Disclosed in the present invention is a microfluidic antenna with a reconfigurable frequency and
directivity pattern. The microfluidic
reconfigurable antenna consists of six parts, which are a
metal floor, a
metal radiation patch, a top reflector, a middle
dielectric substrate, a coaxial
feeder line penetrating the
dielectric substrate, and an annular
microfluidic channel packaged with a magnetic
liquid metal column, respectively. Different
modes can be excited by means of manipulating the length of the magnetic
liquid metal column in the
microfluidic channel, thus realizing the switching between
radiation frequency bands; an antenna
directivity pattern is reconfigured by means of manipulating the position of the magnetic
liquid metal column; the microfluidic antenna involves main
beam switching in a total of ten azimuthal planes within three bands of 5.98-6.10 GHz, 6.08-6.23 GHz and 6.85-7.47 GHz, and the
maximum gain values in the states of the three bands are 8.5 dB, 7.4 dB and 8.1 dB, respectively; and the front-to-back ratios are 13 dB, 17 dB and 16 dB, respectively. The present invention has the characteristics of a simple structure, easy integration, a good performance, no introduction of extra
distortion,
low noise, a high-power operation capability and flexible application.