DocumentCode
241025
Title
Digital microfluidics for reconfigurable antennas
Author
Damgaci, Y. ; Cagatay, Engin ; Biyikli, N. ; Cetiner, B.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
6-11 April 2014
Firstpage
128
Lastpage
132
Abstract
Usage of fluids (microfluidic or otherwise) in antennas provides a conceptually easy reconfiguration mechanism in the aspect of physical alteration. However, a requirement of pumps, valves, etc. for liquid transportation makes the antenna implementations rather impractical for the real-life scenarios. This work reports on the theoretical calculations and experiments conducted to evaluate the electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) driven digital microfluidics as a reconfiguration mechanism for antennas and RF circuits.
Keywords
loop antennas; microfluidics; pumps; radiofrequency integrated circuits; slot antennas; valves; wetting; EWOD; RF circuits; digital microfluidics; electrowetting on dielectric; liquid transportation; physical alteration; pumps; reconfigurable antennas; valves; Antennas; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectrics; Liquids; Metals; Microfluidics; electrowetting; liquid metal; microfluidic; reconfigurable antenna;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location
The Hague
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901709
Filename
6901709
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