A New Analysis, Design and Fabrication of DVB-T/T2 LDMOS UHF Broadband Amplifier

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Farbod Setoudeh ¹ , Mohsen Pooya ²

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran.
2 -

Received: 2020-07-16 Accepted : 2020-07-30 Published : 2020-09-01

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