KIEE - The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers

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M.-W. Ha, T. Kim, J.-Y. Lee, M. Kim, O. Seok, "Effects of test fixtures on electrical characteristics of X7R 630 V multilayer ceramic capacitors," Trans. KIEE, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 1886-1889, 2020.

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