[HTML][HTML] Microwave liquid crystal enabling technology for electronically steerable antennas in SATCOM and 5G millimeter-wave systems

R Jakoby, A Gaebler, C Weickhmann - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Future satellite platforms and 5G millimeter wave systems require Electronically Steerable
Antennas (ESAs), which can be enabled by Microwave Liquid Crystal (MLC) technology …

Electrically tuned microwave devices using liquid crystal technology

P Yaghmaee, OH Karabey, B Bates… - … Journal of Antennas …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An overview of liquid crystal technology for microwave and millimeter‐wave frequencies is
presented. The potential of liquid crystals as reconfigurable materials arises from their ability …

Measurement of dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals at millimeter wavelength

S Bulja, D Mirshekar-Syahkal, R James… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to their large birefringence and moderately low loss, liquid crystals (LCs) are a
promising dielectric media for development of a variety of reconfigurable millimeter-wave …

Liquid crystals for signal processing applications in the microwave and millimeter wave frequency ranges

R Camley, Z Celinski, Y Garbovskiy… - Liquid Crystals …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid crystal technology has a long well-established history of applications in visible light,
primarily in the display industry. In contrast, applications at lower frequencies (microwave …

Meander line millimetre-wave liquid crystal based phase shifter

S Bulja, D Mirshekar-Syahkal - Electronics letters, 2010 - IET
A liquid crystal (LC) based inverted microstrip meander line phase shifter is presented. The
control of phase shift is achieved through use of an external electric field. To facilitate on …

A theoretical model for resonant frequency and radiation pattern on rectangular microstrip patch antenna on liquid crystal substrate

TW Kim, JS Park, SO Park - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a theoretical model of the rectangular-shaped microstrip patch
antennas on liquid crystal (LC) substrates in order to accurately derive the resonant …

Phase agile reflectarray cells based on liquid crystals

MY Ismail, W Hu, R Cahill, VF Fusco, HS Gamble… - IET Microwaves, Antennas …, 2007 - IET
Experimental results at X-band are used to compare the electromagnetic scattering from a
printed reflectarray cell, which is constructed on 500 µm thick layers of three different …

Frequency‐agile microstrip patch antenna on a biased liquid crystal substrate

NC Papanicolaou, MA Christou… - Electronics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A frequency‐agile microstrip patch antenna printed on a biased nematic liquid crystal (N‐
LC) substrate is accurately modelled. The dielectric properties of the N‐LC are controlled …

Liquid crystal based phase shifters in 60 GHz band

S Bulja, D Mirshekar-Syahkal… - The 3rd European …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Preliminary structures and performance results of two different 60 GHz band planar phase
shifters using liquid crystal (LC) are presented. The first phase shifter is based on a …

W-band characterization of anisotropic liquid crystals at room temperature

S Mueller, M Koeberle, F Goelden… - 2008 38th European …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the characterization of Liquid Crystals (LCs) at W-Band using the
standard WR-10 rectangular waveguide. The reflection parameter of a 10 mm long …