Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
- 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, design methods and validation of the realized devices
- Describes novel device topologies based on LC technology allowing low cost and large scale production of high performance electronically reconfigurable antennas
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electronic Beam Steering and Polarization Agile Planar Antennas in Liquid Crystal Technology
Authors: Onur Hamza Karabey
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01424-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01423-4Published: 16 August 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34888-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01424-1Published: 04 August 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 167
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Optical and Electronic Materials