Neural networks and systolic array design - Book Review

IEEE CIRCUITS & DEVICES MAGAZINE ■ JULY/AUGUST 2004 characterization of microwave and wireless circuits. These chapters are particularly interesting since the chapters present aspects of different environments and at different abstraction levels. The book concludes with two papers on nonlinear modelling, talking about theoretical and computer-aided design arguments, respectively. Although the book is not strictly a handbook of commercial components (contrary to what is stated in the title) it provides important information for practicing engineers in industry and academia and gives a complete collection of independent chapters discussing the main aspects of microwave and wireless circuits. Thus, it is really interesting both for specialists and postgraduate students who are already familiar with electronics and electrical fundamentals. A peculiar and significant aspect of the book is the detailed and complete treatments of the measurements and characterization domain, including the related theoretical aspects, which takes up about half of the chapters. Indeed, these arguments, which strongly affect not only the test and production but also the design of microwave and wireless circuits, are seldom discussed and developed homogeneously. —Gaetano Palumbo