A Reconfigurable Antenna based on a Non-radiative Dielectric Waveguide with a Liquid Crystal Dielectric

Master thesis (2016)

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A. Yarovoy (mentor)
Programme
Telecommunications (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 Boelhouwer, W.L.
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12-02-2016

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Telecommunications

Abstract

A frequency-pattern reconfigurable antenna based on a foreshortened non-radiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide structure with a tunable liquid crystal dielectric is proposed. The antenna operates within the full range of the unlicensed 60G-band. The antenna is fed by a stripped semi-rigid coaxial feed that is inserted directly into the liquid crystal dielectric. The feed is positioned either asymmetrically near the antenna's end or symmetrically in the antenna's center resulting in a single or double conical radiation pattern respectively.