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Review on microsystem design
The book tries to cover many different topics at the same time and sometimes makes a quite messy work. However, the book has very good chapters and not so good ones. It provides a good introduction on MEMS fabrication, but a more interested reader will find difficult to fabricate MEMS with the given information. Chapters 5,6,7 and 8 are excellent, but chapters 9, 10,11 and 12 are incomplete and not easily understandable for a Electrical Engineer graduate student. Chapter 13 begins with general equations to be simplified considerably later, giving the impression to the reader that he has learned only a little about fluids. Chapter 11 is quite confusing and chapter 12 lack examples in 2D and 3D lumped models. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronics - Microelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Industrial Technology    6. Microelectromechanical systems    7. Microelectronics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. System design    10. Systems Engineering    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Electronic devices & materials    14. Technology / Engineering / Electrical    15. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical    16. Technology-Electronics - Microelectronics    17. Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic   

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Reference Resource
Comprehensive in-depth reference tool - this is how the book has been characterized by a university professor using it for his course instruction. I concur. Amazing amount of practical detail in one refernce. Dimensionally a bit large and gangly but likely would require mulitple volumes if in standard book size. The web page link is a nice feature given the fast moving topic. Cleanroom reference is out of date and could be updated given the reference focus. Text discusssions well written and unusually pleasant to read.

honey HE(Marc J. Madou) shrunk the world....
Nanotechnology and MEMS are among the active research areas world and will continue to be so duringthe next decade and paving way to new generation of taking an insight into micro world making this work "Fundamentals of Microfabrication" an important stepping stone for the better future. Marc J. Madou is internationally recognized expert on sensors and sensor instrumentation who is also a leading authority on nanotechnology and microfabrication. This book will functions hand book for beginners. This book helps you explore the world of micromachines and miniaturization. The Ten chapters cover in detail, topics explaining the methodogy of microfabrications including micromachining technologies available today. Comparision of traditional and non-traditional microfabrication tools for different applications. The book also provides discussion about quantum structures and reviews molecular engineering. Appendices offer valuable information in an easily accessible format. Hyperlinked documents are provided for futher exploring the world of micromachining and microfabrication.

Fundamentals of Microfabrication
This book helps you explore the world of micromachines and miniaturization. First 6 chapters review and explain the methodogy of microfabrications including micromachining technologies available today.Chapter 7 compares traditional and non-traditional microfabrication toolsfor different applications. New device development and hot topics ofmicromachined packaging are explored in chapter 8. Nice up-to-date list ofhyperlinked documents from all around the world is placed at the end of thebook for futher exploring the world of micromachining and microfabrication. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronics - Microelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Integrated circuits    6. Laser Technology    7. Lasers    8. Machining    9. Microelectromechanical systems    10. Microelectronics    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Electronic devices & materials    15. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics   

Subjects:  1. Detectors    2. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    3. Electronics - Microelectronics    4. Engineering instruments    5. Magnetic devices    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Solid State Physics    8. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Communications engineering / telecommunications    12. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    13. Engineering: general    14. Science-Solid State Physics    15. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics    16. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades    17. Technology-Electronics - Microelectronics   

Subjects:  1. Effect of radiation on    2. Electricity    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Electronics - Semiconductors    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Environmental Engineering & Technology    7. Material Science    8. Radioactive Pollutants (Environmental Aspects)    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Semiconductors    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    14. Energy industries & utilities    15. Environmental impact of radiation    16. Microelectronics    17. Radiation damage    18. Science / Crystallography    19. Semiconductor devices and circuits    20. Space and nuclear electronics    21. Technology / Material Science    22. Technology-Electronics - Semiconductors    23. Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    24. ULSI Technology   

