Folasade Abiola Semirea,b,*, Rosmiwati Mohd-Mokhtara, Temidayo Victor Omotoshoc, Widad Ismaila, Norizah Mohamada, and J.S. Mandeepd
a School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia
b Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
c Department of Physics, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
d Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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