Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of a Dielectric Resonator Phased Array Antenna at K Band

Simon P. Hehenberger; Aparna P.T. Adithyababu; Stefano Caizzone; Yanki Aslan; Alexander Yarovoy

doi:10.1109/ARRAY58370.2024.10880394

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of a Dielectric Resonator Phased Array Antenna at K Band

Simon P. Hehenberger^*
, Aparna P.T. Adithyababu
, Stefano Caizzone
, Yanki Aslan
, Alexander Yarovoy

^*Corresponding author for this work

Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems

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Abstract

This study explores the feasibility of using a hybrid additive manufacturing (AM) to design and produce low-cost, wideband phased array antennas for SatCom applications. We demonstrate the design, fabrication and experimental verificatino of an eight-element linear array comprised of multi-mode dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) providing full coverage of the K-band SatCom downlink bandwidth (17.7-21.2 GHz). The impact of print settings on material properties is assessed and incorporated into the antenna design process. The manufactured prototype is experimentally verified via impedance and far-field measurements. Furthermore, beam steering capabilities are demonstrated using a commercially available integrated circuit and a simple calibration procedure. The phased array antenna achieves full coverage of the intended band with an input reflectino coefficient below -10 dB. The averaged embedded element pattern demonstrates a realized gain of approximately 3 dB and a half-power beamwidth of 81 degrees. These results highlight the potential of combining hybrid AM and DRA technologies for future mmWave phased array development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2024
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350392142
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY58370.2024.10880394
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2024 - Boston, United States Duration: 15 Oct 2024 → 18 Oct 2024

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology
ISSN (Print)	1554-8422
ISSN (Electronic)	2767-1909

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Conference	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	15/10/24 → 18/10/24

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

Additive Manufacturing
Dielectric Resonator Antenna
mmWave
Phased Array
SatCom

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Hehenberger, S. P., Adithyababu, A. P. T., Caizzone, S., Aslan, Y., & Yarovoy, A. (2024). Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of a Dielectric Resonator Phased Array Antenna at K Band. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2024 (IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARRAY58370.2024.10880394

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Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of a Dielectric Resonator Phased Array Antenna at K Band. / Hehenberger, Simon P.; Adithyababu, Aparna P.T.; Caizzone, Stefano et al.
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, ARRAY 2024. IEEE, 2024. (IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology).

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