Subject Areas : Electrical Engineering

A. Seifi ¹ , M. Hoseinpour ² , M. DejamKhoy ³ , F. Sedaghati ⁴

1 - Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran
2 - Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran
3 - Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
4 - Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

Received: 2019-01-09 Accepted : 2019-05-01 Published : 2019-06-01

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