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Power System Analysis and Design (with CD-ROM)

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Basic book for starting with power engineering
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Power System Analysis and Design (with CD-ROM)
J. Duncan Glover , and Mulukutla S. Sarma
Manufacturer: Thomson-Engineering
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Binding: Hardcover

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Schaum's Outline of Electrical Power Systems
Protective Relaying: Principles and Applications, Third Edition (Power Engineering)
Electric Machinery Fundamentals (McGraw-Hill Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Power System Analysis
Control Systems Engineering

ASIN: 0534953670

Book Description

The new edition of Glover and Sarma's highly-respected text provides students with an introduction to the basic concepts of power systems along with tools to aid them in applying these skills to real world situations. Like earlier editions of the book, physical concepts are highlighted while also giving necessary attention to math-ematical techniques. Both theory and modeling are developed from simple beginnings so that they can be readily extended to new and complex situations. Beginning in Ch. 3, students are introduced to new concepts critical to analyzing power systems, including coverage of both balanced and unbalanced operating conditions. The authors incorporate new tools and material to aid students with design issues and reflect recent trends in the field. Each book now contains a CD with Power World software. This package is commonly used in industry and will enable students to analyze and simulate power systems. The authors use the software to extend, rather than replace, the fully worked examples provided in previous editions. In the new edition, each Power World Simulator example includes a fully worked hand solution of the problem along with a Power World Simulator case (except when the problem size makes it impractical). The new edition also contains updated case studies on recent trends in the Power Systems field, including coverage of deregulation, increased power demand, economics, and alternative sources of energy. These case studies are derived from real life situations.

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Basic book for starting with power engineering.......2002-03-08

This book was usefull for my introduction course to electric prower engineering, for this porpuse is the best book you can find. But Don't expect it to be very profound.

About this book...........2000-04-02

Although this book is translated into Chinese, I like to read this book. Because I'm a collage student, this book is necessary for me. I study electronic, and this book is my best choice. Such as transformer, transmission line, power flow...ect, it's full and great to people who want to study the more power system. It's not hard to understand.

The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS (The Designer's Guide Book Series)

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An introduction to Verilog AMS
Excellent introduction to the language & excelent reference
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The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS (The Designer's Guide Book Series)
Ken Kundert , and Olaf Zinke
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston
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Analog Behavioral Modeling with the Verilog-A Language
CMOS Integrated Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
The System Designer's Guide to VHDL-AMS (Systems on Silicon)
Art of Analog Layout, The (2nd Edition)
The Designer's Guide to High-Purity Oscillators (The Designer's Guide Book Series)

ASIN: 1402080441

Book Description

The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS presents Verilog-AMS, the new analog and mixed-signal extensions to the widely used Verilog hardware description language.
It starts by describing a rigorous and proven top-down design methodology. Top-down design is widely seen as the key to being able to design very large and complex mixed-signal circuits and it is enabled by Verilog-AMS. Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS are then introduced without assuming that the reader has a background in behavioral modeling. Finally, it includes a comprehensive reference guide for the language.
The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS is extensively cross-referenced and indexed, making it an ideal reference for both Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS. A companion website, www.designers-guide.com, provides electronic copies of all the models used in this book, a library of user-contributed models, a discussion forum, additional documents on simulation and modeling, and other useful material.
The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS is written for analog and mixed-signal designers, particularly those designing larger and more complex circuits.

Customer Reviews:

An introduction to Verilog AMS.......2006-08-14

I am new to verilog A and even newer to Verilog AMS. I thought the book was a reasonable introduction to the language, but I prefer a longer text with more content. The book is only of moderate length and expensive as seems to be typical of Kluwer texts. There are also some spots where clarity, at least to myself, was lacking. A user will need the Verilog AMS license from Cadence to use this language. Lacking such a license, I was never able to apply the mixed signal info from the text. For the pure Verilog A user who is doing only analog and not mixed signal sims, this book may not offer an advantage over Fitzpatrick's book even though it is newer. For the practicing engineer, this text is a far better way of getting introduced to Verilog AMS than Cadence's cryptic documentation.

Excellent introduction to the language & excelent reference.......2005-12-22

This book is currently the only up-to-date reference book for Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS (the book by Fitzpatrick is very incomplete and way out of date).

