Additive manufacturing of Ka-band antennas for wireless communications

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

doi:10.3850/978-981-11-0749-8_701

Additive manufacturing of Ka-band antennas for wireless communications

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

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and fabrication of WR-28 waveguide horn antennas operating in the Ka-band frequency range between 26.5 GHz and 40 GHz through 3D printing. Three different 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 in a vector network analyzer, showing promising performance. Antenna gain values between 5 dBi and 14 dBi are found, comparable to the performance of metal milled horn antennas

Original language	English
Title of host publication	4M/IWMF2016
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Research Publishing Services
ISBN (Print)	978-981-11-0750-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-0749-8_701
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	The global conference on micro manufacture 4M/IWMF 2016 - Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 13 Sept 2016 → 15 Sept 2016

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Conference	The global conference on micro manufacture 4M/IWMF 2016
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Lyngby
Period	13/09/16 → 15/09/16

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