Competitive Advantages
- Light-weight cost-lowering structure
- Fast and easy manufacturing using an inkjet 3-D printer
- High power handling
- Low insertion loss
Summary
USF inventors have developed a meshed rectangular structure that has high transmission-per-unit-weight performance. To prove the effect of meshed walls, our inventors have 3-D printed and tested a set of Ku band meshed filters and rectangular waveguides. The transmission-per -unit-weight performance of the manufactured elements were superior to the standard, non-meshed counterparts, and it was possible to reduce weight with minimal effect on the high frequency performance, where a weight reduction of 22% is possible with only a mere 5% increase in attenuation constant. The 3D printed low weight components have numerous microwave applications including satellites, radar systems, and space craft.
A Meshed Waveguide Geometry
Desired Partnerships
- License
- Sponsored Research
- Co-Development