These courses are part of an ongoing series of courses offered by MEAD Microelectronics, Inc., an IC design company active in Switzerland and the USA. The organization of these courses is performed with the help of a Technical Committee consisting of R. Blauschild (Philips), M. Declercq, Ch. Enz (EPFL), Paul Gray (UC Berkeley), T. Hornak (HP Labs), Barrie Gilbert (ADI), W. Sansen (KUL), T. Schmerbeck (IBM), G. Temes (OSU), V. Valence (MEAD-EPFL), and E. Vittoz (CSEM). For additional information contact: MEAD Microelectronics Inc. 7100 NW Grandview Drive Corvallis, Oregon 97330 (USA) telephone: (541) 758-0828 Fax: (541) 752-1405 e-mail: valence@mead.ch