RT Journal Article
T1 Microwave Characterization of Conductive PLA and Its Application to a 12 to 18 GHz 3-D Printed Rotary Vane Attenuator
A1 Márquez-Segura, Enrique
A1 Sang-Hee, Shin
A1 Dawood, Attique
A1 Ridler, Nick
A1 Lucyszyn, Stepan
K1 Microondas
K1 Impresoras
AB This paper demonstrates an ultra-light weight microwave rotary vane attenuator (RVA) manu- factured using polymer-based 3-D printing. In addition, for the first time, conductive polylactic acid (PLA) is rigorously characterized across both X- and Ku-bands (8 to 18 GHz); while acrylonitrile butadiene-styrene (ABS) has similarly been characterized across Ku-band (12 to 18 GHz). Using the results from the conductive PLA characterization process, an electromagnetic model was created for predicting the performance of the RVA. It is shown that, even with its complex internal geometrical features, a mix of both dielectric and conductive PLA building materials, an assembly of multiple parts and a mechanically rotating central section, our experimental proof-of-concept prototype RVA exhibits excellent measured performance across Ku-band.This tunable microwave control device represents a higher-level of functionality for additive manufacturing, when compared to a fixed (i.e., non-movable) 3-D printed structure, opening the way for other groups to routinely 3-D print custom microwave components and subsystems in the not too distant future.
PB IEEE
YR 2021
FD 2021-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41478
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41478
LA eng
NO E. Márquez-Segura, S. -H. Shin, A. Dawood, N. M. Ridler and S. Lucyszyn, "Microwave Characterization of Conductive PLA and Its Application to a 12 to 18 GHz 3-D Printed Rotary Vane Attenuator," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 84327-84343, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3087012.
NO TEC2016-76070- C3-3-R
NO PRX19/00074
NO RP10G0435A202
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026