The author received his MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with emphasis on VLSI design, analog and digital. He is a Professor of Electronics Engineering at Brazil's UTFPR and a regular Visiting Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Caltech. He has done collaboration also with other Institutions, in USA and Italy (he is a Brazilian and Italian citizen).

Contact:
pedroni@utfpr.edu.br
vpedroni@caltech.edu