Book Review: Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, 2nd Ed.

custom design. A chapter is devoted to VLSI architectures, and covers the implementation of finite state machines and the use of cellular logic to reduce complexity. This is followed by an introduction to digital signal processing, and descriptions of some typical signal processing architectures. Having done the groundwork, the author then presents three case studies of signal processing system designs. A digital finite impulse response filter is used to illustrate the basic approach to system design using the metrics introduced earlier. A frequency domain filter shows when to use semi-custom VLSI circuits, and a digital beam former presents a case for full custom design. The tradeoffs between using commercial chips, and designing custom chips are discussed. Finally, the book ends with a look at networking, and a comparison of several interconnection schemes. The book is well structured with each chapter starting with a concise summary and finishing with a good reference list. It is aimed at graduate engineers, and forms a useful introduction to signal processing system design. M. J. NAYLOR, Department ofElectrical and Electronic Engineering, University ofCanterbury , New Zealand