[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 …

Microwave liquid crystal technology

H Maune, M Jost, R Reese, E Polat, M Nickel, R Jakoby - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tunable Liquid Crystal (LC)-based microwave components are of increasing interest in
academia and industry. Based on these components, numerous applications can be …

Liquid crystal based dielectric waveguide phase shifters for phased arrays at W-band

R Reese, E Polat, H Tesmer, J Strobl, C Schuster… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, the feasibility of microwave liquid crystal based dielectric waveguide phased
shifters is investigated in a phased rod antenna array for the first time. For this, a 1× 4 rod …

Highly miniaturized continuously tunable phase shifter based on liquid crystal and defected ground structures

D Wang, E Polat, H Tesmer, R Jakoby… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a highly miniaturized continuously tunable microstrip line phase shifter
from 10 to 67 GHz. The design takes the advantage of the microstrip line topology by a …

Switched and steered beam end-fire antenna array fed by wideband via-less Butler matrix and tunable phase shifters based on liquid crystal technology

D Wang, E Polat, H Tesmer, H Maune… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design of a Ka-band beam-switchable and beam-steerable endfire
planar Yagi–Uda antenna array fed by a wideband Butler matrix, combining continuously …

Tunable liquid crystal filter in nonradiative dielectric waveguide technology at 60 GHz

E Polat, R Reese, M Jost, C Schuster… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a continuously tunable nonradiative dielectric waveguide three-pole
bandpass filter based on liquid crystal (LC) technology at 60 GHz. LC is used as tunable …

Ridge gap waveguide based liquid crystal phase shifter

M Nickel, A Jimenez-Saez, P Agrawal… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the gap waveguide technology is examined for packaging liquid crystal (LC) in
tunable microwave devices. For this purpose, a line based passive phase shifter is designed …

Reconfigurable millimeter-wave components based on liquid crystal technology for smart applications

E Polat, H Tesmer, R Reese, M Nickel, D Wang… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents recent development of tunable microwave liquid crystal (LC)
components in the lower millimeter wave (mmW) regime up to the W-band. With the …

Fast and miniaturized phase shifter with excellent figure of merit based on liquid crystal and nanowire-filled membrane technologies

D Wang, E Polat, C Schuster, H Tesmer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a highly miniaturized tuneable microstrip line phase shifter for 5 GHz to
67 GHz. The design takes advantage of the microstrip topology by substituting the ground …

Voltage-tunable artificial gradient-index lens based on a liquid crystal loaded fishnet metamaterial

M Maasch, M Roig, C Damm… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a voltage-tunable gradient-index fishnet metamaterial is presented. The unit
cells of the fishnet are loaded with nematic liquid crystal material providing a continuous …