Wideband Frequency Tunable Liquid Metal Monopole Antenna

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作者
Dey, Abhishek [1 ]
Guldiken, Rasim [2 ]
Mumcu, Gokhan [1 ]
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[1] Univ S Florida, Ctr Wireless & Microwave Informat Syst, Dept Elect Engn, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
[2] Univ S Florida, Dept Mech Engn, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
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2013 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (APSURSI) | 2013年
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TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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摘要
A frequency tunable liquid metal monopole antenna is introduced. The antenna is formed inside a microfluidic channel embedded within Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. The bottom side of the channel is sealed with 25 mu m thick liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layer in order to interface the antenna with a conventional microstrip feed line using the capacitive coupling mechanism. The physical length of the antenna is dynamically changed by using pumps to accomplish tunability over a wide frequency range. The concept is demonstrated through the design and experimentation of a 2.9: 1 tunable monopole antenna that can operate between 1.7GHz and 4.9GHz.
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