Title :
3D digital manufacturing and characterization of antennas integrated in mobile handset covers
Author :
Arnal, Nicholas ; Ketterl, Thomas ; Weller, Thomas ; Wable, Girish ; Hue Thai ; Garon, William ; Gamota, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a study of dielectric and metallic 3D printing (additive manufacturing) processes that are candidates for digital manufacturing of integrated mobile phone client antennas. The integration of antennas into the packaging of commercial electronics is one of the important applications of emerging digital manufacturing techniques. A novel test fixture for in-situ characterization of digitally manufactured integrated antennas and handset covers is presented along with experimental results for prototypes that were manufactured using different printing processes.
Keywords :
electronics packaging; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; three-dimensional printing; 3D digital manufacturing; dielectric printing; electronic packaging; integrated mobile phone client antenna; metallic 3D printing; mobile handset cover; Antennas; Electromagnetic heating; Frequency division multiplexing; Plastics; Printing; 3D printing; aerosol jetting; antennas; digital manufacturing; direct print additive manufacturing; fused deposition modeling; injection molding; mobile phones; plating;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2015 IEEE 16th Annual
Conference_Location :
Cocoa Beach, FL
DOI :
10.1109/WAMICON.2015.7120425
