Toward the Design of a Reconfigurable Liquid-Metal Pixel Array

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作者：

Elassy, Kareem S. ^{[1
]}

Sarabia, Kent J. ^{[1
]}

Shiroma, Wayne A. ^{[1
]}

Ohta, Aaron T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hawaii, Dept Elect Engn, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA

来源：

2021 IEEE 21ST ANNUAL WIRELESS AND MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, WAMICON | 2021年

关键词：

liquid metal; reconfigurable array;

D O I：

10.1109/WAMICON47156.2021.9443631

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Pixelated liquid-metal (LM) arrays have shown promise in realizing versatile, reconfigurable RF components. However, unused LM pixels introduce parasitic effects. Here we demonstrate comparative designs of a pixelated nodal LM array combining electrocapillary and continuous electrowetting actuation methods. LM is actuated both two dimensionally and three dimensionally to switch between "ON" and "OFF" states. Unused LM elements are hidden at a bottom reservoir during the OFF state, eliminating their parasitic effect.

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