Design and realization of quasi Yagi antenna for indoor application with 3D printing technology
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Belen, M. A., & Mahouti, P. (2018.). Design and realization of quasi Yagi antenna for indoor application with 3D printing technology. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 60(9), 2177–2181. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.31319Özet
With the advances in the extrusion depositing base three-dimensional (3D) printing technology and decreases intheir costs, these technologies are being used in manyfields for fast and low cost prototyping means. One ofthese applications is manufacturing of microwave circuits.Herein, design and realization of quasi Yagi antenna forindoor application with 3D printing technology is pre-sented. First, design of a wide band microstrip quasi Yagiantenna consists of a dipole fed by a coplanar strip line, arectangular patch, and a ground reflector is studied. Thesize of the antenna is reduced by using a half bowtieshaped dipole and reflector. The studied microstrip quasiYagi antenna is aimed to operate within the operation fre-quency range of 670–3000 MHz. Then for experimentalresults, the designed antenna is fabricated by using a 3Dprinter with poly(lactide acid) material. From observingthe experiment results it can be concluded that 3D printedantenna has good performance, within the operation bandwith a good return loss characteristic performance of lessthan210 dB and a moderate gain of 3.5–4.6 dBi. As itcan be seen, the 3D printer technology is an efficientmethod for fast and accurate prototyping of antennadesign