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Liquid Crystals: The way to Scalable and Practical Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G

Jakoby, Rolf ; Wang, Dongwei ; Neuder, Robin ; Asadi, Arash ; Jiménez Sáez, Alejandro (2022)
Liquid Crystals: The way to Scalable and Practical Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G.
doi: 10.36227/techrxiv.21335733
Report, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

With the rise of models describing the potential and limitations of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) in wireless communication and sensing channels, numerous hardware solutions are being developed. The most common solutions are based on varactors, Positive-Intrinsic-Negative (PIN) diodes, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Recently, several works on 1-bit nematic Liquid Crystal (LC) RISs have been published. This paper presents the use of LC technology for the realization of continuously tunable mm-Wave RISs to address the increasing interest in this technology. Starting from basic LC theory, we introduce two different realization methods, the reflectarray and the phased array method. Comparing LC technology to the competing technologies, we see that the main advantage is the low cost of large panels, followed by a low-power consumption. However, there are some challenges that the LC technology faces such as its impedance matching, its biasing, and tuning times in the order of 10s of ms. With this in mind, we analyze for which applications LC-based RISs are best suited.

Typ des Eintrags: Report
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Jakoby, Rolf ; Wang, Dongwei ; Neuder, Robin ; Asadi, Arash ; Jiménez Sáez, Alejandro
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Liquid Crystals: The way to Scalable and Practical Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 18 Oktober 2022
Verlag: TechRxiv
Buchtitel: Liquid Crystals: The way to Scalable and Practical Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G
Auflage: 1.Version
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.21335733
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

With the rise of models describing the potential and limitations of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) in wireless communication and sensing channels, numerous hardware solutions are being developed. The most common solutions are based on varactors, Positive-Intrinsic-Negative (PIN) diodes, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Recently, several works on 1-bit nematic Liquid Crystal (LC) RISs have been published. This paper presents the use of LC technology for the realization of continuously tunable mm-Wave RISs to address the increasing interest in this technology. Starting from basic LC theory, we introduce two different realization methods, the reflectarray and the phased array method. Comparing LC technology to the competing technologies, we see that the main advantage is the low cost of large panels, followed by a low-power consumption. However, there are some challenges that the LC technology faces such as its impedance matching, its biasing, and tuning times in the order of 10s of ms. With this in mind, we analyze for which applications LC-based RISs are best suited.

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Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Sichere Mobile Netze
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Wireless Communication and Sensing Lab (WISE)
Hinterlegungsdatum: 25 Jul 2023 07:31
Letzte Änderung: 10 Aug 2023 13:26
PPN: 509924964
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