Print! Place! Perform! : additively manufactured surface-mounted bandpass filter in X band

Journal
IEEE microwave magazine  
Volume
25
Issue
6
Start Page
80
End Page
87
Citation
IEEE Microwave Magazine 25 (6): 80-87 (2024)
Publisher DOI
10.1109/MMM.2024.3378648
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85193286944
Publisher
IEEE
The advance of 3D-printing technology over the last decade makes additive manufacturing not only attractive for rapid prototyping, but also provides it as a trendsetting approach to realize conventional as well as sophisticated functional microwave and millimeter-wave passive components. It has proven its ability to replicate conventional waveguides with a comparable electrical performance [1]. In this way, low-cost, lightweight waveguides with customized dimensions and shapes are realizable. Moreover, 3D printing enables the implementation of unconventional complex-shaped waveguide components, such as filters [2], [3], interconnects, or antennas [4], whose design is restricted by the engineer's creativity rather than by limitations of conventional fabrication techniques.
DDC Class
621.3: Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering