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4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory. / Vopson, Melvin; Tan, Xiaoli.

In: IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 37, No. 12, 03.10.2016, p. 1551-1554.

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Vopson, M & Tan, X 2016, '4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory', IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1551-1554. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2016.2614841

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Vopson, M., & Tan, X. (2016). 4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 37(12), 1551-1554. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2016.2614841

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Vopson M, Tan X. 4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 2016 Oct 3;37(12):1551-1554. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2016.2614841

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Vopson, Melvin ; Tan, Xiaoli. / 4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory. In: IEEE Electron Device Letters. 2016 ; Vol. 37, No. 12. pp. 1551-1554.

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