1. Ku-Band Lightweight Aluminium Waveguides Fabricated by Direct Metal Laser Sintering Process
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El Oualkadi Ahmed, Chairi Youssef, Amiaud Anne-Charlotte, Reklaoui Kamal, Le Gouguec Thierry, Rozenn Allanic, Merlet Thomas, Quendo Cedric, Abedrrabba Sarra, Lab-STICC_UBO_MOM_DIM, Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (Lab-STICC), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Brestois du Numérique et des Mathématiques (IBNM), Université de Brest (UBO), Thales LAS France, Laboratoire des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (Labtic), and Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées [Tanger] (ENSAT)
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Materials science ,Direct metal laser sintering ,business.industry ,Additive manufacturing ,Lightweight ,3D printing ,3D metal printing ,Waveguide (optics) ,Ku band ,law.invention ,[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics ,Selective laser sintering ,[SPI.ELEC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electromagnetism ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Insertion loss ,Waveguide ,Radio frequency ,[SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics ,business ,Microwave - Abstract
International audience; This paper attempts to establish a good base for weight-reduction technique of microwave devices using 3D printing techniques. Experimental studies to minimize the weight of radiofrequency waveguides printed using additive manufacturing techniques are presented. Two types of Kuband rectangular waveguides (perforated and full-metal) have been printed using direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) process. The insertion losses increased by ~1.2 dB/m after applying 1 mm grids which reduces the weight of Ku-band rectangular waveguide by ~17.5%. Comparison between these measurements and those of a waveguide manufactured by conventional method was used to determine process loss. The insertion losses of full-metal waveguide manufactured using DMLS process increase by ~0.7 dB/m compared to the conventional one. Finally, RF measurements of waveguides manufactured using DMLS process show a good agreement with the simulation results.
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- 2020