It introduces the language by using a series of relatively simple yet useful examples. In doing so it gets you up and running quickly and then builds your knowledge of the language. It takes you through Verilog-A in some depth, then presents enough Verilog-HDL (the digital subset) to give analog designers a workable understanding of Verilog, and then covers Verilog-AMS in depth.

The book has one chapter that acts as a complete reference for the manual for VerilogA/MS and and excellent index. I use the book as a reference as I write models and can always find what I am looking for very quickly.

In short, I recommend it whole-heartily. It is an essential book for anyone that uses Verilog-A or Verilog-AMS.

-August

Pointer to more information.......2004-12-12

I am one of the authors of this book and I wanted to let you know that if you wished to find out more about it before your ordered it, you can go to its home page, which can be found at http://www.designers-guide.com/Books/. It contains considerably more information about the book, including excerpts.

Amazon would not allow me to post this message to you without giving the book a star rating. So I did my best to provide an unbiased opinion ;-).

-Ken

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Surely there must be a better verilog book out there
Awful reference source
Great coverage of Verilog language
Good explanations but not for reference
an easy language

Verilog HDL (2nd Edition)
Samir Palnitkar
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR
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Binding: Hardcover

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Verilog HDL Synthesis, A Practical Primer
The Verilog® Hardware Description Language
Advanced Digital Design With the Verilog Hdl
Circuit Design with VHDL
Starter's Guide to Verilog 2001

ASIN: 0130449113

Customer Reviews:

Surely there must be a better verilog book out there.......2007-05-02

Here are my complaints with the book:

1. Poor organization -- While it does contain a fairly complete description of Verilog, it's not a very useful description. Reading this book is like reading the Tax Act - all the information is there somewhere, but good luck trying to find it.

2. Poor index -- As a reference, this book is pretty much useless because it lacks a good index. Many items discussed in the book are _not_ in the index. So you can never find that thing that you vaguely remember reading about last month. And you cannot find the answer to a simple question quickly.

3. Lack of practical examples -- For a chip designer or verifier, this book is more or less useless. Although it claims to be "A Guide to Digital Design and Synthesis", there is only one brief chapter on synthesis, and it is severely lacking (a mere 40 pages out of 450). He doesn't even demonstrate how to code a flip-flop with an asynchronous reset. When it comes to practical usage, you're better off searching the web, or reading the source code for the openrisc processor, or something written by an experienced co-worker, or even just reading chapters 11 and 12 of "Application Specific Integrated Circuits" by Michael Smith (also available online I think).

4. Expensive -- I recommend you save your money and just use on-line resources to learn Verilog. None of these on-line resources are great, but at least you will be getting your money's worth, which is more than I can say about this book.

Awful reference source.......2007-04-01

I used this book to learn Verilog and if you read it from beginning to end, you might learn the gist of the language...but that's it. The book is virtually useless as any kind of reference source. The index is almost unusable (if you want to learn about the keywords "fork" or "join", for example, good luck. They aren't even listed in the index, along with just about everything else). Descriptions of how the language works are cryptic and overly brief, though the examples are sometimes helpful.

I seldom write reviews of books, but this one has annoyed me so much that I felt compelled to do so.

All in all, it's better than no book at all, but not much better.

Great coverage of Verilog language.......2006-10-11

Very comprehensive text about the Verilog language, covering the various aspects of the language. The text is clear and well organized. The exercises at the end of the chapter helped me a lot in the learning process. The simulator included is very simnple and all examples in the book run flawlessly. A few things I did not like: the few mistakes in the text and code could have been easily caught by any careful reviewer, the lack of a more detailed example to show the usage of the various constructs in a real world Verilog design and hints about how to build synthesizable Verilog programs. I have enjoyed the author's style and recommend the book for any person who wants to learn Verilog, including other software engineers like myself who want to understand some HDL basics.

Good explanations but not for reference.......2006-01-07

I read the book; it is a good one for reader to catch the idea quickly. But to use it as a reference book might not be a good idea. The topic organization is divided into basic usage section and advanced technique section, and kind of hard to locate for a certain issue. However, it is still worthy of reading as a beginner. The most things I like this book is it use example(s) to explain the concept.

an easy language.......2005-12-29

The author offers more than just a detailing of the various parts of the Verilog language. He also covers extra features that enhance what you can do in Verilog for the purposes of modelling or analysis.

Perhaps the most important aspect is how to divide your design into modules. A top-down approach that can greatly aid reducing the complexity of the original problem. Also, constructing modules helps in the testing of the full circuit, by being able to design in tests of each module. If you have a background in software, then you will recognise this factorisation into modules as very akin to traditional software design.

