Fluidic-Enabled Reconfigurable Patch With Integrated Dielectric Spectrometer

A frequency-agile antenna design is proposed that uses a fluidic-enabled reconfigurable reactive loading mechanism. The tuning mechanism offers the ability to change the capacitance of an electrically short, hollow coaxial line that is filled with a low-loss dielectric fluid. The frequency response...

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Published inIEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters Vol. 13; pp. 1116 - 1119
Main Authors Long, S. Andrew, Dorsey, W. Mark, Huff, Gregory H., Brennan, Nicholas, Rupp, Bradley, Bevan, Michael A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 2014
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Antenna design
Antenna measurements
Antennas
Capacitance
Dielectric measurement
Dielectric measurements
Dielectrics
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluids
Materials
Microstrip
Microstrip antennas
multifrequency antennas
Patch antennas
reconfigurable antennas
Tuning
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Summary:A frequency-agile antenna design is proposed that uses a fluidic-enabled reconfigurable reactive loading mechanism. The tuning mechanism offers the ability to change the capacitance of an electrically short, hollow coaxial line that is filled with a low-loss dielectric fluid. The frequency response of the antenna can be tuned by altering the material properties of the fluid contained within the coaxial line-and subsequently changing the loading capacitance. This letter presents design details and measured results.
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ISSN:1536-1225
1548-5757
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2014.2330425