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Chapter 1 offers a preview of things to come. Chapters 2 and 3 may be considered as a review of linear system concepts. Chapters 4 and 5 provide the foundation for the rest of the book. They provide a reasonable rigorous but intelligent account of both the small-signal and large signal operation of both the single devices and the basic multiple device configuration that serve as the building blocks for all later circuits. These devices and configurations include the bipolar and field effect transistor, the differential pair, and the combination of resistance and reactance with these devices. Chapter 6 uses the vehicle of the sinusoidal oscillator to tie together all the previous material. Chapter 7 considers the deliberate use of the device non-linearity to produce mixers and frequency converters. Chapter 8 is concerned with multipliers and amplitude modulators. Chapter 9 discusses all types of power amplifiers from linear broadband Class A types through both tuned and broadband class D types. Chapter 10 explores the amplitude demodulation problem in detail to presents useful design result for the common narrowband peak envelope detector. Chapters 11 and 12 present a large amount of new material in the complete coverage of FM generation and detection.