Cal Poly BSEL 1969

Stanford MSEE 1972, PhD EE 1978

At both schools I took every Analog, RF, and Microwave course offered

At Cal Poly I took 50% more courses than required to graduate. All of them in engineering, math, and physics

Former Caltech prof. where I taught analog and RF courses

30 years in industry including a skunk works where I turned science fiction ideas into working hardware for the government.

20 years in consulting.

20 patents assigned to clients

Former Signal Corps captain and Vietnam veteran

Extra class ham first licensed in 1963

Things I do: active AM amplifier analog analysis antenna audio balun bandpass bandstop broadband circuit CMOS coax coaxial combiner conditioning control coupler crystal current delay demodulator detector digital diode dipole directional distortion divider DMOS elliptical feedback feedforward ferrite FET filter forward frequency FSK gain GHz gigahertz gigabit groundplane harmonic Hertz HF highpass HP hybrid IC IF impedance instrumentation integrated intermediate JFET keyed kHz kiolhertz kilobit LC LED LF linear locked loop lowpass LP magnetic magnetism match modulation MF MHz megahertz megabit microsecond microwave millisecond mixer modulation modulator MOSFET multiplexed multiplying multiplier nano nanosecond narrowband NF noise noisefactor noisefigure ns operational optics passband passive pentode phase photon picosecond PIN PLL potcore powered preamp ps PSK pspice QAM quadrature RADAR radio receiver RF schematic schottky sensor shift sidelobe signal simulate simulation spice splitter stopband synchronizer synchronized synthesis synthesized synthesizer time toroid transciever transducer transformer transistor transmission transmitter triode TTL tube us UHF ultra uW V video VLF voltage W watts wave wavelength waveguide wideband wilkins wireless xtal yagi