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A Pattern and Polarization Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Helical Antenna
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H. Nakano,
Paul Howland
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: 857 - 858
Swansea University Author:
Amit Mehta
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DOI (Published version): 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2018.8608957
Abstract
A pattern and polarization reconfigurable helix antenna with mechanically actuated liquid metal in a helical channel is presented for L1 frequency band (1.575 GHz). The antenna is composed of a flexible polymer tube shaped into a helix which is filled in and out with a peristaltic micropump. The mic...
| Published in: | 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-5386-7103-0 978-1-5386-7102-3 |
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Boston, MA, USA
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39631 |
| Abstract: |
A pattern and polarization reconfigurable helix antenna with mechanically actuated liquid metal in a helical channel is presented for L1 frequency band (1.575 GHz). The antenna is composed of a flexible polymer tube shaped into a helix which is filled in and out with a peristaltic micropump. The micropump is controlled using a Raspberry Pi computer via an H-bridge DC circuit which can continuously adjust direction and speed of the pump. The Antenna generates four types of beams i.e., linearly polarized semi-doughnut and axial beams; elliptically and circularly polarized axial beams. The corresponding maximum gains are 1.1 dBi, 5.9 dBi, 7.6 dBi and 8.5 dBi for the four beams. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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