TY - JOUR
T1 - Additive manufacturing of a dual-ridged horn antenna
AU - Majumdar, Budhaditya
AU - Baer, David
AU - Chakraborty, Sudipta
AU - Esselle, Karu P.
AU - Heimlich, Michael
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A 3D printed dual-ridged horn antenna (DRHA) is presented. The antenna design is optimized for additive manufacturing and is 3D printed using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and then painted with nickel based aerosol spray. The coaxial transition is also included in the 3D printed prototype. The antenna was manufactured with the intention of improving learning and education of electromagnetism and antennas for undergraduate students using a low-cost personal desktop 3D printer. The painted DRHA has a 10 dB return-loss bandwidth of 6621 MHz (1905 MHz–8526 MHz) with a peak gain of 11 dBi. This prototype is the first known ABS-based horn antenna with the coaxial transition embedded into it.
AB - A 3D printed dual-ridged horn antenna (DRHA) is presented. The antenna design is optimized for additive manufacturing and is 3D printed using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and then painted with nickel based aerosol spray. The coaxial transition is also included in the 3D printed prototype. The antenna was manufactured with the intention of improving learning and education of electromagnetism and antennas for undergraduate students using a low-cost personal desktop 3D printer. The painted DRHA has a 10 dB return-loss bandwidth of 6621 MHz (1905 MHz–8526 MHz) with a peak gain of 11 dBi. This prototype is the first known ABS-based horn antenna with the coaxial transition embedded into it.
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U2 - 10.2528/PIERL16021503
DO - 10.2528/PIERL16021503
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964344781
SN - 1937-6480
VL - 59
SP - 109
EP - 114
JO - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters
JF - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters
ER -