Title: This is a race car, not a Yugo
Product review: This book is written for the advanced IC designer and systems engineer (practicing engineer or smart grad student.) It's not for the novice. It introduces all the analog-to-digital conversion and sigma-delta concepts, but it assumes you know basic concepts like how to design an op amp and how MOS transistors work. If you don't, it's better to start with Grey & Meyer or with Razavi's introductory books. The publisher, Kluwer, prints a lot of PhD dissertations - which is what this book looks like.If you have a good foundation in the basics of modern electronics, you'll learn a lot about sigma-delta and low power analog design. Otherwise, you should concentrate on the fundamentals before moving on to this level of material.
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