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Microwave Liquid Crystal Technology

Maune, Holger ; Jost, Matthias ; Reese, Roland ; Polat, Ersin ; Nickel, Matthias ; Jakoby, Rolf (2018):
Microwave Liquid Crystal Technology.
In: Crystals, 8 (9), ISSN 2073-4352,
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Item Type: Article
Origin: Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access
Title: Microwave Liquid Crystal Technology
Language: English
Abstract:

Tunable Liquid Crystal (LC)-based microwave components are of increasing interest in academia and industry. Based on these components, numerous applications can be targeted such as tunable microwave filters and beam-steering antenna systems. With the commercialization of first LC-steered antennas for Ku-band e.g., by Kymeta and Alcan Systems, LC-based microwave components left early research stages behind. With the introduction of terrestrial 5G communications systems, moving to millimeter-wave communication, these systems can benefit from the unique properties of LC in terms of material quality. In this paper, we show recent developments in millimeter wave phase shifters for antenna arrays. The limits of classical high-performance metallic rectangular waveguides are clearly identified. A new implementation with dielectric waveguides is presented and compared to classic approaches.

Journal or Publication Title: Crystals
Volume of the journal: 8
Issue Number: 9
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Classification DDC: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik
Divisions: 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics (IMP)
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2018 11:58
Last Modified: 13 Dec 2022 10:19
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URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-77798
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/7779
PPN: 436522160
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