An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna
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 1 Vpp and 75% duty cycle can actuate the Galinstan continuously along a...
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| author | George B. Zhang Ryan C. Gough Matthew R. Moorefield Kareem S. Elassy Aaron T. Ohta Wayne A. Shiroma |
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| description | 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 1 Vpp 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f013e366018745e094bf9efbac725eff2025-02-03T01:01:06ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772018-01-01201810.1155/2018/75953637595363An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable AntennaGeorge B. Zhang0Ryan C. Gough1Matthew R. Moorefield2Kareem S. Elassy3Aaron T. Ohta4Wayne A. Shiroma5Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822, USAA 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 1 Vpp 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7595363 |
| spellingShingle | George B. Zhang Ryan C. Gough Matthew R. Moorefield Kareem S. Elassy Aaron T. Ohta Wayne A. Shiroma An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna |
| title_full | An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna |
| title_fullStr | An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna |
| title_short | An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna |
| title_sort | electrically actuated liquid metal gain reconfigurable antenna |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7595363 |
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