Parametric Study of 3D Additive Printing Parameters Using Conductive Filaments on Microwave Topologies

Francisco Pizarro; Rolando Salazar; Eva Rajo-Iglesias; Mauricio Rodriguez; Sebastian Fingerhuth; Gabriel Hermosilla

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932912

Parametric Study of 3D Additive Printing Parameters Using Conductive Filaments on Microwave Topologies

Francisco Pizarro, Rolando Salazar, Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Mauricio Rodriguez, Sebastian Fingerhuth, Gabriel Hermosilla

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This paper presents a parametric study of classical additive 3D-printing settings for use on conductive filaments in applications for high-frequency topologies. First, a wideband characterization was conducted, printing a microstrip transmission line using a conductive filament with variations of typical 3D-printing settings, such as layer height, infill percentage, and infill pattern. The measurement results show a dependence on the high-frequency transmission parameters with respect to the infill percentage and the infill pattern. Finally, two antennas were 3D-printed using conductive material, a microstrip patch, and a low-weight pyramidal horn antenna. The results for the patch agree with the losses found on the line measurements, while the low-weight pyramidal horn exhibits no major differences compared with its equivalent antenna, made using perfect conductors.

Original language	English
Article number	8786183
Pages (from-to)	106814-106823
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Access
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932912
State	Published - 2019

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3D-printed antennas
3D-printing
conductive PLA
wideband characterization

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