A 3D Printed V-Band Twisted Monolithic Waveguide Bandpass Filter

Talal Skaik; Daxin Wang; Peter Hunyor; Hui Wang; Peter G. Huggard; Thomas Starke; Qingfeng Zhang; Yi Wang

doi:10.23919/EuMC58039.2023.10290574

A 3D Printed V-Band Twisted Monolithic Waveguide Bandpass Filter

Talal Skaik, Daxin Wang, Peter Hunyor, Hui Wang, Peter G. Huggard, Thomas Starke, Qingfeng Zhang, Yi Wang

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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Abstract

This paper presents a monolithic 3D printed twisted waveguide bandpass filter. The component integrates filtering and polarization rotation functionalities. It operates with a center frequency of 60 GHz and a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 5%. The filter was made from stainless steel using micro laser sintering (MLS) process. It was designed and printed in such a way that no internal support structures are required. The measured response of the as-printed filter showed a very decent frequency response with a minimum insertion loss of 1.3 dB and a return loss better than 18.7 dB without any tuning. The filter was then gold coated using electroless process which significantly improved the insertion loss to a minimum of 0.3 dB. The results demonstrate the capability of the high-precision 3D metal printing technology in fabricating complex geometries that are challenging using conventional milling techniques, as well as an effective plating technique.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 53rd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2023
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	231-234
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9782874870729
ISBN (Print)	9798350347395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC58039.2023.10290574
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2023
Event	53rd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2023 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 19 Sept 2023 → 21 Sept 2023

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Name	European Conference on Microwave
Publisher	IEEE

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Conference	53rd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	19/09/23 → 21/09/23

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© 2023 European Microwave Association (EuMA).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation

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Towards a 3D Printed Terahertz Circuit Technology
Wang, Y. & Lancaster, M.
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/07/19 → 30/04/23
Project: Research Councils

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A 3D Printed V-Band Twisted Monolithic Waveguide Bandpass Filter

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