
                   Wideband Amplifiers
                           by
               Peter Staric & Erik Margan
     

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* any version of Matlab is recomended (even v.1 for DOS will do).   *
* Also, in order to run the circuit simulation files (*.CIR files)  *
* you will need the MicroCAP program (v.5 or more recent)           *
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*	Matlab and MicroCAP programs are not free!                  *
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*	Matlab is available from The Mathworks, Inc., see:          *
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*	MicroCAP is available from Spectrum Software, see:          *
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	The content of this book was originally the subject of a short
course for a selected audience in spring 1988.

	Since then, the text has been extended and revised, with the
errors corrected and figures redrawn, in perticular Part 2, where the
inductive peaking networks are analyzed.
	Some parts have been updated to include the new developments
in the field, mainly Part 5, dealing with high-speed circuits.
	Also, Part 6, where a number of computer algorithms have been
developed, and Part 7, containing some algorithm application examples
have been revised to conform with the syntax of the newer version of
the programming environment.

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	The text was written and edited using EXP, the Scientific
Word Processor, v.5, made by Simon L. Smith [http://www.expswp.com/].
	All the numerical calculations, as well as the development of
numerical algorithms for circuit analysis and design, were made using
Matlab, the Language of Technical Computing, v.5 For Students, made
by The Mathworks, Inc., [http://www.mathworks.com/]. Also, most of
the figures were created in Matlab; before importing them into EXP,
the figures were converted and finalized using the Adobe Illustrator,
v.8, [http://www.adobe.com/].
	All the circuit designs were independently checked, in both
frequency- and time-domain, by using Micro-CAP, the Microcomputer
Circuit Analysis Program, v.5, from Spectrum Software, see:
[http://www.spectrum-soft.com/].

	See the "license.pdf" file for the terms of use of this CD.

				Peter Staric & Erik Margan
				Ljubljana, August 2005


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