3D Conductive Polymer Printed Metasurface Antenna for Fresnel Focusing

Okan Yurduseven; Shengrong Ye; Thomas  Fromenteze; Benjamin J. Wiley; David R. Smith

doi:10.3390/designs3030046

3D Conductive Polymer Printed Metasurface Antenna for Fresnel Focusing

Okan Yurduseven, Shengrong Ye, Thomas Fromenteze, Benjamin J. Wiley, David R. Smith

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We demonstrate a 3D printed holographic metasurface antenna for beam-focusing applications at 10 GHz within the X-band frequency regime. The metasurface antenna is printed using a dual-material 3D printer leveraging a biodegradable conductive polymer material (Electrifi) to print the conductive parts and polylactic acid (PLA) to print the dielectric substrate. The entire metasurface antenna is 3D printed at once; no additional techniques, such as metal-plating and laser etching, are required. It is demonstrated that using the 3D printed conductive polymer metasurface, high-fidelity beam focusing can be achieved within the Fresnel region of the antenna. It is also shown that the material conductivity for 3D printing has a substantial effect on the radiation characteristics of the metasurface antenna.

Original language	English
Article number	46
Number of pages	10
Journal	Designs
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/designs3030046
Publication status	Published - 04 Sept 2019

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3D Printing
Antennas
metamaterials
metasurface

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