Energy Storage Devices for Electronic Systems

Preface

Nihal Kularatna, School of Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Electronic engineering advances at a rapid rate where designers and researchers are expected to maintain their knowledge half-life at 3-5 year levels. New subjects enter the field of electronics, and we have to keep up-to-date by learning these new subjects and still maintain our historic and practical experience-based know-how in the background to mix with the new subject areas. In this process one simple thing has never changed—that is the simple fundamentals we apply in circuits on a daily basis.

During my last 13 years of the full-time academic career, I have learned something important. If the simple fundamentals can be practically and effectively ...