A novel fluid-reconfigurable advanced and delayed phase line using inkjet-printed microfluidic composite right/left-handed transmission line

Sungjin Choi; Wenjing Su; Manos M. Tentzeris; Sungjoon Lim

doi:10.1109/LMWC.2014.2382685

A novel fluid-reconfigurable advanced and delayed phase line using inkjet-printed microfluidic composite right/left-handed transmission line

Sungjin Choi, Wenjing Su, Manos M. Tentzeris, Sungjoon Lim

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Abstract

In this letter, a novel fluid-reconfigurable advanced and delayed phase line using a microfluidic composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) is proposed. A CRLH-TL prototype is inkjet-printed on a photo-paper substrate. In addition, a laser-etched microfluidic channel in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is integrated with the CRLH TL using inkjet-printed SU-8 as a bonding material. The proposed TL provides excellent phase-tuning capability that is dependent on the fluidic materials used. As the fluid is changed, the proposed TL can have negative-, zero-, and positive-phase characteristics at 900 MHz for different fluids. The performance of the TL is successfully validated using simulation and measurement results.

Original language	English
Article number	7008548
Pages (from-to)	142-144
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2014.2382685
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2015
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

CRLH TL
inkjet printing
metamaterial
micro fluidics
phase shifter

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Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A novel fluid-reconfigurable advanced and delayed phase line using inkjet-printed microfluidic composite right/left-handed transmission line. / Choi, Sungjin; Su, Wenjing; Tentzeris, Manos M. et al.
In: IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 25, No. 2, 7008548, 01.02.2015, p. 142-144.

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