When it comes to electronics demand grows as technology shrinks. From consumer and industrial markets to military and aerospace applications the call is for more functionality in smaller and smaller devices. Culled from the second edition of the best-selling Electronics Handbook Microelectronics Second Edition presents a summary of the current state of microelectronics and its innovative directions. This book focuses on the materials devices and applications of microelectronics technology. It details the IC design process and VLSI circuits including gate arrays programmable logic devices and arrays parasitic capacitance and transmission line delays. Coverage ranges from thermal properties and semiconductor materials to MOSFETs digital logic families memory devices microprocessors digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters digital filters and multichip module technology. Expert contributors discuss applications in machine vision ad hoc networks printing technologies and data and optical storage systems. The book also includes defining terms references and suggestions for further reading. This edition features two new sections on fundamental properties and semiconductor devices. With updated material and references in every chapter Microelectronics Second Edition is an essential reference for work with microelectronics electronics circuits systems semiconductors logic design and microprocessors. Language: English