Acknowledgments

I would like to thank very much Lara Zoble of McGraw-Hill.

Also, thanks to Lauren Poplawski at McGraw-Hill, and to Michael McCabe, formerly of McGraw-Hill.

In transforming my manuscript and figures into a wonderful book, I owe much gratitude to project manager Patricia Wallenburg, copyeditor Claire Span, proofreader Alison Shurtz, and indexer Stephen Ingle.

Writing this book required many suggestions, and Andrew Mellows not only proofread the entire manuscript but also gave me very helpful comments on the technical matter. Thank you very much, Andrew, for reviewing my work over the past two years.

Some material in this book pertaining to building circuits and entry-level electronics came from working with many students and Professor Robert W. Dutton at Stanford University. I give my greatest thanks to Bob Dutton for inviting me into the Electrical Engineering Department as a mentor and as a lecturer for his classes.

Also, I owe immense gratitude to Professor Thomas H. Lee at Stanford University, who was responsible for my meeting with Bob Dutton in the first place and who throughout the years has encouraged me in my electronics research. And, of course, thank you to Stanford University.

Another person who inspired me is Professor Robert G. Meyer at the University of California, Berkeley. His class notes, books, and lectures played an important role for me in writing about distortion analysis. So thank you, Bob Meyer!

With much appreciation, I also need to mention my two mentors from industry, John O. Ryan and Barrett E. Guisinger. Both gave me a world-class education in analog and video circuits design. One other mentor I need to thank is John Curl.

During this whole process I have been indebted to the following friends for encouraging and supporting me: Alexis DiFirenzi Swale, Germano Belli, Jeri Ellsworth, Phil Sittner, Edison Fong, and Amy Herndon.

I really got into my second career as an author/writer because of Paul Rako. He connected me with Roger Stewart and that started all this. Thanks to you, Paul and Roger.

William K. Schwarze, who was my best teacher at Galileo High School, also deserves thanks for his ability to convey mathematical concepts in a very clear manner to me. Also, my friend James D. Lee continues to be an inspiration to me.

Finally, I acknowledge a big debt of gratitude to members of my family: William, George, Thomas, and Frances, for their support.

And, of course, I dedicate this third book to my parents, Nee and Lai.