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Alexandre Balbinot1, Cleiton Milani2, Jussan da Silva Bahia Nascimento3

  • 1Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Avenue Osvaldo Aranha 103, Porto Alegre 90035-190, Brazil. alexandre.balbinot@ufrgs.br.

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