Reconfigurable antennas: Switching techniques—A survey

N Ojaroudi Parchin, H Jahanbakhsh Basherlou… - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to the fast development of wireless communication technology, reconfigurable
antennas with multimode and cognitive radio operation in modern wireless applications with …

Circuits and antennas incorporating gallium-based liquid metal

YW Wu, S Alkaraki, SY Tang, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reviews the application and technology advancement of gallium (Ga)-based
liquid metal (LM) in high-frequency circuits and antennas. It discusses the material …

Electronic skins based on liquid metals

J Yang, W Cheng, K Kalantar-Zadeh - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The implementation and exploration of liquid metals for soft electronics, especially electronic
skins (e-skins), are fast increasing. The growing field has received special attention since …

A frequency-and polarization-reconfigurable slot antenna using liquid metal

Y Liu, Q Wang, Y Jia, P Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this communication, a microfluidically frequency-and polarization-reconfigurable slot
antenna using liquid metal (LM) is proposed. The polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) structure …

Wideband frequency reconfigurable patch antenna with switchable slots based on liquid metal and 3-D printed microfluidics

L Song, W Gao, CO Chui… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel wideband frequency reconfigurable patch antenna with switchable
slots (PASSs) based on liquid metal manipulation in 3-D printed microfluidic channel has …

A multistate frequency reconfigurable monopole antenna using fluidic channels

A Singh, I Goode, CE Saavedra - IEEE Antennas and Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfigurable microstrip monopole antenna that uses three closely spaced substrate
milled channels filled with either air or dielectric fluid is presented. Based on the number of …

Design of a reconfigurable patch antenna using the movement of liquid metal

C Wang, JC Yeo, H Chu, CT Lim… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A polarization-agility antenna using liquid metal (eutectic gallium indium) with high radiation
efficiency is proposed in this letter. This design approach offers possibilities to use the …

A liquid-metal polarization-pattern-reconfigurable dipole antenna

GB Zhang, RC Gough, MR Moorefield… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An electrically actuated reconfigurable liquid-metal dipole antenna is presented. Using
electrocapillary actuation, a 5 VDC signal can actuate the liquid metal Galinstan into five …

A brief review of frequency, radiation pattern, polarization, and compound reconfigurable antennas for 5G applications

M Kamran Shereen, MI Khattak… - Journal of Computational …, 2019 - Springer
All antennas in which frequency and radiation patterns can be modified in a reversible and
controlled manner are known as reconfigurable antennas. They are different from other …

A wideband low-RCS circularly polarized reconfigurable C-shaped antenna array based on liquid metal

P Wang, Y Jia, Y Liu, W Hu - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wideband low radar cross-section (RCS) circularly polarized (CP) reconfigurable patch
antenna array based on liquid metal (LM) has been proposed in this article. The array was …