Martinez, JO;
Rodriguez, JR;
Shen, Y;
Tong, KF;
Wong, KK;
Armada, AG;
(2022)
Toward Liquid Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays for Wireless Communications.
IEEE Communications Magazine
, 60
(12)
pp. 145-151.
10.1109/MCOM.001.2200392.
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Abstract
Liquid-based antennas promise to overcome crucial limitations of traditional solid-based ones. Here, we describe different liquid antenna technologies that can be used to build arrays with the unprecedented flexibility and adaptivity needed to enable an evolution in wireless communications. We focus on two approaches that use either metallic or non-metallic liquids as radiating elements. In both cases, the resulting devices can be reconfigured dynamically, thus modifying the radiation parameters of an antenna in real time in an inexpensive way. To that end, we describe some of the challenges which arise when integrating such antennas as part of a whole communication system. We discuss the solutions adopted in some initial prototypes and summarize some of the problems that need to be solved to pave the way for integrating fully reconfigurable liquid antenna arrays in wireless communication systems.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Toward Liquid Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays for Wireless Communications |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200392 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.2200392 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162871 |
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