3D printing of microwave passive components by different additive manufacturing technologies

This paper presents an overview of the possibility offered by 3D plastic printers for a quick, simple and affordable manufacturing of working filters and other passive devices such as antennas. This paper thus goes through numerous examples of passive devices made with the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and material jetting (Polyjet©) technologies and will highlight how they can now be considered as a solid companion to RF designers during an optimization process up to Ku and higher bands.

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