Detail publikace

Use of 3D Printing for Horn Antenna Manufacturing

OLIVOVÁ, J. POPELA, M. RICHTEROVÁ, M. ŠTEFL, E.

Originální název

Use of 3D Printing for Horn Antenna Manufacturing

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

This article describes the manufacturing of a horn antenna using a 3D commercial printer. The horn antenna was chosen for its simplicity and practical versatility. The standardised horn antenna is one of the most widely used antennas in microwave technology. A standardised horn antenna can be connected to standardised waveguides. The horn antenna has been selected so that this antenna can be fabricated by 3D printing and thus obtain the equivalent of a standardised horn antenna. This 3D horn antenna can then be excited by a standardised waveguide. The 3Dprinted horn antenna with metallic layers has very good impedance characteristics, standing wave ratio and radiation patterns that are close to those of a standardised horn antenna. The 3D-based horn antenna is suitable for applications where low antenna weight is required, such as aerospace and satellite technologies. The article also describes a manufacturing procedure for a horn antenna (E-sector horn antenna) that is plated with galvanic layers of silver and gold. The design of the plated horn antenna in the Matlab application using the Antenna Toolbox extension is also described, including 3D printing procedures, post-processing procedures (plating) and practical testing of its functionality. The measured results are compared to simulations of the standardised horn antenna and then analysed.

Klíčová slova

horn antenna; Matlab; 3D printing; galvanic plating

Autoři

OLIVOVÁ, J.; POPELA, M.; RICHTEROVÁ, M.; ŠTEFL, E.

Vydáno

11. 5. 2022

Nakladatel

MDPI

Místo

Basel, Switzerland

ISSN

2079-9292

Periodikum

Electronics (MDPI)

Ročník

11

Číslo

10

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1

Strany do

16

Strany počet

16

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/10/1539

Plný text v Digitální knihovně

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/204436

BibTex

@article{BUT177782,
  author="Jana {Olivová} and Miroslav {Popela} and Marie {Richterová} and Eduard {Štefl}",
  title="Use of 3D Printing for Horn Antenna Manufacturing",
  journal="Electronics (MDPI)",
  year="2022",
  volume="11",
  number="10",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.3390/electronics11101539",
  issn="2079-9292",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/10/1539"
}