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8 - Miniature microwave filters using multi-layer technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2015

By
Irina Vendik ,
Dmitry Kholodnyak ,
Viacheslav Turgaliev ,
Alexander Rusakov ,
Shilong Qian ,
Jia Ni  and
Jia-Sheng Hong
Edited by
Vesna Crnojević-Bengin
Vesna Crnojević-Bengin
Affiliation:
University of Novi Sad
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Advances in Multi-Band Microstrip Filters , pp. 265 - 314
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Print publication year: 2015

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