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3-Ps 501(c)(3) A A&A ABET ac Ad Com AD, A/D AdCom AEAI AEI AES AES/GA AES/RS AES-10 AF AF AFC AGC AM AP AP/A AP/P AP-03 APD APO APS AR ARC ARMA ASC-41 ASIC ASK ASPP ATM av avg AWGN BE BEL BER BIBLIO BiCMOS BIST BoD BoG BPF BPSK BSIM BT BT/AV Tech BT/RF Tech BT-02 BWO C C&D921 c.c. C/DA The three IEEE Presidents IEEE Tax Exempt status of the US Internal Revenue Code Associate Admission & Advancement Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology alternating current Advisory Committee (Usually applies to a Society) analog-to-digital Administrative Committee Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Affiliate of Society (Not an IEEE Member) audio frequency* automatic frequency control* automatic gain control* amplitude modulation Antennas and Propagation Society Antennas and Propagation Society Antennas and Propagation Society IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society avalanche photodiode IEEE Article Purchase Online Acitve Pixel Sensor antireflection* IEEE Awards & Recognition Committee autoregressive moving average* Applied Superconductivity Council application-specified integrated circuit* amplitude shift keying IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package Asynchronous Transfer Mode average (subscript)* average (function) additive white Gaussian noise* baseemitter source IEEE Biomedical Engineering Library bit error rate* Bibliographies On-Line Bipolar CMOS Built in self-test IEEE Board of Directors Board of Governors Band Pass filter BPSK Berkeley short-channel IGFET Model Broadcast Technology Society Broadcast Technology Society Broadcast Technology Society IEEE Broadcast Technology Society backward-wave oscillator* Computer Society Circuits and Devices Magazine complex conjugate (in equations) Computer Society

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C/LM C/LTSC C/MM C/PA C/SAB C/SCC C/SE C/SISC C/SS C/TT C/VI C-16 CAM CARE CAS CAS-04 CCD CCIP CCIS + CDMA CD-ROM CE CE-08 CEAA CEDA-44 CEU CIC CIE CIEE CIM CIR CMOS COM COM/PC COM/SC COM/TAOS COM-19 ComSoc CPC CPFSK CPM CPMT CPMT-21 CPSK CPU CRT CS CS-23 CSLSP CSLSP-e CSMDL CT CTAA CTAP CV CW CWPC dc Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society Computer Society IEEE Computer Society Career Asset Manager Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort (grassroots initiative) Circuits and Systems Society IEEE Circuits and Systems Society charge coupled device Committee on Communications and Information Policy The Croatian Communications & Information Society code division multiple access* compact disk read-only memory Consumer Electronics Society IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation Continuing Education Units China Institute of Communications Chinese Institute of Electronics Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering computer integrated manufacturing* carrier-to-interference ratio* complimentary metaloxidesemiconductor Communications Society Communications Society Communications Society Communications Society IEEE Communications Society IEEE Communications Society (COM 19) Conference Publications Committee continuous phase frequency-shift keying* continuous phase modulation* Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology IEEE Components Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society continuous phase-shift keying* central processing unit cathode-ray tube Control Systems Society IEEE Control Systems Society IEEE Computer Society Library Subscription Plan IEEE Computer Society Library Subscription Plan - electronic IEEE Computer Society Member Digital Library current transformer* Committee on Technology Accreditation Activities Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy capacitancevoltage continuous wave* Career & Workforce Policy Committee direct current

