Current and future electronic design rely on circuit design and modeling software. This book guides engineering students and industry practitioners through simulation-based analog circuit design, from fundamental op-amp and diode applications to multi-transistor-multi-stage amplifier circuits. A basic design, that integrates simulations, may start with manual calculations that utilize simplified formulas and assumed parameters. It is followed by a simulation that allows the designer to contrast the approximations with an exact solution. It then ends with circuit tweaking and precise parameter tuning. In more advanced designs, simulations play a more central role in the design process itself.

• Makes extensive use of the Advance Design System (ADS) software by Keysight Technologies, Inc. with a focus on simulation, yield and optimization features of the tool.
• Supported by over 750 illustrations and tables.
• Includes an ADS process design kit and ADS workspaces that contain all the schematics used in the book