Modern communications technology demands smaller, faster and more
efficient circuits. This book reviews the fundamentals of
electromagnetism in passive and active circuit elements, highlighting
various effects and potential problems in designing a new circuit. The
author begins with a review of the basics - the origin of resistance,
capacitance, and inductance - then progresses to more advanced topics
such as passive device design and layout, resonant circuits, impedance
matching, high-speed switching circuits, and parasitic coupling and
isolation techniques. Using examples and applications in RF and
microwave systems, the author describes transmission lines,
transformers, and distributed circuits. State-of-the-art developments in
Si based broadband analog, RF, microwave, and mm-wave circuits are
reviewed. With up-to-date results, techniques, practical examples,
illustrations and worked examples, this book will be valuable to
advanced undergraduate and graduate students of electrical engineering,
and practitioners in the IC design industry.
