3D Conductive Polymer Printed Metasurface Antenna for Fresnel Focusing
Abstrak
We demonstrate a 3D printed holographic metasurface antenna for beam-focusing applications at 10 GHz within the X-band frequency regime. The metasurface antenna is printed using a dual-material 3D printer leveraging a biodegradable conductive polymer material (Electrifi) to print the conductive parts and polylactic acid (PLA) to print the dielectric substrate. The entire metasurface antenna is 3D printed at once; no additional techniques, such as metal-plating and laser etching, are required. It is demonstrated that using the 3D printed conductive polymer metasurface antenna, high-fidelity beam focusing can be achieved within the Fresnel region of the antenna. It is also shown that the material conductivity for 3D printing has a substantial effect on the radiation characteristics of the metasurface antenna.
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Okan Yurduseven
Shengrong Ye
Thomas Fromenteze
Daniel L. Marks
Benjamin J. Wiley
David R. Smith
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2018
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- arXiv
- Akses
- Open Access ✓