Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna
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Thornton, J; Dalay, B; Smith, D
Published in: 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
May 31, 2016
A metal waveguide feed chain in a Ku-band scanning lens array antenna comprises 5 parts. These are: two iris polarisers, two bend-feeds, and a central power combiner. The combiner comprises a pair of septum polarisers and tee junctions. The feed chain generates a controllable, linear polarised E-field at each of two hemispherical lenses. Additive manufacturing was used to produce a copy of the power combiner and each bend-feed in copper plated plastic. In satellite receive-only trials at 10.7-12 GHz the plastic parts and metal parts performed equivalently.
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2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
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9788890701863
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May 31, 2016
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Thornton, J., Dalay, B., & Smith, D. (2016). Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna. In 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481435
Thornton, J., B. Dalay, and D. Smith. “Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna.” In 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481435.
Thornton J, Dalay B, Smith D. Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna. In: 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016. 2016.
Thornton, J., et al. “Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna.” 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016, 2016. Scopus, doi:10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481435.
Thornton J, Dalay B, Smith D. Additive manufacturing of waveguide for Ku-band satellite communications antenna. 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016. 2016.
Published In
2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2016
DOI
ISBN
9788890701863
Publication Date
May 31, 2016