DocumentCode
925358
Title
Tunable liquid crystal reflectarray patch element
Author
Hu, W. ; Ismail, M.Y. ; Cahill, R. ; Gamble, H.S. ; Dickie, R. ; Fusco, V.F. ; Linton, D. ; Rea, S.P. ; Grant, N.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Electron., Queen´´s Univ. Belfast, UK
Volume
42
Issue
9
fYear
2006
fDate
4/27/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
509
Lastpage
511
Abstract
Numerical and measured results are employed at X-band to demonstrate that the electrical properties of nematic state liquid crystal can be exploited to produce phase shifters for beam scanning printed reflectarray antennas with a tunable range greater than 180°.
Keywords
beam steering; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; microwave phase shifters; nematic liquid crystals; planar antenna arrays; reflector antenna feeds; reflector antennas; scanning antennas; X-band range; beam scanning; nematic state liquid crystal; phase shifters; printed reflectarray antennas; tunable liquid crystal reflectarray patch element;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20060571
Filename
1628518
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