학술논문

Vertically Printable Evanescent Mode Filters
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE. 32(11):1299-1302 Nov, 2022
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Integrated circuit modeling
Resonators
Topology
Impedance
Load modeling
Behavioral sciences
Manufacturing
3-D-printing
additive manufacturing (AM)
equivalent circuits
evanescent mode filters (EMFs)
microwave filters
Language
ISSN
1531-1309
1558-1764
Abstract
This work presents a new topology of evanescent mode filter (EMF) that allows for its efficient additive manufacturing (AM). Chamfered ridges which avoid the appearance of undesired supports when printed vertically (i.e., along the propagation axis of the filter) are considered. This strategy ensures accurate tolerances, reduced cost and it also enables monolithic manufacturing of the EMF as part of a feed chain. A circuit model is developed to explain the behavior of the new ridges as well as to speed up the overall filter design. The proposed concept and methodology are validated experimentally through the manufacturing and measurement of a prototype.