Polat, Ersin ; Tesmer, Henning ; Reese, Roland ; Nickel, Matthias ; Wang, Dongwei ; Schumacher, Peter ; Jakoby, Rolf ; Maune, Holger (2020)
Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Components Based on Liquid Crystal Technology for Smart Applications.
In: Crystals, 2020, 10 (5)
doi: 10.25534/tuprints-00013373
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Abstract
This paper presents recent development of tunable microwave liquid crystal (LC) components in the lower millimeter wave (mmW) regime up to the W-band. With the utilization of increasing frequency, conventional metallic waveguide structures prove to be impractical for LC-based components. In particular, the integration of the electric bias network is extremely challenging. Therefore, dielectric waveguides are a promising alternative to conventional waveguides, since electrodes can be easily integrated in the open structure of dielectric waveguides. The numerous subcategories of dielectric waveguides offer a high degree of freedom in designing smart millimeter wave components such as tunable phase shifters, filters and steerable antennas. Recent research resulted in many different realizations, which are analyzed in this paper. The first demonstrators of phased array antennas with integrated LC-based phase shifters are reviewed and compared. In addition, beam steering with a single antenna type is shown. Furthermore, the possibility to realize tunable filters using LC-filled dielectric waveguides is demonstrated.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2020 |
| Creators: | Polat, Ersin ; Tesmer, Henning ; Reese, Roland ; Nickel, Matthias ; Wang, Dongwei ; Schumacher, Peter ; Jakoby, Rolf ; Maune, Holger |
| Type of entry: | Secondary publication |
| Title: | Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Components Based on Liquid Crystal Technology for Smart Applications |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Year of primary publication: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Crystals |
| Volume of the journal: | 10 |
| Issue Number: | 5 |
| DOI: | 10.25534/tuprints-00013373 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/13373 |
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| Origin: | Secondary publication service |
| Abstract: | This paper presents recent development of tunable microwave liquid crystal (LC) components in the lower millimeter wave (mmW) regime up to the W-band. With the utilization of increasing frequency, conventional metallic waveguide structures prove to be impractical for LC-based components. In particular, the integration of the electric bias network is extremely challenging. Therefore, dielectric waveguides are a promising alternative to conventional waveguides, since electrodes can be easily integrated in the open structure of dielectric waveguides. The numerous subcategories of dielectric waveguides offer a high degree of freedom in designing smart millimeter wave components such as tunable phase shifters, filters and steerable antennas. Recent research resulted in many different realizations, which are analyzed in this paper. The first demonstrators of phased array antennas with integrated LC-based phase shifters are reviewed and compared. In addition, beam steering with a single antenna type is shown. Furthermore, the possibility to realize tunable filters using LC-filled dielectric waveguides is demonstrated. |
| Status: | Publisher's Version |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-133730 |
| Classification DDC: | 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 600 Technology 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering |
| Divisions: | 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics (IMP) > Microwave Engineering 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics (IMP) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2020 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2024 12:59 |
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