The application relates to a gap
waveguide liquid crystal phase shifter, which comprises, from top to bottom, an upper layer structure, a middle
metal layer and a lower layer structure; the upper layer structure comprises, from top to bottom, an upper
metal layer, an upper
dielectric plate, an upper glass plate, a
metal patch and a
liquid crystal layer; the lower layer structure comprises, from top to bottom, a lower glass plate, a lower
dielectric plate and a lower metal layer; the upper
dielectric plate is provided with a plurality of upper metal through holes, and the lower
dielectric plate is provided with a plurality of lower metal through holes; the plurality of upper metal through holes form a gap
waveguide type cavity, and the middle metal layer is provided with two slit structures. When a driving
voltage is applied between the metal patch and the middle metal layer, the
liquid crystal molecule deflection occurs, when the
liquid crystal molecule reaches the full deflection state, the transmission
phase change reaches the maximum value, and finally the continuous adjustable liquid
crystal phase shifter is realized, thereby solving the problems that the traditional liquid
crystal phase shifter has large loss in the
microwave band and needs a certain
transmission line length to achieve corresponding phase shifting capacity.