For the student, the chapters have numerous problem sets that let you tackle the language. The text shows that Verilog is actually a fairly simple language, as computer languages do. Those of you who have programmed in other languages should encounter no serious problems with Verilog.

High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices

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Dissappointing. Good subject, poorly covered.
Excellent Book for Beginner and Experienced Engineers
Great book !
A great perspective of the real world
OK, but if you get 1 HSDD book, get Johnson instead.

High-Speed Digital System Design: A Handbook of Interconnect Theory and Design Practices
Stephen H. Hall , Garrett W. Hall , and James A. McCall
Manufacturer: Wiley-IEEE Press
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High Speed Signal Propagation: Advanced Black Magic
High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic
Signal Integrity - Simplified
Signal Integrity Issues and Printed Circuit Board Design
Handbook of Digital Techniques for High-Speed Design: Design Examples, Signaling and Memory Technologies, Fiber Optics, Modeling, and Simulation to Ensure ... Hall Modern Semiconductor Design Series)

ASIN: 0471360902

Book Description

A cutting-edge guide to the theory and practice of high-speed digital system design

An understanding of high-speed interconnect phenomena is essential for digital designers who must deal with the challenges posed by the ever-increasing operating speeds of today's microprocessors. This book provides a much-needed, practical guide to the state of the art of modern digital system design, combining easily accessible explanations with immensely useful problem-solving strategies. Written by three leading Intel engineers, High-Speed Digital System Design clarifies difficult and often neglected topics involving the effects of high frequencies on digital buses and presents a variety of proven techniques and application examples. Extensive appendices, formulas, modeling techniques as well as hundreds of figures are also provided.
Coverage includes:
* A thorough introduction to the digital aspects of basic transmission line theory
* Crosstalk and nonideal transmission line effects on signal quality and timings
* The impact of packages, vias, and connectors on signal integrity
* The effects of nonideal return current paths, high frequency power delivery, and simultaneous switching noise
* Explanations of how driving circuit characteristics affect the quality of the digital signal
* Digital timing analysis at the system level that incorporates high-speed signaling effects into timing budgets
* Methodologies for designing high-speed buses and handling the very large number of variables that affect interconnect performance
* Radiated emission problems and how to minimize system noise
* The practical aspects of making measurements in high-speed digital systems

Customer Reviews:

Dissappointing. Good subject, poorly covered........2003-08-14

I was very disappointed with this book. It covers a very useful subject, but it is not well written. Almost every section was done better in other books covering the same material. It will be hard to prove how bad this book is, since on the surface everything seems to be there. However, as somebody who have read many books on this subject it was painful to read this one. It is more like a cut and paste job putting together well-known material without any new insights.

Despite its shortcomings, people who are not familiar with this subject can find this book remarkable and very useful.

Suggested Reading:

Howard Johnson's "Black Magic" and "Advanced Black Magic" books are definitely more pleasant to read while at a similar basic level. More advanced books on the same subjects include the classic work " Electromagnetic Compatibility" by Clayton Paul and of course most books on Microwave engineering. Brian Young's "Digital Signal Integrity"-although being less practical is a nicely done basic book discussing modeling and simulation of signal integrity.

Excellent Book for Beginner and Experienced Engineers.......2003-05-01

Well organized book that does not skip on details. It explains in a clear and concise manner transmission line issues such as reflections, the why's and how's of matching impedance, and crosstalk among others.

Great book !.......2003-02-09

Great explanations, with good examples. It is a very easy and interesting read, at the same time going into needed detail of high speed digital signalling issues. My course uses Digital Systems Engineering by Dally as text, but I find myself reading this book instead to get a better understanding, as it is clearer and better organized. Coming in really handy for my upcoming exam review!

A great perspective of the real world.......2002-02-22

This book is excellent. As an experienced I.C. designer, I found practical information about interconnect theory and design practices. The book was well written; a good balance between theory and problem solving. The information is useful from the chip level to the outside world.

OK, but if you get 1 HSDD book, get Johnson instead........2002-02-08

This book is OK. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

I was dismayed that Hall et al kept referring to Johnson & Graham's High Speed Digital Design instead of explaining material themselves.

I own both (Johnson and Hall). I prefer Johnson. But that's my preference ....

