This best-selling text on CMOS VLSI design details the modern techniques for the design of complex and high-performance CMOS systems on a chip. Covering CMOS design from the digital systems level to the circuit level, the book explains the fundamental principles and is a guide to good design practices.

Table of Content:
--Introduction
--MOS Transistor Theory
--CMOS Processing Technology
--Circuit Characterization and Performance Estimation
--Circuit Simulation
--Combinational Circuit Design
--Sequential Circuit Design
--Datapath Subsystems
--Array Subsystems
--Design Methodology and Tools
--Special-purpose Subsystems
--Testing and Verification

Salient Features:
--Comprehensive coverage of key CMOS design issues: circuits, interconnect, and clocking
--Detailed treatment of low-power techniques
--Integration of logical effort for efficient design of fast circuits
--Tutorial chapters on Verilog, VHDL, and SPICE (circuit) simulation
--Extensive exercises and worked-out examples for learning reinforcement