Marcotegui Iturmendi, José Antonio

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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Liquid crystals in reconfigurable reflectarray antennas for sub-millimeter waves
    (IEEE, 2024-08-21) Pérez Quintana, Dayan; Aguirre Gallego, Erik; Olariaga Jauregui, Eduardo; Kuznetsov, Sergei A.; Lapanik, Valeri I.; Sutormin, Vitaly S.; Zyryanov, Victor Ya; Marcotegui Iturmendi, José Antonio; Beruete Díaz, Miguel; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    Accelerated technological progress responds to the dynamic evolution of wireless communication systems, fueled by the advent of 5G, the emergence of 6G, and the pervasive integration of the IoT paradigm. Smart antennas play a pivotal role in this advancement, facilitating electronic beam steering to meet escalating demands for enhanced bandwidth and elevated operating frequencies. The spotlight shifts to reconfigurable reflectarray antennas, gaining prominence over conventional phased arrays. Notably, liquid crystals (LCs) emerge as a promising avenue for creating electronically reconfigurable/switchable reflectarrays, specifically tailored for short millimeter and terahertz waves. LCs, as a unique aggregate state combining solid and liquid features, address current technology limitations. Their uniaxial nature and the ability to manipulate molecule orientation enable effective fine-tuning of dielectric permittivity without drawbacks present in existing technologies.
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    Reconfigurable millimeter-wave reflectarray based on low loss liquid crystals
    (IEEE, 2024) Pérez Quintana, Dayan; Aguirre Gallego, Erik; Olariaga Jauregui, Eduardo; Kuznetsov, Sergei A.; Lapanik, Valeri I.; Sutormin, Vitaly S.; Zyryanov, Victor Ya; Marcotegui Iturmendi, José Antonio; Beruete Díaz, Miguel; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    This article reports on the development and evaluation of a reconfigurable millimeter-wave reflectarray (RA) based on liquid-crystal (LC) substrate operating in the D-band (105–125 GHz). The RA is composed of a high-impedance surface (HIS) with a meta-array of 33 × 29 patches on a 2-mm-thick quartz substrate, separated from the ground plane (GP) by a 40-µm-thick LC layer. A novel LC composition with low dielectric losses (<0.003) and high dielectric anisotropy (>1.3) has been developed for operation at millimeter waves. The results demonstrate a reflection phase tunability of 210◦ and low insertion losses of 2.5 dB. Furthermore, the device was demonstrated as a proof of concept for 1-D beam-steering applications, exhibiting an operational bandwidth of 12 GHz.