Open AccessIntegrated printing stereo antenna with dual materials 3D printing technology
Author(s) -
Lou Qun,
Wu Ruixin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2017.4087
Subject(s) - fabrication , antenna (radio) , 3d printing , electronic engineering , computer science , materials science , engineering , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A three‐dimensional printing technology that can be applied to stereo antennas fabrication is presented. The main steps of the fabrication include printing antenna model by dual materials fused deposition modelling and the following selective chemical plating. As a demonstration of this powerful technology, a typical stereo antenna, the Yagi‐Uda antenna, is designed and fabricated. Measured results show the printed antenna has good performances and agree well with simulated results. The technology provides a simple, straightforward way for antenna fabrication, and is especially suitable for the fabrication of stereo structure antennas.