Microwave Transistor Amplifiers: Analysis and Design (2nd Edition)

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Bible for LNA design
Very good book for LNA design
Looking for a practical RF Amp design book? this is it
Very Well Written
Beginning Microwave Amplifier Design - This is the Book!

Microwave Transistor Amplifiers: Analysis and Design (2nd Edition)
Guillermo Gonzalez
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurement, and Circuits

ASIN: 0132543354

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Bible for LNA design.......2006-07-22

I am a Principal RF Engineer/ Program Manager, with a graduate degree in the field of RF / Microwave and more than a decade of experience working with it.

There are some books which are classics, pozar for basic microwave, Gerd Kaiser for basic optic fibers, balanis and K D Prasad for antennas, matthaei- young-jones for filters, Steve cripps for Power amplifiers and Guilermo Gonzales for low noise amplifiers.

This book treats the whole concept of desinging low noise amplifiers in a very comprehensive manner. It starts off by describing and establishing a understanding of the basics, such as S parameters, smith charts,etc. It doesnt assume anything, but strives to teach right from the begining. So it is a great reference book.

Then it progessively teaches you the various steps of amplifier design, right from determining the stability considerations, design as per gain, VSWR, noise figure etc. Each successive design is more complex than the previous, and it is a wonderful experience reading and understanding each and every minute detail about tansistors, matching networks, dc bias, etc. It deals with practical transistors and components as used in the industry and it gives thorough equations and design tips for a step by step procedure towards design amelioration.

The way you trade off the noise figure for VSWR and gain is a tricky business for LNA's. The way this book describes the method to do so on the smith chart with the Gain, VSWR and Noise figure circles is easy to understand and great to implement.

It has become a trend these days to blindly use simulation softwares. After reading this book, you will no longer be dependent on the trial and error method of microwave circuit design. But you will be able to move with confidence towards cutting down design time, NRE, and your designs will be more robust and repeatable.

I carry this one book with me whenever going on a technical meeting or conference. Be it a meeting with regards to antennas, or filters or any other microwave component or systems design issue. This book is so beautifully written you will find use for it as a reference even in these other fields.

The power amplifier section is not written too well, and the author merely touches on balanced amplifiers, push pull amplifiers, etc. The chapter about oscillators is good. But this book is primarily for those who wish to learn and establish expertise on Low Noise Amplifiers.

I would thoroughly recommend this book for graduate level school work, for beginners and experienced industry professionals and for hobbyists interested in learning about LNA design and creation.

Regards,
KL

Very good book for LNA design.......2006-06-16

I recently took an RF course that was using this book. The examples that were provided were excellent. The theory that was presented wasn't hard to follow, and if the reader was motivated enough, they can test it out using a CAD program. I myself used ADS. This is a must have book if you're going into the RF profession.

Looking for a practical RF Amp design book? this is it.......2005-01-22

This is a perfect book for power amplifier design.
I used this book when I was designing a class AB power amplifier in UHF band and I found it very helpfull. this book is among the few books that includs bilateral design techniques while most of the books only deals with simpler case of unilateral design.
It includes wide band and power amplifier design in a more practical way than the other books. I found the answer to my question about large signal impedance measurement methode in this book. It also includes plenty of equations concerning scattering parameters, reflection,transmission and other theoretical issues as well asoscillator design using DRO technique in last chapter.

Very Well Written.......2004-03-17

I have used this for an Active class (at U-M) and found it very easy to comprehend the concepts presented. The book is not too meaty, but has plenty of detail to allow the user to follow derivations. Also covers advanced topics with some illustrative design examples. It is an excellent book that anyone doing LNAs, Oscillators or PAs needs to have to review.

Beginning Microwave Amplifier Design - This is the Book!.......2002-10-18

I read the first edition, half the size, half the examples, and had to polish up on the calc. The second edition makes up for this and more. This is the definitive reference for all who are interested in microwave amplifier design with no previous experience. The Smith Chart approach follows the more academic derivations, which proves to be fast and easy. There is enough informatation to get one started on basic narrow band small signal gain, basic power configurations, and limited oscillator circuits. Buy this book before venturing on to more complex designs. You won't be disappointed.

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits (4th Edition)

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Excellent book
not for novice!
Good Book
Thorough book
You got to study the book if you want to nail Analog tech.

Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits (4th Edition)
Paul R. Gray , Paul J. Hurst , Stephen H. Lewis , and Robert G. Meyer
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits
CMOS Analog Circuit Design
The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition
Microelectronic Circuits: includes CD-ROM (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Second Edition

ASIN: 0471321680

Book Description

The fourth edition features coverage of cutting edge topics--more advanced CMOS device electronics to include short-channel effects, weak inversion and impact ionization. In this resourceful book find: * Coverage of state-of-the-art IC processes shows how modern integrated circuits are fabricated, including recent issues like heterojunction bipolar transistors, copper interconnect and low permittivity dielectric materials * Comprehensive and unified treatment of bipolar and CMOS circuits helps readers design real-world amplifiers in silicon.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent book.......2007-03-04

This book is one of my favorite in my entire graduate experience. The language is easy to read. It's very coherent with good examples. In this book all the theory and operation of BJT and MOSFET amplifiers, differential pairs, active loads, as well as, frequency response and feedback is explained in depth. I found this book to be complete.

not for novice! .......2006-08-06

It's a very good book but I think you need to have some knowledge of integrated circuit design and analysis before discovering this book.

Good Book.......2006-03-19

This is good book for Analog IC design, but very complex to understand. Quiet good for senior graduate students.

Thorough book.......2006-03-06

Many diagrams. Thorough. Discusses analog bipolar, CMOS & biCMOS design.

On an unrelated topic,
If you need or have solved problems related to Gray's book, email: m1hello@yahoo.com

You got to study the book if you want to nail Analog tech........2004-09-18

First of all, this book is not a novel, so don't read it when you are tired or bored. You will definitely fall into sleep!
This is the book you need to read if you have decided you are going to STUDY Analog.
I bought this book because my friend recommended this book as a good analog reference. Later on , it turns out I have two classes use this book as a textbook.
This book is not easy to read. But analog itself is not an easy subject. With my professors' guidence, I was able to understand the book. I was amazed that the amount of material I have learned from this book. This book teachs you the material that a lot of other books skips. For example, offset voltage, most of other books will only describe in one or two paragraph. But this book explained in many sections. And offset voltage is a very important concept in Analog field.
A lot of other students complained the book covers too much stuff. It has fabrication, which can be one course. It has bipolar, CMOS, which can be course. It has feedback system, which can be another control system class. But these are essential concepts you need to know about analog IC. The title of the book is not

Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog

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Excellent theoretical text. Probably not the best starting point
VMM is difficult
Great book to learn about VMM.

Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog
Janick Bergeron , Eduard Cerny , Alan Hunter , and Andy Nightingale
Manufacturer: Springer
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Writing Testbenches using SystemVerilog
SystemVerilog for Verification: A Guide to Learning the Testbench Language Features
SystemVerilog for Design: A Guide to Using SystemVerilog for Hardware Design and Modeling
Assertion-Based Design (Information Technology: Transmission, Processing & Storage)
A Practical Guide for SystemVerilog Assertions

ASIN: 0387255389

Book Description

Functional verification remains one of the single biggest challenges in the development of complex system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Despite the introduction of successive new technologies, the gap between design capability and verification confidence continues to widen. The biggest problem is that these diverse new technologies have led to a proliferation of verification point tools, most with their own languages and methodologies.

Fortunately, a solution is at hand. SystemVerilog is a unified language that serves both design and verification engineers by including RTL design constructs, assertions and a rich set of verification constructs. SystemVerilog is an industry standard that is well supported by a wide range of verification tools and platforms. A single language fosters the development of a unified simulation-based verification tool or platform.

Consolidation of point tools into a unified platform and convergence to a unified language enable the development of a unified verification methodology that can be used on a wide range of SoC projects. ARM and Synopsys have worked together to define just such a methodology in the Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog. This book is based upon best verification practices by ARM, Synopsys and their customers.

Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog is a blueprint for verification success, guiding SoC teams in building a reusable verification environment taking full advantage of design-for-verification techniques, constrained-random stimulus generation, coverage-driven verification, formal verification and other advanced technologies to help solve their current and future verification problems.

This book is appropriate for anyone involved in the design or verification of a complex chip or anyone who would like to know more about the capabilities of SystemVerilog. Following the Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog will give SoC development teams and project managers the confidence needed to tape out a complex design, secure in the knowledge that the chip will function correctly in the real world.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent theoretical text. Probably not the best starting point.......2007-06-01

This is a very good book. However, as a newcomer to VMM, I initially got more out of "A Pragmatic Approach to VMM Adoption" by Cohen, Venkataramanan and Kumari. I use both books extensively. Since reading "A Pragmatic Approach", Bergeron's book is much more understandable and useful.

