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A U-Shaped Dual-Frequency-Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna Based on Liquid Metal.

Peng QinQian-Yu WangJun-Heng FuChun-Wei LiCheng-Lin ZhangTian-Ying LiuLin GuiJing LiuZhong-Shan Deng
Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
This study presents a U-shaped dual-frequency-reconfigurable liquid-metal monopole antenna. Eutectic Gallium-Indium (EGaIn) was used as a conductive fluid and filled in the two branches of the U-shaped glass tube. A precision syringe pump was connected to one of the branches of the U-shaped tube by a silicone tube to drive EGaIn, forming a height difference between the two liquid levels. When the height of liquid metal in the two branches met the initial condition of L 1 = L 2 = 10 mm, and L 1 increased from 10 mm to 18 mm, the two branches obtained two working bandwidths of 2.27-4.98 GHz and 2.71-8.58 GHz, respectively. The maximum peak gain was 4.00 dBi. The initial amount of EGaIn also affected the available operating bandwidth. When the liquid metal was perfused according to the initial condition: L 1 = L 2 = 12 mm, and L 1 was adjusted within the range of 12-20 mm, the two branches had the corresponding working bandwidths of 2.18-4.32 GHz and 2.57-9.09 GHz, and the measured maximum peak gain was 3.72 dBi. The simulation and measurement data corresponded well. A series of dual-frequency-reconfigurable antennas can be obtained by changing the initial amount of EGaIn. This series of antennas may have broad application prospects in fields such as base stations and navigation.
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