Antenna Reconfiguration Using Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Pixels.

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Title:	Antenna Reconfiguration Using Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Pixels.
Authors:	Sarabia, Kent J.
Contributors:	Electrical Engineering (department)
Date Issued:	Dec 2017
Publisher:	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Abstract:	Reconfigurable antennas provide a versatile solution to current demands in wireless communications, where multiple frequency bands are in use. Such antennas can change their properties, such as operational frequency, in response to a dynamic environment. This allows for cost-effective wireless communications systems which would otherwise require a dedicated antenna for every operational frequency band. This thesis presents a technique to realize a frequency-reconfigurable antenna using discrete amounts of electrically actuated liquid metal. The liquid metal functions as a pixel which, when made in an array, can create discrete conductive 2-D structures to use as an antenna.
Description:	M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/62394
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Appears in Collections:	M.S. - Electrical Engineering

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