3-D Printed Parts for a Multilayer Phased Array Antenna System

Xiaoju Yu; Min Liang; Corey Shemelya; David A. Roberson; Ryan Wicker; Eric MacDonald; Hao Xin

doi:10.1109/LAWP.2018.2873116

3-D Printed Parts for a Multilayer Phased Array Antenna System

Xiaoju Yu, Min Liang, Corey Shemelya, David A. Roberson, Ryan Wicker, Eric MacDonald, Hao Xin

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In this work, a three-dimensional printable multilayer phased array system was designed to demonstrate the applicability of additive manufacturing for radio frequency (RF) systems. A hybrid process incorporating a thermal wire-mesh embedding method for conductors and thermoplastic material extrusion for dielectrics is employed. The designed phased array, operating at 3.5 GHz, consists of three functional layers: a 1-to-4 Wilkinson divider at the bottom, embedded voltage-controlled phase shifters at the center, and patch antennas on the top. Standalone parts of the proposed multilayer phased array were printed to verify the integrated dielectric-conductor printing process as well as the incorporation of active semiconductor devices at room temperature.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8477114
Pages (from-to)	2150-2154
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2018.2873116
State	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

Multilayer
phased array
three-dimensional (3-D) printing

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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