William F. Egan, PhD, is Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, California, and formerly a principal engineer at TRW ESD and a senior technologist at GTE Government Systems. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Preface.

Symbols List and Glossary.

Getting Files from The Wiley Ftp Internet Site.

PART 1. PHASE LOCK WITHOUT NOISE.

1. INTRODUCTION.

2. THE BASIC LOOP.

3. LOOP COMPONENTS.

4. LOOP RESPONSE .

5. LOOP STABILITY.

6. TRANSIENT RESPONSE.

7. MODULATION RESPONSE.

8. ACQUISITION.

9. ACQUISITION AIDS.

10. APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS.

PART 2. PHASE LOCK IN NOISE.

11. PHASE MODULATION BY NOISE.

12. RESPONSE TO PHASE NOISE.

13. REPRESENTATION OF ADDITIVE NOISE.

14. LOOP RESPONSE TO ADDITIVE NOISE.

15. PHASE-LOCKED LOOP AS A DEMODULATOR.

16. PARAMETER VARIATION DUE TO NOISE.

17. CYCLE SKIPPING DUE TO NOISE.

18. NON-LINEAR OPERATION IN A LOCKED LOOP.

19. ACQUISITION AIDS IN THE PRESENCE OF NOISE.

20. BAND-LIMITED NOISE.

21. FURTHER INFORMATION .

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Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Introduction. Why Navigate the Blogosphere?

Part One. First Perspectives on Money.

Chapter 1. How Do I Choose a Bank? Does it Really Matter?

Chapter 2. What Are Personal Financial Statements, and Why Do I Need Them?

Chapter 3. Can a Budget Really Help Me?

Chapter 4. Are Credit Cards My Enemy?

Chapter 5. Are You Scared of Your Credit Score?

Part Two. Building Wealth Requires Planning.

Chapter 6. What Is the Role of a Financial Advisor?

Chapter 7. How Does the Financial Planning Process Work?

Chapter 8. Why is Money Emotional?

Chapter 9. Why Should I Open an IRA?

Chapter 10. What's a 401k Rollover? Is that Something I Can Teach my Dog?

Chapter 11. What's the Difference between a 401k and 403b Plan?

Chapter 12. How do I Pay for College? (Part I). Borrowing Money for your Future.

Chapter 13. How do I Pay for College? (Part II). Saving in Advance.

Part Three. Living in a Financial World.

Chapter 14. Are You Ready to Pick Your Own Stocks?

Chapter 15. What are Alternative Investments?

Chapter 16. How Do I Pick Mutual Funds?

Chapter 17. Exchange-Traded Funds. What are They and Should I Buy One?

Chapter 18. Can I Dabble in Real Estate Too?

Chapter 19. How Can I Unravel the Mortgage Mystery?

Chapter 20. What Are All These Different Financial Designations?

Chapter 21. Exploring the Variable Annuity. What's all the Chatter About?

Part Four. Thinking Long-Term About Money Management.

Chapter 22. How Can I Manage My Portfolio Through Asset Allocation and Rebalancing?

Chapter 23. The Fed? Interest Rates? Inflation? Why Should I Care?

Chapter 24. Life Insurance is Boring. What do I need to Know?

Chapter 25. What Do I Need to Know About Retirement?

Chapter 26. What are my Chances of Getting Social Security?

Chapter 27. What is This Pension Crisis I Keep Hearing About, and How Will It Affect My Retirement?

Index.