TY - JOUR
T1 - Parametric Study of 3D Additive Printing Parameters Using Conductive Filaments on Microwave Topologies
AU - PIZARRO TORRES, FRANCISCO GUILLERMO
AU - Salazar, Rolando
AU - Rajo-Iglesias, Eva
AU - RODRIGUEZ GUZMAN, MAURICIO ALEJANDRO
AU - FINGERHUTH MASSMANN, SEBASTIAN CARLOS
AU - HERMOSILLA VIGNEAU, GABRIEL ENRIQUE
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - 3D-printed antennas
KW - 3D-printing
KW - conductive PLA
KW - wideband characterization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071124018&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932912
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932912
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071124018
VL - 7
SP - 106814
EP - 106823
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
SN - 2169-3536
M1 - 8786183
ER -