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DC DEI DEI/FHA DEI/RE DEI/VE DEI-32 DF DFT DMA DPCM DPSK DRAM DSP DUT E E-25 EAB EAC ECL ECSC ED ED-15 EDP EEPROM EHF EHS ELF EM EM-14 EMB EMB/1073 EMB-18 EMBSER EMC EMC EMC/SC EMC/SDCom EMC-27 EMF EMI ems EOW EPC ESD ESPC ExCom EZS + F FAP FDM FDMA FET FFT FinCom FIR FM FRAM FSK directional coupler Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Dielectrics and Insulation Society IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society direction finder*; deuterium fluoride; degree of freedom* discrete Fourier transform* direct memory access* differential pulse code modulation* differential phase-shift keying* Dynamic Random Access Memory Digital Signal Processing Device under test Education Society IEEE Education Society Educational Activities Board Engineering Accreditation Commission emitter coupled logic Electronic Communications Steering Committee Electron Devices Society IEEE Electron Devices Society electronic data processing erasable programmable Read only memory extremely high frequency* Environment, Health and Safety Committee extremely low frequency* Engineering Management Society IEEE Engineering Management Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Electronic Resource Electromagnetic Compatibility Society electromagnetic compatibility* Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Electromagnetic Compatibility Society IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society electromotive force* electromagnetic interference* expected value of mean square* Eye on Washington electronic newsletter Energy Policy Committee electro static discharge PSPB/TAB Electronic Services & Products Committee Executive Committee The Electrotechnical Association of Slovenia Fellow Financial Advantage Program frequency-division multiplexing* frequency-division multiple access* Field Effect Transistor fast Fourier transform* Finance Committee finite-impulse response* frequency modulation Ferroelectric Random Access Memory frequency-shift keying*

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FTP FWHM GA GaAS GFC GM GOLD GRS GRS-29 GSM GUI HBT HEMT HF HM HTML HV HVdc i.i.d. I/O, IO IA IA/C&S IA/CI IA/EM IA/ES IA/I&CPS IA/IPC IA/MI IA/PCI IA/PSE IA/PSP IACET IAS-34 IBSC IC ID IDP IE IE-13 IEEE-SA IEEE-USA IEICE IEL IETE IF IGFET IM IM IM/AI IM/Con IM/ST IM/WM&A IM-09 IMPATT InP IR IR IRC file transfer protocol full-width at half-maximum* Student Graduate Associate (A*) Gallium Aresenide Government Fellows Committee Student Graduate Member (M*) Graduates Of the Last Decade Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society global system for mobile communications graphical user interface Heterojunction bipolar transistor high-electron mobility transistor high frequency Honorary Members hypertext markup language high voltage high voltage direct current independent identically distributed* inputoutput Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society Industry Applications Society International Association for Continuing Education and Training IEEE Industry Applications Society Individual Benefits & Services Committee impedance compensation*; integrated circuit inside diameter; induced draft*; interdigital* integrated data processing* Industrial Electronics Society IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IEEE- Standards Association IEEE-United States of America The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers IEEE/IEE Electronic Library The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers Intermediate Frequency insulated-gate field-effect transistor Instrumentation and Measurement Society intermediate modulation Instrumentation & Measurement Society Instrumentation and Measurement Society Instrumentation & Measurement Society Instrumentation & Measurement Society IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society impact ionization avalanche transit time (diode) Indium Phosphide infrared currentresistance Industry Relations Committee

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ISBN ISI ISOC ISSN IT IT-12 ITAR ITB938 ITeL ITS-38 J-ECMA JFET J-LT JLT J-MEMS J-OE JPEG J-QE J-SAC J-SEN J-SSC J-STQE KICS L&RC LA LAN L-AWP LC L-COMM L-ED LED LEO LEO-36 LEOS LEOSMDL L-ES LF LHS LITTA LM LMC L-MGW LMS LNA LO LP LPE L-PEL LPF L-PT LR LS L-SP M M S&P M-AES MAG MAG-33 International Standard Book Number intersymbol interference Internet Society International Standard Serial Number Information Theory Society IEEE Information Theory Society International Traffic in Arms Regulation Transactions on Info Tech. in Biomedicine IEEE Information Technology Library IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Council Electronic Materials, Journal of junction field effect transistor Lightwave Technology, Journal of Lightwave Technology Committee Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Journal of Joint Photographers Expert Group Quantum Electronics, Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, Journal on Sensors Journal Solid-State Circuits, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Journal on The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Licensure and Registration Committee Life Associate Local Area Network Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters inductancecapacitance Communications Letters Electron Device Letters light-emitting diode Lasers and Electro-Optics Society IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society IEEE Lasers and Electro Optics Society (LEOS) IEEE Lasers & Electro Optics Society Member Digital Library Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters Life Fellow left-hand side* Latavian Information Technology and Telecommunications Association Life Member Life Members Committee Microwave and Wireless Components Letters least mean square Low Noise Amplifier local oscillator* linear programming* liquid phase epitaxy* Power Electronics Letters Low Pass Filter Photonics Technology Letters inductanceresistance Life Senior Members Signal Processing Letters Member IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine Magnetics Society IEEE Magnetics Society

