Non-toxic Liquid Metal Microstrip Resonators Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • In this paper, we report for the first time the design and fabrication of non-toxic liquid metal (Galinstan) half-wavelength (g/2) microstrip resonator. Patterning techniques of Galinstan microstrip resonators are presented. Resonators of different lengths are measured to cover a frequency range of 3-20 GHz. We have characterized the conductivity of Galinstan by matching the measured quality factor with finite element model of the resonators. The conductivity of Galinstan is found to be 3.83 0.16 106 S/m. The liquid metal holds great promises as a low contact resistance, highly reliable, high temperature tolerant material. This work will benefit future implementations of Galinstan based RF/Microwave reconfigurable devices and systems with high reliability.

name of conference

  • 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference

published proceedings

  • APMC: 2009 ASIA PACIFIC MICROWAVE CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-5

author list (cited authors)

  • Liu, X., Katehi, L., & Peroulis, D.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Liu, Xiaoguang||Katehi, Linda PB||Peroulis, Dimitrios

publication date

  • December 2009