Micro Metal Additive Manufactured Low-Loss Slotted Rectangular Waveguides Operating at 220-500 GHz

This paper reports the design, fabrication and measurement techniques for a set of low-loss slotted waveguides. The waveguides are fabricated based on a micro metal additive manufacturing technology. They were fabricated layer by layer in one piece without the need of post-fabrication assembly. As e...

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Main Authors: Zixian Wu, Guanghua Shi, Yang Yu, Xiaozhu Wen, Cheng Guo, Anxue Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.696318/full
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Summary:This paper reports the design, fabrication and measurement techniques for a set of low-loss slotted waveguides. The waveguides are fabricated based on a micro metal additive manufacturing technology. They were fabricated layer by layer in one piece without the need of post-fabrication assembly. As examples, straight waveguides in WR-3.4 (220-330°GHz) and WR-2.2 (330-500°GHz) bands were fabricated and tested. Measurement results show the insertion loss per unit length is 0.0615-0.122°dB/mm and 0.116-0.281°dB/mm, respectively.
ISSN:2296-424X