Broadband antenna design using different 3D printing technologies and metallization processes

Hoel, Karina Vieira; Kristoffersen, Stein; Moen, Jonas; Kjelgård, Kristian G.; Lande, Tor Sverre

doi:10.1109/eucap.2016.7481620

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“…As shown in [7], conductive paint has a higher conductive loss than the other conductive coatings. The tests presented here show that this is a significant issue when the antennas must handle high power signals.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…From the results found in [7] for Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), and gain for the different metallization processes, it is noticed that the difference in VSWR is almost negligible. Therefore, the main source of difference in gain is related to the conductive/dielectric losses.…”

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“…Thus, the conductive losses dominate. As the antenna with conductive paint provides the highest conductive loss [7], it is expected to be the most sensitive to high power signals.…”

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“…1 shows the setup for high power transmit test. Six antennas from [7] were tested. The antennas that were electroplated had different metal thickness 3m, 6m, and 50m.…”

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High power properties of 3D printed antennas

Hoel

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Kristoffersen

2016

2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI)

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This paper discusses the transmit properties of 3D printed horn antennas with different metallization processes: vacuum metallization, electroplating, and conductive paint. Electroplating was done with three metal thicknesses: 3m, 6m, and 50m. Microwave signals of up to 100W at frequencies of 7.5GHz, 12.5GHz, and 18GHz were applied to the antennas. Measurements show that the metallization process has to be taken into consideration for high power applications. The antenna with conductive paint was not able to handle high power signals, while the other four had similar performance as a regular horn antenna.

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“…Thus, the conductive losses dominate. As the antenna with conductive paint provides the highest conductive loss [7], it is expected to be the most sensitive to high power signals.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 shows the setup for high power transmit test. Six antennas from [7] were tested. The antennas that were electroplated had different metal thickness 3m, 6m, and 50m.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Hellum

Kristoffersen

2016

2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI)

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“…The 3D printing of microwave components [1] and lens technology [2] has recently been the subject of much research interest. Usually the lens is located some distance in front of the antenna at the near-field/far-field boundary.…”

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Near-Field Microwave Imaging using a Polarimetric Array of 3D Printed Antennas and Lenses

Wirth¹,

Morrow²,

Horsfall³

2018

Loughborough Antennas &Amp; Propagation Conference 2018 (LAPC 2018)

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A novel near-field microwave imaging system was designed and fabricated using the three-dimensional (3D) printing technique to manufacture X-band Pyramidal horn antennas and planar graded-index (GRIN) lenses. The flat lens focusing profile is synthesised by varying the refractive index radially in incremental steps that adjust the air-dielectric mixture. The lens is designed for direct attachment to the antenna aperture and transforms spherical waves emanating from antenna phase center into plane radiating waves. Simulated and measurement results show the antenna lens system input impedance is ≤ -10 dB, radiation pattern gain is between 17-20dBi over the 8.2-12.4GHz frequency band and when arrayed for polarimetry sensing has a polarisation cross-talk of ≤-50 dB. A ground penetrating radar system using the nearfield array was scanned over buried targets. The SAR results demonstrated high resolution and polarisation discrimination imagery capable of detecting subsurface objects.

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Three‐dimensional‐printed tapered cavity‐backed flush‐mountable wideband antenna for UAV

Lee

Jeoung

Choi

2017

Micro & Optical Tech Letters

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fabricated in this letter. To provide an analytical design, the LC equivalent circuit of the main resonator has been precisely calculated. Moreover, Adjusting upper passband is the most noticeable positive point. Considering these features, the proposed filter can be employed in wireless LAN applications. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis work was supported by Semnan University. The measurement result was done by itrc.ORCID Shiva Khani http://orcid.org/Abstract A 3D-printed tapered cavity-backed flush-mountable wideband antenna for UAV applications is proposed. The antenna consists of a mono-cone and an exponentially tapered cavity, which are fabricated using 3D printing technology. Performance degradation caused by the LEE ET AL.

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Broadband antenna design using different 3D printing technologies and metallization processes

Cited by 22 publications

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High power properties of 3D printed antennas

High power properties of 3D printed antennas

Near-Field Microwave Imaging using a Polarimetric Array of 3D Printed Antennas and Lenses

Three‐dimensional‐printed tapered cavity‐backed flush‐mountable wideband antenna for UAV

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