The art of analog layout
by Alan (layout) Hastings, Alan Hastings, Roy Alan Hastings · first published 2000
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"The Art of Analog Layout takes a practical and authoritative perspective, providing the reader with broad coverage of the issues involved in successfully laying out analog integrated circuits. Topics range from the mechanics of layout to essential information about many related areas, such as device physics, processing failure modes and effects, device operation parasitics, and matching. The emphasis throughout is on practical knowledge.". "Written for layout designers, the mathematics is kept to a minimum, requiring only a familiarity with basic algebra and elementary electronics. Provides
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…other references. I would avoid Mead and Conway because it's really dated. It's not wrong, but a beginner won't know which parts to skip. If you're looking for something about VLSI layout design, "The Art of Analog Layout (2nd Edition)" by Hastings would be the choice: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Analog-Layout-2nd/dp/0131464108/r...
on “Ask HN: How to Self-Study Integrated Circuit Design?” ↗…a good source of information. It's available online: https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/VLSIText/VLSITe... (the link seems to be down right now, though.) For analog circuits, the book "The Art of Analog Layout" is good if you can find a cheap used copy. The designer of the 555 timer wrote an interesting book "Designing Analog Chips" which I found very interesting. It is available online: http://www.designinganalogchips.com/…
on “Silicon die teardown: a look inside an early 555 timer chip” ↗Seeing that the latest edition of The Art of Analog Layout came out of 2005, is there any other book you'd recommend on analog layouts specifically?
on “Reverse-engineering the LM185 voltage reference chip and its bandgap reference” ↗…usually built with lateral construction (i.e. horizontally). The ring structure ensures that almost all of the carriers injected by the emitter are intercepted by the collector. (This is based on The Art of Analog Layout, p280. I don't know all this doping stuff myself.)
on “Silicon die teardown: a look inside an early 555 timer chip” ↗…usually built with lateral construction (i.e. horizontally). The ring structure ensures that almost all of the carriers injected by the emitter are intercepted by the collector. (This is based on The Art of Analog Layout, p280. I don't know all this doping stuff myself.)
on “Reverse-engineering the LM185 voltage reference chip and its bandgap reference” ↗I got an old, cheap copy of "The Art of Analog Layout" (Hastings), which describes these structures in detail. For the most part, the structures are fairly easy to recognize after you've seen them once or twice. But then there are the bizarre mystery circuits…
on “Reverse-engineering the LM185 voltage reference chip and its bandgap reference” ↗