Electrically tuned microwave CP cross slot patch antenna using liquid crystal technology

摘要

The rapid progress in material science and electronic technology is great possibility in designing reconfigurable wireless devices which are frequency tunable, flexible and consume low energy. In this paper, the anisotropic propriety of a new liquid crystal mixture 'GT3-23001MODIFIER LETTER PRIME in their nematic phase are exploited for designing tunable circular polarized cross slot patch antenna for WLAN applications. Reconfiguration of frequency response is controlled through an electrical external command. The proposed reconfigurable antenna based on liquid crystal satisfies a continuous frequency tuning of 15.83% with a global bandwidth of around 467.92 MHz (19.5%). to validate this novel mixture of liquid crystal, the simulated results are compared with the measured data and a good agreement is noticed.