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Mm-wave antennas and components: Profiting from 3D-printing
Abstract : The goal of this manuscript is to show the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) to produce cost-effective high-performance passive mm-wave components and antennas. We focus on the particular AM technique developed by SWISSto12 based on the so called Stereolithography (SLA), which consists on the 3D-printing of a skeleton of the component using a non-conductive polymer. Chemical copper plating is then applied in order to make all component surfaces RF-conductive. One of the most relevant advantages associated to this approach stems from its ability to produce low-weight monolithic devices. Two 3D-printed RF-devices operating at mm-waves are here presented: a Ka-band radiating element and a V-band orthomode-transducer. Both devices have been firstly designed using full-wave solvers, then manufactured and finally validated through measurements. © 2017 IEEE.
https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01671558
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Submitted on : Friday, December 22, 2017 - 1:48:38 PM
Last modification on : Monday, October 5, 2020 - 9:50:26 AM
Contributor : Laurent Jonchère <>
Submitted on : Friday, December 22, 2017 - 1:48:38 PM
Last modification on : Monday, October 5, 2020 - 9:50:26 AM