Appendix C
Symbols and Constants
C.1 Abbreviations
| aka | also known as |
| ckt | circuit |
| iff | if and only if |
| wrt | with respect to |
| SysVer | SystemVerilog |
For technical and scientific acronyms please check the Index.
C.2 Mathematical symbols
| Quantity | Unit | Explanation |
| α | 1 | MOSFET velocity saturation index |
| α | 1 | defect clustering factor |
| αk | 1 | node activity |
| β | 1 | BJT current gain |
| β | A/V2 | MOSFET gain factor |
β | A/V2 | process gain factor |
| Γ | 1 | cycles per data item |
| δ | 1 | duty cycle |
| ε0 | As/Vm | permittivity of vacuum, aka electric constant |
| εr | 1 | relative permittivity, once known as dielectric constant |
| θa,c,j | K or °C | temperature (of ambient air, case, and junction respectively) |
| Θ | s−1 | data throughput |
| λ | 1 | MOSFET channel length modulation ... |
Get Top-Down Digital VLSI Design now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