VMM is difficult.......2007-01-16

The book starts off fairly well through the first three chapters. Then all of a sudden it makes a huge leap and it becomes very difficult to follow. There are a lot of very advanced topics that require a lot of object oriented programming experience to understand. On my second reading I saw that even Janick says that he does not expect you to understand VMM on the first reading.

A class based methodology is a complex topic and the VMM book does not do much to make it any easier. If you are a C++ (or something similar) guru, then you might enjoy this book. Otherwise, save your money and download the white papers from the web.

Great book to learn about VMM........2006-08-31

I got this book at work to learn about VMM and the use of it.
It covers high level concepts and recommendations on developing a successful verification environment. It does not teach you the syntax or the basics of System Verilog. Beside teaching you these high level concepts, it covers in detail the use of the VMM base classes offered with Synopsys' VCS tools.
The book has code example in each topic covered which will make it easier to understand.
The topics covered include, but not limited to, Verification planning, assertions, testbench infrastructure, stimulus/response and coverage.
If you are using VMM in your development, then this book is definitely the manual that goes with it.
A must have for a successful verification engineer working with VMM. (6 out of 5 stars)

Verilog Designer's Library (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design Series)

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Excellent resource for designers.
Excellent book on verilog
Some Good Points
The reviews about Verilog Designer's Library
Handy Library, Cut and Paste

Verilog Designer's Library (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design Series)
Bob Zeidman , and Robert M. Zeidman
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Verilog HDL (2nd Edition)
Verilog HDL Synthesis, A Practical Primer
Advanced Digital Design With the Verilog Hdl
The Verilog® Hardware Description Language
Starter's Guide to Verilog 2001

ASIN: 0130811548

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This book organizes Verilog routines according to functionality, making it easy to locate the material you need. Each function is described by a behavioral model to use for simulation, followed by the RTL code you'll use to synthesize the gate-level implementation. Extensive test code is included for each function, to assist you with your own verification efforts. The CD-ROM includes all of the Verilog code from the book, plus FPGA Express synthesis software from Synopsys and SILOS III simulation software from Simucad.

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Excellent resource for designers........2005-02-16

The book covers synthesis and design issues with clarity and concise explanations for each case. There isn't any extra fluff to get in the way of going from concept-to-synthesis for each topic presented.

Excellent book on verilog.......2003-06-24

Bob's "Verilog Designer's Library" is an excellent book for
verilog programmers. It does help me much. Every example in
this book is very practical to engineers. I like it.

Some Good Points.......2002-12-31

This book is good for beginners, it has a few good ideas in it. The Behavioral vs. RTL versions of the code is pretty useless, but the RTL vs. Simulation versions are useful. Getting a quick and dirty unit test bench up and running is a good idea. But DO NOT USE THE ASYNCHRONOUS FIFO. It does not work. If you are crossing clock boundaries, this is not the way to do it!

The reviews about Verilog Designer's Library.......2002-12-25

This book reviews the the Verilog Coding Technique in part one. It introduces the Genearl Coding, Behavioral Coding, and RTL coding technique. It makes reader understand how important the coding technique is. This book also explains synthesis issue and simulation issue. After these chapters introduction, the basic building block, state machines, some complex functions, error dection and correction, memory controller Verilog behaviour code and RTL code are introduced in further chapter. This book is for whom has a basic familiarity with Verilog language. It is very useful and valuable for hardware designer,hardware system engineer and student.

Handy Library, Cut and Paste.......2002-12-13

The book has gone through the very details of logic synthesis. With a rich and usable set of design ideas that can be used in any design with minimal modifications. Save time in your design while you learn.

Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and Design

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Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and Design
Victor P. Nelson , H. Troy Nagle , Bill D. Carroll , and David Irwin
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Great Book!.......2006-06-20

I am second year student in Electrical Engineering. I used the book to prepare for my Digital Design exam last semester. Passed with almost 100% :)
Now I read the book for a second time, expecially the last chapters. I think this is a great book if you want to understand the basics of the Digital D&A.
You will find almost everything, from basic boolean algreba to CPLD and FPGA structure and functions. The explanations are very clear with a lot of graphics.

