For the past few decades, transistors have been continuously scaled. Dimensions are now at the nanoscale, and device performance has dramatically improved. Nanotechnology is also achieving breakthroughs in thermoelectrics, which have suffered from low efficiencies for decades. A…
Manufacturing technology has permitted an exponential growth in transistor count and density. However, making efficient use of the available transistors in the design has become exceedingly difficult. Standard design flow involves synthesis, verification, placement and routing f…
During the past decade, the commercial outlook for GaN-based devices has grown considerably to meet the future need for wireless communications. Although record high output power densities at microwave frequencies have been achieved, factors limiting output power and reliability…
Today, with the advancement of technology, the use of conventional tools in human life enables more practical usability with new developments. These developments, which are more and more imposed on our lives every day and come up with new details every day, enable us to choose t…
"Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra and Smith has served generations of electrical and computer engineering students as the best and most widely-used text for this required course. Respected equally as a textbook and reference, "Sedra/Smith" combines a thorough presentation of fu…