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Front-End Circuits for Radiation-Hard Monolithic CMOS Sensors targeting High-Energy Physics Applications

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An All-Digital 1.25 Mbps 5-Subcarrier OFDM Backscatter Uplink with Delta-Sigma Modulation for Improved Spurious-Free Dynamic Range

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Recent results with radiation-tolerant TowerJazz 180 nm MALTA sensors

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New Technologies to Enhance the Figures-of-Merit of GaN Power Devices

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