Electroless silver plating of 3D printed waveguide components by peristaltic pump driven system

A. Bal; D. G. Carey; F. A. Espinal; G. H. Huff

doi:10.1049/el.2018.7288

Electroless silver plating of 3D printed waveguide components by peristaltic pump driven system

A. Bal, D. G. Carey, F. A. Espinal, G. H. Huff

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Abstract

V-band waveguide components operating in 57-64 GHz ISM band is presented. Consumer-grade stereolithographic 3D printer is used to print these waveguide components with black-pigmented acrylate-based polymer. Electroless deposition of silver on these microwave components is achieved using an in-house system assembled with off-the-shelf components. This system is driven by a peristaltic pump, circling plating solution between silver bath and waveguide. Metal plated WR-15, 2-inch waveguide section offers average insertion coefficient of −0.35 dB. Trough waveguide section connected to rectangular waveguide through rectangular to trough waveguide transition is metal plated and offers average insertion coefficient of −1 dB. Silver deposited using the pump operated system offers potential of achieving comparable results as conventional dip coating technique.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	100-102
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2018.7288
State	Published - Jan 24 2019

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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