Synthesis of Versatile Functionalities in Arrangements of 3D Unit-Cells

Abstract

This contribution concentrates on the conception of periodic structures that are built from metallic three-dimensional unit-cells. Such arrangements allow synthesizing diverse functionalities such as polarization conversion, frequency filtering, and impedance matching. In addition, the topologies considered here can be built monolithically employing only metal, therefore providing multiple advantages, such as low insertion losses, high power handling and manufacturing certainty.

Metal 3D-Printing of Waveguide Components and Antennas: Guidelines and New Perspectives

“…The axial-ratio level is quite similar to that reported in [10]. The architecture depicted in the picture can be adapted for other dual-polarization functionalities beyond polarization-conversion [64].…”

“…More recently, a topology of 3D unit cell has been proposed, which is specially suited to be 3D-printed [10,64]. To the best knowledge of these authors, this is the first proof of concept in the literature of a periodic structure that is self-supporting and monolithically 3D-printed in metal.…”