Materials Design for Charge-Programmed Additive Manufacturing of Antennas
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Wang, Zhen; Xu, Zhenpeng; Wang, Junbo; Hensleigh, Ryan; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya; Zheng, Xiaoyu Rayne
- Source
- 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI) Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), 2023 IEEE International Symposium on. :945-946 Jul, 2023
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Three-dimensional displays
Conferences
Metals
Three-dimensional printing
Mechanical factors
Manufacturing
Complexity theory
- Language
- ISSN
- 1947-1491
Antennas fabricated with traditional manufacturing methods typically carry redundant weight and are limited in 3D architecture complexity. Current additive manufacturing (AM) methods also lacks the capability to construct antennas with multiple materials. The charge-programmed multi-material AM process demonstrated in this work allows the design and manufacturing of antennas with previously unattainable mechanical properties. In this paper, we discuss the principles behind the multi-material printing and the versatility of the selective metal deposition process. We also introduce the material designs that enables the variation of material property, which makes it possible to print both stiff and flexible antennas.