Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Maas, Stephen A. Noise in linear and nonlinear circuits/Stephen A. Maas  p. cm. (Artech House microwave library) Includes bibliographical references and index.

TK7867.5.M33 2005

621.382'24 dc22 2005048030

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Maas, Stephen A. Noise in linear and nonlinear circuits. (Artech House microwave library)

621.3'8224

ISBN-10: 1-58053-849-5

Cover design by Igor Valdman

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In memory of Barry Ross Allen A colleague and a friend

About the Author

Stephen A. Maas received BSEE and MSEE degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 and 1972, respectively, and a Ph.D. in...