• DocumentCode
    45237
  • Title

    Two-octave tunable liquid-metal monopole antenna

  • Author

    Morishita, Andy M. ; Kitamura, Carolynn K. Y. ; Ohta, Aaron T. ; Shiroma, Wayne A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    January 2 2014
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    Liquid metal is used to tune the operational frequency of a monopole antenna by adjusting its length. The centre frequency can be continuously tuned over two octaves, 2.0-9.5 GHz, while maintaining a gain of ~5.2 dBi.
  • Keywords
    liquid metals; monopole antennas; frequency 2.0 GHz to 9.5 GHz; octave tunable liquid metal monopole antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2013.2971
  • Filename
    6698935