Electronic Beam Steering And Polarization Agile Planar Antennas In Liquid Crystal Technology (springer Theses)
by Onur Hamza Karabey /
2013 / English / PDF
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This book describes the characterization of liquid crystal
materials at microwave frequencies and the usage of these
materials in reconfigurable planar antennas and in their
electrical tunable components. It reports for the first time the
realization of a two-dimensional electronic beam steering antenna
and polarization agile planar antennas with liquid crystal
display technology. It gives a detailed description of all the
theoretical analyses, modeling and design methods that were
involved in the realization of these devices as well as their
validation using measurement of demonstrative prototypes.
This book also shows that low profile, low cost, high gain,
electronic beam steering and polarization agile antennas can be
fabricated in larger sizes by using existing automated liquid
crystal display manufacturing techniques. The innovative ideas
and method described in this work represent a considerable
advancement in the field of electronically reconfigurable
antennas based on liquid crystal technology and are expected to
draw significant interest in the future. Such antennas may become
important, for example, in mobile terminals integrated into the
body of laptops (in the cover) or of automobiles (in the
rooftop), ships or boats, for which flat, low-profile and
low-cost antennas are required.
This book describes the characterization of liquid crystal
materials at microwave frequencies and the usage of these
materials in reconfigurable planar antennas and in their
electrical tunable components. It reports for the first time the
realization of a two-dimensional electronic beam steering antenna
and polarization agile planar antennas with liquid crystal
display technology. It gives a detailed description of all the
theoretical analyses, modeling and design methods that were
involved in the realization of these devices as well as their
validation using measurement of demonstrative prototypes.
This book also shows that low profile, low cost, high gain,
electronic beam steering and polarization agile antennas can be
fabricated in larger sizes by using existing automated liquid
crystal display manufacturing techniques. The innovative ideas
and method described in this work represent a considerable
advancement in the field of electronically reconfigurable
antennas based on liquid crystal technology and are expected to
draw significant interest in the future. Such antennas may become
important, for example, in mobile terminals integrated into the
body of laptops (in the cover) or of automobiles (in the
rooftop), ships or boats, for which flat, low-profile and
low-cost antennas are required.