Integrated Active Antenna Approach for Rf Front-end Design
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Kevin M. K. H. Leong Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Ji-Yong Park Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Tatsuo Itoh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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