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Author Biography

Steve Winder is now a European Field Applications Engineer for Supertex Inc. Steve works alongside design engineers throughout Europe to design circuits using components made by Supertex, a US-based manufacturer of high voltage MOSFETs and CMOS ICs. A large part of his time is spent helping customers with LED driving applications.

Prior to joining Supertex in 2002, Steve...