Title : 
An effective method for fabrication of 3-D dielectric materials using polymer-ceramic composites
         
        
            Author : 
Shi, Y. ; Bhowmik, Lal Mohan ; Amert, Anthony ; Whites, Keith
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Dakota Sch. of Mines & Technol., Rapid City, SD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An effective method for fabrication of 3-D heterogeneous dielectric materials is presented. The proposed technique utilizes the inherent fluidity of polymer-ceramic materials, as well as the adjustable dielectric constant of such materials by controlling the loading fraction. A monocone antenna loaded with a hemisphere of dielectric material is presented to illustrate the fabrication process of 3-D non-planar devices by injecting the prepared polymer-ceramic materials into 3-D printed molds.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antennas; dielectric materials; 3D heterogeneous dielectric materials; 3D nonplanar devices; 3D printed molds; adjustable dielectric constant; monocone antenna; polymer-ceramic materials; Antennas; Ceramics; Dielectric materials; Dielectrics; Fabrication; Polymers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Memphis, TN
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-3538-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APS.2014.6904444