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5 - Active RF and Microwave Semiconductor Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Giovanni Ghione
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Politecnico di Torino
Marco Pirola
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Politecnico di Torino
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Microwave Electronics , pp. 185 - 260
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Print publication year: 2017

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