Best 25 books on VLSI Design

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In the previous article, Best 5 books have recommended for Physical Design Engineer. While writing that article it was very difficult to make many books out of the list. So I thought it will be better to write another article on the best 25 books for VLSI Design. This list starts from the basic level of books to the advance level of books. I have categories these books into 8 major categories. 

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I. Basic Digital Electronics


1. Electronic Devices And Circuits Theory by Robert L. Boylestad 


The main content of this book is as follow:

  1. Semiconductor Diodes
  2. Diode applications
  3. Bipolar Junction Transistor
  4. DC Biasing – BJT
  5. BJT AC Analysis
  6. Field-Effect Transistors
  7. FET Biasing 
  8. FET amplifier
  9. BJT and JFET Frequency response
  10. Operational Amplifiers
  11. OP-Amp applications 
  12. Power Amplifiers
  13. Linear Digital ICs
  14. Feedback and Oscillator Circuits
  15. Power Supply (Voltage Regulators)
  16. Other Two Terminals Devices
  17. PNPN and other devices

2. Digital Design with an Introduction to the Verilog HDL by M. Morris Mano 


The main content of this book is as follow:
  1. Binary Systems
  2. Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
  3. Simplification of Boolean Functions
  4. Combinational Logic
  5. MSI and PLD Components
  6. Synchronous Sequential Logic
  7. Registers, Counters and The Memory Units
  8. Algorithm State Machines (ASM)
  9. Asynchronous Sequential Logic
  10. Digital Integrated Circuits
  11. Laboratory Experiments
  12. Standard Graphics Symbols

II. Verilog HDL and SystemVerilog


3. Verilog HDL by Samir Palnitkar 

The main content of this book is as follow:

1 Overview of Digital Design with Verilog HDL 
2 Hierarchical Modeling Concepts 
3 Basic Concepts 
4 Modules and Ports 
5 Gate-Level Modeling 
6 Dataflow Modeling 
7 Behavioral Modeling 
8 Tasks and Functions 
9 Useful Modeling Techniques 
10 Timing and Delays 
11 Switch-Level Modeling 
12 User-Defined Primitives 
13 Programming Language Interface 
14 Logic Synthesis with Verilog HDL


4. FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples by Pong P. Chu 



The main content of this book is as follow:

  1. Gate-Level Combinational Circuits

  2. Overview of FPGA and EDA software

  3. RTL combinational circuit

  4. Regular Sequential Circuit

  5. FSM

  6. FSMD

  7. Selected Topics of Verilog

  8. UART

  9. PS2 Keyboard

  10. PS2 Mouse

  11. External SRAM

  12. Xilinx Spartan-3 Specific Memory

  13. VGA Controller -1: Graphics

  14. VGA Controller-II: Text

  15. PicoBlaze Overview

  16. PicoBlaze Assembly Code Development

  17. PicoBlaze I/O Interface

  18. PicoBlaze Interrupt Interface

  19. Simple Verilog Templates

5. SystemVerilog for Verification by Chris Spear 


The main content of this book is as follow:

  1. Verification Guidelines
  2. Data Types Procedural Statements and Routines
  3. Connecting the Testbench and Design
  4. Basic OOP
  5. Randomization Threads and Interprocess Communication
  6. Advanced OOP and Testbench Guidelines
  7. Functional Coverage
  8. Advanced Interfaces
  9. A Complete SystemVerilog Testbench
  10. Interfacing with C/C++

III. Semiconductor Devices


6. Solid State Electronic Devices by Streetman and Banerjee



7. VLSI Technology by S. M. SZE



8. The MOS Transistor by Yanish Tsividis


IV. Fabrication Technologies

9. The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication by Stephen A Campbell 


9.a. Fundamental of Semiconductor Fabrication by S M SZE


The main content of this book is as follow:

  1. Introduction
  2. Crystal Growth
  3. Silicon Oxidation
  4. Photolithography
  5. Etching
  6. Diffusion
  7. Ion Implantation
  8. Film Deposition
  9. Process Integration
  10. IC Manufacturing
  11. Future Trends and Challenges

V. Analog Design

10. Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits by Behzad Razavi


11. Microelectronic Circuit Theory and Application by Sedra and Smith


12. CMOS Circuit Design, Layout and Simulation by R. Jacob Baker

VI. Digital Design

13. CMOS Digital Integrated Circuit by Sung-Mo Kang and Yusuf Leblebici


14. Digital Integrated Circuit by Rabaey


15. CMOS VLSI Design by Neil H E Weste 


VII. Low Power Design

16. Low Power CMOS VLSI Circuit Design by Kaushik Roy 



17. Practical Low Power VLSI Design by Gary K. Yeap


VIII. Advance Books

18. Static Timing Analysis For Nanometer Design by J Bhaskar 


The main content of this book is as follow:

    1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction
    2. CHAPTER 2: STA Concepts
    3. CHAPTER 3: Standard Cell Library
    4. CHAPTER 4: Interconnect Parasitics
    5. CHAPTER 5: Delay Calculation
    6. CHAPTER 6: Crosstalk and Noise
    7. CHAPTER 7: Configuring the STA Environment
    8. CHAPTER 8: Timing Verification
    9. CHAPTER 9: Interface Analysis
    10. CHAPTER 10: Robust Verification

19. Constraining Design for Synthesis and Timing Analysis by Sridhar Gangadharan  


                        

20. Advance ASIC Chip Synthesis by Himanshu Bhatnagar 


The main content of this book is as follow:

  1. ASIC DESIGN METHODOLOGY TUTORIAL
  2. BASIC CONCEPTS
  3. SYNOPSYS TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY
  4. PARTITIONING AND CODING STYLES
  5. CONSTRAINING DESIGNS
  6. OPTIMIZING DESIGNS
  7. DESIGN FOR TEST
  8. LINKS TO LAYOUT & POST LAYOUT OPT
  9. PHYSICAL SYNTHESIS
  10. SDF GENERATION
  11. PRIMETIME BASICS
  12. STATIC TIMING ANALYSIS

21. Physical Design Essentials by Khosrow Golshan


The main content of this book is as follow:

Chapter 1: Libraries 

1.1 Standard Cells 1.4 Library Characterization

Chapter 2: Floorplanning

2.1 Technology File 2.3 Design Constraints

2.4 Design Planning
2.5 Pad Placement
2.6 Power Planning
2.7 Macro Placement

Chapter 3: Placement 

3.1 Global Placement 3.2 Detail Placement

3.3 Clock Tree Synthesis
3.4 Power Analysis

Chapter 4: Routing 

4.1 Special Routing

4.2 Global Routing
4.3 Detail Routing
4.4 Extraction

Chapter 5: Verification

5.1 Functional Verification 5.2 Timing Verification

5.3 Physical Verification

Chapter 6: Testing

6.1 Functional Test
6.2 Scan Test 6.3 Boundary Scan Test
6.4 Fault Detection
6.5 Parametric Test
6.8 Memory Test

22. Algorithm for VLSI Physical Design Automation by Naveed Sherwani



23. VLSI Design Methodology Development by Thomas Dillinger


24. Characterization and Modeling of Digital Circuits by Rohit Sharma



25. The Art of Timing Closure by Khosrow Golshan


        
Hope this article will help you to decide which are the best books available and which you need to read. 

Thank you!

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