Mm-wave antennas and components: Profiting from 3D-printing

M. García-Vigueras 1 E. Menargues 2 T. Debogovic 2 J. Silva 3, 2 A. Dimitriadis 2 S. Capdevila 3, 2 J.R. Mosig 3 E. de Rijk 2
1 IETR - Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes
2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3 LEMA - EPFL - Labortatoire d'électromagnétisme et d'acoustique
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.
Keywords : 3D printers Radiating elements Antennas Cost effectiveness Microwave antennas Millimeter waves Printing 3-D printing Conductive Polymer Cost effective Full waves Mm-wave antennas Monolithic devices Ortho-mode transducers
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M. García-Vigueras, E. Menargues, T. Debogovic, J. Silva, A. Dimitriadis, et al.. Mm-wave antennas and components: Profiting from 3D-printing. 19th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2017, Sep 2017, Verona, Italy. ⟨10.1109/ICEAA.2017.8065432⟩. ⟨hal-01671558⟩

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