JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC, 1993. - 433 pp. This is a new book to
replace Low-Noise Electronic Design (© 1973). All the relevant
topics from the original book are included and updated to today's
technology. Since the emphasis has been expanded to address the
total system design from sensor to simulation to design, the title
has been changed to reflect the new scope.
A significant improvement is the change of technological emphasis. The first book emphasized discrete component technology with extensions to ICs. The new book focuses on 1С design concepts with added support for discrete design where necessary. Additionally, considerable theoretical expansion has been included for many of the practical concepts discussed. This makes the new book serve very well as a textbook.
Six completely new chapters have been added to support the current direction of technology. These new chapters cover the use of SPICE and PSpice for low-noise analysis and design, noise in feedback amplifiers which are extensively used in 1С designs, noise mechanisms in analog/digital and digital/analog converters, noise models for many popular sensors, power supplies and voltage references, and useful low-noise amplifier designs.
This book is intended for use by practicing engineers and by students of electronics. It can be used for self-study or in an organized classroom situation as a quarter or semester course or short course. A knowledge of electric circuit analysis, the principles of electronic circuits, and mathematics through basic calculus is assumed.
The approach used in this text is practice or design oriented. The material is not a study of noise theory, but rather of noise sources, models, and methods to deal with the every-present noise in electronic systems.
This new book serves the following users:
1. The academic community, where the new book can be used (and has been at Georgia Tech) as a textbook for a one-quarter or one-semester electrical engineering course in low-noise electronic design. Derivations are added for clarity and completeness. Many original problems developed in over 15 years of teaching this course are included at the end of each chapter. Key points are summarized in every chapter.
2. Electronic design engineers who design with integrated circuits or discrete components. The new book describes the fundamental noise mecha-mechanisms and introduces useful noise models. It shows the details of how feedback can be employed to meet system and circuit specifications. Derivations and modeling approaches are given which are useful for determining the noise in active and passive components as well as in power supplies. This approach is directed toward supporting the total system design concept. Typical, low-noise design examples are provided, analyzed, and discussed. Laboratory techniques for noise measurement and instrumentation complete the coverage.
3. Project engineers who design and build low-noise integrated circuits. The new book contains complete descriptions of the noise models of all important active devices: MOSFETs, JFETs, GaAs FETs, and BJTs. Modeling is done in terms of the SPICE, Gummel-Poon, Curtice, and hybrid-7r models. Chapters on low-noise design methodology and single-stage and multistage amplifier design approaches will aid and direct the project design engineers. Furthermore, the chapter on noise measurement will permit them to test and characterize their new devices and new circuit designs.
4. Digital designers who convert very low level analog signals into suitable digital logic levels. The chapters on noise mechanisms, amplifier noise modeling, and sensor noise models enable them to define fundamental noise limits and to specify design requirements. The chapters on low-noise design methodology plus the included sample circuits will enable them to produce functional preamplifier and amplifier interface stages which bridge the analog and digital technologies. Finally, the material on the noise mechanisms in A/D and D/A converters will enable them to evaluate and solve the critical analog-digital interface and partitioning problems.
A significant improvement is the change of technological emphasis. The first book emphasized discrete component technology with extensions to ICs. The new book focuses on 1С design concepts with added support for discrete design where necessary. Additionally, considerable theoretical expansion has been included for many of the practical concepts discussed. This makes the new book serve very well as a textbook.
Six completely new chapters have been added to support the current direction of technology. These new chapters cover the use of SPICE and PSpice for low-noise analysis and design, noise in feedback amplifiers which are extensively used in 1С designs, noise mechanisms in analog/digital and digital/analog converters, noise models for many popular sensors, power supplies and voltage references, and useful low-noise amplifier designs.
This book is intended for use by practicing engineers and by students of electronics. It can be used for self-study or in an organized classroom situation as a quarter or semester course or short course. A knowledge of electric circuit analysis, the principles of electronic circuits, and mathematics through basic calculus is assumed.
The approach used in this text is practice or design oriented. The material is not a study of noise theory, but rather of noise sources, models, and methods to deal with the every-present noise in electronic systems.
This new book serves the following users:
1. The academic community, where the new book can be used (and has been at Georgia Tech) as a textbook for a one-quarter or one-semester electrical engineering course in low-noise electronic design. Derivations are added for clarity and completeness. Many original problems developed in over 15 years of teaching this course are included at the end of each chapter. Key points are summarized in every chapter.
2. Electronic design engineers who design with integrated circuits or discrete components. The new book describes the fundamental noise mecha-mechanisms and introduces useful noise models. It shows the details of how feedback can be employed to meet system and circuit specifications. Derivations and modeling approaches are given which are useful for determining the noise in active and passive components as well as in power supplies. This approach is directed toward supporting the total system design concept. Typical, low-noise design examples are provided, analyzed, and discussed. Laboratory techniques for noise measurement and instrumentation complete the coverage.
3. Project engineers who design and build low-noise integrated circuits. The new book contains complete descriptions of the noise models of all important active devices: MOSFETs, JFETs, GaAs FETs, and BJTs. Modeling is done in terms of the SPICE, Gummel-Poon, Curtice, and hybrid-7r models. Chapters on low-noise design methodology and single-stage and multistage amplifier design approaches will aid and direct the project design engineers. Furthermore, the chapter on noise measurement will permit them to test and characterize their new devices and new circuit designs.
4. Digital designers who convert very low level analog signals into suitable digital logic levels. The chapters on noise mechanisms, amplifier noise modeling, and sensor noise models enable them to define fundamental noise limits and to specify design requirements. The chapters on low-noise design methodology plus the included sample circuits will enable them to produce functional preamplifier and amplifier interface stages which bridge the analog and digital technologies. Finally, the material on the noise mechanisms in A/D and D/A converters will enable them to evaluate and solve the critical analog-digital interface and partitioning problems.