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Good Deep-Knowledge Analog Design Books?
NorthNitro writes "I live in a part of the world where quality technical books are not accessible from local distributors. When I order, from international distributors, I have to keep exchange rate and shipping costs in mind; so I really need to be careful with my choices when purchasing books. I am a graduate engineer (5 years experience) that focuses on analog and digital hardware design. Next year I will be starting a complicated analog design project. This design will include circuits that integrating Pico amp currents, a lot of discrete transistor circuits and high precision op-amp circuits. I don't want a cookbook; I rather want something that can provide me with solid theoretical descriptions/models of circuits. The kind of knowledge that gives you deep understanding of analog circuits design. Can anyone suggest good books and maybe where to order them from?"
If you don't have Horowitz and Hill (The Art Of Electronics), you need it. It's surprisingly in depth for something that is ostensibly a primer, and covers useful techniques in many areas of the field, including micropower circuitry.
Other than that, I'm afraid that much of the information you want lies on the cutting edge of the field, and therefore industry is the best resource: datasheets, white papers, etc. You might also browse Artech House, which has a well-deserved reputation for publishing useful, if esoteric, technical books.
With 5 years of experience you may well be familiar with it, but if not (and for anyone else)
The Art of Electronics
by Horowitz and Hill was always the classic practical analog electronics text.
The standard texts in analog design are:
* Gray, Hurst, Lewis, and Meyer - Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits (http://tinyurl.com/6pk45f)
* Razavi - Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (http://tinyurl.com/66wzgt)
If you know more specifics about what you'll be designing (e.g., RF, very low power, ADC, filters, etc.) you can find more specific references for each area I'm sure. As for where to buy them, half.com is a great place to buy cheap books (e.g., international edition of Razavi will run around $30).
Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits
by Behzad Razavi
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Analog-CMOS-Integrated-Circuits/dp/0072380322
Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits
by by Paul R. Gray, Paul J. Hurst, Stephen H. Lewis, Robert G. Meyer
http://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Design-Analog-Integrated-Circuits/dp/0471321680
Analog Integrated Circuit Design
by David Johns, Ken Martin
http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Integrated-Circuit-Design-David/dp/0471144487
I have these three books. They're all for integrated circuit design, but they definitely give an in-depth coverage of analog design. They're pretty heavy in terms of material. You might be looking for something a bit broader in scope.
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I am not trying to troll here, but Horowitz and Hill does not sound like what he is looking for. This is circuit design light. It vaguely describes circuits, however I will admit there are a bunch of circuit ideas with cook book solutions (or circuit ideas, as the book puts it) but I found them never to be described enough to my liking. Even more of a pet peeve of mine about this book is that it gives drawings of 'bad' circuit ideas. In most cases it is obvious why one of these circuits won't work, but others are not as obvious. The thing is, it never explains why they are bad. If you are trying to learn analog circuitry, it is almost as important to know why something won't work as to why it will. I almost feel people suggest this book if they are not EE's but it makes you sound knowledgeable. (full disclaimer: I am an RF design EE )
I will agree with one poster who suggested Grey, Hurst, Meyer, and Lewis called "Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits" (and I own), with the disclaimer that it is geared for IC design. With that said, it does a good job of teaching analog circuits.
Jim Williams' first book
Jim Williams' second book
Bob Pease's book
Hans Camenzind's book (an especially-cool book by the designer of the original 555)
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Analog Integrated Circuit Applications
Prof. Jacob is wonderfully knowledgeable on the subject, and his teaching style is easy to follow. Additionally, his book covers a lot more than just the ICs in the title.
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"Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits"
There's a preview on his site:
http://online.sfsu.edu/~sfranco/Books.html
I'm an undergraduate electrical engineer here in the states, I'm on my 2nd analog design course at this point, and both times we have used Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra/Smith. The book covers op-amps, diodes,MOSFET's, BJT's, JFET's, amplifier designs, feedback control, ADC/DAC and CMOS as its basic topics. Some final sections on Memory and fancy digital circuits, filters and tuned amplifiers, signal generators and waveform shaping circuits, and finally output stages and amplifiers. There is, however, nothing on phase-locked loops but a quick google search on those has some very useful material. If you are looking for something more signal processing oriented, Lathi's Signal Processing and Linear Systems is a great book that covers the basics of everything I've ever heard of in analog signal processing. If I knew more of what your project was I could suggest something more specific to that field, but those two books cover the core analog electrical engineering concepts except for the very introductory circuit theory (Kirchoff, Ohm's Law, phasors)
Most of the books mentioned so far are better for HAM radio fanatics. As an Analog Engineer, here are my favorite books:
'Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits' Gray, Hurst
This is one of the best well-rounded books and is a must-have for any analog engineer.
Based on the description, I assume you're not working in CMOS, but if you are: 'CMOS Analog Circuit Design' Allen, Holberg
Another book I use on occasion is 'Analog Integrated Circuit Design' Johns, Martin
This is an OK book, but I prefer Gray, Hurst.
You may be interested in learning about device physics for your project. In this case, Streetman is a good author.
Books previously listed are rather elementary (e.g. Jaeger / Sedra Smith) and will not help with such an advanced design project. The Art of Electronics is a terrible book for what you are trying to do. It is elementary, written by a physicist, and extremely old. I recommend The Art of Electronics to scientists who only need a good background in the subject.
Find and read everything you can written by Bob Pease. You'll be entertained and enlightened.