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Analog VLSI: Circuits and Principles Shih-Chii Liu, Jörg Kramer, Giacomo Indiveri, Tobias Delbrüc and Rodney Douglas with contributions from Albert Bergemont, Chris Diorio, Carver A. Mead, Bradley A. Minch, Rahul Sarpeshkar, and Eric Vittoz, and foreword by Carver A. Mead MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts (Bradford Book) 2002 ISBN 0-262-12255-3 xx + 434 pp. hardback £39.95 Review DOI 10.1108/03684920410514580 Keywords Analogue systems, Technology, Circuits
This book introduces an important area of technology that will be unfamiliar to most readers - at least, I have to admit that it was new to me. The book not only introduces the technology and explains its significance, it also reviews the underlying physics and the technical developments and possibilities in considerable detail. There is even reference to means of fabrication of the necessary a VLSI circuit boards, including their production in modest quantities for research and development.
Despite the large number of contributing authors the style is uniform as though from a single author, suggesting that rather firm discipline was imposed during its preparation and resulting in a coherent text that is well suited to be the basis for a taught course. The material has in fact been used in teaching in the Institute for Neuroinformatics associated with the University and Technical High School in Zurich, and in a series of Neuromorphic Engineering Workshops held in Telluride, Colorado.
In the Introduction it is mentioned that much relevant information, including examples of simulations and layouts for simple circuits, can be found on the Institute of Neuroinformatics Web site. The circuits were fabricated and...