Subject Areas : Electrical Engineering

A.  Seifi ¹ (Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran)
M.  Hoseinpour ² (Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran)
M.  DejamKhoy ³ (Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.)
F.  Sedaghati ⁴ (Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.)

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

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