I would like to thank very much Roger Stewart for guiding me through the process of publishing my first book. Roger has been very supportive and helpful from the beginning, starting with the outline of the book. Also, I would like to give many thanks to Molly Wyand and the staff at McGraw-Hill. And, I wish to thank one of the editors, Patricia Wallenburg, who worked very hard in assembling this book.
And I really owe a great debt of gratitude to Paul Rako for posting two of my radios in EDN Magazine. Paul and the positive feedback from the readers of EDN encouraged me to write this book. Without Paul sending me to Roger Stewart at McGraw-Hill, the book would have never been written.
This project was very intense, and fellow engineer Andrew Mellows helped me immensely by proofreading all the material, including the manuscript and drawings, and by providing very helpful suggestions. Dr. Edison Fong also reviewed a couple of the more technical chapters and gave helpful suggestions.
I need to thank my mentors Robert G. Meyer, John Curl, John Ryan, and Barrett Guisinger, who all gave me a world-class education in electronics. And for all the crazy math in this book I thank my high school mathematics teacher, William K. Schwarze.
I also wish to thank the following people for their support and inspiration: Germano Belli, Alexis DiFirenzi Swale, Jo Acierto Spehar, and Jeri Ellsworth.
Finally, thank you to the members of my immediate family: Bill, George, Tom, and Frances. They all have taught me a great deal throughout the years.
And most of all, this book is dedicated to my parents, Nee and Lai.