[Jean-Francois Debroux] spent 35 years designing analog ASICs. He’s started a book and while it isn’t finished — indeed he says it may never be — the 180 pages he posted on LinkedIn are a pretty good read.
The 46 sections are well organized, although some are placeholders. There are sections on design flow and the technical aspects of design. Examples range from a square root circuit to a sigma-delta modulator, although some of them are not complete yet. There are also sections on math, physics, common electronics, materials, and tools.
The text is decidedly practical. For example, there’s a succinct summary of what a MOSFET channel width and length do to parameters such as capacitance, noise, and saturated resistance.
If you prefer a PDF copy, here’s a tip. When viewing the document, click on the full-screen button. Then at the top, you’ll see a download button. The link there looks as though it isn’t a static link, so you’ll need to visit the post yourself to do the download.
It is a lot of work to put a book together and even though this isn’t complete, it is a great start and already useful. If you want some more book recommendations, check out ours. We never fail to recommend The Art of Electronics, too.
Nice post, reminiscent of the National Semiconductor Linear Applications handbook 1980 which had some useful design notes particularly for me in respect of instrumentation :-)
180 pages in 35 years.
That’s slightly more than 5 pages per year. It would take him more than 230 years to write Art of Electronics (or Tolstoy’s War and Peace).
I’m holding my breath ;-)
Not having a PDF copy, and hosting a 180 page book on LinkedIn that’s not your resume, is nothing short of a joke
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I have no FB account. I do not tweet. I will not login to linkedin to see your stuff.
These are not suitable sites as sole source of publishing material.
Second!
Can someone post a pdf copy for those who don’t use these websites.. Please 😏.
No worries, I can create those accounts for ya. Joking – they are probably auto created
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised, if today I were to find out that Google, Facebook, Amazon, et al, have already made accounts for everyone on the planet, they just need to be activated.
I think of all those people who want to remain “dark” but don’t realize they have already been identified by photos on Facebook, Instagram, whatever, and all their contact information has been scraped off other people’s Contact lists!
When I first signed up on Facebook, it already knew and suggested every single one of my friends.
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As someone who doesn’t just click on randomly posted links, what is your post trying to tell us?
That link expired here’s mine.
https://ufile.io/l52bdc34
Thank for the directions on how to download the PDF version.
PDF: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/f21136d0-b797-4237-bc5c-ffa86917f5e7
Someone asks for a download link to the PDF, u provides it. Is this a total surprise?
I just wish [u] had provided an explanation and not just a link.
Am I asking too much?
How many times in various web forums have you seen unmarked URL’s posted by spammers?
Beside the pdf, he put the content online as website:
https://jf-debroux.monsite-orange.fr/index.html
This is a link to a PDF copy that will never expire.
https://ufile.io/l52bdc34
To give you some background, Jean-Francois is a famous IC designer who designed many of Atmel’s RF chips such as transceivers, and he has worked for several other companies in France throughout his career.
If you’re interested in free analog IC design books, I recommend Designing Analog Chips by Hans Camenzind, creator of the 555 timer: http://www.designinganalogchips.com/_count/designinganalogchips.pdf
My handbook referred here is now on line as a continuously (!) refreshed pdf: https://lnkd.in/dA34wm9. I will go on filling the blank chapters and adding chapters (Top-Down approach, I can’t do less) but I start feeling it is a never ending topic…