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Low-cost, single platform, hybrid manufacturing of RF passives
Low-cost, single platform, hybrid manufacturing of RF passives
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Revier, Daniel L.
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Tentzeris, Emmanouil M.
Peterson, Andrew F.
Durgin, Gregory D.
Peterson, Andrew F.
Durgin, Gregory D.
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The research provided in this thesis focuses on the development of a low-cost, single-platform hybrid manufacturing process for realizing canonical and wideband antenna structures. This work outlines the printing processes of thick dielectrics & thin metallic geometries in coordination with selective removal of planar copper structures and provides a proof-of-concept demonstration of the first hybrid manufactured RF structures. Using the outlined processes, demonstrations of a 6 GHz inset patch feed antenna and a wideband Vivaldi array are presented as a first of their kind approach to realizing RF passive radiators.
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2016-08-01
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