3D-Printed 96 GHz Bull’s-Eye Antenna with Off-Axis Beaming

Unai Beaskoetxea; S. Maci; Miguel Navarro-Cia; Miguel Beruete

doi:10.1109/TAP.2016.2628322

3D-Printed 96 GHz Bull’s-Eye Antenna with Off-Axis Beaming

Unai Beaskoetxea, S. Maci, Miguel Navarro-Cia, Miguel Beruete

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Reducing the profile, footprint and weight of antennas embarked on aircrafts, drones or satellites has been a long pursued objective. Here we tackle this issue by developing a millimeter-wave 96 GHz elliptical Bull’s-Eye antenna with off-axis radiation at 16.5º that has been fabricated by low cost 3D printing stereolithography, followed by metal coating. The theoretical basis for optimum off-axis operations is explained. Measurement results show an overall good agreement with simulations, displaying a gain of 17 dB and a 3.5º beamwidth (E-plane) at the operational frequency. The off-axis beaming enlarges the potential applicability of this technology with respect to the broadside beam solution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-25
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	65
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Nov 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2016.2628322
Publication status	Published - Jan 2017

Keywords

Leaky wave antennas
millimeter-wave antenna
Corrugated surface
stereolithography

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