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Chapter 1 Twenty-First Century RF Systems and Electronics |
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1.2 Abbreviations Relating to Symbols Used in this Book |
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1.4 The Challenge of Frequency Bands and Wavelengths |
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1.5 Software-Defined Radio and Cognitive Radio |
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1.6 The Challenge of Noise |
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1.10 Oscillators, Mixers, and Frequency Converters |
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1.11 Semiconductor Device Requirements |
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1.12 Semiconductor Manufacturing |
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1.13 Diodes and Transistors |
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1.14 Hybrid Circuits and MMICs |
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1.15 The Challenge of RF Power Amplification |
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1.16 Electronic Design Automation |
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Chapter 2 RF Semiconductors |
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2.2 Semiconductor Materials |
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2.2.3 Resistors Made from Semiconductors |
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2.2.4 Electron Speed and Transit Time |
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2.2.5 Some Further Important Properties of Semiconductors |
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2.2.6 Semiconductor Manufacturing |
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2.3 Semiconductor Diodes (RF-Oriented) |
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2.3.1 Some Semiconductor Junction Diode Fundamentals |
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2.4.1 Introductory Remarks |
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2.4.2 High Frequency Circuit Models for Transistors |
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2.4.3 CMOS and Related Transistor Technologies |
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2.4.4 GaAs and GaN Field-Effect Transistors |
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2.4.5 The GaAs HEMT and pHEMT |
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2.4.7 Bipolar RF Transistors |
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Chapter 3 Passive RF Components |
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3.2 Discrete Passive RF Components |
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3.3 RF Transmission Lines |
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3.5 Substrate Integrated Waveguide |
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Chapter 4 Passive RF Circuit Elements |
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4.2 Fundamentals of Directional Couplers |
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4.4 Wilkinson Power Dividers |
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4.4.1 Introduction to Wilkinson Dividers |
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4.4.2 Equal-Split Wilkinson Dividers |
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4.4.3 Unequal-Split Wilkinson Dividers |
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4.4.4 Multiport Equal-Split Wilkinson Dividers |
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Chapter 5 Switches, Attenuators, and Digital Circuits |
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5.2 Solid State RF Switches |
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5.2.1 Some Overall Aspects |
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5.2.2 Reflective and Nonreflective SPDT GaAs FET Switches |
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5.4.1 Selected Examples of Logic Gates |
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5.4.2 Digital Signal Processors |
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5.4.3 Electronically Programmable Read-Only Memories |
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5.4.4 Field-Programmable Gate Arrays |
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5.4.5 Provision for Built-In Test and Related Requirements |
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5.4.6 Technology Utilized for Digital Circuit Elements |
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Chapter 6 Radio-Frequency Filters |
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6.2 Review of Basic Concepts and Fundamentals |
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6.4 LPFs Formed with Cascaded Microstrips |
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6.6 Suspended Substrate Stripline Filters |
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6.7 Inline Microstrip Filter Structures |
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6.8 Filters Using Defected Ground Plane Technology |
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6.9 Dielectric Resonators and Filters Implementing Them |
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6.11 Millimeter-Wave BPFs |
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Chapter 7 Antennas |
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7.2.1 Near-Field and Far-Field Conditions |
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7.2.2 Radiation Patterns and Beamwidth |
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7.2.4 Radiation Efficiency |
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7.2.5 Aperture Efficiency |
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7.2.8 Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power |
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7.2.10 Impedance Matching |
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7.2.12 Antenna Noise Temperature |
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7.2.13 Gain-Temperature Ratio |
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7.3 Dish Reflector Antennas |
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7.4 Flat-Panel or Patch Antennas |
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7.5 Analog, Digital, and Hybrid Beamforming |
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7.6 Active Electronically-Scanned Arrays |
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Chapter 8 Small-Signal RF Amplifiers |
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8.1 Review of Amplifier Fundamentals |
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8.2.1 Practical RF Amplifier Realization |
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8.2.2 Interstage or Inner Matching Networks |
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8.3 The Vital Issue of Stability |
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8.4 Fundamental Receiver Characteristics Leading to the Need for AGC |
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8.4.1 Toward an Effective AGC Circuit Design |
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8.5 High-Gain RF Amplifiers |
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8.6.2 Balanced Amplifiers |
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8.6.3 Distributed Amplifiers |
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Chapter 9 Noise and LNAs |
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9.2 Noise Factor, Noise Figure, and Equivalent Noise Temperature |
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9.3 Noise Figure for an Attenuating Element |
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9.4 Minimum Detectable Signal |
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9.5.1 Thermal Noise, Particularly Thermal Diffusion Noise |
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9.5.5 Variation of Noise Figure with Frequency |
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9.6 Overall Noise Figure for Cascaded Blocks |
