额外制造的轻量级同轴到圆形波导过渡,用于线性极化微波系统
Hasan Muhammad Fahad1, He Huang2, Ray Tahir Mushtaq3
1School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, People's Republic of China.
Scientific reports
|July 27, 2025
概括
这项研究引入了一个新的3D打印波导过渡空间通信,显著提高射频性能和降低成本. 创新的设计为传统微波传输组件提供了一个可持续的,轻量级的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 微波工程 微波工程
- 添加剂制造 添加剂制造 添加剂制造
- 射频元件 射频元件
背景情况:
- 传统的波导过渡面临阻抗不匹配和更高阶模式激发等挑战.
- 传统设计中的复杂几何体导致制造约束和成本增加.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个低成本,高性能同轴到圆形波导过渡原型.
- 使用增材制造和新型拓学来解决传统过渡的局限性.
主要方法:
- 使用导电性PLA丝材的化丝材制造 (FFF) 制造一个Ku频段过渡原型.
- 无电金属化,使用银环氧为增强导电性.
- 设计一个新的同轴到矩形到圆到圆形的过渡,并集成隔膜.
主要成果:
- 压制高阶模式的25dB.
- 返回损失改善到比-15dB更好.
- 衰减降至0.145dB/m,极化隔离增加了30dB.
结论:
- 3D打印过渡为射频系统提供了一种轻量级,具有成本效益的解决方案.
- 这种方法使小卫星应用的可持续制造成为可能.
- 未来使用太空级材料 (如PEEK/Ultem) 的实现对于坚固,低质量的替代品是可行的.
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