Fluidic-Enabled Reconfigurable Patch With Integrated Dielectric Spectrometer

Author

Long, S. Andrew ; Dorsey, W. Mark ; Huff, Gregory H. ; Brennan, Nicholas ; Rupp, Bradley ; Bevan, Michael A.

Author_Institution

Radar Div., U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

13

fYear

2014

fDate

2014

Firstpage

1116

Lastpage

1119

Abstract

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.

Keywords

coaxial cables; materials properties; microstrip antennas; spectrometers; coaxial line; fluidic-enabled reconfigurable patch; frequency response; frequency-agile antenna design; integrated dielectric spectrometer; loading capacitance; low-loss dielectric fluid; material properties; reactive loading mechanism; tuning mechanism; Antenna measurements; Dielectric measurement; Dielectrics; Materials; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Dielectric measurements; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; reconfigurable antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2330425

Filename

6832465