Abstract
The utilization of low-cost hybrid additive manufacturing equipment for creating a fully integrated patch antenna system is demonstrated. A miniaturized stacked dual-band patch antenna for GNSS applications with integrated feed, amplifier, matching, and bias network is considered. Design and manufacturing challenges due to the peculiarities of hybrid additive manufacturing, like anisotropic substrates, thermal curing steps, and poor layer adhesion between different materials, are discussed, and solutions are proposed. In this work, the passive part of the antenna is manufactured, and its measured performance is compared to results obtained via numerical simulations. An excellent agreement between simulation and measurement of the passive antenna is observed. The results of the fully integrated and active antenna will be demonstrated at the conference.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-31299-09-1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 979-8-3503-9443-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| Event | 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Mar 2024 → 22 Mar 2024 Conference number: 18th |
Conference
| Conference | 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Glasgow |
| Period | 17/03/24 → 22/03/24 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- patch antenna
- dual band
- additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- GNSS