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Main Authors: Riesco, Ivan Revenga, Lampret, Borut, Myant, Connor, Boyle, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01448
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author Riesco, Ivan Revenga
Lampret, Borut
Myant, Connor
Boyle, David
author_facet Riesco, Ivan Revenga
Lampret, Borut
Myant, Connor
Boyle, David
contents This paper describes the novel use of low-cost, 5-axis, multi-material additive manufacturing to fabricate functional, complex conformal antennas. Using a customised open source 5-axis desktop printer incorporating conductive filaments, conformal S-band patch and Ultra-Wide Band antennas were fabricated and compared against planar-printed counterparts and electromagnetic simulations. Results show the potential of the approach for superior impedance matching, reduced fabrication time, and cost savings; highlighting the applicability of multi-axis multi-material prototyping of antennas with complex geometries.
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spellingShingle 5-axis Multi-material Desktop Additive Manufacturing of Conformal Antennas
Riesco, Ivan Revenga
Lampret, Borut
Myant, Connor
Boyle, David
Emerging Technologies
This paper describes the novel use of low-cost, 5-axis, multi-material additive manufacturing to fabricate functional, complex conformal antennas. Using a customised open source 5-axis desktop printer incorporating conductive filaments, conformal S-band patch and Ultra-Wide Band antennas were fabricated and compared against planar-printed counterparts and electromagnetic simulations. Results show the potential of the approach for superior impedance matching, reduced fabrication time, and cost savings; highlighting the applicability of multi-axis multi-material prototyping of antennas with complex geometries.
title 5-axis Multi-material Desktop Additive Manufacturing of Conformal Antennas
topic Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01448