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Laser surface smoothing and Infrared sintering of additively manufactured High-Frequency components
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  • roua djebbi,
  • Nicolas Delhote,
  • serge verdeyme,
  • Olivier Tantot,
  • Alexis mayaudon,
  • Laurence Boyer,
  • Elodie Pereira,
  • Olivier Durand
roua djebbi
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Nicolas Delhote
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serge verdeyme
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Olivier Tantot
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Alexis mayaudon
CTTC Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques, Limoges, France
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Laurence Boyer
CTTC Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques, Limoges, France
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Elodie Pereira
CTTC Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques, Limoges, France
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Olivier Durand
CTTC Centre de Transfert de Technologies Céramiques, Limoges, France
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Abstract

In this paper a method of Laser surface smoothing of 3D printed polymer material based on a nanosecond Laser is introduced. The adequate Laser enabled reducing surface roughness by 65% on a 25x25 mm² surface and therefore improving the printing quality of metal layer deposited on top to fabricate HF passive devices. This paper also examines the impact of Infrared (IR) sintering combined with thermal treatment in order to improve the electrical conductivity of printed silver layers by micro dispensing technique (nScrypt technology) up to 30.5 S/µm. A patch antenna was printed on smoothed PEEK substrate and gave promising results (gain of 5.4 dBi @ 6.8 GHz).
16 Oct 2024Submitted to Electronics Letters
17 Oct 2024Submission Checks Completed
17 Oct 2024Assigned to Editor
17 Oct 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
27 Oct 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned