Table 1 CPD fabricated antennas and their typical conventional fabrication methods

From: Ultra-light antennas via charge programmed deposition additive manufacturing

Antenna type

Lithography

Metal machining

Selective laser melting

Stereolithography/digital light processing

CPD (this work)

Transmitarray (Figs. 1B and 3)

X

   

X

Vivaldi antenna (Fig. 1C)

X

   

X

3D folded electrically small antenna (Fig. 1D)

X

   

X

Tree fractal antenna (Fig. 1E)

X

 

X

 

X

Horn antenna (Fig. 1F)

 

X

X

X

X

Patch antenna (Fig. 2G)

X

   

X

Helical antenna (Fig. 2H)

 

X

  

X

Back to article page