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
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