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Computer Standards & Interfaces

Development of an rapid-single-flux-quantum shift register for applications in RF noise power metrology

Wolfgang Kassel, F.-I. Buchholz, M. Khabipov, R. Dolata, J. Niemeyer

Published Jun 1, 1999• 0 citations
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10.1016/s0920-5489(99)92319-x

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