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9.7 Noise-Matching and Narrowband LNA Design |
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Chapter 10 RF Power Amplifiers |
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10.2 Some Basic Aspects of RFPAs |
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10.3 Transistor Choices, Hybrid Circuits, and MMICs |
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10.4 Power Levels, Power Gains, and Efficiency |
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10.4.1 Internal Transistor Output Characteristics |
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10.4.2 RFPA Output-Input Power Transfer Characteristics |
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10.4.3 Amplifier Efficiency |
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10.5 Compression and Peak-to-Average Power Ratio |
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10.5.1 Compression and a Summary of Main Parameters |
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10.5.2 Peak-to-Average Power Ratio |
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10.6 Error Vector Magnitude |
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10.7 Classifications of Power Amplifiers |
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10.7.1 Class A Amplifiers |
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10.7.2 Class B and AB Amplifiers |
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10.7.3 Class C Amplifiers |
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10.8 Harmonically Matched Power Amplifiers |
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10.8.1 Switched-Mode RFPAs |
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10.8.2 Class F Power Amplifiers |
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10.9 The Doherty Power Amplifier Configuration |
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10.10 The Envelope-Tracking Amplifier |
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10.11 High Power Push-Pull Amplifiers |
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10.12 Other Practical RFPA Circuits |
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10.12.1 Ka-Band PA MMIC Examples |
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10.13 The Distortion Issue and Linearization Techniques |
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10.13.1 Linearity and Intermodulation Distortion |
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10.13.2 Linearization Techniques |
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10.14 Some Final Overall Comments Regarding RFPAs |
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Chapter 11 RF-Oriented ADCs and DACs |
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11.2.1 Quantization and Sampling |
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11.2.2 Sampling in Practical ADCs |
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11.2.3 Effective Number of Bits |
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11.2.4 Quantization Error and Quantization Noise |
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11.2.5 Quantization Static Error and Sampling Distortion |
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11.2.7 Aliasing and Antialiasing |
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11.2.8 Adjacent Channel Power Ratio |
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11.3.1 The Flash ADC Architecture |
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11.3.2 The Folding ADC Architecture |
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11.3.3 Pipelined ADC Architecture |
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11.3.4 Time-Interleaved ADCs |
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11.4 Digital-to-Analog Converters |
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11.4.1 Basic Structure and Functionality of a DAC |
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11.4.2 DAC Resolution, Speed, and Figures of Merit |
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11.4.3 Some Practical Aspects of High-Speed DACs |
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Chapter 12 Radio Frequency Sources |
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12.1 Some Fundamental Aspects of RF Oscillators |
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12.2 Quartz Crystal Oscillators |
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12.2.1 The Quartz Crystal |
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12.2.2 Quartz Crystal-Based Oscillators |
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12.3 Oscillators Controlled by Dielectric Resonators |
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12.5 Importance and Impact of Phase Noise |
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12.6 Frequency Multipliers |
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12.8 Phase-Locked-Loop-Based Frequency Synthesizers |
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12.8.1 Basic Configuration |
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12.8.2 The Fractional-N Frequency Synthesiser |
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Chapter 13 Frequency-Band Conversion |
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13.2 Fundamentals of Mixers |
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13.3.1 The Single-Ended Diode Mixer |
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13.3.2 The Double-Diode Mixer |
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13.3.3 The Image-Reject Mixer |
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13.4 Transistor-Based Mixers |
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13.4.1 The Single-Ended FET Mixer |
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13.4.2 Differential FET Mixer |
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13.4.4 Mixer Implementing a Cascode Circuit |
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13.4.5 The Gilbert Cell Mixer |
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Chapter 14 Modulation Techniques and Technologies |
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14.2 Amplitude Modulation |
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14.3 Frequency Modulation |
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14.4.1 Specific Aspects Relating to Digitally Modulated Systems |
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14.4.4 M-PSK, QAM, and APSK |
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14.4.5 Spectral Efficiency of the Various Digital Systems |
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14.4.6 Probability of Bit Error or Bit Error Rates |
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14.4.7 Closed-Form Expressions for the Complementary Error Function |
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14.4.9 Spread-Spectrum Modulation |
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14.4.10 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access |
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14.5.1 Basic Concept of a Transceiver |
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14.5.2 Software-Defined Radio |
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14.5.3 Full-Duplex Radios |
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14.5.4 Transceiver Modules for Short-Range Radio |
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Appendix A Logarithmic Units |
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Appendix B S-Parameters and X-Parameters |
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B.1 Scattering (S)-Parameters |
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References |
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Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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About the Author |
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Index |
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