Savvides, G orcid.org/0000-0002-4189-6144, Duangrit, N, Chudpooti, N et al. (4 more authors) (2021) 3D Rapid-Prototyped 21-31-GHz Hollow SIWs for Low-Cost 5G IoT and Robotic Applications. IEEE Access, 9. pp. 11750-11760. ISSN 2169-3536
Abstract
This article presents, for the first time, new design and fabrication techniques for Hollow Substrate Integrated Waveguides (HSIWs), demonstrated in the nominal frequency from 21 to 31 GHz, for use in wireless communication applications such as 5G, IoT and robotics. The design and fabrication techniques introduced in this paper feature: 1) the use of low-cost rapid prototyping additive manufacturing based on polymer jetting (PJ), and 2) the use of commercially available through-substrate copper via transitions. In contrast to the conventional SIW designs and fabrications, this new approach does not rely on through-substrate via fabrication, hence avoiding some difficult manufacturing steps, such as through-substrate etching, via formation and via metallization, which are considered complex and expensive to implement. The 3D printed HSIWs in this article can achieve a propagation loss of lower than 1.56 Np/m (13.55 dB/m), which is considered one of the results with the lowest propagation loss achieved to date, when compared to the state-of-the-art.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This work is protected by copyright. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Pollard Institute (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Robotics, Autonomous Systems & Sensing (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/N010523/1 EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/S016813/1 EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/J021156/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2021 10:23 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3051180 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169837 |