Flexible liquid metal alloy (EGaIn) microstrip patch antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2151-2156

  Hayes, Gerard J ^a   So, Ju Hee ^a   Qusba, Amit ^a   Dickey, Michael D ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

EGaIn antenna; flexible microstrip patch antenna; liquid metal antenna; multi layer; polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GEOMETRY; ANTENNA PARAMETERS; CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; SHEET-LIKE; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE LAYER; THIN OXIDES;

LIQUID METALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SERPENTINE; SHEET METAL; SILICONES;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84860672336     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2189698     Document Type: Article

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