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SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/5/055020
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- CMC Microsystems
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A stretchable patch antenna (SPA) whose frequency is tuned by a planar dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is presented in this paper. This mechanically reconfigurable antenna system has a configuration resembling a pre-stretched silicone belt. Part of the belt is embedded with a layer of conductive liquid metal to form the patch antenna. Part of the belt is sandwiched between conductive electrodes to form the DEA. Electrical activation of the DEA results in a contraction of the patch antenna, and as a result, in a variation of its resonance frequency. Design and fabrication steps of this system are presented. Measurement results for deformation, resonance frequency variation and efficiency of the patch antenna are also presented.
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