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Professor Stepan Lucyszyn FREng FIEEE

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor of Millimetre-wave Systems
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6167s.lucyszyn Website CV

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Susan Brace +44 (0)20 7594 6215

 
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Location

 

602Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{D'Auria:2015:10.1109/TCPMT.2015.2462130,
author = {D'Auria, M and Otter, WJ and Hazell, J and Gillatt, BTW and Long-Collins, C and Ridler, NM and Lucyszyn, S},
doi = {10.1109/TCPMT.2015.2462130},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology},
pages = {1339--1349},
title = {3-D printed metal-pipe rectangular waveguides},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2015.2462130},
volume = {5},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper first reviews manufacturing technologies for realizing air-filled metal-pipe rectangular waveguides (MPRWGs) and 3-D printing for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Then, 3-D printed MPRWGs are investigated in detail. Two very different 3-D printing technologies have been considered: low-cost lower-resolution fused deposition modeling for microwave applications and higher-cost high-resolution stereolithography for millimeter-wave applications. Measurements against traceable standards in MPRWGs were performed by the U.K.'s National Physical Laboratory. It was found that the performance of the 3-D printed MPRWGs were comparable with those of standard waveguides. For example, across X-band (8-12 GHz), the dissipative attenuation ranges between 0.2 and 0.6 dB/m, with a worst case return loss of 32 dB; at W-band (75-110 GHz), the dissipative attenuation was 11 dB/m at the band edges, with a worst case return loss of 19 dB. Finally, a high-performance W-band sixth-order inductive iris bandpass filter, having a center frequency of 107.2 GHz and a 6.8-GHz bandwidth, was demonstrated. The measured insertion loss of the complete structure (filter, feed sections, and flanges) was only 0.95 dB at center frequency, giving an unloaded quality factor of 152--clearly demonstrating the potential of this low-cost manufacturing technology, offering the advantages of lightweight rapid prototyping/manufacturing and relatively very low cost when compared with traditional (micro)machining.
AU  - D'Auria,M
AU  - Otter,WJ
AU  - Hazell,J
AU  - Gillatt,BTW
AU  - Long-Collins,C
AU  - Ridler,NM
AU  - Lucyszyn,S
DO  - 10.1109/TCPMT.2015.2462130
EP  - 1349
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 2156-3985
SP  - 1339
TI  - 3-D printed metal-pipe rectangular waveguides
T2  - IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2015.2462130
UR  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=7217811&tag=1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/25936
VL  - 5
ER  -
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