3D-Printed Reconfigurable Communication System Based on Tunable Liquid Crystals
Pietschmann S, Shi J, Bachbauer F, Gold G, Maune H (2025)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2025
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Conference Proceedings Title: 2025 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, WAMICON 2025
Event location: Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
ISBN: 9798331509606
DOI: 10.1109/WAMICON64429.2025.11004123
Abstract
This paper presents an additively manufactured communication system for V-Band applications using a 2 × 2-Antenna array in which each element can be controlled by an individual liquid crystal (LC) based phase shifter. To integrate the anisotropic material into the feed structure, a cavity made of UV-curable photopolymer resin is printed using stereolithography. A targeted beam steering angle of 7° was achieved, while the measured gain of the phased antenna array was between 16.18 dB and 14.02 dB at a center frequency of 62.5 GHz.
Authors with CRIS profile
Simon Pietschmann
Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik (LHFT)
Jing Shi
Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik (LHFT)
Felix Bachbauer
Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik (LHFT)
Gerald Gold
Professur für Rechnergestützten Schaltungsentwurf
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Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Pietschmann, S., Shi, J., Bachbauer, F., Gold, G., & Maune, H. (2025). 3D-Printed Reconfigurable Communication System Based on Tunable Liquid Crystals. In 2025 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, WAMICON 2025. Cocoa Beach, FL, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Pietschmann, Simon, et al. "3D-Printed Reconfigurable Communication System Based on Tunable Liquid Crystals." Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, WAMICON 2025, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025.
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