The textbook you are looking for, " Introduction to Electronic Circuit Design
Many textbooks treat Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) and Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductors (CMOS) as separate species. Spencer merges them. He shows that while the physics differs, the design strategies are analogous. This is crucial for modern IC design where chips use both technologies (BiCMOS).
Broad Coverage: It spans both analog and digital transistor-level design, covering everything from operational amplifiers and filters to logic gates and memory elements.
The Printing Issue: Be cautious with newer physical editions. Some users report that newer paperbacks are printed in grayscale, which makes reading diagrams that originally used color (like "red vs. blue lines") much harder.
Before hunting for a PDF, you must understand why this book reigns supreme. Many students claim that if you master the Spencer text, you can skip several other junior-level engineering books.
Electronic circuit design involves several key steps:
Week 2 (Ch3-4): Physics of BJT and MOSFET. Do not skip the device physics sections. The PDF’s zoom function is crucial for visualizing depletion regions and carrier flow.