Meshed Rectangular Waveguide for High Power Low Loss and Reduced Weight Applications
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
3D printing, additive manufacturing, binder jetting, cavity filter, grid, meshed waveguide, rectangular waveguide, waveguides
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540079
Abstract
Additive manufacturing technologies are increasingly being demonstrated to be useful for microwave circuits, showing improved performance in multiple cases. In this work, a meshed rectangular waveguide structure is presented as an option for high power, low loss, but also reduced weight applications. A set of meshed Ku band waveguides was fabricated using binder jetting 3D printing technology showing that the weight can be reduced by 22% with an increase in loss of only 5%, from 0.019 dB/cm for the solid part to 0.020 dB/cm average across the band with the meshed design. Further weight reduction is possible if higher loss is allowed. To demonstrate the concept, a comparison is made between non-meshed and meshed waveguide 4 pole Chebyshev filters.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Scholar Commons Citation
Rojas-Nastrucci, Eduardo A.; Nussbaum, Justin; Weller, Thomas M.; and Crane, Nathan B., "Meshed Rectangular Waveguide for High Power Low Loss and Reduced Weight Applications" (2016). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 34.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egr_facpub/34
