ADC Analog to Digital Converter
ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
CAD Computer-Aided Design
CIF Caltech Interchange Format
CMP Chemical Mechanical Polishing
CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMRR Common Mode Rejection Ratio
CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition
DOF Depth of Focus
DOE Design of Experiments
DPTLCMOS Double Pass-Transistor Logic CMOS
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DRC Design Rule Checker
ECAD Electronic Computer-Aided Design
ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic
GBW Gain-Bandwidth Product
HDLs Hardware Description Languages
IC Integrated Circuit
LPE Layout Parameter Extraction
NA Numerical Aperture
PED PIF Editor
PIF Profile Interchange Format
PSRR Power Supply Rejection Ratio
PVD Physical Vapor Deposition
RIE Reactive Ion Etching
SFC Simulation Flow Controller
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
TCAD Technology Computer-Aided Design
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
WWW World Wide Web