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Liquid metal patch antenna and antenna array for WLAN applications
Author(s) -
Semkin Vasilii,
Platonov Oleg,
Kyrö Mikko,
Räisänen Antti V.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.28612
Subject(s) - patch antenna , antenna (radio) , coaxial antenna , antenna measurement , microstrip antenna , microwave , antenna efficiency , antenna factor , antenna array , materials science , electronic engineering , acoustics , optoelectronics , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , telecommunications
The concept of a reconfigurable patch antenna array is presented in this article. Configurability is achieved using liquid metal alloy which fills necessary milled channels in the antenna structure. A single patch antenna and three patch antenna array are simulated and measured in this work. Matching and radiation properties in the frequency range from 4 to 10 GHz are presented. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:2462–2464, 2014