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Preface

Most of this work came into being during my employment at the Chair for Electron
Devices and Circuits in the Electronics Engineering department of the Gerhard-
Mercator University, Duisburg. Section 7.5 covers material that I have worked on
for my current employer, Infineon Technologies.
At this point I would like to express my gratitude for the support that I received
from many sides. My special thanks go to Prof. Dr. G. Zimmer, in whose depart-
ment I was able to work continuously for many years on the subject of this book,
and who helped me in many ways in the process. Moreover, I would like to thank
Prof. Dr. M. Glesner for his support of the work.
I would also like to thank my colleagues at the Gerhard-Mercator Univer-
sity, Duisburg, the Fraunhofer Institut IMS and Infineon Technologies, who pro-
vided a great deal of assistance in the form of discussions and suggestions dur-
ing the preparation of the book. The following in particular should be men-
tioned: Dr. J. Bielefeld, Dr. M. Leineweber, Dipl.-Ing. A. L¨ udecke and Dipl.-Ing.
L. Voßk¨ amper.
Apart from the technical side, I would like to express my thanks to Tilmann
Leopold. Last, but not least, I thank my family for their encouragement and support
during the composition of this book.
Ebersberg, January 2003 Georg Pelz (Georg.Pelz@onlinehome.de)