In conclusion: This is a TOP 1 Book for everyone who enters (and not only) the amazing world of Digital D&A. I can only recommend it.

Great Intro Book.......1999-06-12

Provides a superb one semester introduction course into the field of digital logic design. Enough material to provide a good reference for use in later practice.

Excellent.......1999-05-14

Excellent book for entry level to digital design. Serves very well as reference guide for the basics on digital design. Lots of solved problems and problems to do. Some math that you can go into or skip.

every chapter.......1998-10-09

number system, boolean algreba,karnaugh map , flip flop, system design,

Fundamentals of Logic Design (with CD-ROM)

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College Text
Great Self Study Guide
Background comments
New Fifth Edition correct flaws
the best for excercises

Fundamentals of Logic Design (with CD-ROM)
Jr., Charles H. Roth
Manufacturer: Thomson-Engineering
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ASIN: 0534378048

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Updated with modern coverage, a streamlined presentation, and an excellent CD-ROM, this fifth edition achieves a balance between theory and application. Author Charles H. Roth, Jr. carefully presents the theory that is necessary for understanding the fundamental concepts of logic design while not overwhelming students with the mathematics of switching theory. Divided into 20 easy-to-grasp study units, the book covers such fundamental concepts as Boolean algebra, logic gates design, flip-flops, and state machines. By combining flip-flops with networks of logic gates, students will learn to design counters, adders, sequence detectors, and simple digital systems. After covering the basics, this text presents modern design techniques using programmable logic devices and the VHDL hardware description language.

Customer Reviews:

College Text.......2007-05-15

I bought this book for my college class. I don't have it until this summer. It comes with a disk with two programs for programming digital logic.

Great Self Study Guide.......2006-10-21

I grade the first 20 chapters an A ... the remainder: a C+

This book is a great intro to logic design. Read it with John W Carters : Digital Design with Programmable Logic Devices ... to clear up state machine/synchronous binary
counter issues. And to get experience with real world design issues.

Background comments.......2005-06-18

A few comments concerning the material and Dr. Roth. I had the pleasure of using the book while it was still being 'student tested' prior to publication back in the 1970s, and found the course so interesting that I proctored it the following semester. My background prior to taking what was at the time a senior level EE course included no EE whatsoever. The material was well-organized and presented in a consistent pedagogical manner that I find rare in technical textbooks.

I had the pleasure of taking courses with Dr. Roth, and wish to emphasize that he has a very strong interest in effective teaching, and in learning how to make learning more efficient. I found that, as a result, I was both challenged and inspired by one of the best university level instructors I have ever had.

I will also state that I have self-studied topics on numerous occasions, and I have found that 'programmed learning' is one of the most effective teaching methods yet devised.

I have not seen the current edition of 'Fundamentals', but based on my experience with the book since its infancy and my personal knowledge of Dr. Roth's abilities and interest in teaching this material, I would expect the book to be an excellent learning tool.

New Fifth Edition correct flaws.......2004-08-02

I reviewed the Fourth edition before, but have now revised that review to reflect major improvements in the new edition.

This is a learn-by-example style of text. Not only are examples given in the body text, but the first end-of-chapter problems are worked out in detail, and solutions are given for many more. I consider this a fine book for enriching the material I'm presenting in class.

The old edition was dated and promoted design styles that are not advised. The new edition fixes those problems and this is now a great text. Three chapters introducing VHDL have been added after the chapter sequences on combinatorial logic, sequential logic, and digital systems. Thus VHDL doesn't intefere with the teaching of the fundamentals, but serves to enhance by providing the modern practices. The chapters are not thorough enough for practicing design in VHDL but are a good introduction. Relatively modern components are now used in the practical examples. I don't think anyone will mind that the chapters on asynchronous state machine design are gone.

The new text comes with a CD containing a simple VHDL simulator (which I have not tested), SimuAid (also untested) and Professor Roth's venerable LogicAid -- a combinatorial logic synthesis tool which if nothing else provides a means that students can check their hand-made designs. People using this text in self-study would probably find the CD paricularly useful, although it has little value in school settings where professional software tools are available.

the best for excercises.......2002-11-23

i have been using both roth and mano for my digital design course at college and my experience is that roth is 'the' book for digital design.it is clear ,concise and to the point.mano seems to be a little too descriptive and sometimes drives you early to bed.however it is always good to refer to mano as for PLDs are concerned..

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