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

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.

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621.3: Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering