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Robust design of 3D-printed W-band bandpass filters using gap waveguide technology

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Date

2022

Authors

Santiago Arriazu, David
Tamayo-Domínguez, Adrián
Fernández-González, José Manuel
Martínez, Ramón

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Springer
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa

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AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/TEC2017-85529-C3-1-R/ES/
AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-112545RB-C51/ES/
AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-112545RB-C53/ES/

Abstract

In this paper, a W-band 3D-printed bandpass filter is proposed. The use of higher-order TE10n modes in groove gap waveguide (GGW) technology is evaluated in order to alleviate the manufacturing requirements. In addition to the use of higher-order modes, the coupling between them is analyzed in detail to improve the overall fabrication robustness of the component. This allows the implementation of narrow-band filters operating at millimeter-wave frequency bands (or above), which usually demand complex manufacturing techniques to provide the high accuracy required for this kind of devices. In order to show the applicability of the proposed method, a narrow-band 5th-order Chebyshev bandpass filter centered at 94 GHz, which can be easily fabricated by state-of-the-art stereolithographic (SLA) 3D-printing techniques followed by silver coating, is shown. Excellent measured performance has been obtained.

Keywords

Bandpass filter, Groove gap waveguide, W-band, 3D printing

Department

Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren / Institute of Smart Cities - ISC / Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación

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Funding entities

Open Access funding provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra. This work was funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación –Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MCIN/AEI/1010.13039/501100011033) under Projects TEC2017-85529-C3-1-R and TEC2017-85529-C3-2-R (co-funded by FEDER “A way to make Europe”) and Projects PID2020-112545RB-C51 and PID2020-112545RB-C53.

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