An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna

作者:Zhang George B*; Gough Ryan C; Moorefield Matthew R; Elassy Kareem S; Ohta Aaron T; Shiroma Wayne A
来源:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2018, 2018: 7595363.
DOI:10.1155/2018/7595363

摘要

A tunable liquid-metal antenna demonstrating gain reconfigurability is presented. This antenna uses a reconfigurable stub made with the liquid metal Galinstan. Using continuous electrowetting, a 60 Hz signal with an amplitude of 1V(pp) and 75% duty cycle can actuate the Galinstan continuously along a channel, tuning the stub length and antenna gain. Zero external power is required to maintain the position of the slug. The 5 GHz antenna offers more than 10 dB of analog gain tuning, from - 5.90 to 4.43 dB.

  • 出版日期2018