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Title	Liquid Metasurface Antennas
ID_Doc	35347
Authors	Moralic K.; Languasco D.; Romeo W.; Mencagli M.J.
Year	2020
Published	HONET 2020 - IEEE 17th International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life using ICT, IoT and AI
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HONET50430.2020.9322836
Abstract	This paper describes a novel design of a fully reconfigurable modulated metasurface (MTS) antenna. Current proposed MTS antennas offer limited radiation pattern reconfiguration, which is a crucial design tuning capability for antennas compatible with next-generation communication systems. The proposed MTS antenna consists of individual cylindrical dielectric casings filled with a liquid material, mounted on a ground plane. The dielectric casings are arranged in a regular lattice inside of a circular domain. The proposed design uses additive manufacturing materials, such as ABS and PLA, allowing for rapid-prototyping and decreased production costs. The performance of the antenna has been verified by full-wave simulations, and will be fabricated and tested in the future for further verification. © 2020 IEEE.
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