You are about to learn why digital design is, in Ken Martin’s view, simply analog design with a finite number of voltage states.

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Ken Martin emphasizes a "bottom-up" approach to design, ensuring engineers understand the silicon before building complex systems. 1. The CMOS Inverter

Unlike many modern texts that focus heavily on high-level system abstraction, Martin’s work emphasizes the physical and intuitive understanding of circuits. It begins with the fundamental building blocks—the transistors—and builds upward toward complex system-level considerations.

📘 Executive Summary of "Digital Integrated Circuit Design"