Frequency-Reconfigurable Dipole Antenna Using Liquid-Metal Pixels
Published in International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2018
K. J. Sarabia, S. S. Yamada, M. R. Moorefield, A. W. Combs, A. T. Ohta, W. A. Shiroma
Abstract
A frequency-tunable half-wavelength dipole antenna is realized using an array of electrically actuated liquid-metal pixels. The liquid-metal pixelated dipole antenna demonstrates frequency reconfigurability by switching between resonances at 2.51 GHz, 2.12 GHz, 1.85 GHz, and 1.68 GHz.