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Ellinger, F. (2008). Low Noise Amplifiers. In: Ellinger, F. (eds) Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69325-3_8

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