Inset-fed liquid metal patch antenna

Author

Diedhiou, Daouda Lamine ; Iero, D. ; De Sagazan, Olivier ; Sauleau, Ronan ; Boriskin, Artem V.

Author_Institution

Antennas & Microwaves Dept., Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1739

Lastpage

1741

Abstract

The paper presents the inset-fed liquid metal patch antenna with a non-contact excitation. The antenna is a classical rectangular patch operating at 2.4 GHz designed to facilitate its fabrication via injection molding technology using the flexible silicon elastomer (PDMS) and non-toxic liquid metal (Galinstan). The impact of the microfluidic channel structure (i.e. posts arrangement) on the antenna performance is investigated numerically via comparison of three patch antennas with different post layouts.

Keywords

antenna feeds; elastomers; injection moulding; microfluidics; microstrip antennas; silicon; Galinstan; PDMS; Si; flexible silicon elastomer; frequency 2.4 GHz; injection molding technology; inset-fed liquid metal patch antenna; microfluidic channel structure; noncontact excitation; nontoxic liquid metal; rectangular patch; Liquids; Metals; Microfluidics; Patch antennas; Reflection coefficient; Flexible stretchable antenna; Galinstan; PDMS; contactless transition; liquid metal; microfluidic 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.2014.6902128

Filename

6902128