3-D Printed microwave and tetrahertz passive components

Salek, Milan (2019). 3-D Printed microwave and tetrahertz passive components. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

This thesis presents the design of microwave and terahertz filters, fabricated using different types of 3-D printing technology. The work demonstrates the potential of using 3-D printing in the fabrication of microwave and terahertz passive components.
The first project introduces a compact coaxial cavity resonator filter which was fabricated using stereolithography 3 D printing process. The size and volume of this filter reduced by almost half, by fitting one resonator inside another resonator. This filter is ideal for fabrication by 3 D printing, as such a complex structure cannot be made easily by other methods. This project demonstrates the advantage of using 3-D printing in fabrication of components with complex structures.
The second project introduces three waveguide bandpass filters operating at centre frequency of 90 GHz, which were fabricated using the micro laser sintering process. The filters were the highest frequency metal 3-D printed filters reported at the time of publication. The third project introduces two waveguide filters operating at centre frequency of 180 GHz, which were also fabricated using the micro laser sintering process. These are the world highest frequency waveguide filters fabricated by a metal 3-D printing process. The capability of reproducibility of the micro laser sintering process is also discussed in this thesis.
The fourth project introduces a hybrid coaxial bandpass filter with two symmetrical transmission zeros, which was fabricated using stereolithography 3-D printing process. In this project the main-line couplings and input/ output coupling were realized using PCB lines, the idea of using PCB lines instead of coupling irises or probes is to allow different topologies to be designed easily by altering the PCB layout.
Finally, the fifth project introduces a terahertz waveguide bandpass filter with embedded H plane waveguide bends. This filter is being fabricated using 3-D screen printing.

Type of Work: Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)
Award Type: Doctorates > Ph.D.
Supervisor(s):
Supervisor(s)EmailORCID
Lancaster, M.J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wang, YiUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Licence: All rights reserved
College/Faculty: Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
School or Department: School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
URI: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/9613

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