Title :
A liquid-metal reconfigurable double-stub tuner
Author :
Lei, Bao Jun ; Hu, Wenqi ; Ohta, Aaron T. ; Shiroma, Wayne A.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 96822 USA
Abstract :
A liquid-metal reconfigurable double-stub tuner is presented. The double-stub tuner consists of two fluidic channels whose stub lengths L1 and L2 can be tuned with Galinstan liquid metal using pressure-driven flow. The measured input impedance of this tuner shows wide Smith Chart coverage.
Keywords :
Impedance measurement; Length measurement; Liquids; Metals; Pumps; Tuners; Impedance matching; liquid metals; reconfigurable tuner;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259372
