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X-Band reconfigurable phase shifters based on SIW and liquid metal technologies

X-Band reconfigurable phase shifters based on SIW and liquid metal technologies
X-Band reconfigurable phase shifters based on SIW and liquid metal technologies

This paper presents three reconfigurable phase shifters operate at X-band and designed utilizing liquid metal (LM). The phase shifters operate at 10 GHz and they have very low insertion loss performance and able to handle high levels of radio frequency (RF) power. Besides, the proposed phase shifters able to achieve a total of 360° phase shift and they are compact in size as they are designed using substrate integrated waveguides (SIW). This enable the proposed phase shifters to be integrated within SIW based feeding structures to realize complete phased array antenna systems. The phase shift is realized by inserting a series of liquid metal vias in the SIW. When a single or multiple via connection is needed, the via hole is filled with liquid metal and conversely, the liquid metal is withdrawn from the via when the connection is no longer required.

Gallium, phase shifter, phased array, reconfigurable devices, SIW
IEEE
Alkaraki, Shaker
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Lin, Quan Wei
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Jilani, Syeda Fizzah
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Wong, Hang
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Borja, Alejandro L.
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Tang, Shiyang
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Wang, Yi
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Kelly, James R.
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Alkaraki, Shaker
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Wong, Hang
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Borja, Alejandro L.
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Tang, Shiyang
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Alkaraki, Shaker, Lin, Quan Wei, Jilani, Syeda Fizzah, Wong, Hang, Borja, Alejandro L., Tang, Shiyang, Wang, Yi and Kelly, James R. (2024) X-Band reconfigurable phase shifters based on SIW and liquid metal technologies. In 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024. IEEE. 5 pp . (doi:10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501332).

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Abstract

This paper presents three reconfigurable phase shifters operate at X-band and designed utilizing liquid metal (LM). The phase shifters operate at 10 GHz and they have very low insertion loss performance and able to handle high levels of radio frequency (RF) power. Besides, the proposed phase shifters able to achieve a total of 360° phase shift and they are compact in size as they are designed using substrate integrated waveguides (SIW). This enable the proposed phase shifters to be integrated within SIW based feeding structures to realize complete phased array antenna systems. The phase shift is realized by inserting a series of liquid metal vias in the SIW. When a single or multiple via connection is needed, the via hole is filled with liquid metal and conversely, the liquid metal is withdrawn from the via when the connection is no longer required.

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Published date: 26 April 2024
Venue - Dates: 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024, , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2024-03-17 - 2024-03-22
Keywords: Gallium, phase shifter, phased array, reconfigurable devices, SIW

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Local EPrints ID: 503377
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/503377
PURE UUID: f3b1d523-4dbf-4302-9fe7-d45654c4beeb
ORCID for Shiyang Tang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-8880

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Date deposited: 30 Jul 2025 16:30
Last modified: 31 Jul 2025 02:07

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Author: Shaker Alkaraki
Author: Quan Wei Lin
Author: Syeda Fizzah Jilani
Author: Hang Wong
Author: Alejandro L. Borja
Author: Shiyang Tang ORCID iD
Author: Yi Wang
Author: James R. Kelly

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