Characterization of the Effective Conductivity in Radio Frequency of
Additive Manufacturing Materials
Abstract
This work presents the characterization of the effective conductivity of
additive manufacturing materials used for the fabrication of
high-frequency communication devices. Factors such as material type,
porosity, roughness, and oxidation reduce this conductivity, leading to
increased insertion loss in the manufactured devices. For
characterization, an X-band cavity resonator on a rectangular waveguide
was designed, and the quality factor was measured for different
implementations using various techniques and materials. Conductivity
values of up to 17.70 MS/m were obtained for metallized polymeric
materials and up to 6.44 MS/m for metallic alloys.