A Liquid-Metal Polarization-Pattern-Reconfigurable Dipole Antenna

被引：72

作者：

Zhang, George B. ^{[1
]}

Gough, Ryan C. ^{[1
]}

Moorefield, Matthew R. ^{[1
]}

Cho, Kevin J. ^{[1
]}

Ohta, Aaron T. ^{[1
]}

Shiroma, Wayne A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

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

来源：

IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2018年 / 17卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Dipole; electrocapillary action; liquid metal; SLOT ANTENNA; FREQUENCY;

D O I：

10.1109/LAWP.2017.2773076

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：

An electrically actuated reconfigurable liquid-metal dipole antenna is presented. Using electrocapillary actuation, a 5 VDC signal can actuate the liquid metal Galinstan into five discrete states with varying polarizations and null directions. Local surface-energy wells built into the polyimide fixture encasing the fluids enable metastable locking of the Galinstan, eliminating the need for a continuous dc bias voltage to maintain each state.

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