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Title: Study of Performance Impact from Powering RF Receiver Front-End Circuits with a DC-DC Converter
Award ID(s):
1451213
PAR ID:
10519919
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
IEEE
Date Published:
ISBN:
978-1-5386-4881-0
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 5
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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