A fluidic loading mechanism for phase reconfigurable reflectarray elements

S.A. Long; G.H. Huff

doi:10.1109/LAWP.2011.2165930

A fluidic loading mechanism for phase reconfigurable reflectarray elements

S.A. Long, G.H. Huff

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A fluidic-based approach is proposed as a means to reconfigure the reflected phase of a microstrip reflectarray element. Reactive loading for reconfiguration is provided by altering the volume fraction of a fluidic colloidal dispersion within a device. Aspects of design, modeling, and measurement are discussed for a unit-cell prototype design. The impact of losses within the fluidic and colloidal material systems are also investigated. Measurements from waveguide experiments demonstrate up to 220\ of phase change and a return loss of less than 2 dB at the operating frequency of 3 GHz. \ 2011 IEEE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	876-879
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2011.2165930
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

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