Title :
Liquid-Metal-Based Reconfigurable Components for RF Front Ends
Author :
Dang, Jonathan Huynh ; Gough, Ryan Corroone ; Morishita, Andy Masahiro ; Ohta, Aaron T. ; Shiroma, Wayne A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
In June 2013, the White House identified the development of broadband wireless networks as crucial for economic growth, specifically identifying innovations in spectrum sharing as being the key to relieving an expected spectrum crunch caused by the rapidly increasing number of Internet-connected devices, currently estimated at over 500 million.
Keywords :
Internet; broadband networks; liquid metals; radio networks; radio spectrum management; Internet connected device; RF front ends; broadband wireless network; economic growth; liquid metal-based reconfigurable components; spectrum crunch; spectrum sharing; white house; Arrays; Gain; Liquids; Metals; Radio frequency; Tuners;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPOT.2014.2360938
