Gentlemen,
I'm trying to source a book specifically on this subject. Almost from the day the EM sine wave was discovered, ingenious people have been striving to convey ever increasing dv/dt signals over networks as the demand for higher and higher frequencies arose. I'm interested in how the early pioneers in this field were able to overcome the speed issues they faced with the clunky and primitive components they had to work with in the early days. Suggestions for any books which are reasonably easy to find on this subject would be welcome.
Thanks, CD.
PS - I'm old enough to remember the days when we would disassemble xtals (they *were* disassemble-able many years ago) and abrade them down to diaphanous wafers using a glass sheet and scouring powder in the quest for a few more Khz!