Electronic Devices and Integrated Circuits

Acknowledgements

Since a husband and wife, in our society, are so often considered one inseparable unit, expressing gratitude publicly to one’s wife is almost unheard of. But if that is the case, this book is as much my wife’s work as mine and hence I owe a deep sense of appreciation to her — Smt. Bimla Singh. I also thank my children and grandchildren for their support during the preparation of the manuscript. So thank you Upendra & Rita, Rita & Sanjay, Renu & Ashok, Rajesh, Kaushik, Kinshuk, Honey, Happy, Rishan, Rachit, and Rishav.

I thank my student Anirban Nandy for helping me with the proofs of the manuscript.

I thankfully acknowledge the contributions of various authors of different books, magazines, data manuals, journals etc. from where ...