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Continuous Electrowetting Surface-Wave Fluid Antenna for Mobile Communications

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Abstract

In this paper, a reconfigurable fluid antenna that utilizes continuous electrowetting (CEW) techniques for achieving agile radiation patterns was presented. Instead of mechanical micropump, the proposed CEW method can electronically shift the position of the liquid metal radiating element on the surface-wave antenna. The travelling speed of the radiating element when immersed in sodium hydroxide electrolyte of different concentrations and biased under different control signal voltages and waveforms have been experimentally evaluated. The maximum travelling speed of the liquid metal is about 10 mm.s-1. The antenna operates in a wide frequency range from 23.5 to 38 GHz, which covers the Very High 5G Frequency band in the different countries. The simulation results show that the addition of CEW geometry will not significantly affect the overall performance of the antenna.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2022 IEEE Region 10 International Conference, TENCON 2022
ISBN (Electronic)9781665450959
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE Region 10 International Conference, TENCON 2022 - Virtual, Online, Hong Kong
Duration: 1 Nov 20224 Nov 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON
Volume2022-November
ISSN (Print)2159-3442
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3450

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE Region 10 International Conference, TENCON 2022
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityVirtual, Online
Period1/11/224/11/22

Keywords

  • Galinstan
  • MIMO
  • beam-steering
  • continuous electrowetting
  • fluid antenna
  • liquid metal
  • reconfigurable antenna
  • surface wave

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