Title :
Liquid crystals for microwave applications
Author_Institution :
Liquid Crystal Res., Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Liquid crystal mixtures dedicated to microwave application have been developed. They have high tuning ranges, low dielectric losses and high reliability against the heat stress. These mixtures help to realize agile LC-based microwave components, such as phased array- or reflect array antennas.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; dielectric losses; liquid crystals; microwave antenna arrays; reflectarray antennas; reliability; LC-based microwave components; heat stress; liquid crystal mixtures; liquid crystals; low dielectric losses; microwave applications; phased antenna array; reflectarray antennas; reliabilit; Materials; Reliability; Liquid Crystal; dielectric loss; phase shifter; phased array antenna; reflect array antenna; thermal reliabiliy; tunability;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
