Fully 3D printed GPS Antenna using a Low-cost Open-source 3D Printer
Fully 3D printed GPS Antenna using a Low-cost Open-source 3D Printer
- Author(s): A. Elibiary ; W. Oakey ; S. Jun ; B. Sanz-Izquierdo ; D. Bird ; A. McClelland
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2017.0251
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- Author(s): A. Elibiary ; W. Oakey ; S. Jun ; B. Sanz-Izquierdo ; D. Bird ; A. McClelland Source: Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2017), 2017 page (4 pp.)
- Conference: Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2017)
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2017.0251
- ISBN: 978-1-78561-699-0
- Location: Loughborough, UK
- Conference date: 13-14 Nov. 2017
- Format: PDF
The fabrication of a circularly polarized antenna using a low-cost open-source 3D printer is described. The process comprises the combination of two popular additive manufacturing (AM) techniques into one single machine. In order to do this, a fused deposition modelling (FDM) printer has been adapted to accommodate a pneumatic dispenser. Both the FDM extruder and the dispenser are controlled using the same software. The FDM technique is the most common 3D printing process available to print plastics. This process is used to fabricate the substrate, while the connected dispenser prints out the metallic layers that form the top patch of the GPS antenna. The aim of the project is to demonstrate that inexpensive open-source machines can be used as an alternative for the 3D printing of antennas.
Inspec keywords: electromagnetic wave polarisation; satellite antennas; Global Positioning System; rapid prototyping (industrial); three-dimensional printing
Subjects: Other manufacturing processes; Communications equipment manufacturing; Single antennas; Radionavigation and direction finding
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