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Stable Satellite Link by Liquid Crystal Based Phased Array Antennas

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The authors wish to acknowledge Merck kGaA, Darmstadt, for the fi nancial support and for supplying the liquid crystal sample. A special thanks to Dr.-Ing. Christian Damm and Matthias höfle applies for the reviewing of the manuscript.

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    Hamza Karabey,  Matthias Maasch &  Rolf Jakoby

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Karabey, H., Maasch, M. & Jakoby, R. Stable Satellite Link by Liquid Crystal Based Phased Array Antennas. ATZ Elektron Worldw 7, 46–50 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1365/s38314-012-0107-0

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