@inproceedings{782e507a7c4d42229cd8bfd76cb362e4,
title = "Application of 3-D metal-direct-printing technique for waveguide antenna fabrication",
abstract = "A novel application of 3-D metal-direct-printing technique is proposed to achieve a highly efficient waveguide-fed antenna. The antenna mainly consists of a 2×2 radiating box-aperture, a matching cavity and a rectangular-to-stepped-waveguide converter, from top to bottom, respectively. In order to avoid the fabrication drawbacks from conventional machining technique, the antenna is 3-D printed in high detailed stainless steel for the purpose of improving antenna efficacy. Experimental results showed that the 3-D printed one compared favorably to one that is fabricated by milling technique. The measured bandwidth with VSWR<1.5 is 23.7\%. High-efficiency of 90\% is obtained at 15.0GHz and more than 80\% efficiency is maintained over a 2.3GHz bandwidth. This work shows the 3-D metal-direct-printing technique is a promising fabrication method for waveguide-fed antenna structures to achieve desired performance.",
author = "Huang, \{Guan Long\} and Chio, \{Tan Huat\} and Yeo, \{Tat Soon\} and Zhou, \{Shi Gang\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015 ; Conference date: 19-07-2015 Through 24-07-2015",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1109/APS.2015.7304544",
language = "英语",
series = "IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "316--317",
booktitle = "2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015 - Proceedings",
}