Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.S.E.E.
Degree Name
MS in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.)
Department
Electrical Engineering
Degree Granting Department
Electrical Engineering
Major Professor
Thomas M. Weller, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Gokhan Mumcu, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Stephen E. Saddow, Ph.D.
Keywords
3D printing, direct print additive manufacturing, fused deposition modeling, microwave filter, square open loop resonator
Abstract
Square open loop resonator (SOLR) bandpass filters fabricated with additive manufacturing techniques are presented and studied. One filter contains novel 3D capacitive plates used to enhance resonator coupling. The filters are centered at 2.45 GHz and loaded with capacitors for miniaturization as low as 21% that of a conventional SOLR bandpass filter. The pass-band insertion loss of the filters ranges from 3.8 dB to 5.5 dB and the 3 dB bandwidth ranges from 180 MHz to 250 MHz. Also, degradation in the effective conductivity of printed ink as a function of substrate roughness is analyzed. Finally, a study of dielectric and metallic 3D printing processes that are candidates for digital manufacturing of integrated mobile phone client antennas is presented.
Scholar Commons Citation
Arnal, Nicholas Christian, "A Study on 2.45 GHz Bandpass Filters Fabricated With Additive Manufacturing" (2015). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/5635
