This book on the design of very large-scale integration of microelectronic memory chips has been written by the worldwide leading reseacher and developer, Kiyoo Itoh who is a Hitachi Fellow.

A systematic description of microelectronic device design. Topics range from the basics to low-power and ultralow-voltage designs, subthreshold current reduction, memory subsystem designs for modern DRAMs, and various on-chip supply-voltage conversion techniques. It also covers process and device issues as well as design issues relating to systems, circuits, devices and processes, such as signal-to-noise and redundancy.

1. An Introduction to Memory Chip Design.- 2. The Basics of RAM Design and Technology.- 3. DRAM Circuits.- 4. High Signal-to-Noise Ratio DRAM Design and Technology.- 5. On-Chip Voltage Generators.- 6. High-Performance Subsystem Memories.- 7. Low-Power Memory Circuits.- 8. Ultra-Low-Voltage Memory Circuits.- References.