A pressure responsive fluidic microstrip open stub resonator using a liquid metal alloy

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 577-579

  Khan, M Rashed ^a   Hayes, Gerard J ^b   Zhang, Silu ^a   Dickey, Michael D ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn); liquid metal filter; microstrip filter; polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; DISCRETE STATE; FILTER CHANGES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROSTRIP BANDSTOP FILTERS; MICROSTRIPES; OPEN STUB RESONATOR; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOFT MATERIAL; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; TUNABLE FILTERS;

CERIUM ALLOYS; EUTECTICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDIUM ALLOYS; LIQUID METALS; MICROSTRIP FILTERS; MICROWAVE FILTERS; RESONATORS; SILICONES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84869491369     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2223754     Document Type: Article

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