ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many colleagues, friends, and students contributed to my understanding that went into the content for both the first and second editions. Literally thousands of engineers from Intel, Cisco, Motorola, Altera, Qualcomm, Raytheon, and other companies who attended my classes provided feedback on what explanations worked and what didn’t work.

In the second edition, my reviewers, Greg Edlund, Tim Swettlen, and Larry Smith, provided excellent feedback. I learned a lot from these experts. My publisher, Bernard Goodwin, was always patient and encouraging, even when I missed deadlines, and never complained when my science fiction novel was completed ahead of this second edition.

In the third edition, many of my students, both at the University of Colorado, subscribers to the Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Academy, and professional engineers in the industry, encouraged me to add questions. I tried to keep track of the questions asked at public training events and added them to the appropriate chapters. To all of my students, young and old, who provided feedback, thanks for taking the time to question authority.

Thank you all for the wonderful support and encouragement.