A Study of Liquid Metal Alloy Reconfigurable Antennas Embedded in a Structural Composite Conference Paper

abstract

• 2016 IEEE. The design and excitation of a liquid metal alloy antenna embedded into structural composite panel is studied. The alloy resides in micro-channels embedded into the composite panel that allows it to be pumped in and out of the panel to form the electrical paths necessary for the antenna. The antenna geometry is a derivative of a zig-zag log periodic dipole wire antenna. The excitation of the antenna from a structurally-embedded printed microstrip transmission line is also examined. The operational bandwidth and frequency response are controlled by altering the amount of alloy in the meandering structure of the channels, and preliminary results are provided.

name of conference

• 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI)

authors

• Hartl, Darren

published proceedings

• 2016 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, L. M., Pan, H. K., Bradford, R. L., Frank, G. J., Hartl, D., Baur, J., & Huff, G. H.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Smith, Lisa M||Pan, Hong K||Bradford, Robyn L||Frank, Geoffrey J||Hartl, Darren||Baur, Jeffery||Huff, Gregory H

publication date

• June 2016

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society)  Journal

keywords

• Adaptive
• Multifunctional
• Reconfigurable

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/aps.2016.7696132

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781509028863

start page

• 847

end page

• 848

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aps.2016.7696132