Assessment of 3-D Printing Technologies for Millimeter-Wave Reflectors

被引:17
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作者
Romeu, Jordi [1 ]
Blanch, Sebastian [1 ]
Vidal, Neus [1 ,2 ]
Maria Lopez-Villegas, Josep [2 ]
Aguasca, Albert
机构
[1] UPC, CommSensLab, Dept Signal Theory & Commun, Barcelona 08034, Spain
[2] Univ Barcelona, Dept Elect Biomed Engn, E-08007 Barcelona, Spain
来源
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2018年 / 17卷 / 11期
关键词
Millimeter-wave devices; reflector antennas; three-dimensional printing;
D O I
10.1109/LAWP.2018.2857856
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Three different 3-D printing technologies-stereolithography, fused deposition modeling, and HP Multi Jet Fusion technology-are compared to build a parabolic reflector operating at 100 GHz. Fabrication tolerance and surface roughness before and after metallization are accurately measured. The performance of the reflectors is measured in the near field, and it is compared against an optical grade reflector. In this way, the performance of the final product is thoroughly assessed.
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页码:2061 / 2064
页数:4
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