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M-AHC M-AP M-C M-C&D M-CAS MCC M-COMM M-CS M-CS&E M-D&T MDC MDL M-EI M-EMB M-EMR MEMS MEMS926 MESFET MF MFSK M-G&A MHD M-IA M-IC M-IM M-IS MIS M-ITP MLE MLSE MMF MMIC MMIC M-MICRO M-MULTI M-MW M-NET MoM MOS MOSFET MOST M-P&E MPAC MPEG M-PVC M-RA MSC M-SOFT M-SP M-T&S MTPC MTT MTT/SCC MTT-17 MUX M-WC N&A NA Annals of the History of Computing Antennas and Propagation Magazine Computer Magazine Circuits and Devices Magazine Circuits and Systems Magazine Member Conduct Committee (IEEE) Communications Magazine Control Systems Magazine Computing in Science and Engineering Design and Test of Computers Magazine Membership Development Committee (IEEE) IEEE Member Digital Library Electrical Insulation Magazine Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine Engineering Management Review Micro-electromechanical system Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems metalsemiconductor field-effect transistor medium frequency* minimum frequency-shift keying Computer Graphics and Applications Magazine magnetohydrodynamics Industry Applications Magazine Internet Computing Magazine Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine Intelligent Systems Magazine metalinsulatorsemiconductor IT Professional Magazine maximum-likelihood estimator* maximum-likelihood sequence estimator* magnetomotive force Monolithic microwave integrated circuits Multimode integrated circuit Micro Magazine Multimedia Magazine Microwave Magazine Network Magazine method of moments* metaloxidesemiconductor metaloxidesemiconductor field-effect transistor metaloxidesemiconductor transistor Power and Energy Magazine (combo PER & MCAP) Member Professional Awareness Conference Motion Pictures Expert Group Pervasive Cmptng:Strat for Mobile, Wireless & Dist Applic. Mag. Robotics and Automation Magazine IEEE Meetings and Services Committee Software Magazine Signal Processing Magazine Technology and Society Magazine Medical Technology Policy Committee Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Microwave Theory and Techniques Society IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Multiplexer Wireless Communications Magazine (formerly Personal Comm) TAB Nominations & Appointments Committee numerical aperture*

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NAND NIR NMR NN-11 NNC NNC/SC NOR n-p-n NPS NPS/NI&D NPS-05 NRZ NTDC OCR OD OE OE-22 OEIC OFAC OFC OI OOP OOP OpCom OPERA OpMan ORC OU P&P p.u. P2SB PAB PAB PACE PACE PAM PC PC-26 PCM pdf PDM PE PE/ED&PG PE/EM PE/IC PE/NPE PE/PSACE PE/PSC PE/PSIM PE/PSR PE/SB PE/SCC PE/SPD/HV PE/SPD/LV PE/SUB PE/SWG PE/T&D PE/TC logic gates near infrared response* nuclear magnetic resonance* IEEE Neural Networks Society Neural Networks Council Neural Networks Council logic gates (diode) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society nonreturn to zero* New Technology Directors Committee (TAB) optical character recognition outside diameter Oceanic Engineering Society IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society optoelectronic integrated circuit* Office of Foreign Assets Control Optical Fiber Communication Conference Organizational Improvement IEEE Open Order Plan (old) object-oriented programming Operating Committee (IEEE) Online Periodicals Research Area (old) Technical Activities Operations Manual IEEE Operations Review Committee Organizational Units Policies & Procedures Manual (this is now called IEEE Policies) per unit* Publications, Products and Services Board (Old) Publications Activities Board (Old) Publications Activities Board Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (IEEE-USA) Professional Activities Council for Engineers pulse-amplitude modulation* personal computer IEEE Professional Communication Society pulse-code modulation* probability density function* pulse-duration modulation* Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society Power Engineering Society

