Microwave Bandpass Filters for Wideband Communications

Microwave Bandpass Filters for Wideband Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhu, Lei ^a   Sun, Sheng ^b   Li, Rui ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

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EID: 84857100063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118197981     Document Type: Book

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