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Good overview except for the thermal section...
This book is a highly recommended reference for all mechanical (and, I suppose, some electrical) engineers working on packaging.The book covers many topics with enough detail so that the engineer may have a good holistic understanding of everything from: - pcb design, layout and fabrication - component fundamentals including IC's - EMC issues - interconnect issues - reliability - testing One of the best Electronics Packaging Handbooks
I found this book to be one of the best electronics packaging handbooks on the market.Many books give mere text descriptions of the various aspects of electronics packaging.This book gives great detail and usefulequations that an electronics packaging engineer can actually use. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    2. Electronic packaging    3. Electronics - General    4. Electronics - Microelectronics    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Microelectronics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Electronics engineering    12. Technical design    13. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Very thorough and readable
The book is so clearly written you can open it practically anywhere and read just the items of interest.
A really good book for a dying art
If you're an avid electronics enthusiast, you've more than likely had to build some power supplies.The days of building simple linear supplies are over.If you need various voltages that are carefully controlled and/or just want to build efficient supplies, you need to build a switchmode power supply.This handbook will take you through the major topologies, explaining them all in detail, along with the necessary math to choose the proper components, and the theory of how it's done - and how to choose the proper topology in the first place.The book is well-written and stuffed full of very useful information.Power Factor Correction is also covered, with examples, chips, and theory to build PFC circuits, along with transformer design and theory as well.This book is a great book to buy with "Switchmode Power Supply Handbook", by Keith Billings.Keith's book presents additional information and transformer design mock-ups, along with additional ways to calculate and pick components.Used together, you have the information you need to build a working switching supply with a minimum of hassle.Of course, this assumes that you're already famaliar with electronics and magnetism, and have a good working knowledge of algebra and basic trig.These books are not meant for beginners by any means.I am one happy customer to have found such a good reference for an art that seems to only be known by a few anymore, and other reference materials do not even begin to go into the depth that this book does.
Great for learning
I recently purchased both this book and the book "Switchmode Power Supply Handbook" by Keith Billings.My knowledge of switching power supplies had mainly come from datasheets and app notes from National Semiconductors and IRF.
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Subjects:  1. Electric Power Systems    2. Electric current converters    3. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    4. Electronic apparatus and appli    5. Electronic apparatus and appliances    6. Electronics - General    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Microelectronics    9. Power supply    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Switching power supplies    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Circuits & components    15. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Excellent casual referance
This book has achieved just the right balance between throughness and overview so that I have been able to refer to it in a casual manner (once every 3-6 months) and been able to use the results without taking a new college course.I am a practicing Analog electronics engineer and thermal engineering is something I only do once (perhaps more ?) during a design/project. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    3. Electronic apparatus and appli    4. Electronic apparatus and appliances    5. Electronic packaging    6. Electronics - General    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Multichip modules (Microelectr    9. Multichip modules (Microelectronics)    10. Reference    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Temperature control    15. Circuits & components    16. Electronic devices & materials    17. Engineering thermodynamics    18. Technology / Reference   

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Useful overview of topics
This book gives an excellent review of microvias and WLCSP technologies, with real-world examples from the electronic packaging industry. It focuses largely on how to create effective & reliable low-cost, high density interconnects in modern high speed system designs. It provides a sufficient amount of theory so that the the reader can understand the fundamental issues assosiated with high density interconnection. It's a comprehensive book with the ability to keep you satisfied no matter what you are looking for.

Useful overview of topics
This book gives an excellent review of microvias and WLCSP technologies, with real-world examples from the electronic packaging industry. It focuses largely on how to create effective & reliable low-cost, high density interconnects in modern high speed system designs. It provides a sufficient amount of theory so that the the reader can understand the fundamental issues assosiated with high density interconnection. It's a comprehensive book with the ability to keep you satisfied no matter what you are looking for. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cost control    2. Design and construction    3. Electric Circuits    4. Electronic Circuits    5. Electronics - Circuits - General    6. Electronics - Circuits - Printed    7. Electronics - General    8. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    9. Integrated circuits    10. Junctions    11. Microelectronic packaging    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Semiconductors    14. Technology    15. Technology & Industrial Arts    16. Circuits & components    17. Communications engineering / telecommunications    18. Electronic devices & materials    19. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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excellent reference book for those designing magnetic motors
Last year I was seeking a reference book on permanent magnetic motors.I found this book to be an excellent choice.The subject material includes magnetic materials and properties, leading into the various classes of permanent magnet materials, a good review of Maxwell's equations, which is used to lead into several useful analytical models, before closing with a review of permanent magnet devices and electromechanical devices.If the book had included problem sets at the end of each chapter, it would have ended up as an excellent graduate level textbook on the subject.As it is, the book will serve experienced technical folks well, either as a refresher on material already known, or as a method of teaching new material in all its gory detail. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    3. Electronics - General    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    9. Electronic Devices & Systems    10. Electronics & Communications Engineering    11. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics   

