The text contains a comprehensive treatment of digital circuits, emphasizing NMOS and CMOS design and providing a basic introduction to VLSI design techniques, including memory circuits.
The design process is integrated throughout the text beginning immediately with the solid-state device chapters. The chapters on NMOS and CMOS logic are presented from a design point of view. The section on analog design integrates the coverage of FET and BJT devices in order to allow discussion of design tradeoffs.
Computers are used as a problem solving tool throughout the text in a variety of ways.
The text's flexible organization means that the instructor can move directly from the Solid-State Electronics and Devices material in Part One to either Part Two - Digital Electronics, or Part Three - Analog Electronics, with equal ease.
The history of electronics is presented to provide students with perspective on how far electronics has advanced in a short period of time and its economic impact.
Microelectronic Circuit Design is known for being a technically excellent text. The new edition has been revised to make the material more motivating and accessible to students while retaining a student-friendly approach.
Jaeger has added more pedagogy and an emphaisis on design through the use of design examples and design notes. Some pedagogical elements include chapter opening vignettes, chapter objectives, "Electronics in Action" boxes, a problem solving methodology, and "design note" boxes. The number of examples, including new design examples, has been increased, giving students more opportunity to see problems worked out. Additionally, some of the less fundamental mathematical material has been moved to the ARIS website.
In addition this edition comes with a Homework Management System called ARIS, which includes 450 static problems.