Title :
Multi-material additive manufacturing of embedded low-profile antennas
Author :
Pa, P. ; Larimore, Z. ; Parsons, P. ; Mirotznik, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
A low-profile antenna that includes an integrated artificial magnetic conducting (AMC) ground plane is presented and is fully fabricated using multi-material additive manufacturing. It is shown that combining standard fused deposition modelling with conductive micro-dispensing printing enable one to realise mechanically robust antenna systems that contain spatially variable dielectric properties and intricate three-dimensional conducting networks. To illustrate this capability, a low-profile antenna is designed, fabricated, and experimentally validated, consisting of a standard 2.6 GHz half wavelength printed dipole, balun, and AMC ground plane.
Keywords :
dipole antennas; electrical products industry; microstrip antennas; AMC ground plane; balun; conductive microdispensing printing; embedded low-profile antennas; frequency 2.6 GHz; integrated artificial magnetic conducting ground plane; multimaterial additive manufacturing; robust antenna system; three-dimensional conducting networks; wavelength printed dipole;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2015.2186
