TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of microwave active elements embedded in composite structures
AU - Baum, Thomas C.
AU - Ghorbani, Kamran
AU - Ziolkowski, Richard W.
AU - Nicholson, Kelvin J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/8/9
Y1 - 2016/8/9
N2 - Multifunctional structures have become popular within the past decade as they allow for more efficient utilization of limited real-estate available on many civilian and military platforms. Taking structures and electromagnetics, one can marry these two fields to produce a weight optimized loadbearing microwave structure which may ideally be suited for unmanned aerial systems. This paper investigates the use of textile processes to develop loadbearing smart skins built into a class of structural conformal composite materials called pre-pregs (resin pre-impregnated fabrics). An example of an active UWB mini-circuits ERA-4SM+ (0-4 GHz) amplifier has been investigated within a 48 g.m-2 pre-preg structural glass material (HexPly914E). This amplifier has been embroidered and cured at 170°C in an autoclave at 700 kPa pressure. Its performance before and after curing has been examined.
AB - Multifunctional structures have become popular within the past decade as they allow for more efficient utilization of limited real-estate available on many civilian and military platforms. Taking structures and electromagnetics, one can marry these two fields to produce a weight optimized loadbearing microwave structure which may ideally be suited for unmanned aerial systems. This paper investigates the use of textile processes to develop loadbearing smart skins built into a class of structural conformal composite materials called pre-pregs (resin pre-impregnated fabrics). An example of an active UWB mini-circuits ERA-4SM+ (0-4 GHz) amplifier has been investigated within a 48 g.m-2 pre-preg structural glass material (HexPly914E). This amplifier has been embroidered and cured at 170°C in an autoclave at 700 kPa pressure. Its performance before and after curing has been examined.
KW - Composites
KW - UWB amplifiers
KW - multifunctional structures
KW - pregtronics
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U2 - 10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540367
DO - 10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540367
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84984944716
T3 - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
BT - 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016
Y2 - 22 May 2016 through 27 May 2016
ER -