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For my family, wife Sue, and sons Sam, Jon, and Toby

About the Author

Steve Marsh graduated from the University of Bath in 1985 with a first-class honors degree in physics with physical electronics. In 1989, he received his Ph.D. from the same establishment on the subject of the design and optimization of a planar Schottky diode 183-GHz subharmonic mixer. After this, he spent some time at Plessey 3 5 working on hybrid amplifier design and microstrip alumina...