2025/09/01 by Riesco, Ivan Revenga, Lampret, Borut, Myant, Connor +1
#Emerging Technologies (cs.ET) #FOS: Computer and information sciences
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.01448
This paper describes the novel use of low-cost, 5-axis, multi-material additive manufacturing to fabricate functional, complex conformal antennas. Using a customised open source 5-axis desktop printer incorporating conductive filaments, conformal S-band patch and Ultra-Wide Band antennas were fabricated and compared against planar-printed counterparts and electromagnetic simulations. Results show the potential of the approach for superior impedance matching, reduced fabrication time, and cost savings; highlighting the applicability of multi-axis multi-material prototyping of antennas with complex geometries.