Evaluation and Performance Analysis of 3D Printing Technique for Ka-Band Antenna Production

Unai Armendariz; Simon Rommel; Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Páez; Idelfonso  Tafur Monroy; Juan José Vegas Olmos; Christian Bang Olsen

doi:10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824579

Evaluation and Performance Analysis of 3D Printing Technique for Ka-Band Antenna Production

Unai Armendariz, Simon Rommel, Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Páez, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Juan José Vegas Olmos, Christian Bang Olsen

Technical University of Denmark

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This paper presents the design and fabrication of 3D printed WR-28 waveguide horn antennas operating in the Ka-band frequency range between 26.5GHz and 40GHz. Three antennas are fabricated from polylactide acid filaments in conductive and non-conductive variants; the latter is covered with conductive paint. The gain and voltage standing wave ratio performance of the fabricated horn antennas is measured, showing promising performance. Antenna gain values between
5dBi and 14 dBi are found, comparable to the performance of metal milled horn antennas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2016
Pages	1259-1262
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-87487-043-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824579
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	46th European Microwave Conference - London, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Oct 2016 → 6 Oct 2016 Conference number: 46 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7805383/proceeding

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Conference	46th European Microwave Conference
Number	46
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	04/10/2016 → 06/10/2016
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7805383/proceeding

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Armendariz, U, Rommel, S, Rodríguez Páez, JS, Tafur Monroy, I, Vegas Olmos, JJ & Olsen, CB 2016, Evaluation and Performance Analysis of 3D Printing Technique for Ka-Band Antenna Production. in Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE, pp. 1259-1262, 46th European Microwave Conference, London, United Kingdom, 04/10/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824579

Evaluation and Performance Analysis of 3D Printing Technique for Ka-Band Antenna Production. / Armendariz, Unai; Rommel, Simon; Rodríguez Páez, Juan Sebastián et al.
Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE, 2016. p. 1259-1262.

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