DESING AND PROTOTYPING OF A FLUID ANTENNA SYSTEM

Abstract

In this master thesis, we aim to develop a hardware prototype for a reconfigurable fluid antenna system (FAS) operating at 2.4 GHz. By applying different liquid-metal-controlling methods, the optimal output characteristics of FAS will be obtained and analyzed. Different actuation techniques will be implemented and analyzed to identify the optimal configurations for key antenna parameters. The process for designing fluid-antenna will be also presented. The performance of the fabricated prototype will be thoroughly characterized and analyzed to validate its reconfigurability and assess its potential for enhanced wireless communication. The proposed prototype strategy can be used in hardware implementations of other technologies and find many applications.