3D Printed 'Kirigami'-Inspired Deployable Bi-Focal Beam-Scanning Dielectric Reflectarray Antenna for mm-Wave Applications

Yepu Cui; Ryan Bahr; Syed A. Nauroze; Tingyu Cheng; Thamer S. Almoneef; Manos M. Tentzeris

doi:10.1109/TAP.2022.3199501

3D Printed 'Kirigami'-Inspired Deployable Bi-Focal Beam-Scanning Dielectric Reflectarray Antenna for mm-Wave Applications

Yepu Cui
, Ryan Bahr
, Syed A. Nauroze
, Tingyu Cheng
, Thamer S. Almoneef
, Manos M. Tentzeris

Electrical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Abstract

This article presents a state-of-the-art 3-D-printed dielectric reflectarray antenna featuring one-shot deployability and wide-angle beam-scanning ability. The design is enabled by a series of a 'kirigami'-inspired two-stage snapping-like element structure that can be retracted by 66% to save space. The prototype is fabricated with a stereolithography (SLA) 3-D printing method with the Formlabs Flexible 80A photopolymer. A bifocal phase distribution method is utilized to optimize the RF performance of the array, realized-30° to-10° and 10° to 30° beam-scanning ability. The outcome of this work demonstrated a high-performance dielectric reflectarray design with ease of fabrication for 5G and satellite communication applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7683-7690
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	70
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2022.3199501
State	Published - 1 Sep 2022

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Keywords

3-D printing
additive manufacturing
antenna arrays
deployable reflectarrays
dielectric reflectarrays
dielectric resonate antennas
flexible electronics
kirigami
origami

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