nMOS.....pMOS....CMOS....CMp__n__ ....CM Punk....Punk....Pink...Pink Floyd....Floyd...Freud....Sigmund Freud....!!!!!
And the distortions go on till I close the book by Sung-Mo Kang and Yusuf Leblebici on CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; the pages as unruffled as ever. Not even for a microsecond, should one think of me being dyslexic here. It’s just the aftermath of Mr. Kang’s bang on my head that leaves me staring listlessly at the enormously expanded equations and the least- enchanting expressions. But as a sincere student, I’m here to highlight the positives of such power-readings.
The ones who believe that a great writing requires a great idea and hence, a great mind, might be in for a concept-check, since if a least-known 8-pointer with the minimum possible knowledge of…..um…..the terms ‘electronics’ and ‘communication’( or are they said together?) could reach from Fabrication to Freud via Floyd after a few hours of unconscious gaze at some pages studded heavily enough to force the likes of Salman Rushdie to put on a thinking hat, one could very well imagine what wonders a 10-pointer could have done with his exclusive know-how of the course and unending experiences of attending ethical hacking workshops, smart car competitions and rigorous and out-of-the-world/country summer trainings, if he had just taken a careless look. He, within a few weeks, would have written an international best-seller! It’d have been an innovation at its best….a tide at its crest.
But imagination is just not enough. Alongside are required the reiterations i.e. to present the same thing to the reader in seemingly different forms. I just love them and it was actually the reason behind me going for Electronic Devices and Circuits by Mr. JB Gupta, where such repetitions are so pronounced that any two pages selected at random could be cut short into two paragraphs, provided no connectors and punctuation marks are ignored. But look at the brighter side-concepts just glue to your minds after you read them again and again. Indeed an effective way to learn. Isn’t it? At times, when I had the desire to enjoy some complex reading….something which would drive my lethargic brain to toil hard and understand the subtle meanings of the English language, I trusted nothing less than the writings of Mr.Millman Halkiyas. They suited the situation just so well. At present, Simon Haykins seems to be the guy who could match the wit and cleverness of the former. In fact, some noteworthy hints of mathematics visible in his writings give him that extra edge.
So very often, I’m taken to an entirely different world; thanks to my text books. Plus, they make me dream….after putting me to sleep, thus discarding me out of the danger of insomnia. A clear winner in this category, according to me, is none other than Mr. S.M. Sze. If yellow is your favourite colour…..really? Okay, even if it’s not and you want some hours of tight sleep, close your eyes (not literally) and pick up VLSI Technology by S.M. Sze……Ass Em Sze……Ass Eminem Sze……OMG, I’ve started dreaming again! Anyway, the ones who couldn’t find any kind of writing-inspiration from the previously mentioned texts, are surely expected to love this popular piece from the Mc Graw Hill publications.
Summarizing, if you want to write well or enhance your vocabulary, take a nap or even doze off, try out any of the above mentioned healthy techniques. Still, if you don’t have enough bucks to buy these books, search for the ‘ECE 08-12(TU)’ group on Facebook and send a request. And if accepted as a member (wow!), you could surely get a taste of such a medicine, if not the entire dose, by having an access to the powerpoint presentations posted on the wall of this group, which contain nothing but some excerpts from the same books. Not a bad deal, I think. But do remember to comment a ‘Thanks’ after you go through the same. Or, at least ‘Like’ it. :p
nice improvisation!!!!
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