Broadband liquid antenna |
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| Authors: | Fayad H. Record P. |
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| Affiliation: | Electr. Electron. & Comput. Dept., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK; |
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| Abstract: | A new class of reconfigurable antenna based on monopole structures containing liquid dielectrics is presented. It was determined that the operating principle of this class of antenna is essentially that of a dielectric resonator, where salt (in solution) modifies the dielectric properties. The resonator column height determined the operating frequency, allowing match and frequency of operation to be fully tunable over 1-2.5 GHz while salinity mainly influences the bandwidth. |
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