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Very good on hand reference
It provides an efficient and valuable on hand quick reference to the industry.Depth of the content is also right for marketing and management people who need some knowledge of the field.The book is however, too simple for Electronic Engineer.On the other hand, the pictures inside are not in good resolution.Anyway, If you need an efficient reference, it save you at least several days or weeks time in browsing internet for your requested information.

Handy Packaging Handbook
Three competing technologies are presently battling for position in the high density microelectronics packaging arena.In this book, Ken Gilleo has corralled all three competitors - Ball Grid Array (BGA), Chip-Scale Packaging (CSP), and Flip Chip - in a singlehandbook that is a comprehensive reference, problem solver, and get-smart-fast source for packaging engineers, designers, production engineers,manufacturing specialists, and those from all of the otherdisciplines associated with microelectronics packaging. Finally, THE Area Array Packaging Handbook is out
There are many books on packaging, but all of them do not discuss ALL the area array packages in details. This one does! This book include BGA, CGA, CSP, FLip Chip, HDI and MEMS. What make this book so cool is that it not only mention on the making of these devices, it also includes how to use them as in assembly. Read more

Subjects:  1. Ball grid array technology    2. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    3. Electronics - General    4. Electronics - Microelectronics    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Manufacturing    7. Microelectronic packaging    8. Microelectronics    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Electronics engineering    13. Printing, packaging & reprographic industry    14. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

Subjects:  1. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    2. Electronics - Microelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Industrial Design - Packaging    6. Microelectronic packaging    7. Microelectronics    8. Reference    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Computer Programming    12. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    13. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General    14. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics    15. Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    16. Technology-Industrial Design - Packaging   

Subjects:  1. Computer Engineering    2. Computer Simulation    3. Electricity    4. Electronics    5. Electronics - Microelectronics    6. Electronics - Semiconductors    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Josephson junctions    9. Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)    10. Microelectronics    11. Optics    12. Science    13. Science/Mathematics    14. Semiconductors    15. Technology    16. Electronics engineering    17. Geräte    18. Monte Carlo    19. Schaltkreise    20. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics    21. circuits    22. devices/Tunneleffekt    23. simulation    24. single-electronics    25. tunneling   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Microelectronics    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Semiconductors    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Electronic devices & materials    10. Electronics engineering    11. Engineering & Technology | Electrical & Computer Engineering    12. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electricity    3. Electronics - General    4. Electronics - Microelectronics    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Power semiconductors    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Semiconductor switches    9. Switching circuits    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Electronic devices & materials    13. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    14. Power networks, systems, stations & plants    15. Technology / Electronics / General   

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An excellent textbook
I slept through all my lectures and got an A+ in the course because of this book. And no, I'm not from MIT and the authors of this book are not my professors.

AWFUL
THIS BOOK IS AWFUL!!!!!! I've never seen a textbook as terrible as this. Notice how the guy who gave it 5 stars is from MIT. I wouldnt be surprised if it Sodini himself. Nice try Charles, but your textbook is terrible.

