10.4.11;Make the Proposer Explain It;110
10.4.12;Now Tear It Apart;110
10.4.13;Back to the Drawing Board;110
10.4.14;Let Others Contribute!;111
10.4.15;Change? Aaaargh!;111
10.4.16;If Not You, Who?;111
10.4.17;Eagle's View;111
10.4.18;Have Fun!;111
10.5;Chapter 12. Analog Design Discipline: A Tale of Three Diodes;112
10.6;Chapter 13. Should Ohm's Law Be Repealed?;118
11;Part Four: Intuitions and Insights;124
11.1;Chapter 14. Good Engineering and Fast Vertical Amplifiers;126
11.1.1;History of Fast Vertical Amplifiers;127
11.1.2;Good Engineering and a Counter Example;139
11.2;Chapter 15. Understanding Why Things Don't Work;142
11.2.1;Explanation as a Design Tool;142
11.2.2;Basic Tools for Understanding;144
11.3;Chapter 16. Building Blocks for the Linear IC Designer: Linear Synthesis for Monolithic Circuits;146
11.3.1;P-N Junctions;148
11.3.2;Junction Transistors;149
11.3.3;An Improved Junction Transistor;150
11.3.4;Simple Current Mirror;151
11.3.5;Improving the Current Mirror;152
11.3.6;A Simple Transconductance Model;154
11.3.7;Improving the Simple Current Mirror;155
11.3.8;Another Important Relationship;156
11.3.9;A Current Mirror Using a Zero Gain Amplifier;158
11.3.10;A Simple Differential Amplifier;163
11.3.11;Making a Simple Op 164
11.4;Chapter 17. How to Design Analog Circuits Without a Computer or a Lot of Paper;168
11.4.1;My Background;169
11.4.2;Breaking Down a Circuit;170
11.4.3;Equivalent Circuits;171
11.4.4;Stock Parts Values;172
11.4.5;RC Networks;174
11.4.6;Stabilizing a Feedback Loop;176
11.4.7;Circuit Impedance;178
11.4.8;New Parts;179
11.4.9;Breadboarding;179
11.4.10;Testing;180
11.4.11;How Much To Learn;180
11.4.12;Settling Time Tester;180
11.5;Chapter 18. Starting to Like Electronics in Your Twenties;188
11.5.1;Simple Yet Powerful Circuits with Five or Fewer Transistors;189
11.5.2;Layout Considerations;193
11.5.3;Conventional Wisdom and Its Pitfalls;194
11.5.4;Conclusion;195
11.5.5;References;195
11.6;Chapter 19. Where Do Little Circuits Come From?;196
11.7;Chapter 20. The Process of Analog Design;206
11.7.1;Historical Background;206
11.7.2;The Gathering Phase;207
11.8;Chapter 21. The Art of Good Analog Circuit Design: Some Basic Problems and Possible Solutions;212
11.8.1;Circuit Element Problems and Possible Solutions;212
11.8.2;Computer Simulation;216
11.8.3;Design Approaches;217
11.8.4;Future Designs;217
11.9;Chapter 22. My Approach to Feedback Loop Design;218
11.9.1;My Approach to Design;219
11.9.2;What Is a V/l Source?;219
11.9.3;An Ideal V/I Source;220
11.9.4;Designing a V/I Source;221
11.9.5;Capacitive Load Compensation;223
11.9.6;Model to Investigate Overshoot;225
11.9.7;Back To The Frequency Domain;227
11.9.8;Range of Compensation Required;229
11.9.9;Phase Margin Approach to Loop Compensation;230
11.9.10;LTX Device Power Source (DPS) Performance;231
11.9.11;Summary of My Method;232
11.10;Chapter 23. The Zoo Circuit: History, Mistakes, and Some Monkeys Design a Circuit;234
11.10.1;References;249
12;Part Five: Techniques, Tips, and Applications;250
12.1;Chapter 24. Reality-Driven Analog Integrated Circuit Design;252
12.1.1;Section 0. What's All This Analog Stuff Anyway?;253
12.1.2;Section 1. Technological Peepshow;254
12.1.3;Section 2. Philosophical Considerations;267
12.1.4;Section 3. The CAD Revolution;271
12.1.5;Circuit Simulation;272
12.1.6;References;279
12.2;Chapter 25. Current-Feedback Amplifiers;280
12.2.1;The Conventional Op 281
12.2.2;Gain-Bandwidth Trade-off;282
12.2.3;Slew-Rate Limiting;283
12.2.4;The Current-Feedback Amplifier;285
12.2.5;No Gain-Bandwidth Trade-off;287
12.2.6;Absence of Slew-Rate Limiting;288
12.2.7;Second-Order Effects;289
12.2.8;CF Application Considerations;291
12.2.9;CF Amp Integrators;292
12.2.10;Stray Input-Capacitance Compensation;292
12.2.11;Noise in CF Amp Circuits;293
12.2.12;References;295
12.3;Chapter 26. Analog Extensions of Digital Time and Frequency Generation;296
12.3.1;VCO Design;301
12.3.2;Loop Design;303
12.3.3;Systematic Noise;306
12.3.4;Shielding;307
12.3.5;Thermal Noise;307
12.3.6;Shot Noise;308
12.3.7;VCO Noise Contribution;308
12.3.8;Analog Search Control;309
12.3.9;Removing Fractional Spurs;311
12.3.10;Time Synthesizers;312
12.3.11;Lightning Empiricism;314
12.3.12;References;316
12.4;Chapter 27. Some Practical Aspects of SPICE Modeling for Analog Circuits;318
12.4.1;Some General Requirements;320
12.4.2;Modeling Operational Amplifiers and Comparators;323
12.4.3;Modeling Current Feedback Operational Amplifiers;337
12.4.4;References;351
12.5;Chapter 28. Design of Crystal Oscillator Circuits;352
12.5.1;Circuit Characteristics;352
12.5.2;Design Basics;353
12.5.3;Oscillator Circuits;358
12.5.4;Which Circuit Should You Use?;359
12.5.5;Circuit Loading Effect on Crystal Q;360
12.5.6;Testing and Optimizing;363
12.5.7;Electrical Properties of Oscillator Crystals;364
12.5.8;References;365
12.6;Chapter 29. A Tale of Voltage-to-Frequency Converters (Ancient History);368
12.6.1;Ancient History;368
12.6.2;Less Ancient History;368
12.6.3;Vignettes—Little Stories...;374
12.6.4;Notes on "Markets";376
12.6.5;How floesthat Kluge Work?;376
12.6.6;A Final Note;379
12.7;Chapter 30. Op Amps and Their Characteristics;380
12.7.1;Brief History;380
12.7.2;Block Diagram;381
12.7.3;Gain;381
12.7.4;The Comparator;382
12.7.5;The Follower;383
12.7.6;Application Principles;384
12.7.7;Properties of Non-Ideal Op Amps;393
13;Index;406
14;Troubleshooting Analog Circuits;409