In article , Joe McElvenney
writes:

If anyone is interested - Hans (of 555 fame) Camenzind's book
is finally finished and available for download at -

http://www.designinganalogchips.com/

Thank you for the link and advisory!

Camenzind's book is EXCELLENT in describing the elementary
semiconductor junctions and how/why they came to be. The
capsule history of the transistor and integrated circuits, along
with its movers and shakers who made it all possible is well worth
the time of downloading something bigger than 20 MB (the
manuscript is 280+ pages long). [set it up, go do some other
things, come back in an hour if you have dial-up in order to see if
it all came down] Note: Hans' comments on some of the personalities
involved in semiconductors favors Silicon Valley, but that's under-
standable considering his long involvement there.

The majority of the text is for actual IC design but that does tie in
with detailed circuit designing done with packages as well. I thought
it an excellent bridge between the insides and outsides of ICs. Gives
a better "feel" for lots of the rules and specs of ICs when connecting to
them and trying to make things work.

Despite an "easy" writing style and minimal math, it ain't a "Dummies"
kind of book. Those who've just learned to handle Ohm's Law should
wait a few years before tackling it.