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Firstly, the resonance frequencies of the hairpin bandpass filter (|S11| is less than \u221210 dB) move simultaneously when the dielectric constant of LC changes at different temperatures. Then, the hairpin bandpass filter is extended to an FDRA, and the influence of the dielectric constant of LC on the antenna performance parameters is realized to the function of the temperature sensor. The results show that the dielectric constant of LC has an approximately linear relationship with the resonance frequencies of the FDRA. Simultaneously, the axial ratio, gain, antenna efficiency, E-field distribution, and pattern of the FDRA have changed significantly. Furthermore, the FDRA mainly works in the frequency range of 4.65~5.53 GHz, which has good antenna performance and filtering characteristics. Taking resonance frequency fx as an example, its sensitivity, maximum FOM, minimum detection limit, and minimum resolution are determined to be 95 GHz\/RIU, 0.5, 0.1, and 9.68, respectively. The multifunctional device provides a novel approach and solution for the transmission of antenna signals and temperature measurements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24010115","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,25]],"date-time":"2023-12-25T22:59:09Z","timestamp":1703545149000},"page":"115","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Multifunction Applications of Filtering Dielectric Resonator Antenna Based on Liquid Crystal"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Ke","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9890-8345","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haifeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1806739","DOI":"10.1002\/adma.201806739","article-title":"Disposable sensors in diagnostics, food, and environmental monitoring","volume":"31","author":"Dincer","year":"2019","journal-title":"Adv. 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