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PE/TR PE-31 PEC PEL PEL/ET PEL-35 PerCom PESMDL PF p-i-n, p-n-p PLL PM PM PML POP POP Extra POP Plus (or POP+) POPOV pp, pp PPC PPM PRC PRF PRG PRR PS PSC PSK PSPB PTM PUB PVC936 PWM QoS QPSK quality factor; figure of merit R R&D R&D R&DPC R-07 RA RA-24 RAB RAD RAM RC RCC REP REPComm RE-SEED REV + RF RFI RHS RIN RISC RL Power Engineering Society IEEE Power Engineering Society Precollege Education Committee Power Electronics Society Power Electronics Society IEEE Power Electronics Society Periodicals Committee (TAB) IEEE Power Engineering Society Member Digital Library power factor* (diode) phase locked loop Pending Member phase modulation* perfectly matched layer IEEE Proceedings Order Plan IEEE Proceedings Order Plan Extra IEEE Proceedings Order Plan Plus Russian Society peak to peak* TAB Periodicals Packages Committee pulse-position modulation* TAB Periodicals Review Committee pulse-repetition frequency* Program Resource Guide pulse-repetition rate* Pending Senior Member TAB/PSPB Products & Services Committee phase-shift keying* IEEE Publication Services & Products Board pulsetime modulation Publications Activities Board (Old) Pervasive Computing Magazine pulsewidth modulation* quality of service quaternary phase-shift keying Reliability Society Research and Development research and development Research & Development Policy Committee IEEE Reliability Society Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Regional Activities Board Regional Activities Department Random Access Memory resistancecapacitance Regional Conferences Committee Recognized Education Program REP Committee (EAB/RAB) Retirees Enhancing Science through Experiments and Demonstrations The Radio & Electronics Association of Vietnam radio frequency radio frequency interference* right-hand side* relative intensity noise* Reduced Instruction Set Code resistanceinductance

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rms root ROM R-SAC RSR RV S S/N, SNR SAC SAMIEEE SAW SBrT SCC SCC04 SCC10 SCC14 SCC18 SCC20 SCC21 SCC22 SCC27 SCC28 SCC31 SCC32 SCC34 SCC35 SCC36 SCC37 SCC38 SCS SEE SEN-39 SGAC SGML SHF SI SIR SIT-30 SM SMC SMC-28 SoC SP SP-01 SPAC S-PAC SPARC SPAVe SPC SPC SRAM SSB SSC-37 SW SWR SYSC-45 T_CPT T-13 T-19 mean square Read only memory Region Student Activities Committee Region Student Representative random variable Student signal-to-noise ratio Student Activities Committee (RAB) Section/Society Access to Membership Information surface acoustic wave* Sociedade Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes Superconductivity Committee (what is this? We have a SCC Council) Electrical Insulation Terms and Definitions Quantities Units and Letter Symbols National Fire Protection Association Standards Test and Diagnosis for Electric Systems Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation, and Energy Storage Power Quality Time and Frequency International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety Automatic Meter Reading and Energy Management Intelligent Transportation Systems Electromagnetic Energy Product Performance Safety Complex Systems: Definition and Integration Utility Communications Reliability Prediction Voting System Engineering Section/Chapter Support Committee (RAB/TAB) Societe des Electriciens et des Electroniciens IEEE Sensors Council State Government Activities Committee standard generalized markup language super high frequency* International System of Units; severity index* signal-to-interference ratio IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology Senior Member Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society System on a chip Signal Processing Society IEEE Signal Processing Society Student Professional Awareness Conference Student-Professional Awareness Committee TAB Strategic Planning and Review Committee Student Professional Awareness Venture Strategic Planning Committee Strategic Planning Committee Static Random Access Memory single sideband* IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society short wave* standing-wave ratio* IEEE Systems Council Components and Packaging Tech.Trans on IEEE Product Release Form IEEE Conference Publication Form

