Antenna design engineering is being transformed rapidly by new 3D printing technologies. When Rogers Corporation announced their Radix™ 3D printable material, I made a short video cheekily asking for samples to try. The lovely folk at Rogers responded and offered to print some of my designs. ([ Ссылка ])
There was of course a catch... (There's always a catch) - I had to travel to the US and visit their facilities to collect the parts. Gosh!
I created the designs using OpenEMS, Fusion360 and MATLAB, and followed the same process workflow as a commercial customer would. My Artificially Intelligent Machining and Engineering Expert AIMEE is as helpful as usual, offering sage advice and being positive and encouraging. [AIMEE, stop editing these descriptions and stick to being snarky!]
I'm not an RF engineer, nor a designer. I've never worked professionally in those fields, but I've been experimenting with microwave engineering for almost fifty years. If I can create a successful component using their services, then just imagine what a professional RF design engineer could achieve.
If you are a designer or engineer and you want to try a UV cure, ceramic filled, dielectric photopolymer printing technology for lenses, feeds, low-k substrates or metallization projects, I encourage you to get in contact with Rogers via [ Ссылка ] and see what you can achieve with Radix™.
This video was made in collaboration with Rogers Corporation and Fortify, their 3D printing partners. Full disclosure, I received a fee and expenses for this work and Rogers have reviewed the content, although I was given complete creative freedom. I'm a huge fan of Radix™ and of Rogers' products in general, and this isn't intended to be an impartial product review. Look, I'm just an un-ashamed fanboi, OK?
For the purposes of UK law, if I was a "social media influencer", this video must be considered as an advertisement.
Details about Radix™ 3D printable material: [ Ссылка ]
Fortify, Rogers' 3D printing partner, are at [ Ссылка ]
Check out MAGTREX 555 as well, it's another amazing material from Rogers Corporation [ Ссылка ]
BUY ME A COFFEE? [ Ссылка ]
MY PATREON PAGE: [ Ссылка ]
Content:
00:00 The Quest
01:52 Applications
03:45 Printing Technology
05:43 Design goals
06:05 E-field animation
06:25 Rogers' lab and QA
08:27 Material tests
15:13 Never Assume
16:31 Print lab visit
21:45 Mikaelian lens
23:45 Fortify
24:37 Next steps
