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System synthesis and integration

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Wideband Amplifiers

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... and that can be true in both the mathematical and technological sense! Well, in math, at least as long as we are dealing with numbers greater than two; but in technology the goal might not be so straightforward and neither are the means of achieving it.

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Starič, P., Margan, E. (2006). System synthesis and integration. In: Starič, P., Margan, E. (eds) Wideband Amplifiers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-28341-8_5

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