Is electrical noise useful?

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-246

  McDonnell, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 78751673336     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2010.2090991     Document Type: Note

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