Absolutely Terrible
This is the worst textbook that I have ever read. The authors make way too many assumptions in deriving their equations. Also, their approximations seem very sketchy and go without proper justification. All of these assumptions and approximations make it near impossible to understand anything, and so the student is just left with a bunch of meaningless equations. The end-of-chapter problems and excercises thus become just plug-and-chug, and they teach the student absolutely nothing about semiconductor devices. The problems are only difficult in that the student must search through the 150 or so gigantic equations in each chapter to find the correct one to plug the numbers into. No insight is gained. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Circuits - General    2. Electronics - Microelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Microelectronics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Solid State Electronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Electronic devices & materials    10. Technology / Electronics / General   

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There are other books other there better than this one
I used this book in my college and was entirely lost.And in my opinion not just me but other students at my school.I believe this is not a good book at all.First off I find the author dwells way too much into the math for an introductory subject, and as a result makes it really impossible to answer the questions at the end of the chapters.It seems this book is more for someone who has had a couple years of experience.You never get a real feel for what the whole topic of microelectronics is and what is the point of the op-amp and transistors.After trying to read this book several times I started to realize maybe it was not me and maybe it was the book.And after trying out different books out there I realized it was not me!!!Now I can say when I first read this book I was not great at electric circuit analysis, but after getting good at that and coming back to this book I was still as confused as I was in college.I would recommend Microelectronic Circuit Design by Jaeger or Introduction to Electronic Circuit Design by Richard Spencer and Mohammed S. Gaussi.This book really lowered my confidence in myself, but luckly their are other books out there that make you believe that any subject can be learned and it is not about intellectual aptitude as it is more just of effort.I would also strongly, strongly, strongly suggets reading Roland Thomas "The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits" to understand circuit analysis.This book is amazing and gave me confidence again that I could learn electronics.The way this author goes over thevinin and norton, node-voltage analysis, phasors, laplaces equations, fourier series, and solving differential equations is amazing!!!!!And it is an excellent, excellent start to learning the math of electronics.It actually has problems that are worked out in the book!!!And it has not just difficult questions but also questions that are easy to get you warmed up.You almost start to feel you are in high school again, the good old days when math and science was actually easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!Also the other thing about this book that I did not like was that the book was not fun to read.I never got excited reading this book.It is really amazing to me that this is the book of choice not only in colleges but the work place as well.
Comprehensive, clear but somewhat dry and cumbersome
I used this book for a junior level circuit analysis and design course.I have mixed feelings about the book.The main things i like about the book are: 1) it's very methodical and goes through everything in detail (sometimes excruciatingly so), 2)it's fairly comprehensive, and contains all the fundamental BJT and MOSFET circuit analysis stuff 3) there are lots of examples which are worked out in detail.
A bad book
I owned this book, 4th Edition, from my previous courses in EE.As a matter of fact, I wouldn't recommend this book to undergraduate students if they really want to nail down in Microelectronic, which is based on the facts -- this book is very hard to understand from the authors explanations beside the exercises solutions and solving techniques.I feel very regretted that I owned this book because I could have another book better than this one in the past. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Electronic Circuits    3. Electronics - Microelectronics    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Integrated circuits    6. Microelectronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Electronic devices & materials    11. Engineering & Technology | Electrical & Computer Engineering    12. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics   

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Different than Sedra and Smith
I found this text to be geared more toward the electrical engineer who is not going to fabricate IC's, but rather use them.It is not quite as hefty as Sedra and Smith, but it is easier to follow, in my opinion.It is the first book I would go to as a reference.

Forget about this book!
One star is even too much! One of the best electronics books I've read
One of the best organized and well-written electronics books on the market. I used it in my college course on electronics and it was an invaluable source of fundamentals, great examples, and extremely well explained concepts. Great use of analogies throughout the text. Lots of problems. Recommended buy. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Electronics - General    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Microelectronics    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Looks Good.
I need this book. But first I want contents of it. I live in Pakistan howcan I buy it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers - General Information    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Electronics - Microelectronics    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. General    6. Information display systems    7. Optoelectronic Devices    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Circuits & components    11. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Design    3. Electromagnetic devices    4. Electromagnetism    5. Electronics - Microelectronics    6. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    7. Engineering - Mechanical    8. Finite Element Method In Engineering    9. Finite element method    10. Mathematics    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Applications of Computing    15. Circuits & components    16. Communications engineering / telecommunications    17. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Circuits - General    2. Electronics - Optoelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Integrated optics    5. Microelectronic packaging    6. Microelectronics    7. Optoelectronic Devices    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Applied optics    12. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General