Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Optimization and Fabrication by 3D Printing of a Volcano Smoke Antenna for UWB Applications

Garcia Lopez, Aida ; E. Lopez, Ernesto ; Chandra, Rohit LU and Johansson, Anders J LU orcid (2013) 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013
Abstract
Abstract—Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is a low power and high data rate technology for applications like radar imaging, sensor data collection, position localization and medical imaging. In UWB systems, antennas plays a critical role as they are required to be compact and wideband with minimal pulse distortion. This paper present a small three-dimensional volcano smoke antenna, designed and optimized in a FDTD full-wave simulator and then fabricated by 3D printing. The antenna has a simulated 10 dB impedance bandwidth from 3.2 GHz to 12.6 GHz, suitable for the UWB band. The measured return-loss for the 3D printed antenna shows a good agreement with the simulations. Hence, 3D printing can be used as an alternative method for fabricating... (More)
Abstract—Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is a low power and high data rate technology for applications like radar imaging, sensor data collection, position localization and medical imaging. In UWB systems, antennas plays a critical role as they are required to be compact and wideband with minimal pulse distortion. This paper present a small three-dimensional volcano smoke antenna, designed and optimized in a FDTD full-wave simulator and then fabricated by 3D printing. The antenna has a simulated 10 dB impedance bandwidth from 3.2 GHz to 12.6 GHz, suitable for the UWB band. The measured return-loss for the 3D printed antenna shows a good agreement with the simulations. Hence, 3D printing can be used as an alternative method for fabricating complex shaped three-dimensional antennas. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to conference
publication status
published
subject
conference name
7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013
conference location
Gothenburg, Sweden
conference dates
2013-04-08 - 2013-04-12
external identifiers
  • scopus:84881303677
project
EIT_UPD Wireless Communication for Ultra Portable Devices
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
a5236d41-85cc-45ff-81a5-cf48b5ecc808 (old id 3408809)
alternative location
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6546520
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 14:05:09
date last changed
2024-02-29 06:11:57
@misc{a5236d41-85cc-45ff-81a5-cf48b5ecc808,
  abstract     = {{Abstract—Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is a low power and high data rate technology for applications like radar imaging, sensor data collection, position localization and medical imaging. In UWB systems, antennas plays a critical role as they are required to be compact and wideband with minimal pulse distortion. This paper present a small three-dimensional volcano smoke antenna, designed and optimized in a FDTD full-wave simulator and then fabricated by 3D printing. The antenna has a simulated 10 dB impedance bandwidth from 3.2 GHz to 12.6 GHz, suitable for the UWB band. The measured return-loss for the 3D printed antenna shows a good agreement with the simulations. Hence, 3D printing can be used as an alternative method for fabricating complex shaped three-dimensional antennas.}},
  author       = {{Garcia Lopez, Aida and E. Lopez, Ernesto and Chandra, Rohit and Johansson, Anders J}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Optimization and Fabrication by 3D Printing of a Volcano Smoke Antenna for UWB Applications}},
  url          = {{http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6546520}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}