Microelectronic circuits
by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith · first published 1995
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A widely used textbook on analog electronics and transistor circuit design. It is a solid entry-level foundation that covers many topics well and serves as a launching point for more specialized study.
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"This market-leading textbook remains the standard of excellence and innovation. Built on Adel S. Sedra's and Kenneth C. Smith's solid pedagogical foundation, the seventh edition of Microelectronic Circuits is the best yet. In addition to updated content and coverage designed to reflect changes in IC technology, the text also provides the most comprehensive, flexible, accurate, and design-oriented treatment of electronic circuits available today. Amply illustrated by a wealth of examples and complemented by an expanded number of well-designed end-of-chapter problems and practice exercises, Mic
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…Electronics by Millman and Halkias (There was allegedly a newer edition published in 2001) Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School... but Probably Didn’t by Darren Ashby Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra & Smith (Look around for a 4th edition)
on “Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon” ↗…doesn't include Horowitz & Hill's "The Art of Electronics". It's one of the best, used at some prestigious universities (written by 2 professors at Harvard, used there among others). Sedra/Smith's book "Microelectronic Circuits" is listed, it's the other one I'd mention for a course on the fundamentals of electronics engineering. Camenzind's "Designing Analog Chips" also deserves mention for people interested in analog IC design.…
on “List of Great EE Books Suggested by Top Profs. From MIT, Stanford, Harvard,” ↗…if you get one, choose one for electrical engineers. Physicists flip the direction of current flow, which is mathematically equivalent but confusing. Once you learn basic circuits, Sedra and Smith's "Microelectronic Circuits" is an awesome text for analog transistor design. Lots of people use Razavi's "Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits" for advanced analog design, but I found the text full of contrived examples that…
on “Any good hardware book for software people?” ↗For a solid foundation of microelectronics, Sedra and Smith's "Microelectronic Circuits" is the classic go to. Back when I worked at TI, they actually gave every new engineer a copy. This is a very entry level book that covers a huge number of topics well and will serve as a launching…
on “Ask HN: How to Self-Study Integrated Circuit Design?” ↗Digital Signal Processing by Alan V. Oppenheim and Ronald W. Schafer Microelectronic circuits by Adel Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith Introduction to Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang
on “Ask HN: What, in your opinion, are the greatest and most useful textbooks?” ↗…addendum, I'd add that Sedra and Smith wrote an amazing textbook on semiconductors that I highly recommend anyone interested in the topic should read. Here's an Amazon link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Microelectronic-Circuits-Electrical-C...
on “Ask HN: What concepts have you never truly understood?” ↗Microelectronic Circuits by Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith Signals and Systems by Alan V. Oppenheim and Alan S. Willsky
on “Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study?” ↗…well. 1) Electronic Devices and Circuits by JB Gupta. 2) Electrronic Principles by albert malvino, david j bates, patrick e hoppe 3) Electronic devices and circuit theory by boylestad and nashelsky 4) microelectronic circuits by sedra smith 5) Op-amps and linear integrated circuits by ramakant a. gayakwad 1) Digital Electronics by william h. gothmann 2) digital logic and computer organization by v.rajaraman, t.radhakrishnan…
on “Best book to prepare for EDC and Digital Logic for Competitive exam like GATE?” ↗I second all of the above. The Art of Electronics was my first non-required textbook purchase, and the 4th edition of Microelectronic Circuits was my textbook for two semesters of electronics and came in handy for multiple other classes. To that list I would add the student manual that goes along with The Art of Electronics, as well as the…
on “Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon” ↗…in our first circuit class: http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Circuits-8th-James-Nilsson/dp... . In later classes we used this book, which I see in the bookshelves of my coworkers: http://www.amazon.com/Microelectronic-Circuits-Electrical-Co... If you want to learn more basic concepts, I'd recommend looking perhaps for a class in your area to audit, or possibly mit ocw might have something. I will say the following though:…
on “Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a good way to learn basic electronic circuits?” ↗…more like a quarter of Sedra/Smith[1]---which, at over 1200 pages, could very well be three courses---and half of an electronic materials/semiconductors course. [1] https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/microelectronic-circuits... When I did a Sedra/Smith course, it was after two semesters of passive linear circuit analysis, so it makes sense to skip the basics in lecture 1. ----- Personally, I found 6.002 (MIT's Circuits…
on “Electronics Course (45 episodes, YouTube)” ↗