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TAB TABARC T-AC TAC TAD T-ADVP T-AES TAG T-AP T-ASC T-BC T-BME T-C TC T-CAD T-CAS 1 T-CAS 2 T-CE T-COMM T-CST T-CSVT T-DEI TDM TDMA T-DMR TDMR933 T-E TE T-EC T-ED T-EM TEM T-EMC T-EPM T-EVC TFT T-FUZZ T-GRS T-IA T-IE T-IM T-IP T-IT T-ITB T-ITS T-KDE TM T-MAG T-MC TMC935 TMDC T-MECH TMECH931 T-MI TMI TMM932 T-MTT T-MULTI Technical Activities Board TAB Awards and Recognition Committee Automatic Control, Trans. on Technology Accreditation Commission Technical Activities Department Advanced Packaging, Trans on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Trans. on Technical Activities Guide now on line: www.ieee.org/conferencesearch Antennas and Propagation, Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, Trans. on Broadcasting, Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Trans. on Computers, Trans. on Transnational Committee (RAB/TAB)- Remove this part Computer-Aided Design of Integrated C&S, Trans. on Circuits and Systems, Trans. on (Pt. I) Circuits and Systems, Trans. on (Pt. II) Consumer Electronics, Trans. on Communications, Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Trans. on Circuits & Systems for Video Technology, Trans. on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Trans. on time division modulation*; time division multiplexing* time-division multiple access Device & Materials Reliability, Trans on (ONLINE ONLY) Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability Education, Trans. on transverse electric Energy Conversion, Trans. on Electron Devices, Trans. on Engineering Management, Trans. on transverse electromagnetic Electromagnetic Compatibility, Trans. on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, Trans on Evolutionary Computation, Trans. on thin-film transistor* Fuzzy Systems, Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Trans. on Industry Applications, Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Trans. on Image Processing, Trans. on Information Theory, Trans. on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Trans. on Intelligent Transportaton Systems, Trans on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Trans. on transverse magnetic Magnetics, Trans. on Mobile Computing, Trans on Transactions on Mobile Computing IEEE Technical Meetings Development Committee no longer active Mechatronics, Trans. on IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics Medical Imaging, Trans. on Medical Imaging Committee Transactions on Multimedia Microwave Theory and Techniques, Trans. on Multimedia, Trans. On

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T-NANO T-NB TNB937 T-NET TNET928 T-NN T-NS T-NSRE T-PAMI TPC T-PC TPC T-PDS T-PEL T-PS T-PWRD T-PWRS T-R T-RA T-SA TSCM923 T-SE T-SM T-SMC A T-SMC B T-SMC C T-SP T-UFFC T-VCG TVI T-VLSI TVLSI930 T-VT TWA T-WC TWC934 UFFC UFFC-20 UHF USAB USAB UV VCO VDC VDE + VGA VHF VI VLF VLSI VT VT/LT VT/RT VT-06 WAN WDM WIE WISE Nanotechnology, Trans on NanoBioscience, Trans on Transactions on Nano BioScience Networking, Trans. on Transactions on Networking Neural Networks, Trans. on Nuclear Science, Trans. on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Eng. (formerly Rehab Eng) Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, Trans. on Technology Policy Council Professional Communication, Trans. on Technology Policy Council Parallel and Distributed Systems, Trans. on Power Electronics, Trans. on Plasma Science, Trans. on Power Delivery, Trans. on Power Systems, Trans. on Reliability, Trans. on Robotics and Automation, Trans. on Speech and Audio Processing, Trans. on Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing Software Engineering, Trans. on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Trans. on (Pt. A) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Trans. on (Pt. B) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Trans. on (Pt.C) Signal Processing, Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Freq. Cont., Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Trans. on television interference* VLSI, Trans. On (Very Large Scale Integration Systems) Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems Vehicular Technology, Trans. on traveling-wave amplifier* Wireless Communications, Trans on Transactions on Wireless Communications Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society ultra high frequency IEEE-USA Board (Old) United States Activities Board ultraviolet Voltage Controlled Oscillator Voltage downconverter Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. Variable gain amplifier very high frequency voltagecurrent Very low frequency Very Large Scale Integration Vehicular Technology Society Vehicular Technology Vehicular Technology Society IEEE Vehicular Technology Society wide area network wavelength division multiplexing* Women in Engineering Washington Internships for Students of Engineering

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WSI XOR Xplore wafer scale integration logic gates IEEE online delivery system

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